Comments on: Ambulance Hijacked…!!! http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/ambulance-hijacked/ The Ramblings of a Paramedic Stretcher Monkey Thu, 23 May 2013 00:57:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: kingmagic http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/ambulance-hijacked/#comment-7218 Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:51:24 +0000 http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/?p=634#comment-7218 hijacked medic…Is he still in custody or has he been bailed to attempt it again? Sounds like he had it well planned.
Management…I can imagine their first thoughts would have been about the vehicle and hitting response times!!!
Glad you are okay?

]]> By: hijacked medic http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/ambulance-hijacked/#comment-7217 Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:38:54 +0000 http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/?p=634#comment-7217 i am the medic whose ambo he stole…..

it was going to be a hostage situation so he has told the cid dealing with it to get to see his kids..
and i want to see mine again so as you do throw the trusty prf folder open the door bon voyage, land on the road whilst we are still going along!!!

clever man as his addy is a high risk and i never met him before being out of area he went to his brothers and called from there… his brother knew what his game plan was and let us go in to his house come out knowing full well he is armed…

well he got tasered and the 4 trojan officers gave him a good ole fashion kick in.. well done boys….

management who are they??????????????????????

]]> By: kingmagic http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/ambulance-hijacked/#comment-7152 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:47:56 +0000 http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/?p=634#comment-7152 emsguy64…our regs are very strict as to the carrying of drugs. If any go missing or are unaccounted for then the shit hits the fan especially if its morph.

We are autonomous in giving drug therapy so long as it adheres to certain criteria as with any medicine prescribed. If we wanted to go outside of the criteria for a certain drug then we can ask a doc if its okay.

]]> By: emsguy64 http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/ambulance-hijacked/#comment-7147 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:05:04 +0000 http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/?p=634#comment-7147 We have cheap. sheet-metal lock boxes on our trucks, but many folks carry the “candy store” on their persons. Just North of us in the “big city” of Albuquerque, they are issued a special belt case for their narcs. We were carrying our MS04 in vials but now carry it in ampules. I had the oh so special treat of dropping one the other day and it went POOF on the floor of the truck. I just LOVE extra paper work… NOT!

What are your protocols for MS04? At my current level (EMT-Intermediate)I can use it with on-line Dr’s orders, but once I upgrade to Paramedic, I will be able to give it, and other narcs, on standing orders.

]]> By: kingmagic http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/ambulance-hijacked/#comment-7144 Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:09:07 +0000 http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/?p=634#comment-7144 Stonehead…it will be interesting to see what he gets at court?

Mr. Nighttime…I would like to see the service put in place a protocol for defensive actions, ie a right good smacking and well placed kicks to kidney areas, but I feel that may be frowned upon.

Emma…its steadily getting worse and even though we have rights to protect ourselves, our patient and our vehicle (yeah right!) the firm would sack us first as its easier than having to defend a court action against us!

emsguy64…we carry morphine but we are as careful as careful can be in storing it in secure safes on board…but if a scrote wanted it badly enough then I would not stand in his/her way if he/she was armed!

]]> By: emsguy64 http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/ambulance-hijacked/#comment-7142 Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:19:08 +0000 http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/?p=634#comment-7142 Funny how “gun” control laws never disarm the people they’re SUPPOSED too.

Do UK ambulances carry any narcotics like Morphine Sulfate or Demerol? At my service we carry MS04, Fentanyl, Demerol and Valium.

]]> By: Emma http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/ambulance-hijacked/#comment-7139 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:09:26 +0000 http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/?p=634#comment-7139 Shouldn’t he just have been grateful for the Ambulance full stop!

He was obviously of the same ilk as the ones I have mentioned on my latest post.

Beyond belief though..

]]> By: Mr. Nighttime http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/ambulance-hijacked/#comment-7136 Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:57:17 +0000 http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/?p=634#comment-7136 Similar thing happened to some crews that I worked with back in the late 80′s/early 90′s. In one case, the crew just pulled into the ER with the patient, and while in the ambulance bay, someone opened the back door, flashed a gun, told the medic to get out, and then shot the patient right in the stretcher.

They don’t call NYC “Fun City” for nothing.

Glad the crew involved in the hijacking was ok. I agree with you, a long, slow tasering was in order, as well as a few well placed Maglite hits.

]]> By: Stonehead http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/ambulance-hijacked/#comment-7135 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 22:39:16 +0000 http://kingmagic.wordpress.com/?p=634#comment-7135

It is thought the trouble may have been sparked by the patient’s unhappiness at the choice of hospital.

No, it was caused by a violent thug with no respect for anyone who knew he could pull a gun on the crew with relative impunity.

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