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Many patients are too large to fit, in which case we just have to revert to regular CPR

If you have a cardiac arrest you’re too fat or old a large majority of the time

There’s also something called the auto pulse Which can fit larger patients but it’s an entirely different brand and ‎Lucas is much more prominent

Yeah but the idea of the autopulse is to factor recovery time, which the lucas doesn't. Plus some of the newer autopulse devices also have a built in stretcher, regardless the lucas is also a good device@@JakeDavis-t4w

​@@JakeDavis-t4w poppycock. I'm a doctor in emergency medicine in the United Kingdom, (MBChB, FRCEM, PHEMCC) and I spend my off days working on the air ambulance and physician response unit. The LUCAS device is NOT restricted by weight it is restricted by chest width. So whoever has given you this information is factually wrong. You can even check the manufacturers website and see that it is not restricted by weight but as I have already mentioned, chest width😂.

IFT is still EMS it's just what brings the money in I guess... Sometimes you have to work a BLS unit which is primarily IFT but also 911 before you get cleared to work in an ALS ambulance, or that's just the way their staffing works or scheduling for the rigs.

We don’t do it for the money but I agree.

I know this comment was a year ago, but it’s not mandatory to wear the national registry, you can if you want to but not everyone will do it haha.

lol

LOL

Because private ambulances are cheap, and greedy

@@williams.7572 Unless my eyes are off, she's driving a Mercedes. Check the steering wheel... So that eliminates "cheap". Doesn't answer your question though. Private companies are greedy... I'm a former EMT Intermediate during the 1980s and Military Board Qualified Medic in the 90s. In '95 my mother needed EMS and I followed in my car. The ambo crew tried to invent extra billable "services" - specifically for an IV that they never started and EKG they didn't take. They weren't counting on a family member who was Registered before they were in puberty... When I confronted them and wrote my Natl Reg # on their run sheet they damn near wet themselves. I only hope they learned a lesson from that. I'd love to see American EMS become more like the UK and Australia.

bruh really

Agreed