Chris07

It may also be an issue with Viglink (The script that turns text into clickable links to sponsors on posts). It's seems to happen WAAAAY More frequently (if not exclusively) on the view topic pages for me.

Just recently, within about 30 minutes of this post, I've been getting redirected to a Malware site which states my browser is out of date and wants me to download some crap that's obviously malware. I get redirected as soon as the page finishes loading. It happens about 10% of the time right now while browsing this forum. I've gone to a few others sites and forums, however I've had no issue with that. This is the only site with an issue. I am using Chrome and even had the issue occur on a fresh install of Firefox (which rules out a rogue chrome extension). I haven't downloaded/installed anything new on my PC for at least a few days....and I was browsing this site earlier without any problems. Chrome on my laptop, which runs on OSX also produces this issue...so I can rule out a virus/adware on my PC. It looks like a possible XSS attack...perhaps it's a rouge advertisement?

850 sounds more than adequate. If need be I wouldn't see a problem with going to 800 or even 750. Buy a reputable brand. Cheapo power supplies can potentially take out other components when they fail...so be careful. A good place to find reviews and recommendations for power supplies: http://www.jonnyguru.com/ Recently discovered that a few months ago when picking out a new PSU.

A thing to take note of when choosing a PSU is that their output diminishes over time...due to capacitor aging. While you may barely squeak by within the limit at some point your output will fall below the minimum. I respectfully disagree. A 1000W + PSU seems a bit overkill. Sure it's nice to have headroom for future expansion but unless he plans on running liquid cooling and a 2-way SLI 1000W is not really worth the extra cost.I've found that 850W is a pretty solid option unless you want to stack multiple graphics cards. 850W gives you all the power you need and some head room for future expansion. Newer graphics cards are way more power efficient so I don't think it too outrageous to claim that an 850W GPU is capable of a SLI setup if that's something that interests you. I'd say a 750W would be a good start for you in a singe GPU set-up.

Private medics only do hospital to hospital transfers of patients who need ALS level monitoring (ie. Cardiac Monitoring or Monitoring of IVs with certain drugs). While some private paramedics are sent to 911 calls, they often times only function at the BLS level since the fire department is the "EMS authority" on scene. The private compaines that transport for the fire department (most departments transport their own, but some do not) are contracted to provide a BLS ambulance to every 911 call for transport since the Fire Department provides the paramedics. Private paramedic ambulances are sometimes sent if they are closer than the nearest BLS ambulance, but they mostly function at the BLS level with the Fire Medics running the show. Sure the private medics can help with ALS leve linterventions but they have to have permission from the on scene fire medic. While rare, if a dual paramedic private ambulance arrives and the ETA for fire department paramedics is significant, the fire captain on scene can cancel the fire medics and have the private medics run the show. Some rules of LA County that I find stupid: 1. In order to function as a "first-in" ALS unit on a 911 call, you must have at least 2 paramedics from the same agency on scene. This means if a private ALS ambulance arrives with 1 paramedic 1 EMT [1:1] (which is a common configuration for hospital to hospital transfer units) before a dual medic fire department unit, that private ALS ambulance cannot perform ALS level interventions since it is not a dual medic unit. If a dual medic unit was already on scene, then the medic on the 1:1 ALS unit could function at the full ALS level...or the dual medic unit could technically turn over care to the single medic on the 1:1 unit. 2. Private ambulances cannot cancel fire. If you are on a private transport ambulance and arrive on scene of a 911 call and discover the patient is okay and refuses care and transport...you have to wait for fire department to show up to tell them that the patient refuses. In which case they usually end up doing their own assessment and get their AMA signature. 3. There is little to no medical control for BLS units. Medical Control (or Base Contact) is virtually unheard of in the BLS realm. 4. In order to use Offline Medical Direction (Standing Field Treatment Protocols), Paramedics must be affiliated with an Agency approved to utilize them (the requirements for an agency to use them are fairly extensive including tons of frequent QA/Qi which is to be expected). This means that not all paramedics can use standing protocols and must make online medical direction for EVERY patient meeting ALS level criteria. While there are a few things that can be done prior to med control contact (including life-saving interventions), most drugs and interventions must be approved by the base hospital before they are administered. 5. If a fire paramedics jumps in the back, you're transporting lights and siren...even if the patient is stable and is only going ALS because of the type of complaint or protocol. The rational for this? transporting lights and siren to the hospital in all cases gets the fire medics back in service faster (despite putting everyone at risk and only saving like 2 minutes. In 2 years I've only had two occasions where the medic requested no lights and siren). 6. Work out side LA County if you're not a fire department paramedic and want to actually be a full-fledged paramedic. 7. Work outside of California if you want to experience some of the greatest EMS Systems in the country. Out shortly, California as a whole has a rather restrictive EMS system when compared to elsewhere in the country. Los Angeles is among the worst in California with Orange County a close second (although OC has been making some steps in the right direction)

