Martin, why the hate towards Fire? You live in a fire based ems community and worked in one as well. You see that the majority of calls are handled by medics who care about ems just as much as fire. It works around here. Works fairly well too.
It doesn't sound like they're restricting them to 2 minutes after an engine arrives. It gives an additional 2 minutes because there is a medic on scene who can handle any ALS situation instead of the transport unit doing all of the work. Not a bad idea for AMR because they won't be penalized for...
This morning approx. 03:45 we get a call for a fall. Pt wife states he lost balance and fell. We get there an assess the man and find out he has no head neck or back pain. Also no evidence of him hitting his head. We sit him on the toilet and as we're assisting him to the toilet I notice he is...
I just bought the Bates Zero Mass boot. They are very light and have a side zipper. They retail for about $114 but I got them for $81 on militaryboots.com