Thanks for the tour. I was a paramedic from 1978 to 1997. Some things have changed, some have stayed the same. Funny how the least used stuff is still under the squad bench. Under the bench, we had what we called the OEMS bag, a gallon zip lock bag which had the stuff we were required to have by state code, but we never used. Four safety pins, ammonia inhalants, stuff like that. Those roll-up Reeves stretchers have been around for a very long time. At least since the 1930''s. They were developed for use on ships or railroad passenger cars. Sometimes they were called Pullman stretchers after the Pullman passenger rail cars
What were the safety pins for? 😄 Reminds me of my dad‘s camping first aid kit: it has two quarters (used to be dimes) taped together in case you need to make a phone call. Also some truly ancient liquid bandage and a snake bite kit that totally goes against current recommendations. Every time we clean out the expired medicines and add more bandaids, we leave those things in for nostalgia’s sake. I always crack up at the mental image of offering a stranger $.50 for the use of their phone in an emergency-as if any decent person wouldn’t just call 911 for you for free.
@@lf206 The safety pins were for that cloth of a thousand uses, the triangular bandage. Never mind that most had 2 safety pins in the package. As you probably know the coins were a hold over from the days before cell phones, were in a lot of cases you needed a dime or later a quarter to get a dial tone on the pay phone to call the seven digit number of whatever emergency service you needed. Certainly not needed in the last 20 years in the U.S. since we now have 9-1-1 coverage throughout and everybody keeps a portable tracking device, (smart phone), in their pocket.
I just switched from petroleum engineering to paramedic. This summer is the start for my emt b. I just couldn't see spending the rest of my life in an office, i wanted to do something for my community and make a difference.
Other than the Med box I really like the way this is laid out. Wish we had anything even half as nice here. Good to see isolating the front from the back is being taken seriously during the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Ah yes a fellow agency of wisdom. We utilize the speed load system for ALS and ILS and it makes things way easier. The heat seal bin system is probably the best thing we’ve implemented.
As a French Firefighter, I can just say that your new ambulance is georgeous ! I love it. Glad it isn't a shitty Ford Transit. Regards from here, stay safe.
I take my hat off to you guys for the amazing work you do. You literally have to know about all aspects of medicine. You are amazing. I am in the UK and they are amazing too. Thank you xx
We run a full fleet of Mercedes sprinters, ALS And BLS. 2 “baris” that lack autoload unfortunately and only have power cots that still have to be manually lifted into the ambulance. We do a sealed system as well but not as nice as what you guys do. We do a sealed cabinet so we use plastic seal tags that get checked in our morning checks everyday. In theory it’s supposed to work but it’s trusting that the last crew put everything in and restocked accordingly. ALS and BLS bags are both STAT packs equipped for our daily needs.
Love it! What a beautiful vehicle. All those diamond plate and aluminum cabinets. I want an ambulance as my RV at some point when I have time to convert it. I would like to see some coverage of the Air conditioner, heater, inverter, house battery, electrical system, and what all those switches do inside the cab and on the wall near the countertop. The power grid in the ambulance is fascinating. Please show us more of those details. I think you boys are hired for your good looks as much as your skills. Great tour, keep 'em coming. I would love to see more models. Thank you for your service! I owe you folks my life - twice.
The color change feature is kinda cool. Check out how different colors effect you. Off the top of my head blue calms you down, red makes you thirsty, and green tends to not have much effect on you.
EVERTIME I SEE ONE OF THESE MEDIC BAGS I JUST WANT TO PICK IT UP AND HOLD IT CLOSE TO ME SO I CAN FEEL MY DAD CLOSE TO ME I MISS HIM SO THIS VIDEO IS THE SWEETEST MEMORIES I HOLD CLOSE TO ME THANK YOU
Have you ever heard of GoPap? My agency just bought them it’s CPAP with no extra adapter to hook into O2 just runs off the tree at 10LPM seems pretty convenient haven’t heard of anyone around me using it before.
Great tour. Really nice rig. In Colorado I wonder why you don’t have 4WD? Wonder how it will handle in the snow and ice. Thank you and your team, you are the HEROS on the front line as or First Responders. Can’t say enough, thanks. Stay safe and healthy. 🙏
Having driven exclusively RWD in my personal pickup for years, it works just fine with the vast majority of snow/ice you'll encounter out here. If you learn to drive well with rear-wheel, 4wd feels like cheating!
