Recent content by Elmerj

Sedan, could be marked or unmarked depending.

All this discussion of EMS history makes me think a field trip in order to the EMS museum at the EMS Academy on Fort Totten. Even better maybe one of the site moderators could get the retired EMS Chief JP Martin to present during one of the monthly meetings. Talk about an NYC EMS historian, he’s...

Don’t know his name but he sure ties a good tie knot !

They were still in use up until late 1984. Used only for hospital grounds transfer from Jacobi main building to VanEtten hospital also on the grounds of the Jacobi campus. I would imagine that other facilities had them still in use for grounds transport but I can only remember Jacobi.

Built on vacant land post merger. Rescue three built adjacent to it roughly 5 years later.

Great story.

5M is an Emergency Medicine MD. They provide medical control at scenes as well as training via CME and conduct QA/Qi with ambulance crews. Very helpful to have them on large or technically challenging assignments.

Sitting in the bus ☹️

One would hope that in the post pilot analysis you would look at the ALS to ALS to see if you are truly impacting ALS availability. It may just be that the pilot is successful but the system can't support it with the current head count. In that case you could hire/promote more Paramedics or take...

Well luckily we still have plenty of time left in the 21st century to see “If they join” so you never know.

Problem : Getting appropriately trained and equipped individuals into position in a timely fashion. In this case the Rescue Medics. Background: Rescue Medics during their normal day are considered available for any ALS call type the CAD recommends. Rescue capability is almost considered...

I would imagine the Rescue Medics stand fast until the next FAST truck arrives and pairs up with them.

It always puts Rescue Medics at every assignment the Rescue Company responds to. In this case R2 & R5. Now think about everything the Rescue Company responds to. Puts them in the right place at the most appropriate time.

Don’t know the answer to that part. I would be interested in hearing about that myself.

From what I can decipher when Rescue turns out the Medic unit informs the EMS Citywide dispatcher that they are responding with the Rescue company to the specific box number and or address. The information regarding where they are responding appears to be relayed to the Medics by the Rescue...