Techs, at least here, are part of the trauma team, PCI team, and we're required to respond to every CVA.
Today we had an attempted suicide via bridge into water:
Set up trauma room with nurse --
prepare monitor, ekg machine, suction, o2, bearhugger, call respiratory;
Remove patient from board when ambulance arrives -- cut clothing, hook up to monitor, defib pads and electrodes, vital signs, suction, place EKG electrodes;
Take over chest compressions -- patient PEA;
Relieved from compressions, set up and prep patient for U/S (machine plugged in, lights dimmed, patient's chest gooed);
Take manual BP, report to nurse;
Take a breath, cuz he's dead.
It's a bit more high pace than one would assume...At least in some areas, I suppose.