Recent content by spinnakr

No, he was talking about your car as the responder. Also, the no entrapment was on the driver, not the passenger.

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Except in situations where, as the NFPA puts it, the environment is immediately dangerous to life and health. EX: burning building, burning car, etc. Of course then, you'd be justified if you refused to help from a scene safety standpoint. I'm hoping you caught that much of what you...

Just one that I forgot to ask before - What color underwear was the good Samaritan wearing? :p

I'm with Cory, completely. It's risk/benefit, plain and simple. I positively abhor the culture of danger that pervades EMS and oftentimes Fire, but there is a difference between thinking danger is "cool" and knowing that you are entering a potentially dangerous situation with the purpose of...

Phew. You had me reaaaally worried there. For the record... Look at the "smoke" (powder) color in the bottom right corner of this picture: Compared with the smoke color in this picture: It's pretty easy to tell which one is from an airbag. Generally speaking, nothing on fire these days is...

I sure hope not. That object is occluding blood flow and saving the patient's life. Removing it will kill the patient. There's a damn good reason that in every EMT and medic class you take - as well as any fire class - they will tell you NOT to remove an embedded object. No offense man...

I dunno, if approaching at night and not immediately noticing the leaking fluid, I'm thinking more along the lines of what I was taught for HAZMAT: calculated risk. If there's a good chance of rescuing a savable life, then that's worth some risk.* Plus, if the car catches, the driver is...

Okay, but that wasn't the scenario. The scenario was that you were off-duty, just driving by, and that is what you have. Otherwise, I'd have a jump bag with me, along with various short-term and long-term wilderness survival items, etc etc.

I guess if you want to split hairs, clear and colorless are two different things. If it's summer, it could be condensate from the A/C; it could also be the working fluid from the A/C, possibly brake fluid, engine oil if newly changed, engine coolant, WW fluid (AS YOU said), etc etc etc. I'm...

Nice catch, Sandog. A couple more questions about the impalement: Color of the blood? Quantity? Quality? Any other fluids? By right in the middle, do you mean (essentially) the navel? What kind of pain is he in from the impaled object? Somewhat unrelated question: what kind of car...

Absolutely 100% agreed. The butt of a knife would work, or the tool kit in your car (EVERY car these days has them - for changing flats and such). There's a lot of things that can break tempered glass if you know where to hit it. Try the metal pointy part of your headrest. Agreed - but my...

I know there are some here would say they'd never stop. I'm not one of them, so whatever. For brevity/clarity, I'll say the driver is male and the passenger is female. First, call 911 - of course. Would mention being off-duty EMS/fire (well, that is, once I graduate as fire II in 2 weeks)...

I'm with everyone else: there was a MASSIVE lapse of judgment when the patient was allowed to leave unsupervised.

I say again: let's get back on topic. Start a new thread if you want to argue about this. I would be very glad to address the personal... attacks you've levied at me, but this is NOT the place to do it. And, furthermore, we've been warned by a mod. I, for one, am immensely saddened to hear...