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Online classes I live in Lenoir County and was a Paramedic and Preceptor for some of the very first online students. It was kind of a cluster. I'm not really sure what they were looking for, and Lord knows, it wasn't nationally renowned like it is now. We had people that made if from the Basic...

Amen... That and a good partner.

I intend to. Sometimes it helps when others that you're not connected to can see the problem with clarity. Our connection here is that we're all EMS, but not in a 'friendly' capacity. We would help each other, but not because we 'hang out' together. There were other factors that were involved...

Oh, we know. And it's appreciated.. She has multiple problems. I know that legally, she couldn't retaliate against me, but who's gonna defend me? State says it's not liable for any individual county action. This is because the state released implementation of EMS to each individual county as...

That's trying to fall back on the rule itself. There's also a section #160.316 art. C, that states that there is to be no retaliation of any kind against a provider as long as the provider is acting in good faith to protect the patient's PHI. Period. That didn't seem to matter either. There has...

No insult taken... The only confidentiality law that we have been trained in in HIPAA. This is North Carolina, and there are rural areas that aren't even compliant with SOGs/SOPs. This captain wasn't even qualified to hold that position-and that was according to their own bylaws. But as you have...

The software that is used is formatted by Zoll and electronically transmitted to the Fire Marshall's office, where the billing to Healthcare companies is performed. There is only one Medicare number for the entire county, so each little rescue squad transmits their pcrs to this office. The only...

The only problem with 'tucking my tail' and moving on is that if somebody somewhere doesn't do something to stop this type of behavior in regards to EMS where volunteers are involved, it will continue on. The paid staff with this particular group of volunteers were professionals. The volunteers...

I know it sounds completely ludicrous.. Trust me. It was a volunteer rescue squad captain. In a system that has 7 individual rescue squads in different districts, that each have an individual franchise issued by the county to run independently. This captain called dispatch from her personal cell...

Doesn't make a lot of sense. The supervisor is the one that QA'd the call. She was medic level-also paid. No, I am not a volunteer. The supervisor was also punished by demotion and a cut in her hours. The volunteer captain is intermediate level. In charge of the volunteers and the building...

Are you union where you are? What kind of legal counsel would you seek out? I'm serious. This kind of thing needs to be corrected in EMS. It's part of what keeps the 'respect' issue going. Some volunteers are great. Others, like this one, hurt this profession so badly.. By pulling stunts like...

She is a volunteer captain in a volunteer county. And according to the corporate president-FD and the rescue squad are incorporated-she wasn't going anywhere.

It's a volunteer squad that's incorporated with the Vol Fire Dept. And the Corporate President at the time said that he and the volunteer in question here, were lifelong friends and if anyone was going to leave it would not be her. End of discussion. Keep in mind that I've always worked well...

Right on that one. I was 50 when I got my medic. I'm going back to finish my 2 year degree and complete the required student teaching hours for the Level I class I just finished recently. And I've been a medic going on 8 years...

Sorry DEmedic, but it's all about HIPAA and our right NOT to provide info when asked for it. This lady calls about all calls and asks for info. I've gone into the bathroom to avoid having to take her calls. She monitors calls from her public job with a handheld portable radio (she's been warned...

Medical Director told me I did the right thing. Question is this: Do I stir up the pot and make it harder to find work down the road? Do I fight it? It should be a question of civil rights. But what is it gonna cost me in the long run? Can I change anything? It needs to be changed so badly. If...

Good question Grimes... Been trying to figure that one out myself. And, No, she isn't that good lookin'.

My supervisor refused to write me up for insubordination, stating that I wasn't insubordinate-I was doing my job. She had the supervisor demoted and had me fired for insubordination. My patient on this call was unresponsive and unable to even sign for permission to transport. There are some...

This volunteer had us dispatched to her place of work prior to her getting there. She waited 2 hours after the call was finished up, called from her desk at work-already having identified who the patient was-and wanted the particulars from the call. Chief complaint, treatment, where the patient...

What if the person affiliated with the agency is a volunteer? Someone that already knows the patient, because they work at the same public job.. I have come across that situation before, and it's touchy, because you're not supposed to 'upset' the volunteers at all. But this one couldn't do...