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just to clarify, there is nothing that says you need to be an NJSFAC member to be eligible for the training fund, you just need to be on a volunteer squad.

human svc police are based about 20 miles away and are never called. occasionally we get a trooper but that is very rare. this facility contracts a paid transport service but since they call 911 (Thank you Danielle's law), it goes through the normal channels.

thats crazy then if thats the case im with the guy above, let me know what town this is so I never drive through it.

yea that sounds very scary and probably not legal see page 23-24 of this document, pretty much says someone on board needs to be an emt http://www.state.nj.us/health/ems/documents/ambulance_regs.pdf

Background on location: State run mental health facility with about 450 "clients", direct care staff, nurses and doctors. Clients range from severely handicapped with deformities, etc, to "high functioning". Most clients are wards for the state, but there are some that have guardianship over...

hey man i hear ya i agree 100% and ideally, everyone would see the benefits of the system as it pertains to improving patient care protocols, quality control, etc. Not looking to start the old paid vs volly quarrel. :)

it would vary by squad. For us, new applications get read at the monthly business meeting, then they meet with the officers for an interview, check references, background check, etc. If a class is starting in the area before we read the app at the meeting, we will usually give them the...

NJ has the EMT Training fund which lets you take the EMT course and all CEU's at no cost if you are a member of a volunteer first aid squad. Since the squads themselves dont pay for it, they usually dont "require" anything, the money for the fund actually comes from moving violations, 50 cents...

oh believe me im all for good data collection im just saying its going to be a rough transition. yes the data goes to the state and to the NJ First Aid Council as well.

actually its being paid for by the state so its absolutely free for us to use.

so far it looks good but i think its going to be really hard to get people to transition from entering a few fields to a 6 "page" pcr especially since we're volly and using it for BLS only

Anyone use emscharts for their PCR's? I saw a few threads about it but nothing in the past year so I thought there might be some new opinions? NJ recently granted all EMS agencies free use of EMSCharts through a 5-year deal with emscharts.com. Right now we use an ancient database app to...

radioshack pro-95 is cheap and gets trunked systems

We call the "Hooples"

like someone said before..in NJ we dont carry them, but we carry oral glucose. indication for oral glucose is diabetic history with altered mental status. contraindication is they are too "out of it" to swallow. lots of times the family is there and knows how to check the BGL with their...

ever seen pulp fiction??:P

Boro of Totowa, NJ First Aid Sqaud www.totowaems.org

ok 50 miles 75mph=40 mins 80mph=37.5 mins 85mph=35 mins So by exceeding the speed limit by 10mph, you gain only 5 mins over the entire trip. not worth the risk IMO. That truck has a 16,500 lb GVWR. Between 75mph and 85mph, you increase your stopping distance by almost 100ft (average...

Give one good reason why you need to exceed the speed limit in the first place.

Nextel i315..rugged phones..1 in each truck