Hey Sam , nice video. Thanks again for sharing. Can you please show in a video how you clean the ambulance after every patient and how you do infection control inside. Thanks in advance
Nice ambulance review. The one I use to work on had extrication equipment as well as we were trained in auto extrication. No Paramedic just EMTs, but we also preformed Wilderness Extrications as well with a three-person crew. Yours seemed kind of empty, but much nicer equipment.
5:56 That is why our first in bag has everything we need. It’s easier. on our stretcher we keep the first in bag, Oxygen bag, trauma bag, and pediatric bag. When we get to the call we take off what we don’t need and we put the Cardiac monitor on it. It’s pretty weird how it works.
Oh my God.Im paramedic from Ukraine ,Kyiv.Im very happy that you have all that things.I cant belive that things exist ,im shocked.We dont even have 10% of all that stuff.Its my dream to work in that ambulance.I am really crying .....
Плюшевый Мишка Can challenge the American diploma? Also i thought paramedic test was a global test. Can’t you go to where you got the accreditation and see if that will work in the USA?
Nice one dude always great seeing what everyone else around the world is using and doing within ems Btw the one thing i didn't see is a ventilator do you guys regularly use them or do that many tubes that you don't carry one? Aaah the joys of a power striker unfortunately that's not a luxury we have on the Helicopter as we got to do thee utmost to save weight so we're using the normal strikers
Hi Sam I live in Namibia, was wondering why don't the civilian Ambulances carry LOX? there are some really cool LOX gear from the military.. I own a Zoll so will not start a riot ;)
Very diffrent from our german ambulances but pretty intresting too:D Love your vids. and already learned a view handy tricks we don`t get thought in school from you. I kinda liek oure cars a little more. We dont have to unpack so much. We have diffrent drawers with all our stuff and its great to get to stuff pretty quickly. Saw a view things that are the same,like the kit and ket system,the striker chiar. And we have little tablets were we get the patients infos from our Control center. And we type our protocolls in theire to and can print them out in the hospital or ambulance.
sam: the router for the wifi me: wifi? i wont mind an ambo ride any day........ yes ik MDTs are helpful too but i need to watch netflix on my way to the er
I knew I recognized that color scheme from your helo tour! See you UC guys everywhere, just never in action. All the action I see in my area is from Denver Health
Hello, you just mentioned your CPAP-stuff but so far I haven't seen any kind of breathing device except for your BVM. And what about IPPV, RSI and other breathing modes? Are you able to perform such therapies? Greetings and kind regards!
I think all Ambulances should have 360° camera systems. Not only for the safety of the personal but also in case there involved in an MVA. Just my thoughts.
Cool rig! The straps for your onboard are backwards. It feeds from behind and pulls through itself. Just grab one of those silver clamps and pull it away from the bottle. It'll come right loose by hand with the straps as they are. Hope the rig serves you well over the years! Glad to see they left a small cutout in the door for the stairchair!
@@squidwardtortillini8816 I've only ever used zoll in a professional capacity and I like them. I've messed around with lifepaks in school and I will say I definitely preferred them for testing situations.
Why do you you have both the combi-board and a backboard? We only have the combi-board and have taken out both the scoop-board and the backboard. Safes a lot of space, weight and it works great.
Hi, thanks for showing us around your vehicle. As an Aussie I found some things a little bit strange. Your in Colorado, mountainous territory and high basic altitude, you will encounter lots of snow no doubt and yet they specify such a large and heavy vehicle as two wheel drive and petrol? Surely a 4 X 4 Turbo Diesel engine would be the most sensible way to go to give you the best power and traction option? Apart from that, may I wish you and your workmates all the best of luck and thoughts as you take on the extra workload during this battle with COVID 19. Melbourne, Australia.
Diesel was a COMPLETE disaster with ambulances from about 2003+. The emissions equipment implemented on the modern Diesel engines in the US made them VERY unreliable, mainly due to idling them ALL DAY LONG (a lot of crews don't have stations to sit in). Gas v10 Ford engines introduced in 2011 were a HUGE relief when it came to reliability. Gasoline is CHEAP in the US, currently about $2 a gallon. As far as 4wd, the dual wheeled big trucks go through snow like a 4wd. I got stuck once due to going down a 2 track and not having enough room to turn around. We shoved back boards under the spinning wheels and got it unstuck.
