EmergencyMedicalTigger

My first call was a single car MVA that went off the road and into a pole in a ditch. The car was toast, but she was fine and the boyfriend had run off, because he caused the accident.

Gosh you picked a really tough one :shock: ...sure you don't want something else?

Holy crap, what happened to this thread? I don't look at it for a couple days and now people are deciding that education is a waste of time and not necessary? I agree that experience is invaluable, but obtaining a "piece of paper" means you can read, write, speak correctly, and think critically. It really ticks me off when people find out I have an education and they ask "Why would you want to be in EMS if you have a degree?" That is one of the biggest problems with this profession. We're seen as an emergency taxi service with education from some tech program at a community college (that's if you didn't take the "medic in 4 weeks course" by mail). You want respect from other healthcare professionals? Have some respect for yourself and colleagues and strive to be better! Ignorance breeds more ignorance.

I find this new breed of supposedly educated paramedics don't do well when you have large scale triaging or large crowds in the ghetto threatening to kill you.They turn and run or just freeze and can't think straightquote]

Guess where I work? They send people with pieces of paper into the ghetto too. I never go on scene until PD gets there and I certainly don't let the hoodlums crowd me when I'm with my pt.

This is really pathetic. *sigh* This thread is going to go down the toilet fast. :roll: Thank goodness I have to go to work in a little bit-off to see my homies in da ghetto.

Peace out yo'

AAS

BS-Sociolgy

BS-Psychology

MS-working on it

Paramedic-working on it

Edited for side note: The rest of my district is 30 miles of cows straight out to the county line. Just like Ruff said, see if you can hang in the back with a critical pt back through the 30 miles of fields and cows and the 4 miles of ghetto just to get to the hospital. You'll be lucky if you get a certified volunteer fire guy to ride that far in with you on a code-that is, if any show at all.

The military has to find creative ways to fight the war as the Democrats demand more budget cuts...

Hmmm, after the day I had yesterday...I want to see Tigger dressed as a doctor or a nurse. I would have much rather dealt with him than some of the real docs and nurses we have. :roll:

In my district of the county it's seizures, chest pains, and hypoglycemia.

I carry my own shears, a small notepad, and a couple pens-one for the pts and one for me w/a stylus to use on my toughbook.

SCORPIO:. The sex addict

Can be mean. EXTREMELY sexy. Intelligent. Energetic. Predict future.

Most erotic. (Freak in bed.) (GREAT kisser.) Always get what they want.

Sexy. Attractive. Easy going. Loves being in long relationships.

Talkative. The sexiest ever....Romantic. Caring.

Yep, that's me, but I don't *always* get my way. That's when I get mean! lol

BS-Sociology

BS-Psychology

Was working on my MS but took a break to work and get my Paramedic cert. I wanted to do Sociology of Healthcare, but that's not offered where I live.

I think you should have a two-year degree just to be an EMT-B. Paramedic programs should be four years.

Our service uses laptops, but over half the crews don't even take it with them in their trucks when they go on calls. This is just another over-priced device-interesting idea, but not much beyond that. As previously mentioned, if the patient has a significant medical problem that he wants others to know about, he will normally have a medic alert bracelet on or the info in his wallet.

Lowest common denominator?? Did you read my post? You honestly believe that those people who spend 15min with thier patients with a medic "babysitting" them are of a higher quality than us in the rural?

You have to understand some communities cannot afford to staff an ALS car. I may be hours from a hospital but we only have a low call volume, what paramedic is going to sit around in the sticks waiting for his calls when he could be in the cities banging out calls and bossing around some BLS kid? and who's going to foot the bill for him to sit around? The Gov't :roll: like it or not there are some areas of the world where a BLS services make sence.

I working in a diverse county system where you can work a fast-paced urbanized setting one shift and be bumped out to po-dunk the next. I personally hate working rural-for the most part it sucks. However, some of our worst calls are in the rural parts, so when a bad call comes in, it's very bad. I don't think there is any EMS that can justify not having a paramedic on staff-they'd be crazy to do that. Billy Bob out in the sticks can have MIs too-what is BLS going to do about that?

My next favorite would have to be the cop one. If I had a trunk, I'd definitely want a trunk monkey.

I know this isn't new, but it's just too funny to not share. Maybe it's the lack of sleep or the fact that I just got off a double today, but I was falling over laughing.

That's a little over the top. That would be fine for the groom's cake, but c'mon, the wedding cake?

I would stop at a scene where no emergency workers are present yet. It would have to something where they would obviously need some assistance. I wouldn't personally stop at a scene where EMTs or medics are already present, unless it was in the jurisdiction of the service that I work for. Just b/c you have orders to do your skills at your service doesn't mean it would hold the same for the scene you're stopping at to help-too much liability. The emergency workers present should have the training where they will know how to deal with the situation and have additional units en route if needed.

Quiz Show Contestant

Wow, it realized how intelligent I was w/just my name! I could make more money playing Jeopardy than working in EMS!

Oh i love Office Space there are to many to count in that one but i love this one:

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Peter Gibbons: Let me ask you something. When you come in on Monday, and you're not feelin' real well, does anyone ever say to you, 'Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays'?

Lawrence: No. No, man. Shitt, no, man. I believe you'd get your ass kicked sayin' something like that, man.

I agree, the entire movie is awesome. How about this one:

It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care.

Most of it done in my ignorant youth

At least most of yours was done in your ignorant youth. There's probably some on here that racked up fines just last week!

Office Space

Bob: Looks like you've been missing a lot of work lately.

Peter: I wouldn't say I've been missing it, Bob!

Napoleon Dynamite

Could you bring me my chapstick...my lips hurt real bad!

Boondock Saints

Just pour the drink, you fairy f***!

Pulp Fiction

English, mother f***er-do you speak it?

I know that's more than one..but I couldn't decide which was my favorite.

$670...but there's always room to grow.. :twisted:

Nurse Slutstein! Have you been to our local ER lately? :wink:

Unfortunately Asys's comments are all too true in many cases. Most instances I've seen of unprofessionalism were on scenes with volunteer agencies. I've seen several good, well-trained medics and firefighters leave volunteer departments b/c they expected professionalism from the other members. Sadly, they were crucified for standing up for professionalism against the 'good ol' boy' system.

Ok, so this thread is intended to be a place to offer suggestions for improving our efficacy and professionalism as EMS providers.

*sighs* Like I said in the twin to this thread referring to our ED cousins, I think I give this one about 3-4 days before it descends into complete uselessness and gets locked, but in the meantime, let's try to get some good ideas flowing now that people who actually might be able to help improve things are paying attention.

Good attempt at the topic Eydawn, but I think your topic has digressed beyond saving at this point.

Like a mountain huh? No more excuses from the men...