THE 411 ON 911 1. “Denial kills people. Yes‚ you could be having a heart attack or a stroke‚ even if you’re only 39 or in good shape or a vegetarian.” —Dennis Rowe‚ paramedic‚ Knoxville‚ Tennessee 2. “Don’t call us for a broken finger. If there’s no real emergency‚ you’ve just clogged up the system.” —Arthur Hsieh‚ paramedic‚ San Francisco 3. “Your emergency isn’t necessarily our emergency. In my region‚ we send an ambulance for all calls‚ but we don’t use the sirens unless it’s Code 1‚ which
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Running head: Budgets and Fire Departments How Budget Cuts Effect Fire Departments Leann Rae Edison State College How Budget Cuts Effect Fire Departments Budgets have played a major role in fire departments all over the world. In the past couple of years‚ fire department budgets have been in the headlines quite frequently. This is especially true in Florida‚ where there has been much controversy in the proposal and passing of Amendment 1‚ in January 2008. The passing of
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When choosing between two main options of study‚ you should compare them in order distinguish the advantages and disadvantages‚ or pro’s & con’s. The purpose of this essay is to examine the differences between a Funeral Director (Mortician)‚ to Paramedics (Emergency Medical Technician). These are two similar careers‚ but each of them offers you different opportunities as a student and as a professional. Three main aspects comparing these two careers are job opportunities‚ work environment‚ &
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Need for Correct Documentation. Comprehensive documentation provides a defence for Paramedics in a very contentious world. Without documentation‚ it is very hard to show that something occurred. Thorough timely documentation and the use of the VIRCA method should not be seen as additional and unnecessary paperwork. Instead‚ it should offer the Paramedic some peace of mind. It has been established at law that a Paramedic owes a duty of care to their patient. The QAS as an organization also owes its patients
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written essay is to demonstrate an understanding of my views on the art and science of reflection and the issues surrounding reflective practice. It is based on a significant incident from my own area of clinical practice as a state registered paramedic employed by a large provincial Ambulance Service N.H.S. Trust within the U.K. There is a discussion appraising the concept of reflection both generally‚ and in my particular area of practice. This is followed by an analysis of the incident
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Saylani welfare trust is growing under the supervision of its founder Mr Bashir Ahmed Farooqi who belongs to a quite religious and spiritual family. The organization is serving the poor and the distressed people of our society since 5th May 1999. Most of the services of Saylani Welfare Trust are free of cost. The main objectives of the trust are to facilitate people for education‚ health‚ environment‚ physical infrastructure‚ social mobilization‚ and human resource development. The organization receives
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BTEC Level 3 90 credit diploma in the public services Responding to emergency service incidents Scene preservation P5: describe the necessity for scene preservation units at emergency incidents as part of an incident investigation. When the emergency services attend to a scene of a major incident it is important that the scene is preserved because evidence may be lost if the scene if tampered. The emergency services have to respond as quickly as possible to a major incident call because if they
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[pic] Ambulance Service of NSW [pic] [pic] Report 2b 11th November 2011 Prepared by Jane Fuller Table of Contents Executive Summary iii 1. Introduction 1 1.1. Purpose of Report 1 1.2. Background 1 1.3. Human Resource Department 1 1.4. Report Methodology 2 1.5. Report Assumptions and Limitations 2 1.6. Report Plan 2 2. Discussion 3 2.1. External Environment 3 2.2. Internal Environment 3 2.3. Detection of Problems 4 2.4. Verification / Rejection of Problems 4 2.5.
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I have chosen these responses safety‚ security‚ seeking help‚ serious injuries and alerting for help and have them in this order because they are in order of top priority to help the casualty who has been hit by a car outside the residential care home. I chose to have safety as top priority response as it is really important that the casualty and your safety is the number one priority in dealing with the accident if it is on a dangerous and busy road for example. I then chose to have security as
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childbirths‚ and natural disasters—when people experience such traumas‚ they need help fast! This is where paramedics come in. It’s their job to rush to the scene of an emergency‚ provide immediate medical care‚ and get the patient to the hospital. Time is of the essence in this job. Fast and effective treatment saves lives and lessens the seriousness of many people’s injuries. When paramedics arrive at the scene‚ their first job is to figure out what kind of injury the patient has and how serious
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