Intubation is made simple for NYC medics. I do any ALS skills outside my medical direction (aka not on the job) most likely I can kiss my certification good bye.

For intubation patient needs to be unconcious or sedated. You are lucky if he is the first case. That the tube goes in, somebody bags, you heal. What if they are in level 9 pain but negative LOC? You need to start IV and give them up to 20 mg of Diazepam or up to 5 mg of Midazolam. Where are you going to get that for your private portable kit?

ALS skills sound great in the field but they need much longer follow up, they are riskier and require more sophisticated equipment. Most likely any field jobs you get will be a trauma of enovironmental emergency. That should be an area of concetration. You friend who fell down needs hot lights and cold steel not medicine. He needs clear ABCs, long board, cspine and transport.

Matt