Same boat my friend. I worked so hard to become an EMT. I was a new recruit. They put me with an FTO that didn’t teach me anything, had an incredibly bad attitude to the point of being unrealistic, had impossible standards that I could not reach, and on top of that told my manager lies about me and she got me fired. I miss that job everyday. What irritates me the most is that the FTO got away with it. And I know I’m not the only one that she did that to. She has a bad reputation within the company is what I heard from some old coworkers that I am still friends with.
Hi, I am Adrian. I'm volunteer in Angeles de las Vías in Caracas-Venezuela. I am creating a proyect for be incorporated one backpack the only use for de massive numbers of victims in whatever accident. I was watching your video in TH-cam channel - Paramedic Ambulance Tours, and in this video, I not view somewhere one backpack the only use for massive numbers of victims in accident. I understand that this ambulance in your video is a private services and not is your end, but in yours experience What recommendations can you give us for the creation of this backpack? In this country us use the Triage S.T.A.R.T. Thanks you for your services and for help for us.
I have a few questions: why do all the US ambulance services I’ve seen transport people on extrication boards? It’s not what they are for, is not good practice and can do more damage to the spine? How do you load a patient into the vehicle that’s sat on the stair chair when you have no ramp? Are your sirens changed using the horn on the steering wheel or do you have to take your hands off the wheel to change them?
1. We only transport patient on backboards if there are noted neurological deficits, or if they require global immobilization due to massive multi system trauma. 2. You don’t transport the patient on the stair chair, you transfer them to the cot. 3, sirens are controlled from a dial or the steering wheel
PrepMedic thanks for the reply. That’s what I mean, here absolutely no patient is transported on those boards because it is considered poor practice and does more damage. That’s why we call them extrication boards, because they are only to be used for extrication. We then transfer the patient onto either a scoop or a vacmat for transport. We never transport on the ‘backboard’. I didn’t mean transporting on the stair chair, I meant getting the patient into the back of the ambulance on it. We have ramps/tail lifts so that we can wheel the patient onto the ambulance in the carry/stair chair before transferring them into a seat or onto the cot, otherwise you’d have to get the cot off the ambulance and transfer the patient onto it in the open including in the rain etc. Having a ramp/tail lift means we don’t have to do that. We don’t transport everyone on the cot, sometimes they just travel seated.
@@CymruEmergencyResponder "Tradition" is why it was done for decades. It was our protocol. Not sure who thought strapping somebody to a hard board and bouncing them around in the back of an ambulance for a 30 minute ride was a good idea. My area got away from that and does it as you proposed.
Yeah we use them. I am on the fence, they are super easy to insert but the seal is tenuous and they don’t do a good job at protecting the airway. They basically just help you bag the patient.
0.03 hi Sam..... Hold fire! Let’s watch this in 1080p. TH-cam wants me to watch is in 240p at home on WiFi. Yer right.... all good now Sam, carry on ;)
This tour is absolutely fantastic; I've never had the opportunity to learn what's in an emergency vehicle before! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
SAM IF YOU DON'T WANT THE BIG ORANGE BOX SEND IT MY WAY I COULD USE IT
Thanks for the tour. I was a paramedic from 1978 to 1997. Some things have changed, some have stayed the same. Funny how the least used stuff is still under the squad bench. Under the bench, we had what we called the OEMS bag, a gallon zip lock bag which had the stuff we were required to have by state code, but we never used. Four safety pins, ammonia inhalants, stuff like that.
Those roll-up Reeves stretchers have been around for a very long time. At least since the 1930''s. They were developed for use on ships or railroad passenger cars. Sometimes they were called Pullman stretchers after the Pullman passenger rail cars
What were the safety pins for?
😄
Reminds me of my dad‘s camping first aid kit: it has two quarters (used to be dimes) taped together in case you need to make a phone call. Also some truly ancient liquid bandage and a snake bite kit that totally goes against current recommendations.
Every time we clean out the expired medicines and add more bandaids, we leave those things in for nostalgia’s sake.
I always crack up at the mental image of offering a stranger $.50 for the use of their phone in an emergency-as if any decent person wouldn’t just call 911 for you for free.
@@lf206 The safety pins were for that cloth of a thousand uses, the triangular bandage. Never mind that most had 2 safety pins in the package.
As you probably know the coins were a hold over from the days before cell phones, were in a lot of cases you needed a dime or later a quarter to get a dial tone on the pay phone to call the seven digit number of whatever emergency service you needed. Certainly not needed in the last 20 years in the U.S. since we now have 9-1-1 coverage throughout and everybody keeps a portable tracking device, (smart phone), in their pocket.