We got spo2 and aspirin about a year ago....but yea...it's significantly behind the curb. I tell people to go to riverside if they get their medic...at least there you can use it. Unless you're in the fire service, having your medic in LA County is useless. You'll be doing IFTs only. At least private medics run the show in Riverside.

Fire units will be NPC until they arrive at scene. Once they arrive they become player controlled until you transport your patient. Once you transport they become NPC again and return to station or follow you to the hospital depending on whether or not you had a fire fighter jump in the back with you. On fire scenes and rescue scenes most will be NPC and a few will be available to help treat injured.

Just finished the initial version of the map texture. The map is a full sized map, which features a lot of residential areas. It is a slightly modified version of a texture found on emergency-forum.de by VPI. Map Subject to Change as things develop:

Stupid? Yes. ..but you have to look at it this way: When there is an ER within 10 minutes in every direction, less is needed so less is given. I don't condone that rationale, but it's unfortunately how the big wigs at the County level feel about it. The Los Angeles Area is very near the bottom of best EMS systems in the country.

Yea I saw a bunch of those. Thanks. Guess I'm modeling a stretcher...fun...lol

Does anyone know of an existing model for a Stryker Power-Pro or MX-Pro stretcher (NOT THE M1)? I want to know if one exists before I break out the 3D modeling software.

Finished the upgrade last week. Ended up getting a new CPU cooler and said "F&$% it" and got the GTX 970. With 16GB of RAM I've noticed stuff is much smoother. The CPU is wicked awesome and run waaay cooler than my old one (at a higher stock clock speed as well). For those in the market for a good GFX Card...I highly recommend the GTX970 (I got an EVGA one). There are a lot of reported problems with coil whine, which I also encountered early on, but after like a day or two it disappeared. When I did have the problem setting the nVidia Adaptive Sync feature seemed to get rid of it. I had ordered my upgrade parts before I realized DDR4 was out. I partially regret not making a DDR4 system...but my wallet really thanks me. That would have gotten really pricey really fast. Got a little pocket change 'eh? That bad boy's not cheap. Anything more than 4 cores is on my wish list too but the price jump just isn't worth the performance gain. From what I understand games are optimized to work better on only a small number of faster cores (hence the slow adoption of hexacore and octacore CPUs in gaming). Most games don't really take advantage of more than four cores. Video editing on the other hand... The i7-5960X (8-core) is $1,050 USD with a base clock of 3.0Ghz. The i7 4790k (4-core) is a 4.0Ghz base clock and only about $340 USD. My bet is that the 4790k would outperform the 5960X in gaming because of the reasons above. I want to say that I read a benchmark not too long ago comparing a 6-Core intel CPU with an equivalent 4-core CPU and the 4-core had slightly better gaming performance...despite the fact the the 6-core wiped the floor with the 4-core in just about everything else.

So do we, but it's because we provide 911 service. The only companies that carry AEDs are the ones with 911 contracts. All the other companies only provide transport between medical facilities and are not emergent. The State and County makes companies jump through so many hoops to deploy and keep AEDs that the ambulance companies that don't provide emergency service can't justify the time, money and effort to put together an AED program. Also note that AED does not equal Cardiac Monitor/Defibrillator. AEDs are used by low level providers (BLS and lower). Cardiac monitor/defibrillators are used by Paramedics only and are a required item in the ALS inventory.

Doubt it. They snuck in aspirin for cardiac chest pain and pulse oximetry last year...but the fact that it's taken this long to put them in doesn't bode well for future changes. Also, what's the point? Just like aspirin and pulse oximetry, just because it's in the scope doesn't mean we'll carry it on the ambulance or fire engine. It's all a de facto ALS skill. I mean for crying out loud, most ambulances don't even carry AEDs here.

