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  • Опубліковано 6 кві 2024
  • This massive freightliner quad cab ambulance is a state of the art critical care ground transport unit specifically designed for our unique needs. This video is an in-depth walk through of this ambulance and the supplies on board.

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  • @blakslee720
    @blakslee720 Місяць тому +45

    “If a facility isn’t comfortable doing a chest tube, we can do one in route” let’s let that sink in. Boss move.

    • @PrepMedic
      @PrepMedic  Місяць тому +22

      We call them “4 wall scene calls”. The reality of rural medicine is that a lot of the docs and mid level providers just moonlight in the ER and are not even board certified in emergency medicine. They handle minor run of the mill stuff great but just don’t have the volume or experience to handle severely injured or ill patients (which is literally all we do in critical care transport)

    • @stephenbritton9297
      @stephenbritton9297 Місяць тому +4

      Working in a rural area, we have some great ER doc’s, and then, like you said, other types of docs working in the ER, often as the only provider in a small ER. They maybe excellent doc’s at their day job,but they’re not ER doc’s.

    • @Tommymad1
      @Tommymad1 Місяць тому +1

      I'm also an EMT in a rural area, most of our docs are full time ER doctors and are very good at their jobs, but we have a few who are absolutely NOT confident in their jobs. Unfortunately one is just actually incompetent and has killed patients, one of which he over inserted a chest tube, perforating the lung.

  • @billydunwoody
    @billydunwoody Місяць тому +50

    Critical Care in Los Angeles. We have to use our lights/sirens a lot because of traffic. It’s a tool just like anything in our bags. Ya’ll have a lot of equipment, looks awesome

    • @reedb4295
      @reedb4295 Місяць тому +1

      You still work for PRN?

    • @billydunwoody
      @billydunwoody Місяць тому

      @@reedb4295 medic school in Sept

    • @bensisko617
      @bensisko617 Місяць тому +2

      Yo, we used to work together at PRN. Not sure if we ever worked the same shift, but used to see you around all the time. I’m not about to dox myself on UA-cam though 😂. I worked CCT on 137 and 142/3. Hope you’re doing well bro. Good luck in medic school!

    • @billydunwoody
      @billydunwoody Місяць тому

      @@bensisko617 ahhhh yes. Thank you! Hopefully you are doing well

  • @AggiePhil
    @AggiePhil Місяць тому +18

    Man, this guy knows his stuff. Impressive!

    • @Shaquille_Oatmeal_with_mayo
      @Shaquille_Oatmeal_with_mayo Місяць тому +1

      He's a paramedic, I sure hope he does.

    • @letsgeterdone_
      @letsgeterdone_ Місяць тому +1

      @@Shaquille_Oatmeal_with_mayoyou’d be surprised how many do not lol

    • @Shaquille_Oatmeal_with_mayo
      @Shaquille_Oatmeal_with_mayo Місяць тому +1

      @@letsgeterdone_ I'm not American, so I don't pay too much for healthcare. But if Americans pay so much, the EMTs should be expected to know how to do stuff.

    • @airsoftnerfreview7856
      @airsoftnerfreview7856 Місяць тому

      Hi Sam can you do a shift of you on this truck?

    • @krisdeaglephotography4539
      @krisdeaglephotography4539 Місяць тому

      @@Shaquille_Oatmeal_with_mayoEMTs and paramedics are not the same

  • @preppingundkrisenvorsorge9288
    @preppingundkrisenvorsorge9288 Місяць тому +28

    Thank you for this video!
    Funny fact: I’m a nurse on a surgical ICU in Germany, in critical Intubations I used to flip the laryngoscope like in those movies, that works pretty well with our laryngoscope 😂
    Greetings from good old Germany 😂👋

    • @markarca6360
      @markarca6360 Місяць тому +1

      And in Europe, Dräger Oxylog 3000 is the standard transport ventilator for most ambulances.

    • @commanderb-tron931
      @commanderb-tron931 Місяць тому

      ​@@markarca6360 we use the Hamilton T1 Series in the hospital and Monal T60 (French company) for EMS in our region.
      Switched the product because Oxylog 3000 is to big and heavy for our daily operations.

