Firefighter’s need a high school diploma and training in emergency medical services.A firefighter must also pass written and physical test’s‚ complete a series of interviews‚ go through training at a fire academy‚ and hold an emergency medical technician certification. Some firefighter’s receive a few months of training at fire academies. Firefighter’s also must complete a probationary period. Some fire departments have accredited apprenticeship programs that last up to four years. The programs
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competitors. Brand loyalty interview: the brand and its competition I interviewed Pat Crowe assistant Director of Cheboygan Life Support Systems Inc. He has been a paramedic for over twenty years. When he started working as an emergency medical technician in the late eighties each ambulance was equipped with a Ferno ambulance stretcher. Ferno stretchers were the standard stretcher used in the ambulance industry and they had little to no competition. Pat was asked why he preferred Stryker Rugged stretchers
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Reflection on a Significant Incident from Practice Introduction The intention of this 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
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Final Strategic Plan Throughout the last five weeks a strategic plan has been formulated. The strategic plan has many elements associated with the strategic plan. To start Emergency Medical Traveler needed to come up with a mission statement designed to show potential purchasers what the organization is all about. Along with the mission statement a company’s vision statement shows where the Emergency Medical Traveler is going to be in the future. After these statements have been created‚
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Reflective Writing Essay INTRODUCTION The following reflective writing essay will centre on a particular event that I witnessed. I will be using Gibbs’ model of reflection‚ from Gibbs‚ G. (1988). For confidentiality purposes‚ I will name my family member as Estelita who is a fifty five year old female. DESCRIPTION Estelita was experiencing shortness of breath and chest pain. She called an ambulance‚ whereby a FRU car arrived‚ followed by a backup ambulance crew. The FRU responder performed
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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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History of EMS EMSP 1338-Introduction to Advanced Practice Central Texas College December 5 2010 History of EMS Abstract The history of emergency medicine dates back many centuries. As the years pass EMS not only progressed in prehospital care‚ but in the way patients are transported to the hospital in emergeny situations. Along with the progression of the transportation and prehospital care of patients‚ the EMS profession has come
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Speech 22 September 2013 Emergency Response Pilot When there is a car crash on the highway‚ everyone slows down to gape at the wreckage. However‚ few have ever seen a truly horrific‚ heavily gory accident in which a Medivac helicopter has come to rush victims off to safety. Air-medical transport saves lives every day in a plethora of situations. Being a part of the Hawaii Air Ambulance team allows one to be the best pilot they could be in a field whose purpose is saving lives. To be an Emergency
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Gabriel Ruiz 4/26/12 Paramedic Paramedic’s takes hard work and patience‚ people say it’s not easy becoming a paramedic you need the right education and you must acquire a specific skill. A paramedic makes a good amount of money enough to pay the bills and still have some money left over. Being a paramedic requires people’s lives to be in your hands at times and to be able to handle yourself under pressure. This essay will consist of the requirements
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Melissa EMS 150 Nov. 16‚ 2010 Safe Ambulance Operations In this paper‚ I will discus the importance of safety while driving an ambulance and the recommendations set forth by North Carolina for ambulance driving. I will also cover the North Carolina laws regarding ambulances‚ and the frequency of ambulance accidents including on the job injuries and deaths. Ambulance safety is not something that most new EMT’s are taught in their classes‚ it is something that they learn while in the field
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