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How does the New York ambulance system works exactly? I see there are multiple ambulance providers on the streets (SeniorCare, FDNY, New York Presbyterian, some volunteers, AMR, etc). Are the ambulances always stationed at specific locations in the city for 911 calls when not on a call? Or does...

Here in Europe, most ambulances are stationed in ambulancestations. In the netherlands, all ambulances are stationde at permanent locations. In the bigger cities in the US, there is something like dynamic ambulance deployment. Did see something about Albequerque Ambulance Service on the net...

There are rumors that the neck-brace (stiff-neck ® and other brands) will disappear out of the EMS protocols. Are there in the USA ambulance-services who already removed the neck-braces out of the protocols?

When i look at series like paramedics, I see even by a "chestpain" call a fire truck at the scene. Here (in the Netherlands) a fire truck only responds to medical calls when there is a resuscitation goïng on. In the cities with professional fire fighters the crew drives out at each of these...

A Dutch forum does this since a while, and it's actualy fun to do, but above all: It's always interesting to do and you can learn from eachother!! I'll start with the post of an EKG. Everybody can interpretate on it here. Who joins? Okay here it is. The first: Well, what do we got...

Show me your uniform! Just to see wich differents there are in EMS clothing! The dutch uniform: The German "Rettungsdienst": The English Uniform:

Following the plans of Obama on the news, I was a little bit shocked about the selfish opinion told by a few residents from a small town in the middle of the USA (Canton). A Dutch tv-programma makes a report out of this town to follow the economic crisis and the changes with Obama as president...

Well, as a Dutch i've a couple questions about the American EMS system. There are different levels in EMS, like EMT basic, EMT intermediate, EMT paramedic. There are also different types of ambulances (BLS / ALS)? How does this system works? Is the BLS ambulance only used to transport...

In the Netherlands we don't know the different levels of EMS education. There is always an standard ambulancecrew in the whole country. An ambulanceteam is always an ambulancedriver and an ambulance-nurse (in Dutch called Ambulancechauffeur and Ambulanceverpleegkundige). Ambulancedriver...