Recent content by mp5dude

I'm sure that this has been on here many times before... I am actually extremely frustrated with my service. Routinely there has been multiple empty portable tanks, spinal precaution items (CIDS, C-Collars, ETC) routinely not restocked, and countless other items... I've even found our heart...

Im having that issue with hospital clinicals… just the drive to be there… I know what i don't want to do in the future - and that's being a nurse...

So, I guess I'll dig right into it. I volunteer with an IV tech service. I also volunteer with the paramedic service that intercepts with my IV tech service. Also brought into this is my paramedic service job job. Here's my confusion etc.. When I run with my IV tech service everything is...

We have them for the Engines and our squad and they work very well! I think my captain is only looking at windows 8 platforms for some reason... I would much rather have iPads but I'm not in charge lol.

Hardware is what I'm looking at here. I'm looking around for my captain. She has no specific hardware requirements for the tablet, as long as its reliable and has the things that I mentioned above. I'm looking for things people either enjoyed using or really hated as there are so many with the...

My service is looking at tablets to do reports in the back of the bus. I was wondering if anyone had any experience with the different types of tablets and doing reports with them. Requirements: -Windows 8 -able to be attached to a keyboard If anyone has any feedback regarding any of...

I'm not terribly excited, but I joined the Fd to help my community and by going through this, I'm able to help that much more.

Volunteer EMT.

So train them as first responders and let the ambulance take care of the patient. That's what the northern part of my county does and it works quite well. And it's a volly Fd/rescue that used to accept either fire or ems

I think that fire and EMS should be totally separate entities. I do not care for most of the ffs on my Fd and think they're all cocky..insert choice words.. They don't know what's going on half the time in the box and throw me around the box when they drive. To say the very least, i don't want...

My volly Department is making it mandatory for members to be FF1.. I'm not terribly thrilled about the idea (I have my reasons why I dont consider it to be an interesting thing) and I'm looking for pointers on the class.. anything that I need to be careful of, or whatever.... Thanks... -_-

I've had my 5.11 A.T.A.C's for 2 years almost and they're still working wonderfully. They're very comfortable and I have no complaints with them. I've even gone into the water with them on and it took a little bit for them to get soaked (I was stupid and I didn't zip them up all the way - not...

I agree. I equate them [jumpsuits] with a clown suit. Unfortunately it is a requirement of my department that it is mandatory to wear one. A nice department/service shirt and a nice pair of ****ies or EMS pants looks more professional than the "clown suit".

On an unrelated note - in regards to this post - LOL. I agree fully.

Keep in mind I live in a some what rural area - approx. 60,000 people in the county split among two Level III trauma centers. (At any normal time there is approx 3-4 Patients in the ER and roughly 5-6 nurses 1-3 docs 2-3 ER techs. They don't take the time to listen to the radio report or the...