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10ozCurls
Irene brought me here
More Medics :shrug:
twinoaks207
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A paid system that doesn't rely on volunteers? :shrug:
letsgosailing
New Member
priority3
Low priority. Not life threatening. Why tie up a medic that may be needed elsewhere?. 30 minutes? How long do you think it takes to drive.to SMH from the outlying edges of our county ? Quit complaining and volunteer to help. Volunteers take all the same training. Same standards of care. Same state medical protocols as used by paid services.
Low priority. Not life threatening. Why tie up a medic that may be needed elsewhere?. 30 minutes? How long do you think it takes to drive.to SMH from the outlying edges of our county ? Quit complaining and volunteer to help. Volunteers take all the same training. Same standards of care. Same state medical protocols as used by paid services.
DEEKAYPEE8569
Well-Known Member
A few months ago, my 89 yr. old Grandmother took a fall, backward. She hit her head on a door jamb; wound up with a few stitches.
After Mom made the 911 call, it took 30-40 minutes for the EMT's to arrive to California from L'town. I know that THAT doesn't have anything to do with the price of tea in China but that was MY family's most recent experience with the Volunteer rescue squad.
PrepH4U
New Member
Really? How many hours do you volunteer? What was your tax bill this last year? Medic is for critical cases, this person may have just stubbed their toe OR had a headache OR needed a ride to Leonardtown OR had a tooth ache.
Welcome to the forums!
letsgosailing
New Member
That does sound bad. It always seems much longer when waiting. My daughter called to complain about the long wait to when I was injured. She thought a long time had passed.: it actually was 5 minutes in our case. Still not always the fault of a volunteer system. Look at DC or Baltimore paid response times.
nomoney
....
JOKER
Great Mills Rd
I remember that when I was a younger
there were no rescue squads or medics
in the whole St Marys County.
We had two ambulances that served
the whole County.
One provided by Mattinglys Funeral Home
and one provided by Robinsons Funeral Home, now Brinsfields.
They rotated service between the two.
Sometimes it could be a couple of hours
once they were called.
You called the Control Center
and they called the funeral home that
was on duty to respond.
Most of the time there was no one
on the ambulance with any medical
training at all.
G1G4
Find em Hot, Leave em Wet
That can't be true. Fireboard automatically dispatches an engine company after ten minutes. And if you're in the California/Lexington Park area, I know for a fact that The Park has no problems getting out, daytime, nighttime, irregardless.
Either or, the dispatch procedure is like this. Fireboard takes your call. They ask you pertinent questions pertaining to the patient to give to the ambulance crew. After asking the questions, an ambulance company is dispatched. If that ambulance company is or already has been dispatched on a call, they automatically add a second or third ambulance company. From this time, they have a five minute response window. This accounts for personnel coming from home, work, or other areas to get the ambulance out. If the ambulance fails to get out within those five minutes, the next one or two ambulance companies are dispatched. They, like the others, get a five minute response time window. If they then fail to respond, an engine company is dispatched with the next set of ambulances.
Usually, it doesn't go much further past this. Within those ten minutes, an ambulance will usually respond. Just sayin.
mitzi
Well-Known Member
My goodness, what about heart attack and stroke victims, I assume they just died.
EM729 may have the Advanced Life Support <ALS> unit < "Medic"> confused with the Basic Life Support <BLS> units which are a majority of your ambulances. If a patient is stable, with no "life threats" they may be transported priority 3, which is non-emergency. No lights or sirens. The BLS crew is usually more than capable of taking care of most patients. Coming from say, Ridge, or Point LookOut State Park could very well take 30+ minutes to get to SMH, depending on traffic.
If you feel the system is inadequate, or broke, then go to your nearest Rescue Squad, and offer to join up and help.
If you feel the system is inadequate, or broke, then go to your nearest Rescue Squad, and offer to join up and help.
CrystalClear
yea, clear as mud
QUOTE=dave1959;4665434]Note to EM729....Do not critisize the All Volunteer Sytem In SOMD..
It is not a good move.[/QUOTE]
It is not a good move.[/QUOTE]
Roman
Active Member
If this was in Calvert County, no Medic is needed for a Priority 3.
Roman
Active Member
I posted before reading the rest of this. Sorry...