whit72

How about moving the car? If you are not using the board for full immobilization and you explain yourself at the ER they still wouldnt let you move the board?

If you work in a system where your medics and emts get to decide who goes and who dosent go to a hospital there is a problem. If they activate the system they go. There is no well maybe go to your doctor or maybe go to the bathroom. Gimme a break. If they are not emergent you can park them in triage. The liability with leaving someone on scene is outrageous it dosent take that long to trans. someone to the hospital. Who are we to decide what is and what isnt and emergency for some people, there taxes pay your salary. I have taken people that are lonely, hungry, scared, if they want to go they go. Remember those famous words "I just dont feel right" let me guess you leave them to. If they activate the system and dont want to go then you have to contact medical control for further instructions. If they dont want to go, you can only hope to convince them, you dont have the right to remove people from a scene if they refuse to go. unless their altered thats is the only way we can take someone against their will.

I cant remember the last time I got more then 2 hours sleep in a night at work your body will adjust. You will be fine if all else fails dunkin donuts large regular lol...good luck.

As Far as I can remember I didnt know anything when I got of school, I must be different from all you. I highly doubt you were blessed with the skills you have today . Those skills are learned out on the street, not in a classroom. To expect A new EMT or MEDIC to be able to handle what is going to... or could possibly go wrong out there is ludacris. They have the base of their knowledge from a classroom or with someone looking over their shoulder. Its a little different when you are not in the controlled setting a classroom provides for you. What I see here is a bunch of ems proffesionals here, who forgot where they came from, that what they know didnt come from there 8 month class, it came from being out there doing the job day in day out. As far as a paramedic student who wasnt sure how to put the leads on a patient correctly. Instead of reassuring him which im sure was just confusion you find the need to ridicule him, cause Im sure you never put the leads on wrong or made a mistake, or bad treatment call. The only people we have to blame about poor emt and medic performance is ourselves. Because If they dont know somthing Im sure their going to quit and find another job after paying 10,000 dollars for their class, and investintg all their time in becoming one of us......No their just going to continue not knowing whats going on and maybe the next call they go on is someone you care about. So maybe in your busy day you could find sometime to maybe help them along or you could continue ridiculeing them that they will never ask a question. I have been in ems 15 years and still ask questions. and learn new things every day. If I see someone who needs a hand or is having a problem with a skill or just understanding. I will be the first to ask if they need a hand or need some more information on somthing. I dont know about you but I dont work 24 7 and eventually these new emts and pareamedics will come across someone you love or know.....Wouldnt you want them to have all the information they need to tend to your loved one. I know I do.

let me guess Richmond medic you work for AMR. Me too

Yeah I hear you.................talking things out after a double fatal. I usually go with that hammered thing.