Someone I know was recently in a small hospital in Western MT, and it was decided to transfer this person to a hospital in a larger community. The ambulance service pulls up to the hospital to pick up the patient and turns off the engine, but leaves all the auxillary equipment running. They load up the patient, then find that the battery is now dead in the ambulance- so they ask the spouse of the patient if he has any jumper cables- thankfully- he does and they get the rig started and take off for their destination.- :-O
Sounds about par for the course for medical care
I would think the paddles would have a few cold cranking amps in them.
CLEAR!
Things that do not inspire confidence-Maybe the battery was
Maybe the battery was old and not holding the normal charge, or it was just a blunder. The driver did have enough knowledge to get it started and was willing to jump it himself. That alone puts him way ahead of most operators today. In that situation I would have expected a shrug and maybe a call for help with no personal effort in getting it going again. In rural areas without the tax base to provide the services available in the larger city's they were lucky to have a hospital at all. Our ambulance services around here are volunteer and donations is what provides most of the funding. Was that town Superior, Montana? Used that small hospital once when I had gotten blood poisoning in a cut on my thumb, streaks to my armpit. They cut out the source and sent it to a lab somewhere and I walked out with some antibiotics.
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Paul
Do you HAVE medical care?
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Are you not sure?
If you have insurance?
Mike..
I deleted my first reply to you, do you want to know what was said?
Mike..
Sure
Mike.. ok
I said ..
>WTF business is it of yours?
Mike.. ok
I didn’t say that it was my business that you don't have health care. I didn't expect you to have health care considering your recent employment history.
Considering your comment: “…Sounds about par for the course for medical care…”, I think it is ironic that it is BETTER than your health care, yet you choose to complain about health care.
I am just trying to understand your WTF logic [?]
Mike.. ok
>I didn't expect you to have health care considering your recent employment history.
Ummm..you really do not know WTF you are talking about Mike.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTF
The link gives you 13 variations, see if you can figure out which one I mean.
Mike.. ok
I truly hope the best for you. You don't need to be angry about not having health care. Just realize who you vote for.
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, or WTF, has been a common acronym for a very long time. I am not questioning the acronym, only the logic [?]
I caught that was in MT. Most battery problems show up at the onset of colder weather. Temperature drops and a battery near its end date will loose charge faster and fail.
EMS vehicles around here run 24/7 when in service. I have seen them kept running during shift changes.
And, for that kind of fantabulous service - we pay more than any other country on the planet.
Wait you're talking bad about something that Sean and Rush say doesn't need regulated.
