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I think I may have opened a can of worms here. Yes and no - the history of the presidency, for example, has been a story of expansion of unilateral executive authority, but of course there is constraint (in theory). If we use wars as a parallel, think of the last declared war - that was WWII...

I'd be surprised if any legislature could get much done, even in New York, particularly to do something narrowly focused & technical.

I hear you, legislation is eminently preferable. It’s quite dysfunctional that we are getting (but I would argue we need) executive driven mandates at this point.

NYC has achieved high vaccination rates in large part through a de facto mandate - you can’t go out to eat, go to museums, go to shows, the gym, movies, etc. in the city unless you are vaccinated. It’s a soft mandate and this is just covering the last few holdouts.

Reminds me of a certain episode of Trailer Park Boys…

Looks like they filed back in 2003 also. I’m trying to dig into their chapter 11 filings…

Leadership and management books really come in all shapes and sizes. Example: We Were Soldiers (an example of operational leadership) and The Guns of August (an example of strategic leadership), both are military in subject but have widely different scopes. I’m a fan of using leadership...

Maybe a little pelican case would help, if damage is a concern. I’d suggest having one in the ambulance and one in the first in bag, if possible. Nice to have a backup.

The first I understand. Can you expand on the second?

Watching Seinfeld (not a movie but still), holds up OK - though cell phones solve a good 3/4 of their problems…

Summit , thanks for sharing the comprehensive write up!

^ and ^^ If you are cash strapped, you can get your EMT for free. If you want to speed things up, it’s easily done - you can get your EMT in a matter of months (or even as little as a month, full time). Also, make sure you understand what you’re getting into from a career perspective...

Though I have inherent suspicion of the SA government due to…certain news items historically, this seems quite scary & plausible given the conditions there. (The folks cited as identifying / researching are mostly UK trained & are quite well published, giving me more confidence in the finding.)

Toying with EMSPro next year. Have thought about Vital Signs only because of location.

The KED is well past its expiration date as far as I can tell!

Makes me wonder if there is really such a great need to emphasize them in the curriculum.

Don’t think they can do that. They’re at the hospital. There are EMTALA obligations.

No disagreement. It seems like something that requires litigation and possibly additional legislation too. Re: BLS patients, it would seem pretty silly to keep a crew waiting around for a patient who could go to triage/waiting room - but maybe this is something that system policies prevent?

Got it. Do you think this problem of parking is mainly an urban (academic?) center problem? I haven’t heard about this as a rural or even suburban issue.

Are these rural facilities?