4X4KAYAK--I am pretty sure I know which companies you work for. I don't know how illegal it is, but I do know it is being done. And that is not even the worst of scams being pulled in Houston.
Some addresses in Houston have as many as 5 ambulance companies listed there. There are...
There are over 300 ambulance companies in the Houston area and Medicare fraud thru dialysis transports is unbelievable. Several Houston Fire Department stations are listed as business addresses by some of these companies and many Houston FireFighters Paramedics own ambulance services...
I have run across K2 several times in the past year or so, seems to be the drug of choice for those really underage. Hypertension, tachy, and a strong sense of fear is what I have seen. Several kids have been hospitalized for several days due to it. The bad thing is that cops can't do...
I do recall, cause I used to be one for a while.
Dispatchers call you when you don't want to be called to send you somewhere you don't want to go to do something you don't want to do all the while there is someone else that is closer than you are, better equipped than you are and bored to death...
You were using an AED
my question is--were you in a house that was on blocks or on a concrete slab? Reason being, I once had an extremely dead patient on AED that would advise shock whenever one us walked near the body. The house was on blocks and we could feel the floor vibrate when someone...
Maybe a little clarification would help here. We only do EMS at special events, such as rock concerts, marathons, triath----lons., etc. Any time we transport the patient goes straight to the ER. We don't do transfers of any sort.
However , not all are "true" emergencies. If a patient...