Recent content by Elmerj

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...

Yes.

I’m thinking he was a Deputy. Either way very sad news

Agreed, In my experience back of the bus is best.

Terrible situation. Always appreciated when the Engine went to the hospital with us in situations like this.

That’s correct. Get everything responding and adjust accordingly.

You would likely have significant amounts of EMS units already responding to or operating at the scene just based on the initial patient load. As the alarm level escalated you would in theory get the next the EMS equivalent if you continued to generate patients. If you weren’t generating...

The HTO is a single individual. One could be assigned/ in place during the course of normal business. Take for example on a normal day you have an HTO at Lincoln, Harlem and Jacobi. All very busy places. You get a multiple alarm fire in a large occupied multiple dwelling in central Harlem...