Jess

PCP, EMT-A, EMT-B, EMT-CC, EMT-P, CCEMT-P, MICU, Ambulance attedant, driver, "heah you take me to the hosptial".... its all just the alphabet,,,,, i've seen some great EMT-CC's who start I.V.'s and give certain meds,,,, ive seen some really bad EMT-P's,,, so i guess what im trying to say is

" CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG".... i dont think that the asthma patient who is wheezing up a storm needs a lengthy expanation of your an EMT-CC but your like 2/3 a paramedic... they just want you to help them.

but it does get confusing....

I totally and completely 100% AGREE!!!! I've had my share of rides in the back of an ambulance from injury and illness and the thought never crossed my mind on what level they are; could of actually cared less just as long as they knew what they were doing and their best interest was taking care of me and getting me to the hospital. Most of those abbreviations the general public doesn't know what they mean anyways, some are lucky to know what an EMT stands for. so who cares ya know. EMS is nothing but a huge pissing contest to some, not all, but some and SOME like to use those abbreviations for seniority purposes.

100% Dixie. Is General Lee your grandfather?! YEEHAW! lol I know i'm 100% lol

Everyone makes a good point. I have elderly patients who tell me they don't have enough money for food and meds, so they have to choose which is more important. Then I have welfare recepients who have more gold jewlery and a nicer car than i do handing me a medicaid card demanding transport by ambulance for a cough because they think they will get seen faster. (I love taking them to triage) That's what makes me mad. The goverment treats our elderly and vets like crap but give the illegals and welfare cases everything. I'm sorry they can't keep their legs closed and have 10 kids. Can you say manditory sterilization!

Wow! I agree with every last bit of that! The thing that pisses me off the most is when my father died a year ago, I lost insurance because he carried it on all of us kids. I was 19 when that happend. so busting my ass working 2 jobs one at Walmart and one at a hotel, i was not eligible for insurance. so what i did is was went to the public assistance building and went through the whole mess to try and get some. I have a lot of health problems with my heart and digestive system and was doing well going to my follow up appointments with my doctors to get it taken care of. but when i lost insurance i was no longer able to do so. so anyway back to the public aide. i went to the public aide office and sat there for hours just to find out, they cant help me because they have to combine all the income of everyone living in the house. well, it was my brother, me and my mother and her friend and her friends son. we lived with them cuz we were homeless at the time. so yeah i got denied for assistance. but what really pissed me off is there was a Mexican women and her 12 children that got approved! The kicker of it all? she ADMITTED flat out right there that her and her children were illegals!! SO here I am busing my ass STILL at the age of 20 with no insurance and a 2 major things wrong with me that can and will kill me. I just dont think it's fair at all. these people have free health coverage and free everything and dont even use it but yet i cant get a little bit of help. something needs to be done to stop this mess of people abusing the system.