lorrainemichelle
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I am a new emt, and was told that I needed to have something on when I go to calls so people would know who I am. I am currently with a volunteer service, but start with a paid company on the middle of the month. I did get a nice job shirt, i wear it all the time but I never know when there will be a call. i keep everything else in my car crash kit, stethascope etc. in my job shirt I always have a pen and note pad. I was in the grocery store last night with my son and first it was a older man that stopped me and asked so many questions, who i was with etc. i thought it was nice at first his wife even asked my son for help on many of the isles that we ran into each other on (both of them were in moterised wheel chairs. but than out of no where wile I was getting yougurt there was a man suddenly there, as i looked up he was stairing at me it was aquward! I asked him if I could help him with anything, he said I see you are a emt. i said yes I am is there anything I could help you with, he said he did security at a local mall and for the supermarket. I asked if everything was ok, he said ya he just wanted to meet me. it was so wierd, he even asked me what I was wearing on my neck,I said st.micheal. he was wearing what i thought looked like a home made uniform, his patch was round with flags around it that looked looked like it should have been on a karate uniform... he followed us around the rest of the time we were in the store, no matter how hard I tryed to loose him. even at the check out he had a single item, i said you could go in front of me i had $200 in groceries he insisted he wanted to stand there. as he left my son said mom did you hear him, he said he wanted to stand behind you so he could enjoy the view! I went on 3 calls before the grocery store, and one on the way home from the grocery store. the last one was a horriable accident. I even had to have my husband pick my son on the scene. I was at that last call till after 1 am. my point is what do i do, i feel like you might have a call at any time. but if i don't have something on to say yes i can help, than that is a issue too.... sorry spelling is horiable
) all day every day? You can't walk around like that and not expect attention. And if I have my kids with me sorry I am not available to VOLUNTEER right now.
