In my area right outside Philadelphia a few health systems use fly cars. Trinity health aka Mercy health and Crozer Keystone Health both use fly cars if the medic is needed and the ambulance has a third they would usually drive the fly car to the hospital. However at times they leave it parked...
In my county the emergency vehicles are all tracked via gps via mdt so the mobile radio panic buttons automatically send the police to all police vehicles along with a ambulance depending on the nature of the call the officer is out on at that time. All Ems units automatically get the police and...
Please please tell us where you got this super Ems X-ray vision that allows you to see through akin to make sure the patient doesn’t have a broken bone etc.
Just curious for those Seattle people what’s the difference between your standard Ems Ambulance and Medic one vehicles ? They are both Advanced Life Support correct ?
Sorry still seems too unreliable one little thing goes wrong and the truck is dead yes it can happen with a gas or diesel rig but those are way more reliable. Maybe if it had a regular engine as a back up.
In Pennsylvania you have a duty to act now as long as you at least notify emergency services you indeed have acted. However If you are in a marked vehicle even if it is a private transport company you have to stop. I stopped for a accident about 15 years ago in my work vehicle non emergency...
Cardiac arrest turned out to be a doa second was a welfare check with Pd turned out to be deceased several days third same day was a cardiac arrest in a mall what a first day
In my opinion no need for als however that being said when in doubt call them. They can always tell you it’s a Bls call if you are unsure rather be safe then sorry.
It is called a protocol here however they are guidelines if you have a justified reason for not following them step by step and it is not dangerous to patient care our medical director and Qa will back us