Wicomico Central just dispatched Paramedic 2 and Station 2 volunteers for the engine for a non breathing subject at Salisbury Nursing Home for a non breathing subject. Paramedic 2 responded and asked them to alert the paid fire engine crew out of Station 16. Paramedic 1 from Station 1 self dispatched themselves and responded. Engine 16-1 responded with 3 firemen. Engine 2 responded and they were cancelled by the paid fire engine crew from Station 16. So that left at least 7 paid fire and ambulance people at Salisbury Nursing Home with the non breathing person. Mind you this is a nursing home with many on duty medical staff including Nurses, Nursing Supervisors, LPN's, and even possibly a doctor in the house. So the excuse that firemen are EMT's don't cut it. Those nurses and LPN's deal with elderly and dead people every day. Most people go to a nursing home to die and they are expected to die so it's not like they are responding to save someone with a quality of life ahead of them. I know the paid firemen will say that every life is worth saving. So very true, but the two ambulances with the most qualified paramedics is all that was needed and much cheaper. The bottom line is there was no need for 2 ambulances and 2 fire trucks to respond to a non breathing subject at a medical facility where medical staff was already on scene. Not only is Rick Hoppes forcing out the volunteer firemen so is his paid staff. That ambulance crew did not have the authority to ask for a paid fire engine out of Station 16. Now the paid firemen from Station 16 "committed" themselves to the call in Station 2's territory they turned down a residential automatic fire alarm in their own fire district on Forest Lane. Then Paramedic 1 decided to leave the nursing home call and self dispatch themselves on the automatic fire alarm. Such foolishness. What a waste of your tax dollars and rogue leadership.
Look at all those EMS calls. What a waste.
ReplyDeleteWicomico Central just dispatched Paramedic 2 and Station 2 volunteers for the engine for a non breathing subject at Salisbury Nursing Home for a non breathing subject. Paramedic 2 responded and asked them to alert the paid fire engine crew out of Station 16. Paramedic 1 from Station 1 self dispatched themselves and responded. Engine 16-1 responded with 3 firemen. Engine 2 responded and they were cancelled by the paid fire engine crew from Station 16. So that left at least 7 paid fire and ambulance people at Salisbury Nursing Home with the non breathing person. Mind you this is a nursing home with many on duty medical staff including Nurses, Nursing Supervisors, LPN's, and even possibly a doctor in the house. So the excuse that firemen are EMT's don't cut it. Those nurses and LPN's deal with elderly and dead people every day. Most people go to a nursing home to die and they are expected to die so it's not like they are responding to save someone with a quality of life ahead of them. I know the paid firemen will say that every life is worth saving. So very true, but the two ambulances with the most qualified paramedics is all that was needed and much cheaper. The bottom line is there was no need for 2 ambulances and 2 fire trucks to respond to a non breathing subject at a medical facility where medical staff was already on scene. Not only is Rick Hoppes forcing out the volunteer firemen so is his paid staff. That ambulance crew did not have the authority to ask for a paid fire engine out of Station 16. Now the paid firemen from Station 16 "committed" themselves to the call in Station 2's territory they turned down a residential automatic fire alarm in their own fire district on Forest Lane. Then Paramedic 1 decided to leave the nursing home call and self dispatch themselves on the automatic fire alarm. Such foolishness. What a waste of your tax dollars and rogue leadership.
ReplyDeletePlease consider this a Letter to the Editor.