Well, I've never seen a tillered ambulance, but I HAVE seen an ambulance with an aerial device. Was an old utility truck with a bucket lift on it that a VFD had converted to an ambo. :D
I do remember seeing "The World's Largest Ambulance" in the Guiness book a few years ago. I was a double...
That's exactly what the IRA did....except they filled the cylinders with Ammonium nitrate explosive compound first, tapped an impact detonator into one end, small explosive charge at the other end at the bottom of a steel pipe, electric current from a 9v battery, et voila! your very own home...
Spandex should only be available to men (or women over size 8) with a Doctors prescription.
I always think that it looks like someone trying to either smuggle walnuts or 10lb of Sh*t in a 5lb bag. Don't these people own mirrors?
Survey: Most States Allow 5-10 mph Speeding Cushion for Motorists
By KEN THOMAS
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON- Authorities patrolling U.S. highways tend to give motorists a cushion of up to 10 miles per hour above the speed limit before pulling them over, says a survey by a group of state...
Getting out of bed at 3am when the tones go off and being 100% on my game after being at work all day. It's got harder over the years, when I was a young whippersnapper it wasn't a problem, now it takes me a couple of minutes to get into the groove.
(minds out of the gutter you lot!)
BOSTON - Distributing portable defibrillators to restart a quivering heart -- and training the public to use them -- can double the survival rate for people who have collapsed from cardiac arrest, according to a massive North American study.
Meanwhile, a second study concluded that rescue...
Sounds like a crock to me....when was the last time you saw them do CPR in the ER for 30 minutes? Some of these bean counters need to actually try doing CPR before coming out with these ideas....imagine the family standing around while you (or me) jack around for 30 minutes before taking their...
It makes me cringe now how we used to wallow around in blood, puke and all the rest and never give BSI a thought. As I remember, the only gloves we carried were in the OB kit. Nowadays, it's nitrile for me if there's any chance at all of contamination