Re: Hydrofluoric acid

[Guest guest]

No, and I doubt that the union would go for it... their paramedics make damn

good overtime both at the fire department and at side jobs like hospitals,

careflite, etc.

Mike

>

> Rumor has it that Dallas Fire Rescue will be going ALL BASIC EMT soon.

> So

> no IVs there either. Anybody else heard this?

>

> Gene G.

>

>

>

> > Central line in Houston?

> >

> > May I point out that when I called 911 for an MVA a couple years ago and

> > reported a patient was unconscious and not breathing, I ended up going

> in

> > the box and the provider (EMT?) was not even qualified to start an IV. I

> > was shocked to be in one of the largest cities in the US, driving

> > lights/sirens and had to direct the EMS personnel to where the

> appropriate

> > supplies were located. Luckily, i had spent many shifts on the box in

> > Houston in medical school so was able to manage the airway, iv etc...

> while

> > EMS watched and we drove to Ben Taub...

> >

> >

> > Kirk D. Mahon, MD, ABEM

> >

> > 6106 Keller Springs Rd

> > Dallas, TX 75248

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

No, and I doubt that the union would go for it... their paramedics make damn

good overtime both at the fire department and at side jobs like hospitals,

careflite, etc.

Mike

>

> Rumor has it that Dallas Fire Rescue will be going ALL BASIC EMT soon.

> So

> no IVs there either. Anybody else heard this?

>

> Gene G.

>

>

>

> > Central line in Houston?

> >

> > May I point out that when I called 911 for an MVA a couple years ago and

> > reported a patient was unconscious and not breathing, I ended up going

> in

> > the box and the provider (EMT?) was not even qualified to start an IV. I

> > was shocked to be in one of the largest cities in the US, driving

> > lights/sirens and had to direct the EMS personnel to where the

> appropriate

> > supplies were located. Luckily, i had spent many shifts on the box in

> > Houston in medical school so was able to manage the airway, iv etc...

> while

> > EMS watched and we drove to Ben Taub...

> >

> >

> > Kirk D. Mahon, MD, ABEM

> >

> > 6106 Keller Springs Rd

> > Dallas, TX 75248

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Kerfuffle? Kerfuffle? Bloody good!

GG

E.(Gene) Gandy

POB 1651

Albany, TX 76430

wegandy1938@...

[Guest guest]

Kerfuffle? Kerfuffle? Bloody good!

GG

E.(Gene) Gandy

POB 1651

Albany, TX 76430

wegandy1938@...

[Guest guest]

Kerfuffle? Kerfuffle? Bloody good!

GG

E.(Gene) Gandy

POB 1651

Albany, TX 76430

wegandy1938@...