EMSnewbie

:wink: The only time I was ever "assulted" was by a 98 year old woman who was agitated that I was taking her on the stretcher. She was very confused, insisted she was 19 years old and her daddy was coming to get her and very upset that I was disturbing her. So the most dangerous patients are sometimes the sweet little elderly ladies As for EDP's I usually sit behind them so they can't get the best of me in the event they decide to get violent I just try to think in my head potential ways they could hurt me and avoid it if I can. You cannot hit a patient or physically restrain them so the most important part of the job is protecting yourself or your partner from harm. If you think a patient has a potential for violence or you have to have an unstable drunk or EDP in your bus my suggestion is request PD backup. We once had a guy who was BIG not fat but muscular and about 6'3 and VERY unstable. They tried to send a rookie cop 2 weeks out of the academy with me and the EDP I refused and requested more backup before transporting this patient wasn't critical just going to a psych er. They gave me my backup and I may have annoyed some people but my partner and I got there in one piece

[ Whine whine whine. I'm being mandated. Whine whine whine. All these jobs are bullshit. Whine whine whine.

Part of being a perdium worker is I am always working with someone different and I don't have a "regular" bus. Some co-workers are great and we have fun and chat and get along great...others are OK not chatty but not rude or nasty either...there are some who take it upon themselves to correct me every step even critique my paperwork (the bosses think I do a great job with paperwork btw) but my last shift I really wanted to explode at the person they partnered me with. This person REFUSED to stop at any store I asked to stop at and told me from the day she found out we will be working together that I will NOT be driving "HER" bus so I was teching the entire shift. Anyway how do I cope? I don't want to be a rat and run to the bosses but I don't want to start trouble either...do I continue to be quiet and keep the peace and allow others to think of me as a pushover? Or do I speak up? :evil: