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Three of our paramedics died in a horrible accident along with two patients late Saturday evening. Full story below: http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_2309392,00.html My thoughts and prayers are with the families, friends and colleagues. We were all shocked by the...

How big is your area you respond to calls in and what is the average time for you to get there (peak hour / non peak)? My area which I cover on my vehicle (public safety) is approx 100+ km radius and would take me between 10 -15 minutes non peak and sometimes 25 minutes peak. This includes some...

I need some advise about an incident I assisted with today... We happened to be at our base hospital in the tea room when a car pulled up to the ambulance bay and someone screamed for help. We found a lady in her late 50's in the back of the car with cyanosis around the neck area and very...

Friday night I attended to a MVA where a police vehicle was involved in a serious accident. The vehicle overturned and both the driver and his partner were code red. We later found out they responded to a house robbery in progress - for the second time. The first time when they arrived the...

Hi guys, I was wondering... What is the National Registry? Ok, I'm from South Africa and over here we don't have a separate register for "national". Whenever you qualify as a paramedic, aea or baa you get registered on a national register. Can you do more? Practice somewhere else?

I attended an accident recently where a taxi apparently stopped on scene before paramedics arrived and the occupants of the taxi stole almost everything from the car and the patient. Paramedics often get blamed that they steal from the patient. I hate it, but unfortunately is a reality...

Unfortunately we respond to numerous accidents where the drivers of the vehicles involved are under the influence of alcohol. If and when required, an IV is sited on the patient. :excl:Can Blood Alcohol Levels Still Be Tested by the police?:excl: Recently we had a celebrity invloved in an...

We would like to gather some thoughts on the use of placing two intravenous lines (IV) unilateral vs placing bilateral intravenous lines for the severely hemo-dynamically compromised patient. Currently, in the pre-hospital setting, our training does not provide a clear yes "do it" or no "don't...