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    This is reality

    Had a really good meeting and training session at Alameda EMS hq today. We trained on and we were given point of woundage kits for every ambulance in the county. These are rapid response kits for Mass shootings. They include. Multiple tournequets, vented occlusal dressings for chest wounds, clotting gauze, dressings. Triage tapes, and rapid transport to safety transport tarps. Cool stuff, too bad society has reached the point where we need this gear.
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    "The only thing that we learn from torture is the depths of our own moral depravity"

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    Quote Originally Posted by TriGuy View Post
    ......... too bad society has reached the point where we need this gear.
    I don't think anyone will argue with that.
    The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible - Arthur C. Clarke

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mike View Post
    I don't think anyone will argue with that.
    Agreed......Ben
    The future is forged on the anvil of history...The interpreter of history wields the hammer... - Unknown author...

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    Yes our responders can use any help provided.
    Old redneck hillbilly borned and raised on a redwood stump.

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    Saw an article on tv about most rural ems and emts are in trouble with having almost not enough dollars to fund the system(s). While we take it for granted that they will be here when we need them, the show pointed out that if they have to make a distance run there's usually no one left to fill in and/or it's the only equipment they have since there's no backup.

    Really an eye opener if you want to move to a smaller community.
    Fred

    "Everyday I beat my own previous record for number of consecutive days I've
    stayed alive."

    'Take care of yourself, and each other.'

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    California is leading the nation in First Responders ability to deal with trauma.

    When my Nephew was training for surgery, the Army sent him to California hospitals to learn everything he could about treating gunshot wounds. He's now one of the top trauma surgeons in Seattle.

    Hunter
    I don't care if it hurts. I want to have control. I want a perfect body. I want a perfect soul. - Creep by Radiohead

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