    • @janmllersrensen6386
      @janmllersrensen6386 Місяць тому

      @@markarca6360
      In Denmark a lot of services use Hamilton t1

  • @jessicabrewer1530
    @jessicabrewer1530 Місяць тому

    I’ve seen this rig driving around many times! It’s so pretty!

  • @nocofirephotography2303
    @nocofirephotography2303 Місяць тому +3

    I’ve been waiting for this video! Such a super cool truck. Thanks for the video, and great job! Stay safe Sam.

  • @johne1653
    @johne1653 Місяць тому +2

    Going to rural hospitals is quite enlightening. I lived in a very small town of 1500 before I went to medic school and later on as RN working in a large teaching hospital er.
    As mentioned many small hospital ER's are covered by family practice docs or PA-C/NP. I have seen failures to even more basic of Imaging procedures. NO IV access. Afraid to deal with things. A classmate was flight medic for many years before getting into EMS management. They flew to larger rural hospital....evidently they never heard the idea of a GCS score of 8...time to intubate.

  • @scottcampbell2135
    @scottcampbell2135 Місяць тому

    I just want to sign on and say thank you for this channel. I have zero training in first aid and having these tips could be very valuable. Although I’m not ready to start an IV on anyone anytime soon, the tips how to pack a wound and apply pressure until proper care arrives are appreciated.

  • @craigcottingham35
    @craigcottingham35 Місяць тому +10

    No Coffee maker. Forget it.😅😅😅

  • @huntersam4028
    @huntersam4028 Місяць тому +1

    Loving the stache mate!

  • @armyranger4403
    @armyranger4403 Місяць тому +4

    Clean cut Nice job

  • @EBMisKing
    @EBMisKing Місяць тому +5

    So jealous you have the McGrath! I’m a CA medic and we just got the King Vision. No complaints but I like the form factor of the McGrath and the ability to DL with it so much better!

    • @jessicabrewer1530
      @jessicabrewer1530 Місяць тому

      My husband loves McGraths lol those are his favorite to use

  • @peterodriscoll2645
    @peterodriscoll2645 Місяць тому

    Really interesting video. I always love to see the layout of different ALS rigs. It's interesting to compare this layout to the ones my service uses.

  • @caleb_sq5145
    @caleb_sq5145 Місяць тому +1

    We just got the Sapphire IV Pump at my service within the last year, It's amazing! Easy to use and on critical calls or bolused medications it's super easy to use. One of our fond uses for it is just for simple fluid boluses while transporting especially with a 30 minute transport time.

  • @k9officerft434
    @k9officerft434 Місяць тому +2

    love that uchealth livery man. sick ass ambulance

  • @stephenbritton9297
    @stephenbritton9297 Місяць тому +1

    I do the same thing, but in regular ambulances… excellent set up.

  • @saltyshaker8114
    @saltyshaker8114 Місяць тому +2

    Wow what a nice rig! We have a similar CCT program/set up. But our ground CCT is in Sprinters (😮) Thank you for sharing. So much room for activities!

    • @hvymtal8566
      @hvymtal8566 28 днів тому +1

      I weep for your lack of space lol

    • @PrepMedic
      @PrepMedic  28 днів тому +1

      I cannot imagine for a second doing an ecmo, balloon pump or impella in a sprinter. That sounds downright miserable.

  • @Finis08
    @Finis08 Місяць тому +5

    Would love to have a setup like that. Running rural critical care calls out of our critical access hospitals is rough with half the space and half the gear among other issues in a poorly funded/managed system.

  • @ConsensusX
    @ConsensusX Місяць тому +4

    One ride in the back of this truck will leave you bankrupt 😂Just throw me in the back of a 1995 pickup.

  • @lolokbr
    @lolokbr Місяць тому

    We got the sapphire pumps on our ALS rigs recently and I love them

  • @spencerguerrero7224
    @spencerguerrero7224 Місяць тому

    The peds bvm idea has me intrigued. Never thought of that.

  • @evans13_09
    @evans13_09 Місяць тому +2

    Thats the UCHealth Ambulance!

  • @jonahperry6103
    @jonahperry6103 Місяць тому +1

    Been waiting to see this!!!

