Date: 25 Sep 2001 21:00:31 GMT From: davehinznopsamcop.net Subject: Re: Dash lights are always on - what is broken?
Davo <whatevernopsamever.net> pressed random keys until the following was produced: > <davehinznopsamcop.net> wrote in message > news:3bb09014$0$86159$272ea4a1nopsam.execpc.com... >> > <davehinznopsamcop.net> wrote in message >> Not a doc, I'm an EMT. We get to pick 'em up & clean & package them, >> before the docs get them. > Ambulance or emergengy response I imagine??? > EMT? What does that stand for? Interesting job....ahem In the USA, it's "Emergency Medical Technician". Not sure what it's called on your side of the pond. In my case, I live in a rural area, about 20 minutes away from where the ambulance is kept. So, in my Saab (There! on-topic!), I have my oxygen & related supplies, my medical/trauma kit (bandages, splints, nasty little appliances to be inserted into various places, that sort of thing), a few drugs, and then my firefighting gear. It's not uncommon in rural areas that folks like me respond directly to the scene of the accident or medical call, and render aid until the ambulance arrives from it's station. Sometimes I'm there for 20 minutes before they arrive - not bad if it's just oxygen & a medical call, but it can be a bit "exciting" if I'm the only one there, doing CPR or working on a major trauma. Usually only alone for a few minutes before another direct responder shows up, but there are times... Most of the calls are very routine, but you just haven't *lived*, my friend, until you've been kneeling in the snow, on gravel, in a ditch along side a road at 2:00 AM while some drunk pukes & bleeds on you. >> Keys can make a *nasty* dent in a knee, when the knee approaches at, >> say, 60 miles an hour. > I can imagine. I survived a head on crash earlier this year in a ford sedan > fitted with airbags. Approx impact speed between 40 and 50 kmp/h both cars, > hence apparent impact speed twice that. Amazingly I sort of walked away. Wearing your seatbelt, of course, right? > Others weren't so lucky. I realize all impacts are different, however it was > my left knee that was banged up and not my right, where the keys were. I'll > give a lot of credit to the car I was driving at the time (my fathers), > however I had such a scare, I sold my beloved 66 Mustang (RHD conversion) > and went straight out and bought what I consider one of the safest cars > around, hence why I frequent this NG. Glad to hear you did, sorry about the reason. >> Never had a problem with the location of the keys for the reason you cite >> above, either...the gear shift is a *much* bigger obstacle in the front > seat >> area. > A manual perhaps. The Auto gear lever can be moved much further forward. Of > course I was just kidding in my previuos post, however, upon looking at the > key location last evening, I noticed that the handbrake actually sits higher > that the key.... cough ... lol ;) Dave
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