What’s funny is he is in the day of a life of a Paramedic Firefighter

Is there any certains things you want to know now I might be able to help

I agree! It could also be cool to see it in action with SMFR

I use PulsePoint as well and it would be awesome if South Metro could do a video about it!

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@CQ Kentucky Internationals don't count 😂

The last fleet Friday was 1 week ago on tower 18

Same

Aaron's game I think she was talking about the medic 18

Alexander Wiand oh okay

Hmm could've been how it was recorded. I don't think that's intentional.

Same I also only have 480p-

Its because KZfaq is still rendering the video to be in 1080p, I believe if not then RIP

Never thought I’d see you here Parker

Their main O2 bottle was secured incorrectly too lol

@@TruckStuff1 it’s fire EMS lol, what would you expect

Do a fleet Friday of one of the e-one engines please

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZrKJjJh4upvGoXU.html Dive 31 got featured here. I'm sure they will do Dive 16 in the future.

@@jacobwright70 ya for sure

Station 34's area is the busiest covering commercial, residential, and portions of interstate highway as well as being centrally located in SMFR's district. Station 34's area recorded more than 2,500 calls in 2019 with 2,123 being emergent calls. Tower 34 is SMFR's busiest unit with 2,741 calls in 2019.

Me to

I think its custom, it would say the name in the description.

SMFR does not use the LUCAS device at this time. SMFR is a data driven agency and the current data does not support the use of mechanical CPR devices like the LUCAS. Mechanical CPR devices are very trendy and cool right now, but there have been studies that suggests that they do not improve patient outcomes and may possibly have worse survival rates than manual hands on CPR. SMFR currently has a high survival rate with their current pit crew CPR with manual compressions and would prefer to keep it that way until there is better data that shows mechanical CPR devices results in better patient outcomes during a cardiac arrest.

The vast majority of all patient reports are called in by phone in Colorado. Occasionally patient reports will be relayed by MetCom if all hands are working on a patient or the phone does not work. There are hospital radio channels available, but they are almost never used and it can be hit or miss if the hospitals are actually monitoring the channel due to how infrequently they are used.

South Metro ambulances are staffed by firefighter/paramedics so that they can do either at a fire scene. If there is no patient at a fire, then the medic crew can be used for fire related tasks such as accessing a hydrant or searching a building instead of standing by and watching the fire.

They already did. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aM6llalqmbKvqJs.html

Most likely. They are starting a station Saturday season.

You can always visit the stations lol

The LIFEPAK 15 cardiac monitor/defibrillator that he briefly showed at 10:23 would be the AED. It has a mode to operate as an AED if the user is not a paramedic, but a paramedic will use it in the manual mode to provide manual shocks as needed.

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@John Marvin Depends on how busy the station is.

South Metro is just a single sample in a very large country where different agencies do things differently. Something that may surprise you is that the scope of practice for what a paramedic can do can and often does vary by state. Some places like Denver, South Metro's immediate neighbor to the north, keeps fire services and ambulances separate with a public ambulance agency. Other communities in Colorado utilize a private company like AMR to provide their ambulances. The decision to staff ambulances is also highly variable as even within SMFR there are several ambulances are staffed by two paramedics and others that staffed with one EMT and one paramedic. SMFR has an Advanced Resource Medic (ARM) program that is staffed by an advanced practice paramedic and nurse practitioner that can do similar in-home treatments. The pay is also going to be extremely variable depending on where in the country the paramedic is and who they work for. Last I heard, the salary for an entry-level paramedic/firefighter for SMFR is in the mid $60,000s with the most senior paramedics reaching into the $100,000 range. Some other department and private companies may be closer to $30,000-40,000 as there is no national standard for compensation. Conditions are going to be variable like everything else with some agencies and areas being great with all the equipment they need, support, and the calls they go on are real emergencies. Others can be terrible where the agency attempts to minimize all costs and the paramedics feel that they are Ubers for frequent bogus calls.

