Here's a group of video clips, mostly related to NYC-EMS type stuff. A couple of important notes:

a) they're in QuickTime format. Most graphical browsers should automatically understand this, but you may have to manually click on the downloaded image to start the clip running
(If you need a copy of Apple Quicktime Player, click here)

b) being video, they're _large_. Even with the tradeoff to low quality, they're still disk hogs. If you've got a (so-called) 56k modem connection, figure on four minutes per megabyte of transfer. So have a cup of coffee ready....


(0) *special*. not video, but scanned in images. The 2001 issue of "flatline", the unique NYC EMS newsletter.

for copies, click here


(1) NYC's channel 7 (wabc-tv) ran a clip 25-May-2001 discussing NYC-EMS radio policy problems. Management has shut off the "mixer" (also called a repeater) meaning that EMS crews can no longer hear each other when they're talking. In most emergency agencies this is considered a *bad* idea since you usually *want* everyone to know where their coworkers are.

for small QT clip (4.8 megs) click here
for default size QT clip (9.3 megs) click here
for a larger but freeze-framed QT clip (28 megs) click here


(2) NYC's channel 7 (wabc-tv) ran a clip 08-May-2001 asking why amiodarone (Cardarone [tm]) wasn't available on most NYC 911 ambulances. Includes ride along with private crew from MetroCare (hi Steve!) that carried it. (about 1/2 of NYC's EMS response is by municpal workers, the rest by contracters. The City doesn't use it, some of the others do).

for small QT clip (4.5 megs) click here
for default size QT clip (9.5 megs) click here
for a larger but freeze-framed QT clip (21 megs) click here


(11) "Sixty Minutes" ran a piece 25-Feb-2001 looking at safety-needles. Includes demo clips and interviews with lots of good folk, including Dr. Trowers of Harlem Hospital.

for minimal QT clip (16 megs) click here
for default QT clip 31 megs) click here


(21) Continuing with the radio saga in FDNY land in NYC, the Uniformed Fire Officers Association (UFOA) called for Von Essen's resignation in a press conference Fri 30-March-2001.

for minimal QT clip (3.7 megs) click here
for default QT clip (8 megs) click here


(22) ch 4 wnbc-tv NYC 23-Mar-2001. During an earlier report (soon to come to a web server near you) of *big* problems with the new FDNY (firefighting, not EMS) radios, Commissioner Von Essen claimed these radios had been used in Chicago and Boston. In this four minute clip on channel 4, the reporter interviewed reps from both cities who vehemently denied it.

for minimal QT clip (4.5 megs) click here
for default QT clip (10 megs) click here


(23) ch 4, wnbc, NYC 17-mar-2001. four minute report on FDNY/EMS billing delays. seems they wait over a year before sending them out, and insurance companies refuse to pay. incs interview with NYS Comptroller Carl McCall.

for freezeframe QT clip (3 meg) click here
for default QT clip (11 megs) click here


better copy, about 13.5 megs, click here

/!---> (59) FDNY unit stayed in firehouse during call... claims no vehicle operator. channel 7 clip...

for a rough copy, about 5.5 megs, click here
better copy, about 11 megs (sorry...) click here

(61) recently, the NYC Fire Dep't dropped subpoenas on AOL to get the real names of EMS folk posting to chat boards. Lots of nastiness about this.

For a (poor copy, alas) of the NY1 story, click here.

the next clips aren't EMS material, but I think they're of some interest. _especially_ #99...

(91) What's the name of the US's WW-II program to develop atomic weapons? Chances are you've got it wrong... For a movie clip showing the _correct_ name... (about 9 megs) click here

(99) a special treat. Trust me on this one...

rough version, 0.5 meg (yes, one half a meg) click here
better version, about four meg click here
footnote: some of the larger clips on on a separate ftp server which may occassionally be offline when needed for other activity. If you get a "server unavailable" or similar error msg, simply try again a bit later