Don1977

wow, i was just kidding too......

Cant be no worse then a 14 yr old doing ride alongs and nosing in OR's and ER's........

Uh oh, dont tell Obama about this....

i have an O2 key i put on my belt on a keychain, I never lose it.....sounds like lack of responsilibilty

welcome to "days of our lives"...I mean EMTcity....

I never use my multitool to crack the oxygen open, thats what the oygen wrench/key is for.....

i have used it for the screw driver and a door wedge/stop.

we all said "tool"....

I got my costume, its real scary and Ill have it on tonight....

looks like some guy that lives in GA, and calls himself Lone Star.......anyone know him, man its a scary costume....

Yes. but compare your costs of living in proportion?

R/r 911

True....

and what the hell is a kelly shift??????

Is that all????? Hell thats a nickel more then I make as a basic.....I have seen a small service here start medics at $10 an hour.

Do you think nurses just sit on their arses awaiting the paramedic? Rarely does anyone have time to just sit at the nurses' station. Nor, are they going to leave the patient care area if there are other patients besides the one you are there for.

And, how long does it take some EMT(P)s to complete their paperwork? Some sit around our ED for 30+ minutes working on one report. These RNs must gather up enough pertinent paperwork to avoid any mistakes from an extensive history.

As far as the ventilator patient, maybe your dispatcher and service should know what facilities are in their area. If we get a call from X facility, we know it will at least have a trach. Any EMS service should already have this information about certain facilities in their area for disaster planning. It should not be a surprise.

And yes, you can bag a vent dependent patient to the ED if no ventilator is available. Many ATVs that EMS Paramedics carry are of little use anyway on these patients if there is another respiratory issue.

Actually, yes I have had many nurses sit there and file there nails or talk to there baby daddies while one of there patients is in respiratory distress.

I have ahad a patient where the pt's roomate gave me a more thorough report then the nurse. Then when youa sk for report you get the "Im not from this floor" or "I dont know the patient" excuse.

Saw this funny presidential video...

*shakes dust's hand* good man!!!

I know the song not to use to do CPR with........"Another one bites a dust"

but really, thats the last thing on my mind when working an arrest is a song to do it too.......... :roll:

Just remember, you're not as young as you were last year.

I honestly hate when a nurse or family member says "they going to be ok"?

Um, well dumbass, if they were ok, would they be going to hospital?????

Wow. I thought the entrance exam requirement for FF's was low! :twisted:

Really? I thought that was how medics dressed.....

They do that here, puting patients in the hallway beds cause more crowding, you can hardly get around the halls, its a disgrace I believe. I have had patients that have gotten worse sitting in hallways.

You could always tape your mouth shut..........

Yeah, I had another bad night. Got one good hour of sleep right before I got off. Was up all day, and right as we dozed off we got a call for a MVC with reported rollover. Got canceled, came back, finished documentation, and right as I was getting in bed we got a call in the outskirts of our area for chest pain.

Totally BS. I'm also being told that I may get reassigned to a station with a more consistent, steady call volume during the entire shift!

If its that bad for you, maybe its time for another job..... :roll:

My company have 8 and 12 hour shifts, I feel there is no reason for a nap during these times, Why would you need one???????

A what?

I hate that word "full arrest", never seen a half arrest before...burns my ass and ECHO says it alot

kinda like Dust and "firemonkeys"....

I cannot stand Penn State, Id rather listen to ECHO play with Hot Wheels all night then watch a PSU game.

Damn it, my picture is public again.......

Not a partner but have thrown a few Nursing home nurses out of the room......

Ill take the flowers, itt will cheer Jess up.......