cosgrojo

:shock: How dare you ask such a personal question!!!!!! But the answer is yes.....

I married a blonde, but dream about the Brunettes... :thumbup: I wouldn't mind pulling a shift with ya' Dust.... But I'm only a Basic...

I used to dream about work constantly.... I've effectively blocked out night-time references to my daily life. Now I only dream of large-breasted brunettes.... Excellent trade off. 8)

Agreed.

Consider me suitably educated on the shift patterns of the mid-west.

I have a NEXTEL. Because my scheduler has a NEXTEL... and well.... it makes me a lot of money to be a blee-bleep away...

Never heard of such a shift... We are based on a 40 hour work week.... I believe standard across the professional (for lack of another term ) board. That is a lot of hours to make standard. If you say that's how it works in Nova Scotia, Dust.... I guess I believe ya'. 8)

We keep going round and round on this thread, and every time that someone comes in late or doesn't read the whole thread, we go round and round again..... In a perfect world, volunteers would be eliminated to pave the way for full-time personnel to get paid and make a living and support their families in the industry of their choosing. In a perfect world education levels would be increased to the point where we can justify our assertion that we are professionals. NO ONE is saying that volunteers ar evil or stupid or worthless.... we are saying that the volunteer is counterproductive to advancing the industry of EMS. We cannot move forward in the hearts and minds of the public and the purse-holders if they believe that there are people that will do it for free. When the public views us as a taxi service, if the public sees us working our day job at the local A&P and then working their mom up for Diff breathing, we get no-where. I still don't know why people wouldn't prefer to get paid. Insist on getting paid..... if you don't want to quit your normal profession, sign on per-diem at an ambulance company to keep your skills up.... and get paid..... And create jobs, and help friends support their families, and ostensibly improving the economy! HEAR THAT!!!! QUIT VOLUNTEERING AND FIX THE ECONOMY!!!!! See how easy it is?

Dust- Don't know why noone has called you on this.... maybe all are too tired to do the math..... but you are way off... 9.50 a day X 40 hours a week X 52 weeks = 19,760 dollars. Now in your mind that still may be too much for a basic, so be it. But work on the math bro. To make 28k a year you would have to make 13.46 an hour. Are you calculating how much the money would be worth in Canada? If so, that's the only way it makes sense. :tongue2:

I wouldn't volunteer to do it... I don't like it THAT much....

This was just a bare minimum requirement..... And yes... it's very important to make sure that your multiple ONES can co-habitate.

Yes... as long as the checks keep clearing....

Relax Benito. :bootyshake: And Techmedic is correct about my job.... no QI/QA for me, they get paid WAY more.

If I told every person every single thing that they messed up, I would be on the phone all day trying to get a hold of people. If certain issues become a trend, then we will talk to them to make sure they understand what is going on. For the most part though, they are one time mistakes that were accidently glossed over. I'm not going to gig someone that I know normally does good paperwork because they didn't write a clear time. I know how it works on the road, sometimes get's very busy, and you get paperwork piling up on top of other paperwork. Remember... I'm still slaving away on an Ambulance.... I audit forms because they asked me to, and they pay me to do it. If you were engaged and trying to save for a wedding and a house, and your fiance was without a job because she is student teaching, and your company offers to pay you your overtime wage to stare at paperwork.... what would you do? Probably stare at paperwork.... :wink: And hey.. it's better than selling igloo's in Alaska....

I don't know how old you are, but you sound very young. Even if you have no plans to break up... don't rush into marriage..... unless you want to become a statistic. If I became Emperor of the world... you would have to be at least 26 years old to get married, and you would have to live with each other for at least 1 year before marriage. Take it slow, make sure it works. Don't get sucked into the "he's the ONE" bull... there are lots of ONES, that you could be compatible with. Make sure you guys can live with each other first.

No... that doesn't mean anything.... Sometimes.... we "fix" things that we know to be true. I.E. demographics, mileages, times (CAD), and a myriad of other things that road crews sometimes forget...... Yes... even you. :roll: And yes, I've fixed my own paperwork too.... :oops: And yes... somewhere out there is a nomadic auditor, out of work because an EMT took their one opportunity to put their lifes passion to the test.... :-({|=

HA! Intermediates can intubate! once they see the ___________________ line... :shock: And don't give yourself too much credit for billing requirements.... remember who you are talking to.... hint.... *auditor* I've seen your so-called "billing" skills. :violent1:

My back is so screwed up that it only feels good when I'm lifting a 300+ pund person in the air.

This was said in a way that meant that I would prefer to have ALS to BLS, which furthermore was in response to someone who was frightened having BLS personnel that failed the registry exam role up on a chest pain call. I am a basic, I am not trying to put Basics down..... *cough* unlike Dust *cough* I was just indicating what I would WANT..... which is a personal decision. If you want a Basic working on you, just say so.... I'm sure it can be arranged. :hippy2:

You are fiesty little $%#@& aren't ya? I think you know what I am saying here. At least I think you know me well enough to know what I'm saying. I agree that our protocols may be much more aggresive than the average, but that doesn't stop me from wanting a medic if the shiz hits the fan. In the state of NH, Medics are good for 2 things.... pain control, and cardiac calls. Well my friend, chest pain is a cardiac call... so I'm still callin' for a medic on the chest pain, even if I know the medic who's likely on the way isn't very good. :bootyshake:

Assessments are good, fast transport even better. But none of that manages my chest pain. I'll take a medic. Granted I want a GOOD medic. And I agree that there are good and bad medics, as well as good and bad basics. And good Basic's can assess and transport well enough, but that doesn't actually DO anything for my chest pain. OK, so you'll take good BLS over iffy ALS.... would you take good BLS over good ALS? Didn't think so. ALS wins. :wink:

I've been together with my wife for almost 6 years. I've been in EMS the whole time. She gets 1 phone call a day while on an overnight. And sometimes (like last night) we were too busy, she didn't get any. Separate life from work. Create some extra seperation if you can. Work at work, live at home. You are already behind the 8-ball foir choosing someone else in EMS. When you guys break up... find someone outside of EMS to spend time with, they will increase your sanity levels by a factor of 10.

I suppose I've been watching "Around the Horn" too much. It is a New York slang for, "Nothing, Nada, Zilch, Zero."

A long time from a business perspective. We are talking about a sector of society that commonly has businesses (and entire niche industries) that last less than a year. 30-40 years is a long time in business to last without proper business management. The importance of EMS and prehospital care notwithstanding, I was talking about the business aspect. And I don't know whether anyone is going to call us on this, but I just got a chuckle about a 22 year old lecturing a 28 (almost) year old about the way "things used to be." Neither one of us is truly qualified techmedic.

Personally, I wouldn't want ANY EMT-B dealing with my chest pain. Chest Pain is not a Basic call, and there is little of consequence they can do. And as a Basic, I don't feel that I'm slapping myself in the face, only apprpriately sizing up my abilities (and protocols).