Bangalore to get hi-tech ambulance serviceby
Dr. J. Mariano Anto Bruno M.
of patients, before ambulances reach the spot. Each ambulance will be manned by two trained emergency medical technicians for attending patients or accident victims.
The ambulance service is unique as it is not...
Ambulance Delays Continueby
Dr. Ian Furst
's an article where the head of EMS reports 19/19 ambulances have been waiting in the ED to transfer patients. As I said before, there's no winner in this situation. The patient, the ED and the ambulance service...
This Bus is an Ambulanceby
Medical Quack
In Dubai they are converting buses into ambulances, now that’s one huge ambulance...-capacity Mercedes-Benz ambulances handed over to the Centre of Ambulance Services of the Government of Dubai...
The rotting system - the Ambulance serviceby
Garth M.
is damaging to patients:
"Having recently been binned as a medical adviser to an ambulance service... patients to hospital. A good way of doing this is to send a single-manned car instead of an ambulance...
The Valiant Nata Clinic Ambulance Driversby
Pedro M.
Pictured above (L-R) are Mr. Kgosi and Mr. Kedikilwe two of Nata Clinics five ambulance drivers.... When they become ambulance drivers, they receive no special first aid training or any other kind of extra education...
Voluntary Ambulance Driversby
Angus
I recently wrote about Tom, our ambulance driver, who picks up Kezia and Nanda to ferry... them.
The notoriusly ever over-stretched Welsh ambulance service could hardly...
The tummy ambulancesby
Stuart G.
they overhear something undesirable.
An ambulance arrived for this patient, even...
Day shift: Nine calls; five by ambulance; four by car.
Stats: 3 abdo pains; 1 alcoholic fit; 2...
How Long Does Hydromorphone Stay In The Body?
after being administered at a hospital ER room, twice, plus one dose of morphine in and ambulance? Would it show up in a toxicology report over a month later? Stephannie1971crap
hiv through clothes
hey doc, its the lousy ambulance worker again, umm, doc would hiv transmitt if a couple blood... or am i being stupid? thanx Robert J. Frascino, M.D. hiv through clothes Hi Ambulance Guy... ago. Ambulance Guy, I suggest you spend some time perusing the archives and learning...crap
The Story
I live in a remote mountain area of SoCal. It takes an ambulance 40-50 min to get here generally, but on the day of my MI we had an ambulance on the hill - because we had snow! As a result I had help within 15 min and reached the hospital 10 mi away within the first two hours. From the moment I realized I wasn...crap
Bad News
A friend of ours was taken by emergency ambulance to the hospital this weekend. He had taken an overdose of some one of his antidepressants and whatever. He was unresponsive when they found him. I talked to him Saturday and he was not making any sense at all. I hope he pulls through this time. Not...crap
Interview with Heidi the EMT -- What Happens During Blood Sugar Emergencies?
So far, I’ve never had to call an ambulance (or had one called for me) to treat a severe low or high blood sugar situation. (My father drove me to the hospital during a snowstorm during my DKA... what exactly that ambulance crew is going to be doing when they come to my rescue.
Heidi Durkee is an EMT...crap
Family Education passed us by. The results have been devastating. Can anyone relate?
I called the ambulance in 1983 believing I was having a nervous breakdown. After the birth of my son, I spent 15 years of suffering through hell with no diagnosis. My hospitalization was the miracle I relentlessly prayed for. I know that my husband and 15 yr. old son met with some hospital...crap
dealing with grief and death
An overwhelming sadness comes when I see a dead bird on the road. Or an ambulance move slowly away from the curb after rushing to a house but only for a moment. For it then reminds me how precious life is and even when times are hard and weird life is a journey. You make decisions everyday...crap
Combivir Side Effects
I am an EMT. Was stuck on an ambulance run from the trash. On Combivir as a preventative for 30 days. Had the normal side effects, all my blood work came back normal. The day I stopped the combivir I started my period. 22 days later I am still on it. Is this normal? Should I be concerned...crap