I've been a medic for almost 6 and a half years now I'm studying to be an ER doctor, but I may give it up and go back to EMS, I had the time of my life with Tokyo Fire and Shochu Doctor Heli
Much respect to this guy. To have to memorize all of that equipment and how and when to use all of it. Thank you for all you do man. An amazing ambulance
Much respect for the younger medic. He certainly knew his job and how it all works. He looks at ease sitting there discussing how the outlay of the ambulance and I am sure he is just as thorough with his first aid.
Man. I love your stories so I'll share one too. My dad has been working for the Frisco (texas) Fire Department for 20 years, as an engineer and a fire safety clown. 2 years ago when making the set for the clown show, he tore his ACL and another tendon in his right arm. He had SO much sick time and vacation time that he saved over the years that he stacked an impressive 1 1/2 years of it. He took some of his sick time and went to the hospital to get it checked out. They didn't help at ALL, but he still had to go to his city doctor. And a long time later and after lots of doctor visits, he tried to get an MRI but he didn't get approved TWICE. He finally got an MRI and that's when they figured out he tore his ACL and rotator cuff. He saved enough money for an ACL reconstruction surgery and that made him able to move his arm more. The doctors said that his rotator cuff could not be fixed (from what I remember). Somehow, our neighbor tore his rotator cuff too so sometimes they'd give each other advice. He still could not lift his arm above his head, and what he DIDN'T know was that he was supposed to apply for disability with the city's insurance, so he waited too long because the city changed insurance companies, so he was kinda screwed. He had gone to physical therapy 180 times and then stopped. Only ONE person texted him 'get well soon' or 'goodbye' or ANYTHING like that. Sick-time donations were a thing but nobody donated sick time to him! He applied multiple times for disability but never got approved because of the insurance, and was about to run out of sick time so he called IAFF (International Association of Firefighters) a labor union, which labor unions don't have a lot of power in Texas. He requested his lawyer and they said they would call him back. He had 4 days of sick time left so he didn't have a lot of time. So he waited, but nobody called him back! The city literally didn't care about him. By the way, he's doing great now, loves making brisket, and is near his 50th birthday.
That stretcher looks awesome! I was an EMT from 1982 to 1988. The heaviest stretcher end lift I ever made was a heavy male patient, up and over the stair hand rails, then down a set of stairs. I’ll never forget that one.
*wow very extraordinary, and very supportive to carry out medical procedures in the ambulance and the patient until the destination hospital is definitely safe* ❤❤
Try restocking all the inventory in them and not really knowing much about medical supplies 🤣🤣🤣 I clean and restock ambulances for my job. We also have the same stretchers that's in the video.
Ferno Model 30. It was a beast on its own even without a pt. on it. Then the 35A came out and it was a gift from God. Didn’t think anything could beat it until RoboCot here arrived on scene. 😊
Wow! That was very cool. Amazing tour! I've always been freaked out by ambulances, but I'd feel totally safe in this one if I ever needed an EMS. Thanks to all 1st responders. I appreciate you more than you'll ever know!
When I worked in the business back in the 70's the most expensive ambulance you could get was one made by Hess and Eisenhardt. At the time it went for around 35,000 dollars and we charged 35 dollars to transport locally. We all thought that was outrageous.
Whoa, Hess & Eisenhardt was top of the line! One has to remember that $35,000 in for example 1973 would be over $235,000 today. The Federal EMS act for 1973 killed the car based ambulances....
No autoloaders on a brand new 911 gov owned ambulance makes FF/EMTs big sad. Especially when they are forced to retire early because the budget makers could care less about lifting the 400lb frequent flyer.
we still run with the classic Stryker M1 stretchers on both BLS and ALS ambulances ... and with our stretchers being loaded on a stretcher platform inside the ambulance we actually have to push it quite far up, it's not on the floor
Thank you for a great video and cometary. I currently work for a local funeral home as a transfer/transport person. We are going to get one of the clam shell back boards because it is so much easier then putting the person on a back board or what we call a soft board, which is a heavy duty material sling which has handles that we can put a person on. The man spoke briefly about dead weight. We experience it all the time when we have to lift a person from the floor or ground to the cot/gurney that is about eight inches off the ground. Normally its the really heavy men and women (250 to 300 pounds) which are the hardest to move. I do not work much with the paramedics but do have to call the Fire Department to help us with the heavy ones or ones that are stuck in the weirdest places.
