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There are some firefighters that don’t care for EMS, but their numbers are getting smaller. It is widely accepted that EMS is the bulk of the job now. Some people get burnt out by it, which is understandable and which is where some of that negative attitude comes from. No one minds getting out...

Brought up the Elon/Trump beef with my father last night. My father is a big Trump guy. His response was, "this is probably just more 4D chess by Trump, I bet you it is a planned fight." I don't believe that, but I 100% believe that once Elon and Trump inevitably make up that will be the story...

Yeah fuck those guys! (Just kidding. I was wrong)

Well, no offense to your friend but I completely disagree with him. EMS can’t get to these calls as fast as fire can and they typically can’t handle them on their own. People would suffer and die needlessly without dual response. I always tell people when a critical patient comes into the...

Per NYT: Stephen K. Bannon, who has been one of the most vocal critics of Musk for months, said he is advising the president to cancel all of Musk’s contracts and launch several investigations into the world’s richest man. “They should initiate a formal investigation of his immigration status...

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minneapolis-business-raid-east-lake-street/

Do you think that Joe Biden was executed and is a robot? Because your President, who also uses the autopen, does.

Wasn't even tied to immigration enforcement. People literally wiling out because the cops were arresting wanted criminals. :rolleyes:

Called it!

I thought he looked like a hoodlum in the first picture, and it turns out he is one.

Yup. Part of that is by design, part of it is due to a nationwide shortage of EMS providers. Single-role EMS is a dead-end, burnout job. The average career length for someone in EMS is 5 years, and that stat is before COVID so it wouldn't surprise me if it is even shorter now. COVID did a number...

There's a module about the history of EMS in EMT and Paramedic programs, but that just scratches the surface. I've been doing this a long time and am a big history buff as it is, so I've had the opportunity to take deeper dives into a lot of this stuff. It helps explain why things are the way...

Cross-trained Firefighter/EMTs or Firefighter/Paramedics are about 60 years old now. Prior to the 1960s, "EMS" as we know it wasn't really a think in the United States. There was essentially no emergent medical care rendered in the prehospital environment. Patients were picked up and transported...

Yes, we respond to any accident with potential for injury. We are all required to be cross trained as EMTs (minimum) or Paramedics, and carry medical equipment and medications on the fire trucks. For most vehicle accidents we provide medical care to the patients/victims long before the ambulance...