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Ill or injured patients look that way. Listen to the throat to determine if a patient is breathing at all. Helpful in seizures. Don't waste time on a scene where you and your partner are the only ones who speak English. Treat the patient, not the equipment. Act like help. This is what the...

Dispatch refers to ambulances as Medic such and such. Truck, what we call an ambulance, ALS or BLS. Rescue truck - quick response vehicle with extrication equipment and ALS gear usually driven by the supervisor on duty if not on a truck. Ambulance - what the administration calls an...

We work 24/48 from stations. The stations have dayrooms with TV, kitchen area, but no stove at HQ, just at the remote station, office space for supervisory stuff such as records, office computer, fax machine. Individual sleeping rooms, showers, and separate entrance from the rest of the...

What consitutes a MCI would vary from place to place. In my county, it would not take much to create one. With a population of 20,000 in an area of 452 square miles served typically by 2 ALS units, the number of patients can exceed the number of rescuers easily. Backup units from neighboring...