I mean if we didn't have so many people call for toe pain and flu-like symptoms and then not pay their ambulance bill because there is NO medical necessity for an ambulance then maybe it wouldn't be as bad
@@parkersmithson6667 Here in Australia we have single crew member paramedics working out of SUVs for such jobs. A lot of jobs that require treatment but not transport. Why clog up an ER with a person who has a minor cut or infection when you can suture, give a tetanus shot or prescribe an antibiotic while they're at home.
@@coover65 that sounds amazing, I wish we would pick that up. Over in Australia ya’ll seem to have a very firm grasp on prehospital emergency care. We definitely are lacking in many areas in the U.S.
@@JOSHT901 your income taxes pay for all kinds of things your employer usually pays 80 percent and you pay 20 percent of your income its always a set amount of percent dependent of age if you are married or if you are a solo mother with 2 kids your income comes with that amount already gone so you dont have worry about social security at all you also pay for infrastructure rent and a whole lot more i dont know why you dont demonstrate over that i dont think most of the us citizens have an extra bank acc with 40000 dollars in case of a emergency -40000 is not an alternative either your society is fucked up between the rich and the lifelong poor because they have a huge debt your goverment really has to regulate your economy before everyone is a modern slave the human life and dignity is always the most important thing
Great job the paramedics deserve alot of credit your service and time and efforts are deeply appreciated thanks don't work to hard love and appreciate you guys thanks you guys rock still going strong way to go ! Joe
Would love to see an ambulance build on the new F600 4x4 chassis cab, but with a brush rig suspension so it can be marketed for use in remote road regions like Alaska, as well as several regions of South America.
I work for a Fleetservice station in VA that takes care of these things when they break down they are by far not easy to get up and going after they break most turn around time is 3 days. Well atleast where i live. Fire trucks are worse in some cases but things like brakes we keep on hand.
The Lucas looks better then the thumper. Nice rig. I recall my driving training. “You know where that is? You drive”. I had taken rig out in fog with member to check light combos. What didn’t blind me. Also Medical Director cleared us for IV. (So you dreaded the “could you help me with something”??). They wanted to practice. Handy when you yourself in hospital. Talking tech into getting a IV going after first failure.
@@Enceladusify Same in Finland. Our ambulances have each nook and cranny filled with something. The one showcased in this video looks like it has room to set up a full barbeque. lol
My dad used to work on an ambulance and when they were between calls he would run by our house or my kindergarten and one time gave my entire class a ride to the park but that was a difrent time
Seems strange to me to see the seperate cab based on a pickup Ambulances here are based on vans, the patient compartment is accessible from the cab without going outside
In America, there are three types of ambulances. Each has their own designs Type I = truck front with box, Type II = van, Type III = van front with box
You should do a comparison between a UK or EU ambulance and an American ambulance covering not just the equipment carried but performance and cost of use
@@HeroesNextDoor I'm a german medic and we have fare more on our Ambulance then the american version, which I didn't tought. Not just the materials, but also medicin and gear.
We have several power stretchers in our service. Nobody uses them, because they're so much more heavier than manual stretchers and lifting it up into the truck is such a pain and a strain without having an auto-loader.
I'm Hoping that in a future video you'll demonstrate the stair chair as well as mention the weight limit. As an overweight person myself, I like the Stretchers weight limit, which is also the reason I'm interested in the Limit of the chair.
The BLS system responses to non life threatening emergencies and the ALS responds to life threats. Aka things you could die from with in 5-30 minutes ALS goes. Simple sick or injured BLS goes
@@HeroesNextDoor thank you for the response! So a BLS ambulance is only staffed with EMS and an ALS one has one paramedic or are both people paramedics?
There is a paramedic chase car that supplies a ALS provider. Having all the equipment on a BLS truck makes the paramedics job easier. BLS can use the Lucas too
@@HeroesNextDoor ah right, it's very different in America. Here in England the ambulances are all more or less the same and carry everything, probably works out more expensive though haha
Can you answer a question about the onboard computer? During an emergency call is there any color codes on the computer screen that denotes emergency pursuit or such? I imagine there'll be red signal going off on the dispatch pane. I am trying to determine if an ambulance had a real emergency or not. I caught a picture of his dashboard including the computer screen and there were only yellow and green panels visible. EMS here in NYC fake a lot of emergencies just to get through traffic which cause many drivers to ignore them all.