  • @gua742
    @gua742 Місяць тому +2

    Bro you’re such a badass. ❤

  • @kolinskiparadox
    @kolinskiparadox Місяць тому +6

    New Intro so fire

  • @mokhan6244
    @mokhan6244 Місяць тому +3

    Can you do an update on any apps or programs you utilize either for emergencies or critical care transports.
    Thanks.

  • @ReeseMacalma
    @ReeseMacalma Місяць тому

    Slick new intro man!

  • @janmllersrensen6386
    @janmllersrensen6386 Місяць тому

    Thanks for the video
    I would love to work in such a set up and work with critical patients more interhospital transport. work as an emt in Denmark's second largest city, but small compared to your cities.

  • @SirskiGaming
    @SirskiGaming Місяць тому

    Insane👌👌👌

  • @ericthesoldier
    @ericthesoldier Місяць тому +1

    Love these giant ambulances

  • @cadenericson3730
    @cadenericson3730 Місяць тому +1

    Our 911 service just got the McGrath laryngoscopes and Hamilton vents!

  • @glrespicefinem3759
    @glrespicefinem3759 Місяць тому

    XLNT commentary and Order and information about EMS protocols.🇺🇸💖⚡

  • @michaelblake8b934
    @michaelblake8b934 Місяць тому +1

    Can you please review the MediTac Hawk type first aid kit?

  • @darkness1293
    @darkness1293 Місяць тому +1

    You mentioned the 18D, how much time have you spent with them or other military medical personnel like Pararescue? What do you think about their medical expertise?

  • @lolokbr
    @lolokbr Місяць тому

    Our MICUs (critical care) are actually prohibited from responding to calls with lights and sirens, and only transport with lights and siren in extremely rare cases. ALS units are allowed to respond to facilities emergently though. Funnily enough the hospitals know this and will frequently "downgrade" a call to regular ALS in order to get a faster response.

    • @minutemanmedic4143
      @minutemanmedic4143 Місяць тому

      Central Ohio? Sounds like exactly what I deal with daily lmao

  • @adampreston4922
    @adampreston4922 Місяць тому

    Is there any way to get a list (hard copy or virtual copy) of the gear and medications that you carry??
    I’m working on setting up a CCT program in Canada and we are trying to get an idea of what supplies to carry!
    Thanks!

  • @NZKAdventures
    @NZKAdventures Місяць тому

    I’m trying to swap my service over to the pedi/small adult BVMs as a space savings/cost savings thing. Some people don’t seem to understand the logic and reasoning of it so it’s a slow process.

  • @TheSleepSteward
    @TheSleepSteward Місяць тому +9

    That's a big boy...

  • @Jackson_Brewer
    @Jackson_Brewer Місяць тому

    Do you plan on doing a review of the quantum fluid warming system if NAR ever reaches out?

  • @tombrule285
    @tombrule285 Місяць тому +3

    No LUCAS / automated compression machine on these ambulances?

  • @chloemadison4221
    @chloemadison4221 Місяць тому

    as a newer emt i want to run on this truck but also want to call everyone on the truck a doctor lol

  • @samuelghoener
    @samuelghoener Місяць тому

    Hi Sam!
    I work in a setting where if any injuries are going to happen, they’re crushing injuries. I looked through your videos to see if you had anything on the topic but didn’t see one! Would this be something you’re interested in making? Broken bones are definitely possible and the splint video told me what I needed to do there, but I’m curious if there’s anything beyond that that should be addressed/ concerned about. Of course I can look elsewhere, but I like your content!
    From one Sam to another, thanks a whole lot!

  • @daanschot3292
    @daanschot3292 Місяць тому

    Out if interest do you carry birdion/Sugammadex to reverse rocuronium?

  • @ok9nja741
    @ok9nja741 Місяць тому +1

    How do you dispose of excess liquids during transport, do you have a special drain or something for when you flush IV lines or something like that and end up with a bunch of contaminated saline solution?

    • @PrepMedic
      @PrepMedic  Місяць тому +2

      If you flush an IV you simply use the entire flush. You don't really have a lot of fluid that needs to be disposed of. If we need to throw away a bag of saline we just put it in the trash as receiving.

  • @santiagoeufracio4447
    @santiagoeufracio4447 28 днів тому

    Hi! Any articles on pediatrics bvm use on adults? Thanks!

