Recent content by IAems

Admittedly, this is just a personal opinion, but as long as the majority of the country continues to operate on fire-based systems while the rest of the civilized world moves to increase the scope and training of EMS providers acting in a more healthcare-oriented vs. public safety role, the US...

Emergency Medical Spanish Guide Lite If you can find it . . .Emergency Medical Spanish Guide Lite is awesome. I've got a Verizon Thunderbolt 4G and my partner has an EVO and we both found it; it's one of the best guides ever. If you touch the phrase it will actually voice the questions for...

This nurse works with a Local PET and refers calls to us. We work with several hospital PET groups and I have nothing but the best to say for most of them. I will admit EMT specific training was brief, and I only have an A.S. in Psychology (might as well be nothing), but any EMS provider is...

Hear Hear Cheers Lifeguards!

Absolutely right, but . . . I will completely agree that there should be occasional cases where a practitioner doesn't physically assess a patient prior to writing a psych hold, but when that's the rule more often than the exception, I do have a little bit of a problem. For example, I...

If there is a hospital as close to you as you are making it seem, "approximate 40 second drive from the hospital (given the light at the road being green)", the only reason I would call ALS is when I need extra hands (i.e. cardiac arrest). To our level of training and education as BLS...

Good question, depressing answer I've worked with this particular RN for two years now and I can guarantee she didn't conduct a physical assessment. Sometimes a psych hold is written before patient contact, but that's a whole other issue.

If only . . . In LA, BLS does not make contact with med-control (which for us is base hospital contact), only ALS does. No kidding. I have brought this problem up to the County on multiple occacions only to be dismissed. I wish I and my fellow basics could contact med-control for orders...

LA City Permits No kidding, when a provider requests to license new ambulances with LA DOT, you actually have to put in writing that your not looking for any new business, you just want to improve service to the clients and patients you already have. Everybody knows it's BS, but it's the...

So, was there an underlying medical cause? Called to respond to a board & care for an involuntary psychiatric hold written prior to arrival for "danger to others" by a registered nurse (who is part of a local psychiatric evaluation team). I arrive on scene to find the patient ambulatory and...

Lying never works If you lie, you will probably get caught and that will stay on record. Good luck finding a job with a good department after that. If your honest, maybe this department likes you, maybe it doesn't, but there's always the next one. However, these lie detectors are based of a...

Home sweet home, am I right? Judging by your knowledge your putting up with the same daily $%#@ that I am. Seriously, lets pack up our tents and move out to Kern. :wacko:

Welcome to the mess of LA EMS As I operate extensively in both Los Angeles City and County, I can tell you that I am almost certain that these citations are coming from the Los Angeles City Department of Transportation, as their officers have been very active lately. Los Angeles County...

Modofosho, LA DOT may pull your company's license to operate in LA City. Your company will go to a hearing to determine the penalty which is administered on a case by case basis, so hopefully your company has a REAL good reason for the violation. If they shut you down and you aren't LA County...

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