There is no color changes. When an emergency is dispatched there is only a charm or ding that goes off. Then the dispatch info appears on the screen. Be careful about accusing other about emergencies many times units get cancelled after they respond
And 10 to 20 years later people like me can buy them on ebay for $10,000 and turn them into campers :) I just bought a 2003 F450 7.3 with 49,000 original miles on it for $10K
Hi what a great video. I just found your Channel and got interested to this video as an volunteer paramedic in Austria it's really interesting to see how equal the equipment is between Austria and the US. I really would be interested to see how you would react to an Ambulance we are working with in Austria. Greetings and keep safe
0:50 are there actually seperate radios for different counties? We'd just switch the channel and thus can go through every county across the state and through all other states as well; And another question what is the gauge in the center console for? 3:10 I'm surprised on how much empty space there's in the compartment 3:50 again amazingly empty? When several compartments offer so much un-used space, why not design a more compact ambulance? 7:10 interesting that you have a Lucas on your BLS ambulance; We don't have them neither on our BLS nor ALS Ambulances, but only the Emergency Doctor Cars have them on board. I first thought it would be an ALS unit at your station, as for its size and especially the Lucas, but then I was surprised to only see an AED and not an ECG like Lifepack15 or similar; But we have only an AED on our BLS units as well, while both the ALS and Doctor Car carry LP15 17:20 interesting to see that you have your first-in bag on your stretcher and not like in the first compartment to the right; We hardly ever take out the stretcher when first walking up to the patient, we only do that at retirement homes and airports
Definitely a very large BLS ambulance. The chase car with the paramedic switches over to the ambulance a lot so they wanted it to be equipped enough to handle whatever the paramedic needed.
Compare this with a German emergency-ambulance or German BLS-ambulance. Enormes waste of space and a minimum, but also maximized sort of equipment for BLS (Lukas vs AED), dont ged it 😜. "Form follows function" should be your princible, not "lound and big looking thicc"...(Personal opinion)
@@lennyynnel1955 well many German ambulances aren't very well thought-out tbh ... like most cabinets being located at the front divider wall, far and out of reach for a paramedic with his seatbelt on, still completly manual stretchers, or the ECG placed sideways on the wall that you can't see the screen unless you can put the screen apart like on a C3
@@EnjoyFirefighting I must say I do disagree with you. We don't have to reach to the front quite often because we rather get the patient ready, so we don't need to operate much while driving, or if we have to (eg while CPR) we don't sit down. Also we do have access to our monitor the whole time I don't know how u think we don't have access to it. Also all of the newer ambulances use a lift for the striker, I guess u haven't seen the new ones. Also I think it is very comfortable to work in our big ambulances because u can easily work on a patient (sometimes even two) with more than two medics/emt/doctors and still not feeling too crowded. After having worked in our system I really don't want to miss it anymore
So interesting to watch and learn. Paramedics are very skilled people with so much training, wow! And the ambulance is a great lifesaving van. Been in one twice. Those guys saved my life!!! fyi - background music was as annoying as a mosquito buzzing in my ears.
@@CHITOWN8072 not all calls are ALS. Also not all fire depts can not afford staffing for an ALS squad. That chase vehicle is a hospital medic or PHRN that the hospital provides. That vehicle does respond to several other area ambulance squads that does not have ALS services.
@@kevinbambrick3214 that's why we have seperate BLS Transport Ambulances which are primarily used for non-emergency runs, an ALS Emergency Ambulance and additionally an Emergency Doctor Car, so we can cover all sorts of normal medical calls apart from bariatric and intensive care transports
200k for a BLS unit? I really wanna know why so expensive, Our new ALS rig only spec'd out at 120k for a 4WD type 1. I was kinda expecting the new layout w/ sliding captions chair, auto load and secondary Pt transport litter for the cost.
Are there many American cities that still have volunteer EMS providers? We look at ambulance paramedics in the league as registered nurses; highly trained capable of having a mini ER in an ambulance.
Check out this BRAND NEW $380,000 Engine from New Whiteland Fire Department in Indiana!
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Christ 200K for truck I knew thry were worth a bit but not that
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I just saw the license plate and I saw Pennsylvania that’s where I live. This is cool
Props to this kid man he was in front of a very experienced guy and didn’t mess up with his stuff
Yeah he did great, very knowledgeable
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@@HeroesNextDoor pay raise jkjk
@@HeroesNextDoor Is there a specific unit a diesel or gasoline engine?
