the 100% directionless thread

[CALEMT]

And? I don't see how that's their fault. Those calls are scheduled weeks and potentially months in advance and their end time DIRECTLY relates to their start time. If the company was late in bringing her there, then the facility should have contacted dispatch and pushed back the pickup time.

I do see your point but this pt was just upgraded to BLS transport. They (dispatch) knows the start time and off time. The crew that took the pt today was on time. Why they sent us 45 minutes early is unknown to me, but this happens all the time. Sometimes we take a pt to dialysis on time and then get dispatched a hour later to pick her up. I do believe that dispatch it to lazy to look how long said pt is at dialysis.

 

[Medic Tim]

I just ate a few of these chili dogs my wife made for supper




and now I'm like

 

[Jambi]

lol

 

[Aidey]

And? I don't see how that's their fault. Those calls are scheduled weeks and potentially months in advance and their end time DIRECTLY relates to their start time. If the company was late in bringing her there, then the facility should have contacted dispatch and pushed back the pickup time.

Our dispatch sends us to pick ups early on purpose. Not 10-15 mins early, but 30+ early. I was once 2hrs early for a hospital to hospital transfer. It drives the facilities nuts because they aren't ready for us, and then they feel rushed trying to get everything together. It's a PITA. The best is when you get there 45 mins early, and 20 mins after you get there, they start sending you status checks because the system got busy and they want to know why you haven't transported yet. "Ummm maybe it is because the pick up time is still 30 mins in the future, and the bed at the receiving facility isn't ready yet?".

 

[Aprz]

Our dispatch sends us to pick ups early on purpose. Not 10-15 mins early, but 30+ early. I was once 2hrs early for a hospital to hospital transfer. It drives the facilities nuts because they aren't ready for us, and then they feel rushed trying to get everything together. It's a PITA. The best is when you get there 45 mins early, and 20 mins after you get there, they start sending you status checks because the system got busy and they want to know why you haven't transported yet. "Ummm maybe it is because the pick up time is still 30 mins in the future, and the bed at the receiving facility isn't ready yet?".

I understand like 10-15 minutes early, but anymore than that is ridiculous. Your dispatch gets what they deserve for not thinking.

 

[DesertMedic66]

I understand like 10-15 minutes early, but anymore than that is ridiculous. Your dispatch gets what they deserve for not thinking.

I love when they send us to calls early.

I also love working BLS when we go to transfer a psych patient from the hospital to a psych facility. The patients BP has to be under a certain level for the psych facility to accept them. So we get to wait as the ED staff admin meds to bring the pressure down.

 

[Jambi]

I love when they send us to calls early.

I also love working BLS when we go to transfer a psych patient from the hospital to a psych facility. The patients BP has to be under a certain level for the psych facility to accept them. So we get to wait as the ED staff admin meds to bring the pressure down.

Doesn't this just get them a return transfer back after their BP goes back up?

 

[Jambi]

For not having done much today, I shouldn't feel like I do, but I do.

 

[DesertMedic66]

Doesn't this just get them a return transfer back after their BP goes back up?

Not really with my company. It's a "hang out until they are ready". Heck we stayed at a hospital for 6 hours after dropping a organ harvest team.

 

[Jim37F]

Holding the wall waiting to LEAVE the ED. Apparently shift changeover isn't the best time to do the transfer paperwork. Who knew?

 

[CALEMT]

Not really with my company. It's a "hang out until they are ready". Heck we stayed at a hospital for 6 hours after dropping a organ harvest team.

Wow and I thought holding the wall for 2 hours in the ER for a b/p to drop was bad but that takes the cake my friend.

 

[DesertMedic66]

Wow and I thought holding the wall for 2 hours in the ER for a b/p to drop was bad but that takes the cake my friend.

Haha. Didn't really have a choice. We left our gurney inside the airplane hanger to make room for all the ice chests. I had to give the team my number so they could call me when they are done. We didn't stay at the hospital the whole time. We had lunch and got some coffee. Then cruised the city until they gave me a call.

 

[CALEMT]

Haha. Didn't really have a choice. We left our gurney inside the airplane hanger to make room for all the ice chests. I had to give the team my number so they could call me when they are done. We didn't stay at the hospital the whole time. We had lunch and got some coffee. Then cruised the city until they gave me a call.

Never mind that sounds pretty awesome haha

 

[DesertMedic66]

Never mind that sounds pretty awesome haha

It was. I was kinda sad that they wouldn't let us watch the operation

 

[TRSpeed]

So we get dispatched today for renal round up. Dispatch tells up pick up time is 1315 so we get on scene only to find out that the pt still has 49 minutes left. Some times I wonder if our dispatchers have a brain...

I remember those renal days.

I love when they send us to calls early.

I also love working BLS when we go to transfer a psych patient from the hospital to a psych facility. The patients BP has to be under a certain level for the psych facility to accept them. So we get to wait as the ED staff admin meds to bring the pressure down.

I remember renal rodeos and 5150s, thank goodness all bls does in this county is run 911 and occasional hospital to hospital IFTs. And yes even as a bls unit we have control of a scene

 

[DesertMedic66]

I remember those renal days.







I remember renal rodeos and 5150s, thank goodness all bls does in this county is run 911 and occasional hospital to hospital IFTs. And yes even as a bls unit we have control of a scene

We never do the renal rodeo, never.

 

[exodus]

We never do the renal rodeo, never.

Unless you count rodeo to ER.

 

[DesertMedic66]

Unless you count rodeo to ER.

I've only done one of those and that was for a dislocated shoulder.

 

[TRSpeed]

We never do the renal rodeo, never.

That's the good thing about amr in riverside we did bearly any bit still some once in awhile. All the other companies mostly handle that. But we did do a lot of 5150s and we Dont do neither of those here just wish it wasn't where it is :/

 

[Akulahawk]

I've done those renal runs. Our dispatch actually sent us at an appropriate time (end of session) so that the patient's done, or nearly done and will be ready to go in a reasonable timeframe. It made for minimal waiting.

I've also done a few of those ground transport organ retrievals. Those were usually wait & return. Returns were always Code 3 to minimize any delays that the organ was not being perfused. There's some newfangled machines that actually perfuse organs and I hope they prove safe, effective, and lots of programs use them. It would prevent/eliminate the need for L&S runs with a team and the recovered organ...