Comments on: Saline County emergency call takes 20 minutes to respond. Feel safer now?

By: firemedic

firemedic — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:56:26 +0000

well the video had nothing to do with saline county calls this was taken in gallatin county with gallatin county ambulance responding on a gallatin county call

By: tmills76

tmills76 — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 04:26:33 +0000

Well dave the people on here talking about the guys working being fat slobs dont work at medforce so u r the one who works for a service that was slaming people who work for a different service I understand you want to defend a service you work for but no one from the other service was on here slamming workers and no one from medforce said you wasn’t doing your job but im sure u could agree that if there is a closer truck to respond to a 911 it doesn’t matter what service it is just get the closest one there its whats best for the patent for example today some one in shawnee town was down and cpr was in progress a truck was sent from harrisburg when the call could have been rolled to a truck that was closer medforce had trucks in eldorado and could have been to the scene apx 6 min sooner its situations like that the need to be corrected minutes count when someone heart has stopped

By: Jack Howser

Jack Howser — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 01:01:06 +0000

Um. I think the OWNERS have changed too…right?

Just like a con. Can’t talk about what’s real…has to make immaterial things “real.” Right?

By: Dave Kaye

Dave Kaye — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:54:29 +0000

Same difference and the same people are working at Med-Force that were at Millers when I worked there. Only the name has changed. Have a good night.

By: Dave Kaye

Dave Kaye — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:51:34 +0000

Well Jack my crime was old news since it happened 40 years ago and I was originally commenting on the video (that was filmed while by 2 individuals sitting in an ambulance that were out of their coverage area)filming an ambulance that was responding to a 911 emergency that was within Gallatin Co. Which is their coverage area. My other comment was about a person calling EMTs that work at Saline County Obese. You opened the door about my criminal past.

It was nice talking to ya Jack. Have a good night!

By: Jack Howser

Jack Howser — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:48:51 +0000

And just so everyone is clear…everybody you’re slamming here is DECEASED, right?

And you’re referencing MILLER AMBULANCE, not MedForce…right?

And the owners of Miller went bankrupt…right??

And you haven’t shared with us yet why you killed that poor lil old lady…Killer.

Come on. You’re on a roll. Don’t stop now. Hit it a little harder…it’ll come.

By: Jack Howser

Jack Howser — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:35:34 +0000

ROTFL a convicted murderer with hubris.

I’m dyin here.

You may be responsible for that, Killer.

Since you’re so into gut spilling right now, why don’t you tell us all about your crime. Who was it? Where was it? How was it? You know, all those pertinent factoids. Things people really want to know…not how you want to slam everybody around you on a topic TOTALLY UNRELATED to the article, which is about the 911 board having an ILLEGAL MEETING, NOT about this service or that service. Those were just tangentials.

By: tmills76

tmills76 — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 23:58:53 +0000

well dave medforce has only been in business since 2004 so you couldn’t have worked there you must be talking about miller ambulance which was owned by someone else

By: Dave Kaye

Dave Kaye — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 23:52:48 +0000

You’re right but when people start slamming people about their looks and trash talking I’m going to defend the service I work for. We are all in the same profession and should be working to to service the community the best way we can. Not play 4th grade you broke my GI Joe and I’m gonna be pissed at you. So your point s well taken and my point is that people that live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones because no one is perfect.

By: Dave Kaye

Dave Kaye — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 23:41:43 +0000

Well Jack, you failed to mention that I work for that service in February 1999. Does the owner there still keep expired drugs in his drug boxes because I remember I opened one of the drug boxes and there was an expired bag of Lidocaine that had expired in September 1998 and was told by a senior medic that still works there “just pretend it’s good Dave, just pretend it’s good.” I’m sure the public would have appreciated having a drug that had been expired for 5 months given to them. February 1999 I just came on duty and was called to intercept with another Eldorado basic crew for a patient with a full blown stroke. When I told my partner (he still works there) to apply the cardiac monitor he told me he couldn’t. When I asked why he told me there was only 1 battery for the entire service and it was on our ambulance. When I confronted the owner I was told he would have to charge a battery for me. Good thing it wasn’t a cardiac arrest I intercepted because there were also only 1 IV needle on the ambulance and when I asked about that I was told that supplies hadn’t been ordered because the owner had to buy parts for a car he was refurbishing so there was no money to buy IV supplies.

Things I have never done on an ambulance or as a medic. I have never transported my family members in an ambulance with a patient on board so they can view a patient’s medical history (HIPPA) violation but they have. I have never made an EMT push drugs that was beyond their scope of practice but they have. I have never driven through a fast food drive through with a patient in the back but they have.

I worked there for 1 week and quit because I was coming off a 24 hour shift in Eldorado and I woke up with flea bites all over me from the cats they had in the base. Even in prison I didn’t wake up with bug bite on me so that should tell you that prison was cleaner than the base that housed EMTs.

And just so you have your facts straight Jack, in 29 years as a medic I’ve only been disciplined once for smoking in an ambulance.

How was my prison experience, it was a humbling for me and a learning experience. I survived 29 1/2 years there. Think you could?