@@clarawhite6520 Aaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaa
Seems like the medic was testing the EMTs knowledge here LOL
Hahaha he definitely passed
@@HeroesNextDoor been a EMT in Boston for 5 years he did well! lmao!
BEMS? Cataldo?
I've been a medic for almost 6 and a half years now I'm studying to be an ER doctor, but I may give it up and go back to EMS, I had the time of my life with Tokyo Fire and Shochu Doctor Heli
Much respect to this guy. To have to memorize all of that equipment and how and when to use all of it. Thank you for all you do man. An amazing ambulance
Much respect for the younger medic. He certainly knew his job and how it all works. He looks at ease sitting there discussing how the outlay of the ambulance and I am sure he is just as thorough with his first aid.
Yeah he did a great job! It’s cool seeing the younger generation that invested in helping the community and providing great care.
People: boring
*Title has 200k*
People: interesting
Yep 😂
i dont think its boring lmao
I could tell that this is a test for him in disguise
Hahaha he definitely passed
Man. I love your stories so I'll share one too. My dad has been working for the Frisco (texas) Fire Department for 20 years, as an engineer and a fire safety clown. 2 years ago when making the set for the clown show, he tore his ACL and another tendon in his right arm. He had SO much sick time and vacation time that he saved over the years that he stacked an impressive 1 1/2 years of it. He took some of his sick time and went to the hospital to get it checked out. They didn't help at ALL, but he still had to go to his city doctor. And a long time later and after lots of doctor visits, he tried to get an MRI but he didn't get approved TWICE. He finally got an MRI and that's when they figured out he tore his ACL and rotator cuff. He saved enough money for an ACL reconstruction surgery and that made him able to move his arm more. The doctors said that his rotator cuff could not be fixed (from what I remember). Somehow, our neighbor tore his rotator cuff too so sometimes they'd give each other advice. He still could not lift his arm above his head, and what he DIDN'T know was that he was supposed to apply for disability with the city's insurance, so he waited too long because the city changed insurance companies, so he was kinda screwed. He had gone to physical therapy 180 times and then stopped. Only ONE person texted him 'get well soon' or 'goodbye' or ANYTHING like that. Sick-time donations were a thing but nobody donated sick time to him! He applied multiple times for disability but never got approved because of the insurance, and was about to run out of sick time so he called IAFF (International Association of Firefighters) a labor union, which labor unions don't have a lot of power in Texas. He requested his lawyer and they said they would call him back. He had 4 days of sick time left so he didn't have a lot of time. So he waited, but nobody called him back! The city literally didn't care about him. By the way, he's doing great now, loves making brisket, and is near his 50th birthday.
That stretcher looks awesome! I was an EMT from 1982 to 1988. The heaviest stretcher end lift I ever made was a heavy male patient, up and over the stair hand rails, then down a set of stairs. I’ll never forget that one.
I am an ex paramedic. Guaranteed you will never see an ambulance like this in S A. Thank you for doing what you do. Hope many blessings come you way
Thanks, God bless you too!
*wow very extraordinary, and very supportive to carry out medical procedures in the ambulance and the patient until the destination hospital is definitely safe* ❤❤
Considering this man knows everything in that ambulance when I only knew maybe three of those things!!!! Great work
Yeah he did a great job!
Try restocking all the inventory in them and not really knowing much about medical supplies 🤣🤣🤣 I clean and restock ambulances for my job. We also have the same stretchers that's in the video.
Does anyone remember what a two man stretcher looks like? Great job guys! Keep alert, stay alive.
Yes, and they put a lot of friends into early retirement. They were backbreakers
Ferno Model 30. It was a beast on its own even without a pt. on it. Then the 35A came out and it was a gift from God. Didn’t think anything could beat it until RoboCot here arrived on scene. 😊
Wow! That was very cool. Amazing tour!
I've always been freaked out by ambulances, but I'd feel totally safe in this one if I ever needed an EMS.
Thanks to all 1st responders. I appreciate you more than you'll ever know!
Thanks for watching! Our goal is to make everything seem less scary!
It's freaking huge. Very nice rig.
Thank you for going back and watching some of our older stuff. This Rig is awesome.
