Just to add a few things, Fire Departments are also increasingly running paramedics or EMTs to be able to do more care before the ambulance shows up. It’s not uncommon for the FD to beat my ambulance to a scene.
They are also great lifters and pusher
pushers. One of my favorite lines is “lift with your firefighters, not your back.” I can’t tell you how many times their muscle has been helpful on a scene. But, they still have to respond to fires, and their understaffed, so they cant bring their SUV to my medical.
And as for pushers. Running a code, my medic will be pushing drugs, I’ll be breathing for the patient, I’ll have a fire fighter pushing on the patients chest, and another ff driving the rig. Three people is super obnoxious in the back of a vanbulance… it still gets tight in the back of my box that is on an f450 chasis, but way better than it could be.
Former FF, and current EMT here.
Just to add a few things, Fire Departments are also increasingly running paramedics or EMTs to be able to do more care before the ambulance shows up. It’s not uncommon for the FD to beat my ambulance to a scene.
They are also great lifters and pusher pushers. One of my favorite lines is “lift with your firefighters, not your back.” I can’t tell you how many times their muscle has been helpful on a scene. But, they still have to respond to fires, and their understaffed, so they cant bring their SUV to my medical.
And as for pushers. Running a code, my medic will be pushing drugs, I’ll be breathing for the patient, I’ll have a fire fighter pushing on the patients chest, and another ff driving the rig. Three people is super obnoxious in the back of a vanbulance… it still gets tight in the back of my box that is on an f450 chasis, but way better than it could be.