I love your videos. I am 13, and want to become a volunteer EMT later in high school. I want to become a doctor.
Hi, i'm 13 too and I want to be a paramedic
fxllwaylxve Cool!
Good luck for your future amazing job in your amazing country!
Nice! That's awesome. I was an EMT in college and now I'm in medical school!
I got my EMT senior year of highschool. Just remember graduating hs comes first, you’ll get there.
I love the Consistency. Whenever Corona is over I’ll be heading into Paramedic school.
I start EMS in may and then paramedics this fall semester!
Kevin Hayden I want be a paramedic
I'm in Emt school right now and it's crazy 😑
I just switched from petroleum engineering to paramedic. This summer is the start for my emt b. I just couldn't see spending the rest of my life in an office, i wanted to do something for my community and make a difference.
Kalster Clin Congratulations. I know the wait is killing me!
I am 9 and when I grow up I want to be like you!
Good on u buddy, keep pushing your dream
Thank you!
Nice! I’m 12 same thing but I want to be a firefighter
hey a quick tip noone told me before i became an EMT most fire departments if you volunteer for them they'll pay for you to go to EMT/paramedic school
@@aduptuniform2647 It's because most calls are medical realated. The Firefighters have to have some medical experience because of that. :)
Other than the Med box I really like the way this is laid out. Wish we had anything even half as nice here. Good to see isolating the front from the back is being taken seriously during the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Fun Fact, it is literally impossible to talk about a BVM without making that hand motion at 8:25 😅
armycadets facts 😂
Very scientific name
As I read your comment I did the hand. 🤣
Lol... that made me laugh because it is so true.
I just call it a ambu bag...
Ah yes a fellow agency of wisdom. We utilize the speed load system for ALS and ILS and it makes things way easier. The heat seal bin system is probably the best thing we’ve implemented.
As a French Firefighter, I can just say that your new ambulance is georgeous ! I love it. Glad it isn't a shitty Ford Transit.
Regards from here, stay safe.
Yeah transits are everywhere in Europe 😅
@@eliotm8rt2n Renault Master, Peugeot Boxer, Citroën Jumper, Mercedes Sprinter, Opel Movano, my god I'm depressed.
@Siddesh Gannu in Canada we have single payer system. The trucks aren't as nice as this but they are pretty good!
@Siddesh Gannu You're not really right.
@@NathanInnes I dunno man, my Crestline Type III is shiny and new and very similar to Sam's rig. Guess it depends on your
I take my hat off to you guys for the amazing work you do. You literally have to know about all aspects of medicine. You are amazing. I am in the UK and they are amazing too. Thank you xx
We run a full fleet of Mercedes sprinters, ALS And BLS. 2 “baris” that lack autoload unfortunately and only have power cots that still have to be manually lifted into the ambulance. We do a sealed system as well but not as nice as what you guys do. We do a sealed cabinet so we use plastic seal tags that get checked in our morning checks everyday. In theory it’s supposed to work but it’s trusting that the last crew put everything in and restocked accordingly. ALS and BLS bags are both STAT packs equipped for our daily needs.
Australian..?
Greetings from Ontario, Canada, my fellow paramedic (or EMT) friends.
praetorx ian what’s up? Greeting from the sunshine state and God’s waiting room, Florida.
Love it! What a beautiful vehicle. All those diamond plate and aluminum cabinets. I want an ambulance as my RV at some point when I have time to convert it.
I would like to see some coverage of the Air conditioner, heater, inverter, house battery, electrical system, and what all those switches do inside the cab and on the wall near the countertop. The power grid in the ambulance is fascinating. Please show us more of those details.
I think you boys are hired for your good looks as much as your skills. Great tour, keep 'em coming. I would love to see more models. Thank you for your service! I owe you folks my life - twice.
My old job at a private ambulance company used the pack system, worked pretty well.
Damn! That truck is really awesome! I love it! Greetings from Guadalajara, México!
Thank you all so much for your service!
*Love those rig tours.Stay safe.*
Nice video. UCHealth has always been one of the bests from EMS to hospitals.
The color change feature is kinda cool. Check out how different colors effect you. Off the top of my head blue calms you down, red makes you thirsty, and green tends to not have much effect on you.
Thank you for what you do and for all the vids. Keep safe and God bless.
