[cadet44]

im getting my cfr end of next year... if i have supplies with me i im a cfr if i roll up to a 9 before a bus or chief gets there can i legally start treatment, does it have to do with dept. sop of the dist. your in...

this is speaking in terms of not responding with a dept.???

[LADDER 3]

Maybe you are allowed to do cpr then

[cadet44]

what stabilzing an mva victim or stopping a bleeding head wound?

[AnOutsider]

Originally Posted by cadet44

what stabilzing an mva victim or stopping a bleeding head wound?

Yes, you are trained to stop a bleeding wound, but the only stabilization you can do as a CFR is with your hands whether its holding the head in place to protect the C-Spine or holding a broken arm/leg with your hands in place until an EMT/Medic can put a temporary brace on it. You will not be trained to package a victim from a car accident into a KED or backboard, but you can check with the EMS agency you are associated with to see if they will allow you to do so.

[FIRE07]

Why not go for EMT instead of CFR?

[cadet44]

Originally Posted by FIRE07

Why not go for EMT instead of CFR?

im gonna take the class at g.c. tech here at levittown memorial and at the end of the 2 year course of police science/emt science you get emt cert if your over 18 by the end of the course but i'll be 3 or 4 months shy of 18 so i get cfr

[Flyer0509]

Since you're taking a state-certified course, I believe you have up to a year to take the NYS practical and written assessments. Why not just finish the course and take the exams right after your 18th birthday?

[cadet44]

Originally Posted by Flyer0509

Since you're taking a state-certified course, I believe you have up to a year to take the NYS practical and written assessments. Why not just finish the course and take the exams right after your 18th birthday?

the cert. exam is actually the final exam for the course, which is the 3rd week in june so whatever grade i get on that also goes on my report card and i turn 18 the october after that

[OB]

i thought levittown doesnt accept CFR?

[cadet44]

Originally Posted by OB

i thought levittown doesnt accept CFR?

i thought i heard somewhere NYS doesent recognize cfr but im not talking about responding with 620, just treatment with my own stuff if im on scene

[EMTFirefighter352]

if you have your own supplies and you witness and mva you can start patient care with in your protocols until EMTs or Medics arrive but remember you must stay until someone with a higher cert. is on scene

[emsteach124]

i thought levittown doesnt accept CFR?

Huh?? How can they not accept CFR?