I'm pretty sure you're wrong, but I can understand how those without exposure to the real world of EMS can have their perception skewed by the Hollywood dramatizations. For those of you who have actually done a Medevac run, please respond to this...How many times have you flown to get a patient and...

Additionally, a coroner can also pronounce death.

not so. Anyone medical professional acting as a physician extender can as well. Like ALS Paramedics / CCP / Flight Nurses etc. Asystole in 3 leads after 20 min of ACLS is all it takes - or obvious clinical signs...

I don't exactly understand the reasoning of your higher ups. Paramedics driving the ambulance know all the time when their patient requires an urgent or a non urgent transport. They are professionals, just like you, and if they act irresponsibly while driving the ambulance, they should be held acco...

COM - 5.0 RADIO COMMUNICATIONS Maybe we need a different call sign for non priority medevac. Maybe when on a medical transport that does require priority sequencing we should clearly identify that it is required. Not everyone flying around calling themselves medevac is abusing the system, perhaps t...

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Slightly off topic, has anyone heard any actual details about the new MEDEVAC RFP for Iqaluit? Read like they are trying to get ORNGE in...some STRANGE requirements for equipment... Interesting bunch of folks over in Ontario. The Baffin RFP came out last month - obviously written by an ORNGE groupie...

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