@@Spitfire8520 Thanks for the insight. Made for very interesting reading. In most Australian states, our ambulance services are owned and operated by state governments. Imagine a single "Colorado Ambulance Service", where irrespective if you're in Grand Junction, Denver or Wray you'll have the same skill set, ambulances, equipment and pay. In four Australian states, skill set is very similar, so a paramedic in Victoria could do a lateral transfer to Queensland and only need the standard 2 or 4 weeks induction training. A university degree (Bachelor of Paramedicine) is a pre requisite for potential recruits. In my state pay level varies by years of service and rank. $46/hr and about $115k/year is normal, with 8 weeks annual leave and the employer pays $2 for every $1 you contribute to your superannuation scheme (retirement fund). All uniforms and PPE gear is supplied free. Sad to read some US EMS providers don't respect their workers with better pay.

A Battalion Chief at south Metro oversees a Battalion 5-6 station. And a district chief is the shift commander for SMFR he oversees the 5 battalions at SMFR. Let me know if you have any other questions.

Camden W. Copenhaver yeah, I got it, I’ve only seen one or the other at departments not both at the same one. Where I am there are just battalion chiefs, but another department near us has district chiefs but they basically do the same thing as a battalion chief over there so I was curious.

@@nicktaylor6960 Syracuse New York, has 3 districts which is the equivalent of a battalion chief and 1 duty deputy per shift, Syracuse has 6 deputy chiefs.

I'm sure they do with the money they put into equipment and vehicles

I wouldn't believe that they don't!

South Metro doesn’t use the Lucas Device.

@@matthewassell6471 Really? Do you mean they use some other brand or hand CPR?

Spike59 South Metro does hands on CPR from the ting they arrive on scene all the way to the hospital if they need to. Please let me know if you have any other questions.

They have a fleet friday on RED 1 and RED 2, RED 1 is similar to RED 3.

Coastie dude 45 Yes all line personnel and most support staff have tactical vest and helmets.

SMFR does bill if you are transported to the hospital by an ambulance.

All SMFR medic units are ALS.

Lol they ever were?

What if the gears unnecessary?

Lifepaks are lame

@@matthewassell6471 The LP-15 and Corpuls C3 are both essential, they are electrocardiogram monitors. Whether or not SMFR uses the new ECGs has to do with budget, not neccesity.

@@denverfirebuff Corpuls is not sold in the US and is not approved by the FDA. The only 2 options for a monitor/defibrillator approved by the FDA are either the LIFEPAK 15 or ZOLL X Series.

That is what the pause button is for. Also, the CC is an automated feature of KZfaq for the most part. Errors will occur.

I am more talking about the words that is already on the screen... not me turning it on. Also I don’t need them but in general.

South metro obviously has a great budget for equipment and vehicles so im sure they do

South Metro does not carry Lucas

No kidding. That front driver tire is worn pretty good.

98engine Yes. In South Metro all paramedics are also firefighters. Firefighters are either firefighter EMTs or firefighters paramedics. The firefighters on a medicament respond to structure fires and brushfires along with any other medical they are needing that equipment with those calls. For example if no one is injured in the first on scene medic of a structure fire assists the suppression unit and goes in.

@@matthewassell6471 interesting. I am a ff/paramedic in Canada and.we take our turnout gear with us on the ambo however we don't take wildland gear, scba or a tic as we would only be assigned to medical sector when riding the ambulance for the shift.

98engine I completely get that. But as I said before. South Metro paramedics are also the firefighters and when they respond to a structure fire they will go in.

@@98engine It all depends on the immediate needs of an incident for SMFR and Firefighter/Paramedics can be requested to use their entire skill set outside of just patient care. I believe the current response for a structure fire is 2 medics, so the first due medic is commonly assigned tasks such as primary search if there are no patients in order to get the ball rolling on firefighting tasks as soon as possible without needing to wait for the additional crew from a second suppression apparatus. The 2nd medic would then be assigned to standby for patient care should one turn up. SMFR Medic units have been first due to fires before and have can make saves and control fires priors to the arrival of a suppression unit. SMFR actually published video of one such instance in Vlog S1 V32.