The Long Emergency

Company No. 1 and was established in 1887. Into the early 20th century the Department began to fully expand its operations such as improved membership benefits, use of motorized apparatus, creation of the Mountain Patrol, and the implementation of the Emergency Medical Service System. In 1915, the Department changed over to a two-platoon system, requiring members to work a 12-hour day or 12-hour night shift for a total of 72 hours per week. Until then, members worked full-time with one day…

Introduction: The book “Would You Kill the Fat Man?” by David Edmonds, presents a philosophical discussion on the ethical dilemma called the trolley problem. The situation that is proposed is that a runaway train is headed towards a group of five people who are tied to the track. Unless the train is stopped, it will inevitably kill all five of the people. You are standing nearby and have the option to pull a lever to to redirect the train to a different route, which has one man tied to the track…

Paramedics are similar to EMTs where they both are quick responders to the sick and injured in emergencies. While responding, paramedics are able to bandage a wound, asses a patient’s condition and identify the path of treatment needed, provide first-aid and life support treatment, transport patients in an ambulance to a hospital, and report knowledge of the patient to the staff at the hospital. Some paramedics are able to work on a helicopter or airplane with the proper training and equipment.…

Disaster Serious emergencies, disasters and crises have become increasingly frequent in the recent years. In the past several decades, natural and man-made disasters have taken over 3 million innocent lives and badly affected millions more. When a disaster strikes, many lives may be saved by emergency crisis response. In fact, mass-casualty incident and disaster response is considered to be one of the biggest challenges for an emergency response system of every community. In fact, emergency…

are Mazzeno and Russell (2015). For memory, the human losses accounted for more than 1,800 people; the destructions’ costs were estimated at $125 billion, more than 1, 5 million people were evacuated, and nearly 80% of the city was flooded for many long days according to Russell (2015). A look on some images of the event takes me to pass out a…

cleaned and sown up. I learned about the types of knots that were used to secure the stitches and the importance of counting how many sharps there was before and after the procedure. I actually assisted multiple times throughout my four days in the emergency department. Another very important skill I got to enhance through practicing was starting intravenous access…

and billing for such care was a priority to administrators. I commonly refer to such people as “carpet people”. I think that they must have has some interaction with taking care of patients at some point in their career, but have walked the carpet so long that they forget what is involved. Some of my coworkers, mostly carpet people, are not so pleased with my terminology, but sometimes I am not so pleased with their train…

refuse care. EMT's have a high burnout rate. They work long hours with low pay, and do not get paid like they maybe should for as hard as they work, or for as much as they see as well as go through. Imagine dreading to get up and go to work in the mornings, or feeling no vale to an employer, rather than just another person to fill spots to be on call. Even as far as feeling disillusionment and frustration with the work they…

lot. I was overwhelmed with excitement as I rushed through the hallway to make it to huddle. Not even a snowstorm the size of Texas, trapping us all at work for days, could dampen my mood that morning. It was only my second week on the job in the emergency room when not even a half hour into my shift I witnessed my first cardiac arrest. I remember the charge nurse and medical staff moving at a fast pace as they worked meticulously to prep a room for the patient’s arrival. The stretcher came…

Mayor Robert Garcia’s 2015 State of the City’s Speech of Long Beach highlights his vision for expanding the welfare of the city’s residents, businesses, and environment. Mayor Garcia’s plan of action to broaden and improve the city’s educational system, develop more economic growth within the city’s investment projects and local businesses, and sustain the environment with upcoming technology and efforts of the city council and its residents, are now in full effect and progressing as of 2016 and…