Recent content by Rcoddington

They're so short. I'm sure you could get on a 911 truck to start out. There's at least 6-8 slots in filled everyday for 911 trucks alone not counting call outs. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I work in Dekalb PT it's a decent system. High call volume 20+ Day units in the county. Having a lot of staffing issues right now. Have separate 911 units and IFT units. Decent equipment and decent trucks. Night and weekend shift diff. Medics start out around 19 an hour Sent from my iPhone...

Dekalb County GA and Troup County GA Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Constructive criticism is one thing, but if your close minded enough to put down basically every single thing I put up. Then you either you misunderstood, or you need to pull you head out of your ***.and realize that I AM NOT management, and I and every other first responder did the best with...

**veneficus** You must have a fantastic set of departments where your from, and have responded to a lot of disasters personally. You seem to not give any helpful advice, but purely tell me that we did the worst things possible. There is literally not a single thing I have said that you have then...

Communications were down for a few days. It took time to deploy generators to the repeater sites. The crews had their personal and truck radios, but those weren't strong enough to reach dispatch because of the lack of repeaters. I know this may seem like every patient found were just...

In the beginning of the day communications were still up and everyone was aware of the hardest hit areas. After all power went down there was still some FM radio stations that would tell people to shelter when another tornado was inbound, but in the early afternoon. The Doppler radar they were...

On April 27th 2011 my area was hit by a series of very strong tornados (including several F5s). The storms hit from early morning to late afternoon. Reports were coming in over radio that different areas were requesting all available resources. This is the day that basically the :censored: hit...

Good Samaritan laws only protect very basic procedures, such as CPR, the AEMT would be personally liable for any ALS procedures conducted. It would be reckless for the AEMT todo anything else, and because he is off-duty he has absolutely no authority on scene.

In general when PD arrives on scene (before or after medics) their responsibility is to secure the scene in the case of an MVA they will tend to focus on traffic control. Generally if PD arrives after the medics they will back all the bystanders up to what they deem to be a safe distance. It...