[0:00] - My name's Alec Purcell. [0:01] I'm a firefighter-paramedic here at Bloomington Fire. [0:04] And we're here to show you today [0:05] that we don't just do fire, we do EMS as well. [0:08] (uplifting music) [0:17] (uplifting music) [0:19] This is our First In or our medical bag, [0:22] and we have all kinds of various equipment in this bag. [0:24] We pop it open here. [0:26] We've got medications in this red bag right here. [0:29] In this pouch right here, [0:31] we've got all sorts of medications [0:32] for different cardiac conditions, [0:34] we've got some for allergic reactions. [0:36] And then our green bag, we've got airway supplies. [0:40] These go in the mouth and allow us to open up the airways. [0:45] Probably seen this on TV [0:46] and allows us to hook up to those airways right here. [0:48] Give it a squeeze and air comes out of there. [0:50] Oxygen tank, this is one of our most used medications. [0:54] Believe it or not, oxygen is a medication. [0:56] If someone's in pain, having trouble breathing, [0:59] chest discomfort, anything like that, [1:01] usually some oxygen does the body good [1:04] and gets people feeling better. [1:06] So we start with that usually. [1:07] In this compartment right here, [1:09] we've got our pediatric section. [1:11] So in this same bag, [1:12] we've got a BVM, bag-valve-mask, for pediatric patients. [1:16] A little smaller. [1:17] Smaller people, smaller lungs. [1:19] We don't want to give them too much air. [1:20] This is our label. [1:21] That's our trauma section. [1:23] So this is for bumps, bruises, falls, sprains, [1:26] any sort of bleeding that we're gonna look to control. [1:29] So this one that looks like a sharpie [1:30] is actually a needle chest decompression device. [1:33] So if you had a crush injury to your chest [1:35] on one side or the other, or sometimes both, [1:37] we can actually use the needle in here [1:40] to allow the air to escape [1:41] to let your lungs reinflate [1:43] and allow you to breathe better. [1:45] So as you saw, with our medical bag, [1:46] there's lots of bits and pieces, [1:48] lots of tools and equipment that we have [1:50] to best serve our customers and our community. [1:52] Therefore, we have to train and be very familiar [1:54] with every piece of equipment in this bag. [1:56] These are checked every morning, [1:58] and we verify that nothing's expired, [2:00] we have everything that we need. [2:02] And then along with that, [2:03] we train on these monthly, if not weekly or more. [2:06] We stay up-to-date here at Bloomington Fire.