When I worked in the business back in the 70's the most expensive ambulance you could get was one made by Hess and Eisenhardt. At the time it went for around 35,000 dollars and we charged 35 dollars to transport locally. We all thought that was outrageous.
Hahaha wow that's nuts! A lot has changed!
Whoa, Hess & Eisenhardt was top of the line! One has to remember that $35,000 in for example 1973 would be over $235,000 today. The Federal EMS act for 1973 killed the car based ambulances....
Discovered your channel through Reddit, and I gotta say, I'm actually really impressed! Keep up the good work!
Thanks, I appreciate that!
No autoloaders on a brand new 911 gov owned ambulance makes FF/EMTs big sad. Especially when they are forced to retire early because the budget makers could care less about lifting the 400lb frequent flyer.
Yeah, autoloaders definitely extend careers in emergency care
Do I misunderstand what autoloaders are? I tough it’s the trolley, and it is as auto load
@@timneji The stretcher locks into a rail in the ambulance that has arms that automatically grab onto and lift the stretcher into the ambulance.
God forbid someone actually lifts a patient first power cots now this y'all can't lift for shit.
we still run with the classic Stryker M1 stretchers on both BLS and ALS ambulances ... and with our stretchers being loaded on a stretcher platform inside the ambulance we actually have to push it quite far up, it's not on the floor
Thank God for first responders.all of them.
Nice to see an ambulance from the US! Love from Australia
Thanks for watching!
@@HeroesNextDoor Np!!
Thank you for a great video and cometary. I currently work for a local funeral home as a transfer/transport person. We are going to get one of the clam shell back boards because it is so much easier then putting the person on a back board or what we call a soft board, which is a heavy duty material sling which has handles that we can put a person on. The man spoke briefly about dead weight. We experience it all the time when we have to lift a person from the floor or ground to the cot/gurney that is about eight inches off the ground. Normally its the really heavy men and women (250 to 300 pounds) which are the hardest to move. I do not work much with the paramedics but do have to call the Fire Department to help us with the heavy ones or ones that are stuck in the weirdest places.
They should title the video: WHAT'S INSIDE A $200,000 AMBULANCE BILL. I think that's more relevant to us Americans.
1.6 trillion ambulance bill*
$200,000 for a F450 with powered stretcher is a good price.
I mean if we didn't have so many people call for toe pain and flu-like symptoms and then not pay their ambulance bill because there is NO medical necessity for an ambulance then maybe it wouldn't be as bad
@@parkersmithson6667 Here in Australia we have single crew member paramedics working out of SUVs for such jobs. A lot of jobs that require treatment but not transport. Why clog up an ER with a person who has a minor cut or infection when you can suture, give a tetanus shot or prescribe an antibiotic while they're at home.
@@coover65 that sounds amazing, I wish we would pick that up. Over in Australia ya’ll seem to have a very firm grasp on prehospital emergency care. We definitely are lacking in many areas in the U.S.
Now your gonna have to pay $7000000 for taking a look at the ambulance
LOL don't forget 1500 for 3 mile trip and 2500 for 7 minutes of 15 liters of 02......
@@ttss5726 If you ride in Germany, you don't pay anything........... :(
@@lespaul8802 you do through income taxes lol just think of all the ambulance rides you’ll be paying for but not using.
@@JOSHT901 your income taxes pay for all kinds of things your employer usually pays 80 percent and you pay 20 percent of your income its always a set amount of percent dependent of age if you are married or if you are a solo mother with 2 kids your income comes with that amount already gone so you dont have worry about social security at all you also pay for infrastructure rent and a whole lot more i dont know why you dont demonstrate over that i dont think most of the us citizens have an extra bank acc with 40000 dollars in case of a emergency -40000 is not an alternative either your society is fucked up between the rich and the lifelong poor because they have a huge debt your goverment really has to regulate your economy before everyone is a modern slave the human life and dignity is always the most important thing
Wow ..great job .. Guys ... You guys practically designed everything I wanted in an ambulance ... God bless .. ☝🏻👐🏻🙏🏻👍🏻
He looked so unconvertible Lookin at you touching the airway supplies
Great job the paramedics deserve alot of credit your service and time and efforts are deeply appreciated thanks don't work to hard love and appreciate you guys thanks you guys rock still going strong way to go ! Joe
Would love to see an ambulance build on the new F600 4x4 chassis cab, but with a brush rig suspension so it can be marketed for use in remote road regions like Alaska, as well as several regions of South America.
