Recent content by Webster

I have none, and didn't pretend to have any. That's just my opinion.

Unless you're a tactical medic or in the armed forces, weapons and EMS don't mix. Period.

Congratulations on your enlistment! Keep plugging away and work towards that goal. If you don't get in the first time, keep trying until you can't anymore.

I'm pretty sure MD has a bridge course.

Sorry about the title. I guess the article misrepresented the role of the flight too.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,369706,00.html

Jon, you're 100% right about the effectiveness of Scouting. I know on scout trips, be it with the troop or working in our Health Lodge at camp, darn near every scout has a good amount of first aid and general safety training under their belt.

I'd have way too much fun doing that! :P

We have a mock accident where I used to go. It showed a head-on collision with an intoxicated driver, who was given a field sobriety test (which she failed), arrested, and placed into a police vehicle. The remaining involved vehicle occupants were extricated and loaded into ambulances. One...

Wow! Do any other states do this or any considering it? That seems like a lot of skills for a first responder to have at his discretion.

I'm not a firefighter either, but I'd rather take the class and learn from the instructors who have been there, fought the fires, and know the right way to take care of business than learn online. Just my take on things.

I didn't mean to hijack the thread. Sorry about that.

I live in cumberland but work in perry.

8" Gore-Tex Bates for me.

pa8109, are you from Cumberland County?