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crotchitymedic1986

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  1. Well I do not know what the market is like in the Chicago area, but from what I can tell in most of the country it is nearly impossible to get a job as an EMT-B. So unless, you know someone that is hiring, I would try these tactics:

    1. Go back to where you third rode, see if the crew you rode with will put in a good word.

    2. Consider one of the wheelchair van/dialysis companies and go to work there, or find an ambulance service that provides that service and start in that division.

    3. Consider dispatching as a way to get your foot in the door.

    4. Volunteer somewhere so that you can build relationships, it isn't what you know, it is who you know.

    5. Consider some "tech" jobs in a hospital.

    6. Go back to school and get your intermediate or paramedic certification.

  2. This prank was way over the edge, but hazing is part of coming up in the fire house, if you take it away, you will destroy the commroderie that it later produces. I do not condone any activity that puts someone in harm's way, but simple practical jokes and hazing are great stress relief. We used to cellophane the urinals, so when the EMS alarm woke the firefighters at 3am and they got up to pee, they would end up wetting their legs.

  3. You are at the young stage of your career where you need to spend alot of money on "stuff" that you do not really need; much like when you were a teenager and needed that $500.00 car stereo that busted your eardrums. So, I would purchase:

    1. A complete jump kit for your car, including PPE for when you stop at accident scenes, an inexpensive stethoscope, glucometer, and B/P cuff.

    2. Scissors.

    3. A good reflective safety vest for accident scenes.

  4. There is no one "generic" answer that will encompass all patients, but I typically tried to find what they cared about, and then turned that into a reason not to committ suicide; ie.... their children ---- "how do you think they will feel when they learn what you have done ?". Whether super intelligent or dumb as a brick, it usually seemed to work.

  5. You are all Re-TARDs. If you are a male waitress, you may not be able to be hired at Hooters, but in any town that has a hooters, there will be several other restaurants you can work at. In most towns, there is only one Fire Department or at best a county fire department and 2-3 city departments.

    Take your hoods off, douse the crosses you set fire too, and realize that as whites, you can not speak to something you have never experienced --- discrimination.

  6. Well we can speculate on both sides all day, neither of us have true statistics, but if you believe that there has only been one qualified female candidate in just that county, and the surrounding rural counties that border it, IN 40 YEARS, I believe it would be you that would be asinine. I worked for a rural county with a population of 6k in the whole county, and they had 4 female firefighters, and 3 female EMT/medics. I guess the entire gulf coast is uterine-free. And you should know better than anyone, firefighters dont take jobs for money, they take them for benefits.

    But by all means, keep on your rose colored glasses that filter out the glaring truth, we wouldn't want you to actually see the world as it really is. It must be nice to be so white that you can honestly believe discrimination died in the 60's.

  7. So thats the best defense you can come up with, NO statistical proof ? Do you have to see a white count to diagnose an obvious ear infection ? But if it is stats you want, I will provide them:

    http://www.fizber.com/sale-by-owner-home-services/florida-city-marianna-population.html

    In this city:

    Women outnumber men (52.94% of population)

    Blacks make up 40.16% of the population (almost 4 times the national average)

    And they have 1 woman and 1 black

    There is no way to know how many/or what type of applications they receive, as no employer publishes that or is required to report that number.

  8. I was being sarcastic, of course I am glad to see that they have a black officer (since it is more rare than an alive T-Rex). AK, I will gladly dismiss your argument/statistics. Your stats would be meaningful if only the people who lived in the town could apply, but that is not the case. This town is located very close to the top tourist destinations in Florida, so there are thousands more people just a county a city away. I frequently lived over 50 miles from my employers, and if you were employed at one of those big touristy towns, where would you want to work your part-time job -- a small, a slow department, less than an hour away. It has been my experience that these smaller departments are "training grounds" for rookie firefighters who usually move on to a bigger department after a couple of years.

    It amazes me to watch the lengths you guys will go to protect your racist counterparts. Think about it, you are actually defending this department; 2 women in 40 years, and they are not discriminating. AMAZING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Where is Tnuigs on this one, I know it would kill you to agree with me, but c'mon.

  9. http://www2.jcfloridan.com/news/2011/sep/04/first-female-firefighter-1970s-hired-ar-2356765/

    Interesting statistics, I wonder how EMS women would answer:

    Women firefighters also report being harassed by fellow male firefighters. The “National Report Card” study found that 50.8 percent of women survey participants reported being shunned, 30.2 percent reported receiving sexual advances and 18.6 reported being hazed by fellow firefighters, among other things.

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