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mediccjh

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  1. I don't think we need helmets in the back of a rig. Hell, we can't even see since there's no light back there, and only cargo. Cargo doesn't need treatment. I would not wear a helmet in the back of the bus. Design safer ambulances.
  2. Good post. However, if you call a patient "Dear" or "Sweetie" or "Honey" or anything of the sort on my bus, you're going home. That's a term reserved for family and friends, not strangers you take care of. I didn't like it when complete strangers called my great-grandmother that, and I sure as hell won't say it to any of my patients. That's what "Sir" and "Ma'am" are for.
  3. Are you gonna be non-profit 503© or for-profit? And what are you gonna pay medics?
  4. MONOC, whose middle name is O NO!!!!!
  5. I always put 3 instead of 4. Conscious, Alert, Oriented x 3. Person, place, time/event.
  6. Where are you? I work for Cetronia near Allentown, $18.50/hr. When I get my Jersey Medic, $22-23/hr at UMDNJ in Newark.
  7. As someone who used to work NYC full-time (Staten Island University Hospital 21W, not that it counts because I hated Staten Island and couldn't get a f/t job in Brooklyn), who did go through the paperwork to get hired, only to be told I needed to lose weight (w/ 400 lb LTs walking around), here's my 2 cents: 1. NYC*EMS has to be its own separate entity AGAIN!! The Union needs to elect people with balls to go back to a third service. 2. Abolish all the voluntary hospital EMS units. I used to be on one of them, so I am entitled to say that. All for one should be the name of the game. 3. Abolish REMAC and revamp the protocols. While REMAC allows nice drugs and nice protocols, trying to get Medical Control is a bitch in that town, and the docs in the boxes don't have a f--king clue. I loved the people I worked with, but I couldn't work in a system that wouldn't let me treat my patients the way they should be treated.
  8. And what about those who need to go to the hospital, and adamantly refuse, even after you and a doctor tell them that you will die? Wanna hear thoughts on this one. I sat on scene w/a gentleman Friday night CAO x 3, who adamantly refused, even though I kept telling him he would probably die. Personally, if someone doesn't want to go to the hospital, it is their God-given right, even if I believe they will die if they don't go.
  9. Further proof that guns don't kill people, just stupid people do.
  10. MetroSCARE!!!!! TranSCARE!!!
  11. I'll start the line, without alcohol (what's the point) with a 14g, in the neck, and push the drugs.
  12. They needed a study to do it? All they had to do was ride in Newark for a week!
  13. I know this may seem dumb, but let's get to know each other! What is your name? Herbie When is your birthday? 8/25/1980 Eye color? Brown Hair color? Black What nationality(s) are you? Irish and Italian, the best of both worlds Any piercings? Used to 1 Any tatoos? Soon 2 You have three wishes, what are they? Money, happiness, and Jeeps for life? What sound can you not stand? Stupid people talking Special talents? I bake good chocolate chip cookies What is the first thing you do when you wake up? Take a shower What is the last song you sang? Music of the Night, Phantom of the Opera Do you play any instruments? No Do you know any random facts? I'm a plethora of useless information BE HONEST- Do you listen to show tunes? Fuck yeah Do you want to go to college? Did Whats the first thing you do when you get home from work? Turn my computer on Is there anyone you are desperate to meet? The people I wanna meet are dead Do you dance around your house when nobodys home? No Favorite quote? Check my sig line Main source of exercise? Lifting the pint to my mouth? Yay or Nay Diet Pepsi? No Kids? Eventually Bread? Potato Hair cuts? Shaved head Hiking? If I'm enthusiastic Black and white photography? Yeah Coffee? No What C.D.s are in your stereo right now? Best of Andrew Lloyd Weber Guilty pleasures? John Denver If you had to eat one meal for the rest of your life, what would it be? Guinness Speak other languages? Used to be fluent in Italian Favorite song (as of right now)? Stairway to Heaven Favorite flower? None Contacts, glasses, or neither? None Hometown? Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, NY Favorite Drink? Guinness Have you ever been in love? (depending on what your concept of love is) Yes, and each time burnt Have you ever been skinny dipping? No Assertive or passive? Assertive Sing in the shower? No Any regrets? 1 Do you swear? Fuck yeah Do you have any pet peeves? Of course..I'm a medic Favourite Ice cream flavor? Cookie Dough Member of the red light club? Yes Yeah, you're right. It's dumb. And I'm dumb enough to do it.
  14. Usually if I get called an AMBULANCE DRIVER, I will educate the person who called me it, based on their attitude. Good attitude: "Sir/Ma'am, we are not AMBULANCE DRIVERS. We bring the ER to you now, and are able to provide lifesaving skills. It's not the '70s anymore." Bad attitude: "Do you call a cop a police car driver? (Waits for the NO) Do you call a firefighter a firetruck driver? (Waits for the NO) Then why [the F--K, if the person is really pissing me off], are you calling me an AMBULANCE DRIVER?!?!?!?!!!"
  15. You need to put the drunk MCI story here......that is truly an Only-in-NY story........
  16. The City of New Orleans' own OEP site states that it and the State are responsible for emergencies in the City. It is the responsibility of the City and State to evacuate those who couldn't. Not the feds. Did you see the picture of all the school buses sitting in the parking lot, not moved, in the City of New Orleans?
  17. I took him last night for the first time!! I was working 40W3, on the way back from Methodist, and we got flagged for him. He left H54 20 minutes prior......he wouldn't fill out my ACR for me though.
  18. So how long ago was this, and who was Car 1? You sure they didn't send that LT to Staten Island?
  19. Sounds like Staten Island University Hospital. I don't even bother starting IVs on my patients if I'm taking them there, unless they really need it.
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