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Gentle Care Transport (yellow and red units) some still said "litter van" on the side.

Hell I'd settle for cup holders and A/C that works. But sub woofers would be nice , 22" spnners..... wait I'm in the IE so 33" super swampers and pre-runner with a monster sticker on the back widow-- whats up bro?

yeah they just split up , CRA is in orange county an LEXXIOM is in Riverside. All IFT all the time.

a job is a job but... These days we are all lucky just to have a job, but trust me , I worked on ambualnces for a living for 3 years, the stuff you mentioned is only what you see (the tip of the Iceberg) While A/C prioblems are not generally a saftey concern, the brakes and the steering might...

well I'm perfect While I am perfect and have never left anything behind............. I have had a lifepak 10 2 hand helds narcotics left in my bls rig by medics heard a story about a crew leaving a gurney at a hospital once (somethign I could see myself doing ) I...

I got the first story The story I was always told was they kept the 6.0 in the E-series because they could not make the 6.4 fit, and they discontinued the 6.0 because it no longer met emission standards, (or it was costing them too much not to meet emmission standards) . but also remember ford...

try the switch while a starter is a defenate possibility, I would check the battery switch if it is one of those rotary ones they like to melt when you do stuff like that, it is a cheap fix and usually not to hard. for future reference if you ever run a IDI out of fuel again there is a...

F-450 F 450s are pretty good the 450s/550s are all what ford calls a wide frame design the frames and wheelbase are I think like a foot wider than the narrow frame. F-250/350 but they are trucks, straight front axle and they ride on hard 19.5" tires/ but they are solid and will take a beating...

Ya, not so much Three car T/C crown vic plows a suburban , suburban taps a nissian p/u guess who requests the ambulance....... 6 yo male with "flu like sympyoms" and he vomited, requesting a ambulance. We are 2min from hospital parents insist on transport, and mother insists on holding kid...

Thats a new one I was a ford diesel tech for three years and I don't think I ever saw a sticker like that, depending on the year the "ambulance prep package" is just a group of features (diesel engine. dual alternators, 3.73/4.11 limited slip differential and rear HVAC ready ect.) The only...

pt stated he did not want us to leave his car

No such thing as a "quick call" When you roll up on scene and the pt. starts with the "I 78% want to go to the hospital but 10% don't because then there is nobody home to cook for my cats" you know its going to be a long night.

Pms (c) My partner is a FTO and he was training one day when we ran on a very (+) ETOH young lady , The FTO asked the trainee to check for PMS, and then asked the trainee what PMS stood for , the patient thought she would chime in and say :"It stands for pre menstral cycle, but I am on the pill...

At a geri psyc facility,(high awol risk) dropping off, as we are leaving another pt asks (very politely),can you hold the door for me , I'm leaving too. After refusing: pt informs us we can %$#@ off.

My rig Drag strip stand-by is more fun when participating.