Don1977

American Medical Rejects......One of my competitors......

Nothing "silly" about that! Get some field time in and go to medic class when your ready to. No rush

What sort of problems are you having? Are you freezing up, but just still know what to ask? Do you just start thinking about 13987 things when you arrive on scene and can't concentrate? Does your mind just go blank?

Also, how many more ride-alongs do you have (both required and can get if different numbers)? Have you done your ER time yet, if available?

I think about 13988 things actually..

Be cool and calm, you will be fine. We all get nervous at times, but keep your head straight and you will be ok./

What was/is your favorite cartoon character, and why.

Marvin the Martian, before my voice changed I could imitate him. Plus I just got a kick out of him when he got angry, and some said he looked like me when I tended to be mad.

Voice change?? Puberty struck? hahahaha

I use to like Marvin also, really don't have a favorite right now.

I remember one day I was sitting at base when my supervisor then TOES975, came running out and said "come on we have an accident at the bottom of hill". Which is Pittsburgh, We responded and arrived on scene to find a car on its side no one around and another car with a female sitting in drivers eat c/o head pain, she walked towards me and collapsed I caught her layed her on a LBB strapped her, put the CID's on and we loaded and transported, from the time on scene to the time we loaded her, was 7 minutes!

As we pulled away PGH M-12 and Engine 20 arrived and there quarters is a block away. They were very pissed off we transported the patient a "Level 2" trauma patient. They said "we left the worse patient there" Funny part the 2 patients they "found" were ok, 1 walked (typical PGH) and one in w/c, but they had the worst???? anyway....

I work for a private service that does emergencies at 7 nursing homes in pittsburgh nd a borough of 5,000, we stumble across many accidents and have transported. For the record, a wheelchair van driver from my company called this MVA in. I have had the argument of what hospital to go to, I let patients choose or suggest what is better for them, like the hospital's specialty like burns, ortho, etc.

I hope I didn't go off-topic!!!

My keyboard is smoking form all this typing!!!!

Basically every line from Full Metal jacket, well beginning part of it in boot camp

The pants that Dust put on here is what we use and blue cotton or polyester button down shirts, light blue, white for supervisors.

Up here its condition red,green,yellow, black

red is up to a 4-6 hour wait for care

yellow is 2-4

green is open

black is closed for fire, flood, disaster in hospital

They "try" to divert at red and get mad when u go there, but legally cant, only way a hospital can tell us "no" is on BLACK.

That's why I usually don't even chart that kind of stuff.

I'll chart their ability to move their limbs and to ambulate, but medically, that is sufficient. I am not a billing clerk.

I agree DD, Im doing it to CMA, I don't trust the situation, *cough, cough* Billing fraud

Write what happened, as I was told when I 1st started ...."If it isn't documented, it didn't happen"

Don't lie or make shit up, because you could end up in court one day.

I have a dialysis patient now, my company made BLS "overnight", because he is a bilateral BKA, man transfers himself to stretcher/wheelchair and dialysis chair. They claim he is BLS because of being a Bilat BKA, which is crap in my opinion when we have another pt who cant walk that is "stretcher van" I document all the time that pt "transferred self" and when it asks for "reason for transport" I put "cannot justify, pt scoots self to stretcher w/o assistance" This is also the patient's request, he is trying his best to be independent, w/o legs below knees. So anyway, I do not "falsify" why he needs to be BLS, I cannot see a reason and WILL NOT lie for my company.

I refuse. I think it's unethical to accept money from patients. Yes, you do tip your taxi driver, but last time I checked, we were trying to get away from that whole, "Ambulance Driver" connotation.

That said, I have had people throw money at me, and throw me out the door... and then... well... what are you going to do. If I can, I'll leave it out on a table on my way out or something... but sometimes, you can't.

I would much prefer just get a letter in my file for doing a good job.

I do appreciate the sentiment when they offer though.

I had a doctor once, who was my patients daughter... she gave us like $10 or $20, and was adamant about us taking it. To the point where she stuffed it in my pocket, and told us that we were taking it weather we liked it or not...

We aren't taxi drivers???

And as for a letter in my file, my company wold never tell me.

I've grossed nurses out talking about suctioning patients, but don't make jokes everyday about this stuff.

Just one drunk chick that was 24 yrs old and about 120 pounds, had like 12 beers maybe more, her and drunk b/f didnt know and maybe some drugs also, she was feeling good.

Throw her in water with piranas and see how she likes it

Thats bad.....funny...but bad...

Well, what burns my ass is in Pittsburgh the cops throw the lights on just to go through the light and not want to wait til it changes. I guess teh donuts are fresh and ready.

Three things...First, I think when operating from your perspective you should feel obligated to answer the above question.

Second, I think you have gone completely insane.

Third, it seems obvious, unless you've simply skipped over posts such as VentMedic's, that you're bringing your personal fears and predjudices to this conversation. You and I often agree on things...but there is simply no logical/factual support for your point of view that I can see...at least none that has been shown to date.

Nice Don, way to go buddy! Do you just look up some days and think,"Oh my god! I haven't posted anything in a couple of days!" And then simply post the first silly thing that pops into your head?

Have you not noticed that many here actually support their thoughts and ideas with lines of logic? I completely disagree with LS, but at least he showed me the respect to explain where he's coming from.

In the future, please, take a minute to at least partially digest your thoughts before flushing them over the rest of us.

Thanks.

Dwayne

I don't know what you mean Dwayne, I thought I said it plain and simple.......

Someone with the diseases that Lone Star mentioned should not be in EMS period!

Id keep this medic and send him to the psych calls, so he can tell peole how no to attempt suicide, since hes a perfect example

Here we go again.....

Try this...

I thought Canadia EMs was better then USA EMS?

Yes brent, but the dispatchers suck in both countries!!

Yeah the BLS VS. ALS and USA EMS is better then Canda EMS debates is getting old. And the name of the chat room should be changed to "the days of our lives chat room". Cause it is just one big soap opera.....

Beautiful!!

Good job!, and I thought this was confirmation of DD's reservation to the nut house...o well....