I have a few that I made in the editor a long time ago when I was making the Northview - South County Mod (Super old version depicted here). These all reflect how I want to Northview - Paramedics mod to come out like. Pediatric Seizure Call Truck vs Bicyclist Chest Pain at a Hotel

For the most part, EMT is glorified first aid.

I've played around with this for my Northview - Paramedics Mod (It's going to have full voice-acted dispatch). The best way: - Your voice (or someone else you know) - Sound bites from real dispatches (background static, tones, etc) - Audacity (Free program to edit) After several hours of playing around with different settings I've found some to match the particular sound I'm looking for.

After a lot of consideration, I've decided to start developing this modification in EM4 with an eventual port to EM5 when the modding capabilities mature in EM5.

Yes. I'm an EMT (BLS) in California. I work for one of the largest ambulance companies in the country. I run emergency calls every now and then but these days I mostly just transfer people from facility to facility since I am a part time employee.

Building your own PC is super fun and I recommend it for all those who want to nerd out a bit. It's not difficult and is a great learning experience. It's not the cheapest route to go but it allows you to have complete control of your system. Current specs: Core i7 920 @ overclocked to 3.33GHz 6GB DDR3 RAM at 1600MHz Cooler master N520 air cooler for cpu 1.2GB nVidia GTX560ti 448 core Sandisk 256GB SSD (only on a SATA 3Gbps connection so it's a bit limited lol) 1TB Western Digital Black HDD 2x 250GB Western Digital Blue HDDs in a RAID0 (I do video editing as a hobby) I just got my upgrade parts today: a new motherboard, CPU, and RAM. So by the end of the weekend I'll be upgraded to: Core i7 4790k @ 4.0GHz 16GB DDR3 RAM @ 2133MHz I'll finally be running my SSD on a SATA 6Gbps connection so that'll clear the bottleneck with that. Within the next couple months (as funding allows) I plan to make the following Additions: -nVidia GTX 970 4GB -A second 256GB SSD to put in RAID0 with the one I have already -A 2TB HDD so I can retire my current Raid0 array. -Kind of hoping my PSU kicks the bucket so I can go to a fully modular one. My current one is only semi-modular. My current system has lasted me for 5 years and I hope this refresh will be good for another 5 years. The SSD was added last year to replace the original 300GB velociraptor 10k rpm drive. The graphics card was added 2 years ago (original was a GTX 260, lol). Everything else is original; built SEPT 2009)

Learning to model is not necessarily easy. There are barrier to entry: 1. Cost (Zmodeler costs money and zmodeler is needed to make models for em4 at one point or another. 2. Learning curve. The concepts of modeling, terminology, and how to use your given program can be a bit overwhelming for a first time user. Downloading blender and opening it up for the first time can be quite intimidating and discouraging. 3. It's an art, and not everyone is artistically inclined. It's just like drawing. Everyone CAN do it, but not everyone can do it WELL. For me it was hard to self-teach myself basic modeling. Videos kind of helped but the best way was to get with someone who knew how and spend some time watching him do stuff over TeamViewer. Most people who get their feet off the ground and can get to a stage where they can edit existing models and make tweaks or even create basic objects (like myself) never progress beyond that stage, because honestly, making a vehicle from scratch is difficult, especially if you're not artistically inclined in 3D modeling. Very few people get passed the initial barrier of starting and as a result reuse existing models. Casual modelers like myself are able to make new things with existing content (a concept I call "asset shuffling"), and others like my modding partner are capable of creating new things from scratch. Luckily I'm able to contribute scripting which my partner knows nothing about. While Scripting may not be an art, it is a science which requires no less amount of practice to master.

Steam updates are delayed. Give it a few hours. They said it's guaranteed to be up sometime on Saturday.

I don't think anyone has figured that out yet. There is a "mods" folder, and I suspect the system will be similar to EM4 where mods simply load over top the base game and have priority over base game files.

Well honestly, if you clean up the models and leave no "new" models to compare it with, I'd bet the average Joe wouldn't notice. It looks like converting models is a bit more than changing formats. I think the models have specular mapping and stuff like that so that's an extra step that should be taken.

I think the whole building disappear when close thing is an important playability feature. Nothing is worse than having a bunch of tall buildings blocking your view and you have to maneuver your camera around to see your personnel.