This week on RideAlong: EMT School, we’re back in EMS Operations and moving from “getting ready” to actually getting out the door. In “No Stop Signs, Speed Limits,” Mike, Max, and Jonathan talk through the response phase of EMS calls: dispatch information, Code 3 responses, lights and sirens, ambulance operations, safe driving, navigation, highway scenes, and what it really means to respond quickly without becoming part of the problem.

We also break down Code 3 as the Medical Term of the Week, look at when lights and sirens may or may not be appropriate, and talk through the real-world judgment involved in upgrading or downgrading a response. Then, for Tools of the Trade, we light up a classic: road flares — what they do, how they work, and why they still matter on roadway scenes.

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