At 0521 hrs today, Geneva FD E208 and St. Charles Medic 153,on auto aid, responded for a medical alert alarm at a townhouse complex. Upon arrival, companies were unable to gain entry due to locked exteriordoors. A family member down the block provided a key for … [Read more...]
NO WEAPONS CALL? CHECK AGAIN.. BE CAREFUL
On Friday January 6,2012 @ 07:15 hours. 15 minutes in to the start of my shift my company was dispatched for a mental distress patient. while enroute I asked the 911 dispatcher for patient conditions. They advised we were responding for a 76 year old male who was experiencing … [Read more...]
On Monday January 9th at 20:00hrs Pittstown Fire and Ems were Dispatched for a Delta traffic accident on New York Rt 7 for multiple patients. Our Fire Crews arrived started treating patients and conducting hazard control as per our sop. Firefighters found a 20lb propane cylinder … [Read more...]
CLOSE CALL WHILE RESPONDING TO HIGH ANGLE EMERGENCY
While responding code 3 in our ambulance to a male pinned between a 500 ton counterweight and an I-Beam a hundred feet in the air on a crane at a refinery, my partner and I encountered a car attempting to keep pace in front of our ambulance. We were travelling approximately 50 … [Read more...]
EXPLOSIVE DEVICE AT EMS CALL – ALWAYS BE AWARE
On December 23rd a local ambulance service, along with the local law enforcement agency responded to a call where one subject stated he had shot his significant other, who had been ill. The ambulance service arrived at the same time as law enforcement and staged about ½ … [Read more...]
26 y/o FF MI CLOSE CALL?
On Sunday Oct 9th 2011 I assisted a volunteer EMS agency with a trauma code. I performed cpr for about 20 minutes of a 40 minute transport. On the Thursday and Friday before, I had worked my normal job, then responded to a hazardous materials incident, which lasted 17 hours. … [Read more...]
PTS GUN DISCHARGES AT EMS RUN
Crews responded to a male pt w/ a decreased LOC from a low blood sugar of 22. While crews were treating the pt one of them noticed he was holding a gun in his lap. The gun and the pt's hand were inside a 'beanie' wool cap. When the crews moved the pt's hand down alongside his … [Read more...]