Solution to NJ EMS problem?

[678 Responding]

I agree with Asysin. It is what it is. But who cares, really. To petty over something this small is like pouring a cup of water in the ocean; something stupid and insignificant while you still have a bigger, more significant problem to deal with. Like...... THE TOPIC AT HAND. Thank You.

[mediccjh]

It was a wiseass humorous post, people. That's all it was meant to be.

Get over it.

[ghurty]

There was an entire thread on the whole is it a rig/bus thing a while back. Just to refresh everyone's memory:

But based on those definitions, is this a bus or an ambulance:

(I think this was posted somewhere here in the past

http://www.emsvillage.com/articles/article.cfm?id=1934

[Chief1C]

Now that.. is cool.

[678 Responding]

It was a wiseass humorous post, people. That's all it was meant to be.

Get over it.

Ahh, no hard feelings man. Kinda hard to gauge sarcasm over the net sometimes. Even when it was meant to sound serious

As for that Busbulance... way cool. Now THATS mass casualty preparedness. 8)

[Richard B the EMT]

I have been doing ambulance work for ages, but never thought I'd see MY "meatwagon", my very first ambulance, on display. Thanks for the photo posting.

(lol)

That seeming German (?) mobile home ambulance? Where I come from (New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation EMS, and now the FDNY EMS), that is a MIRV, or Major Incident Response Vehicle, which is an outgrowth of the older MERV, or Mobile Emergency Room Vehicle. Such vehicles can take care of up to 6 patients at one time, where a normal ambulance/rig/unit/bus/truck/" 'bolance' " is only allowed 2 strecher cases at a time.

[Richard B the EMT]

Have to add that under NYS DoH rules, an ambulance can take no more patients than 2 EMTs can actively care for at a time (even if one of them is driving).

[Chief1C]

A local chief calls his ambulance, on the air, the "gut box". I can't stand that sob anyway.. But that is just so annoying, it makes me want to go to the scene hit him with some large, blunt object.

[Eng542ine]

Off topic much??

[Rescue0ne]

Derogatory terms for ambulances aside, if you'd like, visit this link for examples of a well-functioning OEMS (imho). They really have their act together. They are division of the state DOH, but they function as their own entity, and do a darn good job of it!

http://www.vdh.state.va.us/OEMS

HEY DUST!!! VISIT THE LINK RIGHT NOW!!!! YOU'LL LOVE THE CURRENT MAIN PAGE! lmao

Sorry for the caps, btw.