Got my AEMT last month and I start working for AMR in two weeks. Excited but nervous. Big fan of your videos by the way.
EVERTIME I SEE ONE OF THESE MEDIC BAGS I JUST WANT TO PICK IT UP AND HOLD IT CLOSE TO ME SO I CAN FEEL MY DAD CLOSE TO ME I MISS HIM SO THIS VIDEO IS THE SWEETEST MEMORIES I HOLD CLOSE TO ME THANK YOU
Currently trying to finish EMT school in Fort Collins... not going so well right now! Stay safe!
Noah Dennison Keep studying.
This is so cool! I can't wait to start Paramedic school!
Stay safe put there sam. Appreciate your videos. Take care buddy
Have you ever heard of GoPap? My agency just bought them it’s CPAP with no extra adapter to hook into O2 just runs off the tree at 10LPM seems pretty convenient haven’t heard of anyone around me using it before.
Great tour. Really nice rig. In Colorado I wonder why you don’t have 4WD? Wonder how it will handle in the snow and ice. Thank you and your team, you are the HEROS on the front line as or First Responders. Can’t say enough, thanks. Stay safe and healthy. 🙏
Having driven exclusively RWD in my personal pickup for years, it works just fine with the vast majority of snow/ice you'll encounter out here. If you learn to drive well with rear-wheel, 4wd feels like cheating!
Welcome to Fort Collins, and thank you for the tour!
Great video! Hope you are happy working for UChealth. The Stryker lift assist system is reason enough to work for your agency 😂
I LOVE YOU PREPMEDIC!!!
Awesome video Sam! I look forward to your videos every week!
9:30 we have 3 LifePak 15s. One on both ambulances and one on the medic car. They’re amazing
Hey Sam , nice video. Thanks again for sharing.
Can you please show in a video how you clean the ambulance after every patient and how you do infection control inside.
Thanks in advance
Nice ambulance review. The one I use to work on had extrication equipment as well as we were trained in auto extrication. No Paramedic just EMTs, but we also preformed Wilderness Extrications as well with a three-person crew. Yours seemed kind of empty, but much nicer equipment.
Awesome ambulance
5:56 That is why our first in bag has everything we need. It’s easier. on our stretcher we keep the first in bag, Oxygen bag, trauma bag, and pediatric bag. When we get to the call we take off what we don’t need and we put the Cardiac monitor on it. It’s pretty weird how it works.
Really nice and interesting Video, it's always cool to see, how colleagues around the world work :)
Greetings from a geman Paramedic ^^
Thanks a lot, Sam ! Cool review as all other yours! Cool ambulance truck! here in Seberian region we can just dream about similar!
Great unit, thanks for sharing! Be safe and thank you for your service
Very shiny ambulance guy!
I saw the UC health and I was like “hey I work there 😂”
That's what I call an Ambulance! :-D
When you said body bags I was like 😳
i love the new channel logo
Very interesting video. Greetings from Bulgaria, Southeastern Europe.
HORTON THE ABULANCE IS READY TO SAVE SOME LIVES
Oh my God.Im paramedic from Ukraine ,Kyiv.Im very happy that you have all that things.I cant belive that things exist ,im shocked.We dont even have 10% of all that stuff.Its my dream to work in that ambulance.I am really crying .....
Плюшевый Мишка Damn can you come here????
@@kevinhayden9030 damn how is it possible?
Плюшевый Мишка Apply for a visa?
My diploma is not valid in usa
Плюшевый Мишка Can challenge the American diploma? Also i thought paramedic test was a global test. Can’t you go to where you got the accreditation and see if that will work in the USA?
Informative without loosing in details. Good balance! Liked a lot. Thx!!! And happy Easter 🐇😉
Beautiful
Can u pls share with us how u guys keep safe during covid 19 thanks for your service God bless you
Nice one dude always great seeing what everyone else around the world is using and doing within ems
Btw the one thing i didn't see is a ventilator do you guys regularly use them or do that many tubes that you don't carry one?
Aaah the joys of a power striker unfortunately that's not a luxury we have on the Helicopter as we got to do thee utmost to save weight so we're using the normal strikers
Hi Sam I live in Namibia, was wondering why don't the civilian Ambulances carry LOX? there are some really cool LOX gear from the military.. I own a Zoll so will not start a riot ;)
Mega cool viedeo. I'm from germany and I love watching your videos and it's a cool insight into your vehicles and equipment.
