The town I used to dispatch for was a small hill town and about 70% of the FD were EMT-B or P. They had a policy that only the EMT's were allowed to respond to medical general recalls but the other 30% had still had to be first responder certified.
On the other hand, the city I work in is a...
Good move. I have done the same with my blackberry except it says "please contact xxx-xxx-xxxx if phone is found or in case of an emergency."
I myself am somewhat curious about that. I can't see why it would not be the same as a going through the wallet like you said
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Said EMT was talking to the patient and the patient's buddy wouldn't stop answering the questions being asked to the patient. After finally being told to just back off, said assclown decided to get his buddies together and come after the EMT for telling him to back off. Not too hard to get...
Here's a dose of reality for you. I've been there. Watched a partner attacked. Attacked at a bar with plenty of weapons that could have been used. I was a ride along at the time. What I saw wasn't a "hero" nor was it Chuck Norris. What I saw was a partner not hesitate to go after the crowd...
Not a superiority complex. Its a true feeling. When out in a city environment and responding to an incident of, as you put it in your original post "gang related," violence, the fact that police have cleared the scene does not mean you're entirely safe. I need to be able to rely on someone who...