That would be sick! Hopefully we can find one of those at some point!
I work for a Fleetservice station in VA that takes care of these things when they break down they are by far not easy to get up and going after they break most turn around time is 3 days. Well atleast where i live. Fire trucks are worse in some cases but things like brakes we keep on hand.
Yeah I believe it. The electronics in these things are ridiculous
I have so much to learn as a former Criminal Justice student.
Love that Lucas device!!
Lucas is awesome! Game changer!
That 0 to 60 in 8 seconds time is the cab without the ambulance chassis.
what a nice looking Ambulance great video
Agreed! Thanks for watching!
Very beautiful and professional at the same time. 👌👍
Thanks for watching and helping us grow!
@@HeroesNextDoor thank you sir .
Thank ya for what ya do!! This is my dream job👍👍👍👍👍
He asking all the questions but yet know all the answers 😂😂😂 great teacher tho
Awesome continent especially loved the ATV episode
Thanks
Great ambulance tour,really a beautiful unit thanks for sharing
cant wait to finish my NREMT im hoping to move to caster county and work as an emt-b while in school for paramedic
That’s awesome! Hope everything works out for you!
The Lucas looks better then the thumper. Nice rig. I recall my driving training. “You know where that is? You drive”. I had taken rig out in fog with member to check light combos. What didn’t blind me.
Also Medical Director cleared us for IV. (So you dreaded the “could you help me with something”??). They wanted to practice. Handy when you yourself in hospital. Talking tech into getting a IV going after first failure.
what a great video ! great ambu as well, greetings from the Vienna City Ambulance Service, Vienna, Austria :-) < 3
Thanks for watching!
I'am Your Newest Subscriber Great Videos
Thanks!
If some of you think $200K is expensive, wait till you fugure out that $500k is on the lower scale for a fire pumper.
Hahaha so true
This is exactly why people should donate and support local volunteer services! Without donations, the funds have to come from local taxes.
Hey could you do a tour of Salisbury fire department ambulance station 16.
Great vid . Love your trucks and amblances.
Thanks for watching!
These guys have it easy. Try working a full arrest in the back of a Cadillac. I miss the 70's.
Haha yeah a lot has changed!
Visit Austria! We still widely use the VW Bus. No space at all :D
@@RoofieTV in our country VW Bus are treated as collectible cars and are very expensive!
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Ohhh. The ambulance shown in the video seemed already pretty tight to me :D
You need to pitch this series to Netflix or Amazon.
Haha thanks that means a lot!
Just want to say I love your channel hi from Dublin Ireland 🇮🇪
Hey thanks for checking out the channel!
I love it, I like pretty much to be an EMT
Damn, that's a lot of unused space. Although it's cool to see how ambulances differ from each other around the world.
Same. I work on an ambulance in NZ and we have every little spot filled. A smaller vehicle mind but sheesh.
@@Enceladusify Same in Finland. Our ambulances have each nook and cranny filled with something. The one showcased in this video looks like it has room to set up a full barbeque. lol
@@tomoffinland123 Are you saying that cramped misery is better?
My dad used to work on an ambulance and when they were between calls he would run by our house or my kindergarten and one time gave my entire class a ride to the park but that was a difrent time
That’s awesome! That’s a great childhood memory!
him: Keystone Valley is in Parkesburg, PA. me: I'm watching and living in Bedford, PA.
hello i upload the video firstly.Personaly ,it is really a nice ambulance, i like it
For the emt to be so nervous he did an impressive job tbh.
Yeah he did a great job!
Seems strange to me to see the seperate cab based on a pickup
Ambulances here are based on vans, the patient compartment is accessible from the cab without going outside
In America, there are three types of ambulances. Each has their own designs Type I = truck front with box, Type II = van, Type III = van front with box
Its the real life Ian Gallagher!
Hahaha I didnt realize how much he looks like him!
You should do a comparison between a UK or EU ambulance and an American ambulance covering not just the equipment carried but performance and cost of use
That's a great idea! We will have to do some research!
@@HeroesNextDoor I'm a german medic and we have fare more on our Ambulance then the american version, which I didn't tought. Not just the materials, but also medicin and gear.
@@commanderk6131 No you don’t.
@@luke8264 I'm pretty sure we do have
Thanks guyz
Thanks for watching!
