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Although there is just as much things I don't like as I do, lol, the things I do like is knowing that you are there, not only to help, but to make a difference in someones life. Especially on a rather long transfer. I feel that having advice coming from someone from a medical standpoint and career does a lot of good (ex. attempted suicide.) I'm sure you all have had many people tell you "I sure am glad you can do that job, because I sure couldn't." Statements like that let you know that you have a job that is out of the ordinary. Also, the fact that every call you go to is so much different and unique. You will never have a call that is the same exact thing that you just got off of, as far as working it goes. Then you get to tell everybody how crazy/rude/serious your patient(s) was.

So basically what you all are saying is that the lights and sirens are really not needed? I kinda feel the same way you all do.

I have read some of the topics posted about how running lights and sirens is almost useless in most situations. Not sure if every city has the neonatal units designed for newborns only or not. Our hospital has an ambulance that comes roughly 100 miles away regularly to take these transfers out to a bigger city. There is a doctor that I know of, and three others that come on these transfers. A doctor, paramedic, nurse, and driver. They drive emergency down here to pick the babies up and emergency back ofcourse. With THREE highly trained medical personnel, including a D-O-C-T-O-R, is this legitimate, (running code 3)? I mean, you treat/asses them 'almost' the same way. Just wondering what you all might think about this, im not saying it's wright or wrong, just thought it was a little weird, given the fact it is a big unit with nothing but neonatal equipment on it and 3 Medical personnel. Happy Holidays to you all!

In our cities EMS, we don't even have first responders.......I have always wondered how first responding worked. I mean, FR's won't know about an emergency till 911, and when 911 knows they dispatch an ambulance, if they dispatched both, we would get there at the same time, and they wouldn't be a FIRST responder, they would be a SECOND responder, lol. But anyways, exactly how do FR's coordinate with an ambulance/911 agency??

I can understand where you all are coming from somewhat.....The whole subject is confusing, lol. So basicly what you are all saying is that the golden hour is only somewhat true, if true at all, and as long as we can get the trauma patients that we feel like need surgery to the hospital in a SAFE and quick manor, which we usually do, we can really just forget about the whole golden hour subject? But I totally agree about the fact that we bust our tails on a serious patient and run lights and sirens to the hospital, and they treat most of them like everybody else when we get there......

I was in the chat room today just talking about running lights and sirens. Some stated that we should not do it. Then it led to the talk about the golden hour. They stated, which I haven't never heard before, that it was put in effect to keep a certain trauma open years ago, if I heard it right???????????? Everyone in the room disagreed with it stating it was bull-crap. I stated the fact "doesn't every second count in a life and death situation", in reference to getting on-scene quicker, safely, and to the ER in a safe but quick way in a true emergency. But they all though it was bull. I'm not saying that they are right or wrong, I was just curious on everyone elses opinion, and if it is fact or more fiction than anything.

Well, thank you all for your replies.........I don't know, you just don't know what to expect out of a paramedic; such as how he is going to work any scene/call, which is to be expected since they are all different. Ex. Some would like to take their vitals right on scene, while others like to do their vitals/assessment in the ambulance. But anyway, regardless I still enjoy my job.

I didn't mean EVERYTHING, it's just every paramedic that you work with, and every emergency that you work is so different. I was taught by a licensed paramedic that works both ground, ER, and is a flight medic.........I mean, i've never seen a paramedic or emt do everything in perfect order like it's supposed to be done in the book. But, every paramedic that I have talked to says that things are different in the field as opposed to the book, not so much knowlege, as just the order and way that you work each call. I guess that's why serices prefer to hire ''EXPERIENCED" members.

Well, I am finally getting a little bit better navigating through the site here, the hardest thing is figuring out what forum to type your messages in, lol, and I hope I have chosen the right one for this one. I'm not even really sure what to put for a subject on this one.......Anyways, ever since I can remember I have always wanted to work on an ambulance, not even knowing anything about the job......They have just always fascinated me, and wrecks too.....So, right out of high school I went through the emt course. I really enjoyed it and did really well in it, and also passed the NREMT-Alabama without any problems...... Shortly thereafter I got a job at my citys ambulance service. We have around 9 ambulances that are neither old or new, and around 35 employees with most being PRN. Our city has around roughly 20,000 people and we average about 15 calls per 24 hour shift. I have been working as an emt for about a year now. It is just so weird how you never use half the stuff you learned in college, and also how much more different things work such as the "book way" and the "field way", it's like night and day. I have learned so much more actually doing my job as learning how to in college. We of course have our ''regulars'' also. I'm not talking about 1 or 2 home visits a month, im talking about 2 to 3 visits for some, DAILY. Within the last 4 to 5 months they have moved into nursing homes where they can get what they really need, which is love and attention. I was just curious if most ambulance services had people like this.........I wouldn't say that these people have ruined my job, but they have definetly gave me a different outlook on going through paramedic school. I'm not saying I don't like my job, it just gets aggrivating sometimes. I go to so many houses and the patient/family thinks that all we are there for is just to put them in the ambulance and take them to the hospital.....The public just dosen't realize everything that we can actually do, and you might say we have everything an er has, just on wheels................It's also hard to find a partner that you can actually get along with......especially on life or death calls. I plan on going through paramedic school, and then going through the 1 year crossover program that alabama offers to become an RN. But I hope you all can relate to what I said..