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Hi There
I have been a lurker:ph34r: on this forum for a while and just became a member. I have enjoyed the information and humour you all have provided.
My husband and I are Emergency Medical First Responders (EMFR) with the Irish Red Cross. We spend summers in Upstate NY and train with the local Vol Ambulance Corp and in comparing qualifications ours would be equal to EMT-B in the USA apart from some things like Nitrous Oxide and some other meds that we are permitted to admin our protocols seem to be very much in line with those of NY EMS. We have also trained in ASSIST suicide prevention.
In the next year we will be doing some crossover training and we will be known as EMT-NQ (national qualification) and EMFR will be phased out.
Most of our Vol work is at assigned duties at sporting events and horse races etc but we are also on call for search and rescue cover and local emergencies such as cardiac response. Nearest full facility hospital is 1.5 hours away so we aim to try and train the whole county in public access defib.
I am looking forward to being a part of this forum, I may not be a big poster but I enjoy reading all of your posts.
Thanks for providing some great reading.
Slainte
Vonny
EMFR, Instructor of Occupational First Aid. BLS and Cardiac First Response
Certified by AHA, IHA,PHECC,IRC

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Welcome ^_^
 
Vonny said:
comparing qualifications ours would be equal to EMT-B in the USA apart from some things like Nitrous Oxide and some other meds that we are permitted to admin our protocols seem to be very much in line with those of NY EMS.
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Can anyone confirm is this a typo meant to be Nitro or are EMT-B's in NY administering Nitrous Oxide? We have one medic service trialing Nitrous Oxide but it seems to be a rare find and I've never heard of it at the basic level.
 
Clarification - Nitrous Oxide

I am sorry if I confused you, I should have been more clear. NY EMTs are not permitted to admin Nitrous Oxide (Entonox) , but EMFRs in Ireland are... I was just pointing out the difference in our protocols. We use it for pain in childbirth, traction and other painful situations.
We carry it onboard and let the patient self administer it.
Hope this clears things up.
Vonny
 
does an EMFR in Ireland work on an ambulance then or are you like our first responders with a jump bag in the back of your car? I don't know that I'd want two tanks to carry in my car but if the ambulance has that long of a response time I can see some form of pain management being a good idea.
 
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Yes ,we work an ambulance and we carry jump bags in our cars, we do not carry entonox in the car though but we have our ambulance always at the ready. In Ireland we have what are known as Statutory or Government ambulances that respond to calls but they are so far away that we respond first in our Red Cross ambulance and unless there is a paramedic needed we transport the patient ourselves.
The whole paramedic field is relatively new to Ireland and they are few and far between at the moment but we are getting there. If we have a real tough case we call the coast guard in and they have paramedics available. We are a rural coastal townland and we see the chopper here a lot.
We also have a Statutory medic who lives nearby and will come if we need him and he is available.
Vonny
 
cool, it's interesting learning how different countries operate their EMS system. I think I forgot to say welcome to the site and enjoy. I look forward to learning more about the Irish system. There's a couple other Irish medics around here as well if you haven't noticed them yet.
 
Welcome to the tribe!! ^_^:)^_^
 
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