And I am a Firefigter
Brilliant. Thanks xx
9:06 morale-boosting touches f yeah
Very diffrent from our german ambulances but pretty intresting too:D Love your vids. and already learned a view handy tricks we don`t get thought in school from you. I kinda liek oure cars a little more. We dont have to unpack so much. We have diffrent drawers with all our stuff and its great to get to stuff pretty quickly. Saw a view things that are the same,like the kit and ket system,the striker chiar. And we have little tablets were we get the patients infos from our Control center. And we type our protocolls in theire to and can print them out in the hospital or ambulance.
My morning school bus driver Robert also drives an ambulance, but the one he drives is Ontario Saint John's Ambulance.
sam: the router for the wifi
me: wifi? i wont mind an ambo ride any day........
yes ik MDTs are helpful too but i need to watch netflix on my way to the er
Until you get the bill
The ER I've been to the most times actually has WiFi and I've never been happier to have free WiFi.
Next year will have TVs on the wall haha
So.. I just realized this is one of the ambulances I walked through on my job tour of UC health fort collins on a couple days ago
Lol I am sure I will see you around. I just transitioned to the helicopter but I’ll still be PRN in the city.
That Whelen siren tho
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I would like to see a video of your vehicle service techs area, how they wrap those bins and the warehouse
I knew I recognized that color scheme from your helo tour! See you UC guys everywhere, just never in action. All the action I see in my area is from Denver Health
Well you don't spend enough time in northern colorado then!
@@PrepMedic That's very true, unfortunately. Not planning on staying in Denver forever, though! Stay safe, bro
Stay safe brother⚕️.
Odd looking badge.
Well done
A little different than Denver Health but still similar. Love the videos, bud.
Thank you for this amazing tutorial
Thank you good insight, great vid. Stay safe.
I have asthma and it really doesn't affect me unless I ran but I have a inhaler for it which is out of date because i do t use it that often
Great video thanks
Hello, you just mentioned your CPAP-stuff but so far I haven't seen any kind of breathing device except for your BVM. And what about IPPV, RSI and other breathing modes? Are you able to perform such therapies? Greetings and kind regards!
Wow your car is good
Did I miss a Lucas?
I didn't see one either
Hey man! you mind telling me the name of that whelen siren? It sounds nice and great video!
I think all Ambulances should have 360° camera systems. Not only for the safety of the personal but also in case there involved in an MVA. Just my thoughts.
awesome video man. stay safe
Skinny medic was right you do have good quality videos. 😂
Cool rig! The straps for your onboard are backwards. It feeds from behind and pulls through itself. Just grab one of those silver clamps and pull it away from the bottle. It'll come right loose by hand with the straps as they are.
Hope the rig serves you well over the years! Glad to see they left a small cutout in the door for the stairchair!
Thanks Sam, great seeing what other rigs are running. UC doesn't issue you guys EMS style ballistic outer vests like your previous place?
I have the Zoll on my truck as well.
Wish it was a lifepak.
Everybody's a fanboi for lifepak
Tanner Toenjes
I’ve used both, and lifepak is 100% better. It’s a more powerful machine.
@@squidwardtortillini8816 I've only ever used zoll in a professional capacity and I like them. I've messed around with lifepaks in school and I will say I definitely preferred them for testing situations.
Lifepak is heavy and bulky. Just like your ambos. I really like the C3 by Corpuls, go check it out!
Why do you you have both the combi-board and a backboard? We only have the combi-board and have taken out both the scoop-board and the backboard. Safes a lot of space, weight and it works great.
Quick question prepmedic what is the stuff called where a patient inhales this cape stuff and it clears out there lungs?
i’ve been watching too much doitwithdan for an ambulance vid to pop up🤣
Do you frequently respond in one of these ambulances alongside an engine from the FD?
Hi, thanks for showing us around your vehicle. As an Aussie I found some things a little bit strange. Your in Colorado, mountainous territory and high basic altitude, you will encounter lots of snow no doubt and yet they specify such a large and heavy vehicle as two wheel drive and petrol? Surely a 4 X 4 Turbo Diesel engine would be the most sensible way to go to give you the best power and traction option? Apart from that, may I wish you and your workmates all the best of luck and thoughts as you take on the extra workload during this battle with COVID 19. Melbourne, Australia.