  • @jessicabrewer1530
    @jessicabrewer1530 Місяць тому

    What do you think of the mobile stroke unit?!

  • @ntc3631
    @ntc3631 Місяць тому

    What is the oxygen capacity on the ambulance? I’d imagine transporting critical care patients some may have high o2 requirements

  • @dillonlexington
    @dillonlexington Місяць тому +1

    Hey Mike, I know on your O2 outlets green is for Oxygen, but what are the yellow for? Is the yellow specific for MICU Ambulance?

  • @colemanhelm6678
    @colemanhelm6678 Місяць тому

    Do a tour of the CAT!

  • @Jimthemedic
    @Jimthemedic Місяць тому +4

    No ultrasound on board?

    • @kasper_429
      @kasper_429 Місяць тому

      I would think so, since that one cabinet had US jelly in it, lol. He probably just didn't care to show it.

  • @thelegendgamer33
    @thelegendgamer33 Місяць тому

    Is Carboprost used for uncontrolled PPH?

  • @jaquis4540
    @jaquis4540 Місяць тому

    “The meat n potatoes”, wom collab needed

  • @vikingsfan2123
    @vikingsfan2123 Місяць тому

    Do you guys carry blood on the truck in the winter when the helicopters are down and you're doing the emergent trips/scenes/tiers?

    • @PrepMedic
      @PrepMedic  Місяць тому +4

      That’s a good question. As of now, no unfortunately

    • @vikingsfan2123
      @vikingsfan2123 Місяць тому

      @PrepMedic are your CCT trucks and helicopters based at same location? Can't imagine it would be too logistically difficult to switch it from air to ground if based in same location and it's the same crews on both units.

  • @AdabAbu
    @AdabAbu Місяць тому

    Wish we had stair chairs or auto load cots
    🙏🙏 hopefully one day, like fifty years from now 😢

  • @TheQwik512
    @TheQwik512 Місяць тому

    Surprised you carry crofab onboard.

  • @Idrinklight44
    @Idrinklight44 Місяць тому

    Not sure i understand how the io drill works? Why into bone?
    What does IO stand for?

    • @PrepMedic
      @PrepMedic  Місяць тому +5

      How to: Start an IO (Humeral and Tibial)
      ua-cam.com/video/v1aPOxXqgo4/v-deo.html

    • @THINK_ABOUT_WHAT_YOU_LISTEN_TO
      @THINK_ABOUT_WHAT_YOU_LISTEN_TO Місяць тому

      Inter-oscious IO

    • @kasper_429
      @kasper_429 Місяць тому

      IO stands for intraosseous, or into bone.

    • @Idrinklight44
      @Idrinklight44 Місяць тому

      @@kasper_429 Ty! Old helo mechanic, I had no idea we did this.

  • @socotrailtruckers7668
    @socotrailtruckers7668 Місяць тому +7

    Hi there prepmedic (Sam), I recently build a trauma kit with your advise, I put a SWAT-T Tourniquet, Quick clot gauze/normal packing gauze (depends), a pair of gloves and cheap trauma shears. It all fits in my back pocket in a US military compass pouch. Would you carry it and should I add anything?

    • @jb76489
      @jb76489 Місяць тому +3

      Yes, things to treat anything other than massive bleeding

    • @sunnydeng9263
      @sunnydeng9263 Місяць тому

      Don’t neglect the boo-boo kit. 9.9/10 you’re going into your kit for minor things.
      Minor wounds, scrapes etc. stick a couple bandaids and gauze pads in there

    • @socotrailtruckers7668
      @socotrailtruckers7668 Місяць тому

      I have a little kit for that (boo-boo kit) but this is my trauma kit I have for major trauma.

  • @christopherkelder9567
    @christopherkelder9567 20 годин тому

    Do you carry a lucas system ??

  • @rubanraj2883
    @rubanraj2883 Місяць тому

    Sir I'm from india I'm a paramedic in india , is there any vacancies for paramedic in your team ?

