Recent content by VentMonkey

Agreed. Because of my Wife and I’s combined income, our daughter does not qualify for much aid. And, with three more behind her we’ve chosen a “non-traditional” route, that is, not what societal norms consider favorable. She’s planning on pursuing a career in nursing (for now), but I hardly see...

There was a news piece on this I watched a few months back. The trades are indeed coming back around given the expenses of college, etc. There really is nothing wrong with this, and I am in agreement with you, but I would say that the added benefit of a college-backed education at some point...

This ^^^ With four chur-rens, one of whom is in the throes of college woes and who’s parents don’t quite allow her to qualify for a lot of aid, I wouldn’t be completing an MS/ MPH until I was near retirement age. No sense in quintupling my debt til death. As it is my loans might outlive me...

Bachelor’s program flew by. Pending my final grades I should have my degree by or before the Spring. Grad school? Eh, prob not in my future anytime soon.

We’re good. We’re all a little sarcastic around here from time to time. Again, just glad there’s a little life left in the EMS part of an EMS forum. See? Sarcasm…sort of. And yes, I agree that there’s nothing wrong with the minimum 3-year hiring requirement. Though I am not sure how arbitrary...

Nope. I think I’m feeble-minded enough to understand condescension. Anyhow, still beats the gawd-awful political conversations on this forum. Have a good one.

@WickedNorseMan I honestly have no idea what you’re trying to convey.

It’s been almost 3 years since I worked there, but I’m still relatively familiar with the company and its structure. In short, schedules are mostly seniority based. That said there are numerous types of schedules (e.g., first half/ second half, supervisor schedules, 8-hour [maybe not these...

Haha, we’re good bro. The handful of medics I learned the most from worked different systems. Some fire-based (LACOFD fire-based) with limited “toys”, some who had more in the kit. The one thing that they shared in common (I now know all these years later) that I saw as badass was their verbal...

I’m not subscribing to the anti-fire medic trope. A good medic is a good medic is a good medic. Regardless of system or service. End of story. @FiremanMike it was never about bragging about being the only ALS provider to me. What it was about was being able to think critically on that level...

This. Plain and simple. A respectable division of such departments. But, you need buy in from fire and EMS people within the department equally as well. Heh? Funny, almost like we need to figure out a co-existing model not whose it better…

Or, because there’s still no fact-based evidence stating that more = better.

@Jim37F here’s one for you: I’m driving on the freeway to work and see not one, but two Honolulu EMS ambulances oncoming in the opposite direction. A bit out of their jurisdiction? Super rando.

Humility, sometimes it’s required of us.

Plus 1 for the Dad Joke. @MrCurious I kindly suggest you work on your delivery because as others mentioned you’re coming across as a bit condescending to a group you’re wanting to learn from. I think the irony in all of this is that you have something in common with @ffemt8978 and not just...