Sasha
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the 100% directionless thread
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Hah, so easy lmao.
DesertMedic66
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Yet you would be surprised at the amount of people that can't pass it...
fast65
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DesertMedic66
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Serious lol. We had a guy try to fight the amount of weight saying that "it's not a realistic weight". Someone correct me if I'm wrong but the Stryker power gurneys are around 120lbs by themselves
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I am venting...
8:25am Paged for our first call.
8:30am Shift starts.
First call pick up time 8:40. Rigggght. So we were late.
Second call...
We get there to find out that the pt had just escaped and was found on the corner in his underwear. So 4 point restraints for him. We didn't have hard restraints so we had to borrow the ERs go 25 miles then bring them back.
:censored::censored::censored::censored::censored::censored::censored: CRAZY
Third call..
911 call Priority 3. Pt gave us address that didn't exist, that ended up being 8 miles from her actual address on the same street. We had a response time of an hour and 10 minutes. Because she wouldn't answer the phone.
Fourth call we were dispatched at 1350 and pick up time was 1345.
Fifth just a dialysis that we were 20 minutes late for.
And the last.
Picked up a guy on 2lpm o2. Taking him to a new nursing home. That new nurse didn't have an order for o2 or an o2 tank. She would not take care until an o2 and order showed up. 3 FRICKEN HOURS!!! We were on that call. We had to leave him hooked up to our tanks until he could get his own. And the damn clerk had the nerve to ask me how much longer we thought we would be, because they needed us to move the ambulance.
AND as we were leaving she says "I have never done this to ambulance drivers before. I am so sorry. You must think I am the craziest nurse". I smiled and ran out the door.
8:25am Paged for our first call.
8:30am Shift starts.
First call pick up time 8:40. Rigggght. So we were late.
Second call...
We get there to find out that the pt had just escaped and was found on the corner in his underwear. So 4 point restraints for him. We didn't have hard restraints so we had to borrow the ERs go 25 miles then bring them back.
:censored::censored::censored::censored::censored::censored::censored: CRAZY
Third call..
911 call Priority 3. Pt gave us address that didn't exist, that ended up being 8 miles from her actual address on the same street. We had a response time of an hour and 10 minutes. Because she wouldn't answer the phone.
Fourth call we were dispatched at 1350 and pick up time was 1345.
Fifth just a dialysis that we were 20 minutes late for.
And the last.
Picked up a guy on 2lpm o2. Taking him to a new nursing home. That new nurse didn't have an order for o2 or an o2 tank. She would not take care until an o2 and order showed up. 3 FRICKEN HOURS!!! We were on that call. We had to leave him hooked up to our tanks until he could get his own. And the damn clerk had the nerve to ask me how much longer we thought we would be, because they needed us to move the ambulance.
AND as we were leaving she says "I have never done this to ambulance drivers before. I am so sorry. You must think I am the craziest nurse". I smiled and ran out the door.
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What matters is the beginning and the end. The middle is just stuff that gets you from here to there. In the end, it's how you came through it that matters.
Keep smiling, at least it ain't you!
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bigbaldguy
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Just ran into a bunch of volley EMS folks on plane. after chatting with them for a while it suddenly became clear why paid folks hold volleys in such low regard. Talk about a bunch of over confident goobers. I get more runs in during a 12 hour shift then they run in 4 twenty four hour shifts a month. GOOBERS!
fast65
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There's some good volleys out there. But folks like you mention screw it up for everyone.
The other big disconnect is that career EMS providers have a life outside of work. For many volunteers, EMS IS their life outside of work.
I will say, I have all the respect in the world for those that are able to practice medicine at any level well on a part-time basis. Because I wouldn't want to have to try to keep up.
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Usal, I'm thinking of not signing off on the third rider in got stuck with tonight.
Not necessarily a clinical thing...
He made me angry.
Not necessarily a clinical thing...
He made me angry.
JPINFV
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Por que?
Shishkabob
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Forgive the abbreviated story as I'm on my cell.
He's a new hire paramedic in his FTO period. I worked for his normal fto tonight. We heard a call for a stabbing so we jumped on it so the other truck could rest.
Both patients wanted to refuse care so I went to give the new guy the laptop to do the refusal. He was like "you can do it"
As you know the FTO is there to make sure the new guy doesn't kill the patient... Not much else. Whatever, i didn't know how far along he was and if he could do pcrs yet. (he can)
Get in the truck after and I was like "These are your calls to run, I'm not really here"
What does he say "Well if this is my truck then you don't need to be jumping calls that I don't want to. "
I'm, no. It's my truck, I'm the one ultimately responsible for everything about it. You're the third rider, you are to deal with the patients while I evaluate you. I jump on the calls because not only do I have to see you on them, but we were closer.
Grrr
He's a new hire paramedic in his FTO period. I worked for his normal fto tonight. We heard a call for a stabbing so we jumped on it so the other truck could rest.
Both patients wanted to refuse care so I went to give the new guy the laptop to do the refusal. He was like "you can do it"
As you know the FTO is there to make sure the new guy doesn't kill the patient... Not much else. Whatever, i didn't know how far along he was and if he could do pcrs yet. (he can)
Get in the truck after and I was like "These are your calls to run, I'm not really here"
What does he say "Well if this is my truck then you don't need to be jumping calls that I don't want to. "
I'm, no. It's my truck, I'm the one ultimately responsible for everything about it. You're the third rider, you are to deal with the patients while I evaluate you. I jump on the calls because not only do I have to see you on them, but we were closer.
Grrr
JPINFV
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Why do people spend up to $415 (hehe student= 1/2 off) to got to a conference and not participate in discussions when the speaker tries to start one? This shouldn't be passive lectures. It feels weird being one of maybe 2-3 people actually raising their hands and asking questions or participating in the discussion.
JPINFV
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Your job isn't to take him where he wants to go, but take him where he needs to go (just don't call him sexy...).
DesertMedic66
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My old EMT instructor asked me to sit in posing as a "student" in his class tomorrow. Then I'm probably going to have to fake a seizure in the middle of class. This should be interesting.
fast65
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Geez, my FTO would have ripped my head off if I said something like that. Does he think he'll get to choose which calls he's goes on all the time?
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Linuss, you know me from no one and I am new here so my opinion means about nada. I generally try to stay calm, and rational however in this instance I would be remiss if I did not say to fail him post haste. He is less than professional and based only on what is posted here, he is caustic to crew moral as evidenced by your post and the angst it has caused you.