Tag Archives: Paramedic

Below is the amazing video of an FDNY Firefighter from Rescue 2 bailing out of a window onto an aerial ladder. The firefighter is in flames as he gets out of the building and another firefighter helps put out the flames. Check out STATter911.com for more details on this fire. In total, 5 firefighters were injured in this fire with some experiencing severe burns.

The Rip Shears are a simple attachment to trauma shears that we already carry. It makes sense. We aren't adding ANOTHER pair of shears, we are making the ones we carry better. That is always one big question when I get products...Do we need it, do we have to add another tool, or are we making a tool better? In this case, we are making a tool better.

Check out this image that captures a closed caption fail during the Conrad Murray murder trial of Michael Jackson. When a Paramedic was on the stand being questioned, the discussion turned to capnography which is the monitoring of the concentration or partial pressure of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the respiratory gases - wikipedia...I assure you it has nothing to do with "cat pornography". Hilarious!

Dave Statter had the story last week about a Washington DC firehouse that was shut down by Fire Chief Kenneth Ellerbe after a case of beer was found in the fridge. The firefighters were tested for alchohol and all came up negative. However, the firefighters still face discipline for having the beer. Now, Clem Cypra has come forward as the gift-giver. Cypra brought it to them after they put a fire in his house.

The fate of the firefighters involved in the Macon-Bibb Fire Department Firehouse "Robbery" Prank at Station 108 has been realized. The news comes today, just days after the infamous video went viral. One firefighter is facing termination, another demoted and 10 day suspension, three others with 10 day suspensions, one with a two day suspension, and one more with a counseling statement.

Making the comment was not acceptable. Posting it on Facebook for everyone to see was also not acceptable. Has this guy lost his marbles? Not only did he put it on his profile page, but he followed up with it on a Facebook page for the Nashville Fire Department Emergency Medical Services...

I cannot believe this video is still online. I am sure it will be gone soon so watch it now if you want to see what a bad idea this is. I imagine we will be reading about former firefighters very soon.

The Galloping Ghost, a P51 plane piloted by Jimmy Leeward, crashed at the Reno air races at Stead airport in Reno, Nevada. The pilot and 3 others have died. 21 others were transported to the hospital.

Caught on video: Turkish emergency medical staff accidentally drop a patient head first off of their stretcher as they made there way from an air ambulance helicopter.

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