Recent content by ptom06

I am with the fire dept and they often call us for a number of reasons, lift assistance, extra hands in serious cases, we are very rural so addresses are hard to find (GPS does not have these little hidden roads), about 50 % of the calls we get to before them etc. Good question. :) Oh and to...

I understand what you are say but we, including myself, have driven for them many times with other paramedics. This person knows this and has been there a long time. They usually prefer to do the patient care and have one of us drive. But maybe he felt the patient was under control. I...

Last night we got a call 4am, I am volunteer EMT. The ambulance service requested we come for assistance. We get there the male is having a heart attack. Get him in the bus and there are 2 from the ambulance service, paramedic and EMT. They are getting the patient set up - IV, monitor etc...