Nice Ambulance. Grettings from Germany.
Greetings from the U.S.! Thanks for watching!
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That's a BLS rig??!!
Holy chet, that's boujee af.
We have several power stretchers in our service. Nobody uses them, because they're so much more heavier than manual stretchers and lifting it up into the truck is such a pain and a strain without having an auto-loader.
The only thing EMT's go to around me in Missouri are shootings and mostly OD's to give them Narcan. It's kinda sad.
Awesome
Lucas? Hmmm! 30 yrs ago we used a “Tumper”.
Yes we used those too however the Lucas is an updated version that is way more effective and easy to use.
You guys are the best but I have a question so how do you guys get the people out of a fire and I want to come and take a look at your fire station
Stop by anytime !!
solid video for a smaller channel! small tip, maybe turn down the music slightly. sometimes when the bass drops it gets slightly loud :D
Yeah, thanks! We had a couple other people say that haha. Thanks for watching!
do private ambulance companies respond to any 911 call or only with insurance to that company
I'm from Brazil and I think ambulances from the United States are very beautiful.
The ambulance company I used to work for we had a box of stuffed animals in there for kids
That's a great idea!
I'm Hoping that in a future video you'll demonstrate the stair chair as well as mention the weight limit. As an overweight person myself, I like the Stretchers weight limit, which is also the reason I'm interested in the Limit of the chair.
Very impressive!!!
Has there been a video on the Keystone Cops by chance?
Very nice !! I would staff that any day !
One of the reasons I love going to work haha
@@Vjz280 lucky you
So how exactly does the ALS BLS system work? What kinda calls does a BLS ambulance run? And how is it staffed compared to a ALS ambulance?
The BLS system responses to non life threatening emergencies and the ALS responds to life threats. Aka things you could die from with in 5-30 minutes ALS goes. Simple sick or injured BLS goes
@@HeroesNextDoor thank you for the response! So a BLS ambulance is only staffed with EMS and an ALS one has one paramedic or are both people paramedics?
@@coolment96 ALS are paramedics whereas BLS are EMTS
Did I understand it right? It's a BLS truck with a Lucas, drugs and other nice stuff but only with an AED? No monitor?
Is this usual in the US?
There is a paramedic chase car that supplies a ALS provider. Having all the equipment on a BLS truck makes the paramedics job easier. BLS can use the Lucas too
Admittedly, seeing an ambulance without a cardiac monitor is like seeing an ambulance without a stretcher...or without a cardiac monitor.
My dads a firefighter and they just got the Lucas
That’s awesome! It definitely saves lives
Do BLS ambulances not carry adrenaline, salbutamol or pain relief like morphine?
The chase car with the paramedic would carry that
@@HeroesNextDoor ah right, it's very different in America. Here in England the ambulances are all more or less the same and carry everything, probably works out more expensive though haha
Can you answer a question about the onboard computer? During an emergency call is there any color codes on the computer screen that denotes emergency pursuit or such? I imagine there'll be red signal going off on the dispatch pane. I am trying to determine if an ambulance had a real emergency or not. I caught a picture of his dashboard including the computer screen and there were only yellow and green panels visible. EMS here in NYC fake a lot of emergencies just to get through traffic which cause many drivers to ignore them all.
There is no color changes. When an emergency is dispatched there is only a charm or ding that goes off. Then the dispatch info appears on the screen. Be careful about accusing other about emergencies many times units get cancelled after they respond
God bless America 🇺🇸.
And 10 to 20 years later people like me can buy them on ebay for $10,000 and turn them into campers :) I just bought a 2003 F450 7.3 with 49,000 original miles on it for $10K
Make sure to remove the lights, many states don't allow them as you convert it into the utility truck
Hi what a great video. I just found your Channel and got interested to this video as an volunteer paramedic in Austria it's really interesting to see how equal the equipment is between Austria and the US. I really would be interested to see how you would react to an Ambulance we are working with in Austria. Greetings and keep safe
Same here for Germany
0:50 are there actually seperate radios for different counties? We'd just switch the channel and thus can go through every county across the state and through all other states as well; And another question what is the gauge in the center console for?
3:10 I'm surprised on how much empty space there's in the compartment
3:50 again amazingly empty? When several compartments offer so much un-used space, why not design a more compact ambulance?
