Recent content by btkspot89

When it comes time for the patient/nurse to sign the Release information for insurance and billing, Ill frequently say "By signing this you are agreeing to pay my mortgage/ rent/ car payment my kids college tuition etc. That usually gets a chuckle. Also if the patient has any bag going with...

Because I'm the shortest employee in my Department I have been called The Hobbit...

I know im chiming in a little late here and I apologize, but I have came across these DNH's on numerous occasions. Anytime I run in to them I always have some sort of problem. Now in EMT class they teach you about the DNR, but when I ran into a DNH order it caught me off guard. The first time I...

While we are talking Jersey... On Time Ambulance?

When you go through 3 trucks in one day because one won't start, one is shooting smoke out the tailpipe anytime your foot is on the pedal, and the last one decides to stall on the highway. Then the fleet departments asks you to stop breaking their trucks. In response to this Operations gives you...

In the ER supply room at my local hospital there is a sign out sheet where volunteer agencies can sign out on certain supplies that may have been utilized on the call. BVM's NRB'S, NC's suction tubing etc. Just as long as you sign it out they are free to volunteer squads... Not sure they would...

For my Volunteer- 1 Driver (Must be an EMT) and 1 EMT in the back and typically a 3rd Trainee Paid- 2 EMT/Drivers.

The Company I work for uses many different brand of ambulance. Most of our fleet consists of Wheeled Coach Type II's. Many times when we need new vehicles they will buy 2 test ambulances from a company they have never done business with before to compare with the wheeled coaches we have. That...

After a Pretty busy day at my volunteer squad the dispatcher couldnt help it... Dispatcher "Stand By for dispatch" Dispatcher <Tones> Dispatcher "Just Kidding.... for now" Me "I really hope you don't run into me sometime soon"

I work for a Transport company and one of our contracts is Hospice provider. We were dispatched for a pick up coming from a residence going to a Inpatient Hospice center. Patient is an 80 yr old male who is in the care of hospice for stage 4 cancer. Simple enough for my partner and I because...

What I forgot to say was this was a surgical site that was closed for a year and started leaking 2 days prior to our dispatch. I suspected internal bleeding was the cause of her crashing on us. But of course I couldn't guess since its not in my protocol.

We were dispatched for the leaking surgical site on the Buttocks. From the location we were dispatched to I wasn't surprised. While were enroute were told by our dispatcher that the patient was about 300 pounds and could fit on our regular stretcher. That gave my self and my partner a red flag...

Sounds like I should give them a second chance. Ever since that little rip I chose to not wear them at all.

I may be going out on a ledge here but some companies in my area will hire a brand new EMT with no experience at all. Even if it means finding some company and working Per Diem. Its good to keep your experience up so you don't start to question yourself when an emergency comes in. If you don't...

Im going to go with the rest of the choir and say 5.11. They are most comfortable for sure. The Knee Protectors can get in the way and if its a hot day they just absorb all the heat. But luckily they are removable so I choose to leave mine out. I also have 2 pairs of elbeco's Not to happy with...