Medic137

God Bless and a rapid and complete recovery.

No need for them. All they will be doing is the transport. Thats why they have this team(White Plains) so they can drop a man down to the PT and start ALS care before you bring them up.

Does that mean the "Rescue Medics" will be continuing patient care onboard the Transcare rig on the way to Westchester Medical Center? The reason I thought the local EMS should be integrated into the drill would be to work out the transfer of care to the transporting medic.

One would think they would want to integrate the local EMS agency in their drill.

The issue is that no amount of signage is going to prevent a person with three time the legal limit of alcohol in their system from making a wrong turn. Maybe we need the "severe tire damage" strips like some malls have. It would also prevent people from backing up the ramps when they see the traffic stopped on the highway.

Congrats Chris! Once the Alamo / Transcare merger is complete, I hope to work my way back onto Medic 2 and spend some quality time in the Valley.

I seems to me the only concern I have on a scene is the safety of my crew and patient. If a blue light increases our safety, I'll glady pay the ticket.

The closing hasn't taken place yet. The recent log jam in Albany is most likely the cause. No one doubts it's going to happen. The former Fishkill crews are turning out of the station on Middlebush now. Currently Medic 18 and Medic 21 are there. I haven't seen anyone in a Transcare uniform driving an Alamo rig yet.

Two things make this worse than the usual flu:

1. It is spread human to human, unlike the bird flu.

2. The people that have died from it are young adults. It's not the actual flu that is killing them but the intense reaction of their immune systems. These are the attributes of the 1918 pandemic that killed 20 to 100 million people.

Connecticut does issue two plates now - and for a long time. The trick was just recognizing the tell-tale for a single plate or pair of plates!

The map of the state in the corner?

The vast majority of patients in Yonkers are transported to Yonkers hospitals.

This is because:

1. NYS protocol.

2. Most patients express a preference for one of the local hospitals.

3. Transporting to a local hospital allows a shorter turnaround time for the ambulance.

4. The more patients a service brings into a hospital, the more likely it will be called for the outgoing transfers.

The patients that are transported to Jacoby or WMC need the specialty services that the local hospitals can't provide:

Trauma, Burns, High risk pregnancy.

The "cure" for trauma is surgery. For surgery to be effective, it should take place during the first "Golden Hour" after the injury.

Despite what you see on "ER", surgery is not done in the Emergency Department. Trauma centers are prepared to fire up an

operating room within minutes of a trauma patient arriving at the hospital. A local non trauma hospital might need hours to assemble an OR staff. They may not be able to do neurosurgery at all. Therefore, bringing a trauma patient to a non trauma hospital delays definitive care and leads to poorer outcomes.

However, isn't making sure the hydrant flows water, why you are supposed to open it up, then close it again BEFORE HOOKING UP THE HOSE, and before the rig drives away.

Isn't this also done to flush any rust / crud onto the ground rather than into the hose? NOTE: I'm not a FF. It just seems like common sense.

Warren sold me my first EMS uniform in the early 90s. I've been back there several times since then and it has always been a pleasure.

My condolences to Barry and his family.

I have a few HT000s and MT2000s that might fit what you're looking for. PM me.

Mid 90's...Millbrook and Union Vale dispatched for a possible house fire....

Union Vale engine to KED 348, " Any better location? We see a column of smoke!"

George Heck, "Yes....at the bottom of the smoke"

LOL!

If you see a column of smoke, do you really need to ask for a better location?

Pretty amazing that even before FFs were dressed for Lunar landings, they still managed to get the job done.

If you are sure you want an MT1000, check out this site:

The Portable Clinic

If you are interested in an HT1000 16 channel VHF, send me a PM. I may be able to help you out.

I had hair like that once....Boy I miss those days!!

I worked for both WEMS and Transcare in my day. While you will do alot of transports with WEMS, you will gain alot of knowledge from the transfers if you apply yourself. I know they were mixing both GLS and ALS rigs for transports back then. I will also tell you WEMS has an excellent benefit package should you go there.

Transcare is also good. Yes you will have to work transport until you get some experience under your belt, but once you get into the 911 system, you will be doing all 911 jobs.

that being said, one thing about both of them is that the road people as well as the supervisors are really good people and good to work with.

I would also suggest you try and get into a VAC to get some experience under your belt.

Good luck,

joe

I know they were mixing both GLS and ALS rigs for transports back then.

GLS = Geriatric Livery Service j/k Joe!

Ambassador Ambulance and Empire State Ambulance operated out of a garage on North Lawn St. in Elmsford around 1997. Empire State's rigs were white with blue and gold.

Rest in peace Quigs. Our Thursday night meetings for the paperwork shuttle were a blast.

With very few exceptions, having a scanner or other two way radio in your car is against the law. That being said, I have never heard of anyone being charged with this offense if they weren't doing something illegal or stupid at the time. Use common sense. Don't flaunt it in front of the police. Don't use what you hear for personal gain or to compromise someone's privacy. Don't buff calls that you have no business being at. I've had a scanner and a couple of portable radios in my personal vehicles for many years and no one has ever said a word to me about it.

i think the guys did a fine job i also think that with a call like this the ems side really need's to step it up and not take there time getting to there bus i watched them at the same time watch all the cops fly down rt.9 and 1 of the rfd chief's i think as the first crew of the amb. took there time to finsh buying stuff and finsh what they were doing befor they responded not calling out the time from dispatch to the time the bus was started and moveing how nice to call responding from a hand radio and not the one in the bus just because your right up the street dosent mean you can take your time and they werent at there fishkill st.

I'll reply to this when I get the english translation.

What is the down side of keeping the low band dispatch frequency alive? I can't believe it is very expensive. Given the topography of the county, no matter how advanced the UHF system is, there will be dead spots. Why not have one more way to get the dispatches to the FFs and EMTs?

Price reduced to book value!!

$4000.00

By Martin F. Downs

Valley News Staff Writer

White River Junction -- An inferno fueled by thousands of combusting tires destroyed a historic building that contained businesses and a family's home.

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