Diesel was a COMPLETE disaster with ambulances from about 2003+. The emissions equipment implemented on the modern Diesel engines in the US made them VERY unreliable, mainly due to idling them ALL DAY LONG (a lot of crews don't have stations to sit in).
Gas v10 Ford engines introduced in 2011 were a HUGE relief when it came to reliability. Gasoline is CHEAP in the US, currently about $2 a gallon.
As far as 4wd, the dual wheeled big trucks go through snow like a 4wd. I got stuck once due to going down a 2 track and not having enough room to turn around. We shoved back boards under the spinning wheels and got it unstuck.
Gosh I miss being an EMT.
You were an EMT ? Why did you leave?
Same boat my friend. I worked so hard to become an EMT. I was a new recruit. They put me with an FTO that didn’t teach me anything, had an incredibly bad attitude to the point of being unrealistic, had impossible standards that I could not reach, and on top of that told my manager lies about me and she got me fired. I miss that job everyday. What irritates me the most is that the FTO got away with it. And I know I’m not the only one that she did that to. She has a bad reputation within the company is what I heard from some old coworkers that I am still friends with.
Hi, I am Adrian. I'm volunteer in Angeles de las Vías in Caracas-Venezuela.
I am creating a proyect for be incorporated one backpack the only use for de massive numbers of victims in whatever accident.
I was watching your video in TH-cam channel - Paramedic Ambulance Tours, and in this video, I not view somewhere one backpack the only use for massive numbers of victims in accident. I understand that this ambulance in your video is a private services and not is your end, but in yours experience What recommendations can you give us for the creation of this backpack?
In this country us use the Triage S.T.A.R.T.
Thanks you for your services and for help for us.
In which city is the ambulance located?
Can I get a link or some information on the shrink wrap system you use? Very interesting.
nice movie respect
I have a few questions: why do all the US ambulance services I’ve seen transport people on extrication boards? It’s not what they are for, is not good practice and can do more damage to the spine? How do you load a patient into the vehicle that’s sat on the stair chair when you have no ramp? Are your sirens changed using the horn on the steering wheel or do you have to take your hands off the wheel to change them?
1. We only transport patient on backboards if there are noted neurological deficits, or if they require global immobilization due to massive multi system trauma. 2. You don’t transport the patient on the stair chair, you transfer them to the cot. 3, sirens are controlled from a dial or the steering wheel
PrepMedic thanks for the reply. That’s what I mean, here absolutely no patient is transported on those boards because it is considered poor practice and does more damage. That’s why we call them extrication boards, because they are only to be used for extrication. We then transfer the patient onto either a scoop or a vacmat for transport. We never transport on the ‘backboard’. I didn’t mean transporting on the stair chair, I meant getting the patient into the back of the ambulance on it. We have ramps/tail lifts so that we can wheel the patient onto the ambulance in the carry/stair chair before transferring them into a seat or onto the cot, otherwise you’d have to get the cot off the ambulance and transfer the patient onto it in the open including in the rain etc. Having a ramp/tail lift means we don’t have to do that. We don’t transport everyone on the cot, sometimes they just travel seated.
@@CymruEmergencyResponder "Tradition" is why it was done for decades. It was our protocol. Not sure who thought strapping somebody to a hard board and bouncing them around in the back of an ambulance for a 30 minute ride was a good idea.
My area got away from that and does it as you proposed.
Wait, why does the ambulance have wifi? Does it need that for communications?
To run your cad system and computer for charting
Do you guys use IGELs? We use them in my district and they are amazing. Way better than the King Airway.
Yeah we use them. I am on the fence, they are super easy to insert but the seal is tenuous and they don’t do a good job at protecting the airway. They basically just help you bag the patient.
What is that red button on the dash?
What song did you use for your intro?
When will you ever show what medical type of medical gloves you or the ambulance carry
0.03 hi Sam.....
Hold fire! Let’s watch this in 1080p. TH-cam wants me to watch is in 240p at home on WiFi. Yer right.... all good now Sam, carry on ;)
Lol I don't film in 4k for my views to watch it in 240p!!!
Dose the stat-ack come with stuff
Do you guys use UV-C bulbs sometimes to disinfect the trucks or is it just all spray?
I man, thanks for the vidéo, is very cool ! nice Ambu !
Juste à question, you don't have vacuum Mattress? And why ?
Holy shit I wish I had someone stock my ambo for me.
@Prepmedic Hey boss, cold you do a video on sutures and suturing? Thanks!