Stevo
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alrighty then....
we've the issue of identification
the issue of professional apperance
the issue of PPE
and the issue of youth
perhaps where i am differs from the urban arena in that (aside from the newbies) i know every emt in a 20 mile radius, and they know me.
inasmuch as i have noted that a uniform (i do have dress blues, bunker gear, jumpsuits, etc) do tend to grant a responding entity an aura of authority, it really is the fetish of authoritarians whom dwell on this detail.
the kids whom got picked last at the ball games whom find the draw of the clic and comadraie all the bling bling & cha cha gains them are, imho, the very same sorts whom lack compassion in the field
they're the ones with the biggest red lights on their personal vehicles, ever eager to have that stork or lifesaving pin strategically placed on their uniform, and are generally full of themselves because they joined to feed their frail egos, not to help people.
they are, imho, emsnazis
in the rural game, the closest emt makes the save if there is one to be had, mostly we will respond as is. people accept us as is, we identify ourselves to them , and that has always been ok here.
as to PPE, sure , there is a place for it on MVA's etc. But lets face it, most garden variety medical emergencies need nothing more than a pair of gloves. Now having been a minion of the state's IC, lectured by none other than Kate West & co i can honestly say that safety is big biz here.
If in fact there were enough avarian excrement incidents, all those helmets would then need to pass Ansi standards , our ever willing osha oversight would then have an excuse to launch another 90 pages of federal register at us, and the associated safety parasities would then create the subsequent protocalls to drain your local funding (as well as your time) pursuant to the specture of deadly avarian excrement on scene...
because that's the way it works folks.....
as to youth, well ems is a young persons (note i didn't say man, i'm just soooo PC this a.m.) game. And while nothing tends to look more ridiculous than some doogey houser newbie dressed to the nines , looking like s/he stold his/her daddy's uniform i do have to inform the 'old farts' here that they are going to blow our doors off sooner or later
look at it this way, someone held our hand when we started right? Let them take the riens and captain ems as it should be, without the glitter-ems menatlity
~S~
we've the issue of identification
the issue of professional apperance
the issue of PPE
and the issue of youth
perhaps where i am differs from the urban arena in that (aside from the newbies) i know every emt in a 20 mile radius, and they know me.
inasmuch as i have noted that a uniform (i do have dress blues, bunker gear, jumpsuits, etc) do tend to grant a responding entity an aura of authority, it really is the fetish of authoritarians whom dwell on this detail.
the kids whom got picked last at the ball games whom find the draw of the clic and comadraie all the bling bling & cha cha gains them are, imho, the very same sorts whom lack compassion in the field
they're the ones with the biggest red lights on their personal vehicles, ever eager to have that stork or lifesaving pin strategically placed on their uniform, and are generally full of themselves because they joined to feed their frail egos, not to help people.
they are, imho, emsnazis
in the rural game, the closest emt makes the save if there is one to be had, mostly we will respond as is. people accept us as is, we identify ourselves to them , and that has always been ok here.
as to PPE, sure , there is a place for it on MVA's etc. But lets face it, most garden variety medical emergencies need nothing more than a pair of gloves. Now having been a minion of the state's IC, lectured by none other than Kate West & co i can honestly say that safety is big biz here.
If in fact there were enough avarian excrement incidents, all those helmets would then need to pass Ansi standards , our ever willing osha oversight would then have an excuse to launch another 90 pages of federal register at us, and the associated safety parasities would then create the subsequent protocalls to drain your local funding (as well as your time) pursuant to the specture of deadly avarian excrement on scene...
because that's the way it works folks.....
as to youth, well ems is a young persons (note i didn't say man, i'm just soooo PC this a.m.) game. And while nothing tends to look more ridiculous than some doogey houser newbie dressed to the nines , looking like s/he stold his/her daddy's uniform i do have to inform the 'old farts' here that they are going to blow our doors off sooner or later
look at it this way, someone held our hand when we started right? Let them take the riens and captain ems as it should be, without the glitter-ems menatlity
~S~