7:10 interesting that you have a Lucas on your BLS ambulance; We don't have them neither on our BLS nor ALS Ambulances, but only the Emergency Doctor Cars have them on board. I first thought it would be an ALS unit at your station, as for its size and especially the Lucas, but then I was surprised to only see an AED and not an ECG like Lifepack15 or similar; But we have only an AED on our BLS units as well, while both the ALS and Doctor Car carry LP15
17:20 interesting to see that you have your first-in bag on your stretcher and not like in the first compartment to the right; We hardly ever take out the stretcher when first walking up to the patient, we only do that at retirement homes and airports
Definitely a very large BLS ambulance. The chase car with the paramedic switches over to the ambulance a lot so they wanted it to be equipped enough to handle whatever the paramedic needed.
Compare this with a German emergency-ambulance or German BLS-ambulance. Enormes waste of space and a minimum, but also maximized sort of equipment for BLS (Lukas vs AED), dont ged it 😜.
"Form follows function" should be your princible, not "lound and big looking thicc"...(Personal opinion)
@@HeroesNextDoor here is a German emergency-ambulance for comparison: th-cam.com/video/cispgdCjDE8/w-d-xo.html
@@lennyynnel1955 well many German ambulances aren't very well thought-out tbh ... like most cabinets being located at the front divider wall, far and out of reach for a paramedic with his seatbelt on, still completly manual stretchers, or the ECG placed sideways on the wall that you can't see the screen unless you can put the screen apart like on a C3
@@EnjoyFirefighting I must say I do disagree with you. We don't have to reach to the front quite often because we rather get the patient ready, so we don't need to operate much while driving, or if we have to (eg while CPR) we don't sit down.
Also we do have access to our monitor the whole time I don't know how u think we don't have access to it. Also all of the newer ambulances use a lift for the striker, I guess u haven't seen the new ones.
Also I think it is very comfortable to work in our big ambulances because u can easily work on a patient (sometimes even two) with more than two medics/emt/doctors and still not feeling too crowded.
After having worked in our system I really don't want to miss it anymore
The ambulance needs robot assistants
pov your doing a tour of your truck then you get a call to help someone
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What do the colors on the bay windows for I see them all the time and I'm always wondering
So interesting to watch and learn. Paramedics are very skilled people with so much training, wow!
And the ambulance is a great lifesaving van. Been in one twice. Those guys saved my life!!!
fyi - background music was as annoying as a mosquito buzzing in my ears.
Inside he just be grabbing everything and looking at it
200 transports and that rig is paid for in a year.
What is the yellow netting inside the ambulance for? It was never talked about.
It simple a safety net for any crash.
They are a long way from Squad 51.
my thought: 200,000 dollars for a BLS truck?
They have a chase car with a medic that usually switches to using the ambulance so they do a bunch of ALS in it also
@@HeroesNextDoor so why don't they just get an ALS ambulance 😂😂😂😂
Beat me to it
@@CHITOWN8072 not all calls are ALS. Also not all fire depts can not afford staffing for an ALS squad. That chase vehicle is a hospital medic or PHRN that the hospital provides. That vehicle does respond to several other area ambulance squads that does not have ALS services.
@@kevinbambrick3214 that's why we have seperate BLS Transport Ambulances which are primarily used for non-emergency runs, an ALS Emergency Ambulance and additionally an Emergency Doctor Car, so we can cover all sorts of normal medical calls apart from bariatric and intensive care transports
I’m high asf and idek how I got here but I watched the whole thing, it was amazing
How do you keep in contact with the driver since you have a big partition you can't communicate with them
Some have firecom communication systems others use built in intercoms. And others just yell loudly 😉
@@HeroesNextDoor got it 👍
Where's the cardiac monitor? Did I miss it?
Nice chassis but would never go back to a wheeled coach. The lifeline is a way better investment.
200k for a BLS unit? I really wanna know why so expensive, Our new ALS rig only spec'd out at 120k for a 4WD type 1. I was kinda expecting the new layout w/ sliding captions chair, auto load and secondary Pt transport litter for the cost.
Wonder how much, that equipment cost.
The volunteer service that I was with had an EMT-P on every call even though 90% of the calls were BLS.
That’s cool, not a bad idea if you have the personnel to do that!
Are there many American cities that still have volunteer EMS providers? We look at ambulance paramedics in the league as registered nurses; highly trained capable of having a mini ER in an ambulance.
Worth it s weight in gold
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