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I'm curious if that is the time until the ambulance arrives, or until the first responder on a non-transporting fire unit arrives

I know what I'm getting @MMiz for Christmas

there absolutely is money in medicine... there is no money in 911 EMS, or in emergency medicine (and I think Trauma surgery is questionable), but healthcare (in general) can be very profitable, esp for big companies. One of the reasons hospitals buy ambulance companies is to keep all of the IFT...

for the ad-block free version: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/rural-ct-towns-see-emergency-110000843.html here are the "far behind" response times: The Average response time was 8.16 minutes; this is a case of "duh" because rural times are ALWAYS going to be slower than urban ones...

And? the definition of a professional degree is something that leads to a doctoral-level program. Under the new definition, programs in medicine, pharmacy, dentistry, optometry, law, veterinary medicine, osteopathic medicine, podiatry, chiropractic, theology, and clinical psychology are...

Please explain... don't all patients who enter the ER see a provider before discharge? Yes, nurses are autonomous in some areas, and, assuming she was in the L&D department, I would have thought a provider would have evaluated her sometime during her stay, even if they were packed.. if this...

Many places will put you through their academy (and pay you along the way) as long as you have a valid paramedic certs, provided you pass their entrance exams. the DC metro area is almost entirely FF/PM in county based systems, and they hire every year

https://www.ems1.com/rescue/pittsburgh-ems-rescues-29-passengers-after-monongahela-incline-cars-stall

understandable... sounds like a great idea for a new off duty thread.... And for the record, changes do happen, and while some things have improved, there is still a lot of work that needs to happen. and, also for the record, I don't agree with everything that the new administration is doing.

Clearly the firefighter instigated the situation, and the police officer failed to de-escalate the situation, failed to recognize that the individual had mental health issues and was in crisis, and decided to use force instead of getting the person the mental healthcare that he desperately...

Many moons ago, I had a polite interaction with a deputy sheriff in the courthouse about how I wasn't comfortable with having the patient not be transported. He had some weird disease that I had never heard of, and their rule was, if it was a chronic condition, it should be treated by the...

It's always eye-opening when they do it (and put share it with the public), because hindsight is 20/20, and it's very easy to criticize when you aren't in the cop's shoes. I've never put on a badge and gun, but that doesn't negate my decades of experience working in EMS... and working...

honest question: a person in an inflatable costume is not following lawful commands, and is wearing a costume to prevent him from being affected by the non-lethal crowd control measures... why should the ICE officer not do something to ensure that the person violating the law is affected by the...

I'll be honest, I think an AI generated narrative is a waste of everyone's time. My narrative used to be for stuff that didn't have a clicky box for... anything that didn't have a check box goes in the narrative, and if you were writing two pages of narrative on a routine call, then you have...

Well, law enforcement has a reputation of escalating a situation for anyone who doesn't comply with their orders... how many fire apparatus operators have been cuffed by state troopers for failing to move their engine at a crash scene? While LE does have a job to do, they often forget that so...

https://notthebee.com/article/minnesota-postal-worker-dies-in-county-jail-after-police-mistake-his-stroke-for-intoxication

A stressful situation for all involved… ICE officer likely owes the EMS crew an apology, because I doubt their actions were intentional https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2025/10/federal-officers-delayed-threatened-to-shoot-and-arrest-ambulance-crew-at-portland-ice-facility-report-says.html

fist thing? good job officer... are they great compressions? probably not.. it's hands only CPR, and likely ineffective... but better than nothing, esp since her primary role isn't as a medical provider... should she retake CPR class? sure... but I won't fault someone who does something...

That's actually been one of my concerns... how much brainpower are we offloading to AI, and what happens when the AI fails? or hallucinates? How much blind faith would medical providers put into AI, and how many old school providers would refuse to use AI? Would any one trust a surgeon who...

My job only allows copilot... so I've played around with others at home, but for powershell, i have to stick with the M$ option... after seeing some of the AI notes from my meetings, I don't know if I would want to do that, especially if a human doesn't reread and correct any errors. how many...