  • @Redbird45
    @Redbird45 Місяць тому +1

    On the topic of I.V’s I went to the hospital about 6 months ago at this point with sever lower right abdominal pain I had to wait 4 hours just for the needle to be placed and another hour before they gave me pain meds the emergency department wasn’t even that busy maybe 4-5 ambulances waiting to drop patients off that’s about it I didn’t go by ambulance I had to wait 6 hours to get in a room then I had to go wait another 3 hours at another hospital just for a urine test gotta love the American healthcare system

    • @brandonturner3467
      @brandonturner3467 Місяць тому

      If you go to another country that has “free” healthcare you have to wait 6months to be seen, just gotta pick your poison i guess

  • @willblumenkemper6523
    @willblumenkemper6523 Місяць тому

    It’s a shame that federal Q2 doesn’t get used much.

  • @egenstein
    @egenstein Місяць тому

    В такой будке и жить можно, особенно если ты сердечник. бггг.

  • @xiphoid4597
    @xiphoid4597 Місяць тому

    uchealth lifeline?

  • @JCPATRIOTEANONYMOUSFRANCE
    @JCPATRIOTEANONYMOUSFRANCE Місяць тому

    I WANT THE SAME IN FRANCE !!!
    JC ANONYMOUS PATRIOTE FRANCE.
    DE GAULLE ET FIER DE L'ÊTRE.

  • @hughman3241
    @hughman3241 Місяць тому +2

    Roc over sux is based

  • @Tyrvana
    @Tyrvana Місяць тому

    I'm the only one that have to triple my volume to hear at almost normal volume?

  • @JoseHernandez-ez6sd
    @JoseHernandez-ez6sd Місяць тому

    Quick question
    Is it typical for paramedics to have a suck it up youre a big girl/boy attitude?
    I ask because my wife currently had severe pain under her rib cage leading to chest pain & vomiting. Keep it mind my wife has high pain tolerance so for us to have called paramedics was because a severe pain but one of the paramedics made my wife feel uncomfortable throughout the ride to the hospital he kept telling her to suck it up & to sit still. Is that typical for paramedics?
    You dont seem like that kind of guy

  • @idkkdi8620
    @idkkdi8620 Місяць тому +1

    Why do everything in the usa look like its still the 80s? Dont you evolve over there?

    • @Leotheconstructionguy
      @Leotheconstructionguy Місяць тому +1

      Why fix anything that isn’t broken?
      No reason to waste money you rich people are hilarious

    • @idkkdi8620
      @idkkdi8620 Місяць тому

      Rich? I though you were the rich. Americans always bragging how rich and developed you are.

    • @EBMisKing
      @EBMisKing Місяць тому

      get out of here with your superiority complex.

    • @ethan.amosberg835
      @ethan.amosberg835 Місяць тому +1

      My question to that would be, we're you not taught how to make a sentence in school? I believe, you were trying to say why does not "why do".

    • @idkkdi8620
      @idkkdi8620 Місяць тому

      Superior complex? Thats typical property of an american.

  • @chrissmith2744
    @chrissmith2744 Місяць тому

    Funny thing is cpr is taught in classes best performed at traveling 25mph... most our transports to nearest hospitals are 20 miles.
    Put that into perspective. U a tired SOB cause we only run 2 ppl to a truck.

  • @joshcarter-com
    @joshcarter-com Місяць тому +6

    Sam this is a fantastic tour, thank you! Is the 75mph governor an intentional thing, or just a limitation of the truck this was built on? I’m guessing the truck was built more with mountain passes in mind than East Colorado flat and straight highways.

    • @roundhousekick29
      @roundhousekick29 Місяць тому +2

      I work in Northeast GA, and we have 75mph govs. No one likes it, but it keeps us safe (FACT) bc all EMTs and medics think they drive better than they do, especially driving emergent.

    • @PrepMedic
      @PrepMedic  Місяць тому +7

      It was intentional from our management. Kinda like Roundhousekick said, we all hate it but it actually makes sense. Especially with the truck being so big. That being said I have worked CCT for almost 5 years now and have transported two patients lights and sirens in that time.

    • @joshcarter-com
      @joshcarter-com Місяць тому

      Thanks, guys, that makes a lot of sense. I imagine it’s temping for the driver to put their foot into it and then discover, to their horror, the exact nature of “kinetic energy equals one half times mass times velocity squared” at a very inopportune time. 😬