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Rich B, you hit all of them for FDNY. Activated charcoal and water are still in protocol for NYS and the city for poisonings/overdose. And don't forget the MARK I kits!. Seth

Another story from NYC. My partner and I had just been cleared from a fire and, we were in our last 15 min of the tour, which means we will only be assigned high priority jobs, when sure enough, we're assigned a high priority job, an Unknown condition in Northern Brooklyn. The call text is useless and as we roll up we see a man, a car and an engine company. We approach the pt and ask what's wrong, he says his keys are locked in the car and he's a diabetic. I run through diabetic/ams questions but the dude's absolutely fine. I continue my questioning, he called 911 because he locked his keys in his car, when the PD dispatcher asks him some sort of medical questions, the man decides to share his medical hx with the dispatcher. We marked the job, and drove away even though I would have loved to assist in opening the car with one of my O2 tanks.

I was killed by a trandoshan spice lord named Krilk. And I was killed by Dr. Samantha Carter using a ribbon device. S

Just thought I'd add something. I am currently taking an EMT-B class and my instructor opened class today with a story about an EMT who was arrested recently for having a badge. I live in Brooklyn and apparently the EMT, who keeps a non-issued badge in his wallet, was going into federal court (nothing to do with his profession) in Downtown Brooklyn and one of the Marshals at the security checkpoint opened his wallet and saw the badge. He called NYPD over and they arrested the poor EMT. On what charges I am not sure, but my instructor said some bogus charges and that the EMT will most likely get off. And back to this whole thing about badges being a noob thing, I have to disagree. My main instructor and everyone else who comes in for practicals, about 10 instructors total, all have badges. I'm not sure if this a New York thing but these guys certainly aren't noobs. I also thought a badge would have been awesome but from reading this thread and from hearing about this EMT that got arrested I think I will refrain. S