BushyFromOz

Man, this thread is epic!

excellent excellent response sys, im really looking forward to reading more of your posts man, your gonna be an asset to these forums

So then you admit then that there are in fact, poor oppressed white people then? it seems that the only person here who really give a rats about the color of skin is you.

I suggest you talk to either Ambulance Victoria or New South Wales Ambulance Service in Australia. They have for the past 20 years had standards rearding the strength ratings required to dislodge equipment from mounting points, including the stretcher from its locking mechanism, roll over protection systems

Youve got you blinkers on crotch, youve assumed that only black people are at the bottom of the socio economic tree.

My left arm for a dislike button.... Deffinately and ankle crotch, deffinately an ankle.

Jeez crotch. The one sensible thing youve said in a fortnight and you're worried about sounding like a jerk? I whole heartledly agree with what you have said though, its good advice.

Thats them, honestly, takes 5 seconds and there should always eb a few pairs of these floating sround and they cant go flat, break, jam the only thing they can go wrong is that they are none in the truck

PR it is!

About as much as i like seeing proximal veins blown first when people are going to be getting dextrose

See, in Australia carrying a PMDI and/or using a neb a couple of times a day is quite common, we have after all the second highest rate of asthma per capitol in the world. If you were to need either one there would be no questions asked, no would bat an eyelid - its ust acepted, oh well, she has asthma, moving on.... Im guessing its not very common over there?

you cant say that here

I doubt that very much

Not likely ruff, he only cherry picks the bits that suits him.

You dont think he will actually answer do you doc?

Totally disagree, most every comment you have posted this past fortnight has been designed to ellicit a hostile response. You Consistantly post inflammatory garbage, drawing very ordinary conclusions about peoples supposed racism, about the scam that is pharmeceticaul companies, denying the existance and legitimacy of well documented PTSD, therefore calling into question the character / motives of other forum goers, after all, they are just hacks who cant handle the job and are making stuff up, right? You're "comments" on ADD and autism stops just short on ridiculing several people in these forums or those in these forums who have children with either one of these. You bogus comments (or dare i call it an opinion?) Stop just a tad short on criticisizing the parenting abilities of people here. I mean, look at your survey, one of the answers directly mentions bad parenting, which you state as your opinion in the PTSD thread. You bring up this garbage about providers from younger generation treating monitors and not people, that they lack disciplne and ability to perform thorough assessments The entire existance of this ADD thread is to provoke a response and pal, you got it. And after all that, im just quoting a much more respectful forum-goer than you or .I Would you like me to link you to the origional comment, or are you happy for me to take the credit for it? Either way, its an accurate statement.

The Beetles "Yellow submarine" is 96 beats per minute

where the hell is the dislike button?

I totally understand crotchity's point... when your not sure, just give drugs until something happens Good lessen for the younger generation eh?

Crotch, you really are a twisted individual

Its crotchity, this isn't a legitimate question, its a follow up on his comments in the PTSD thread, - PTSD and ADD dont exist, apparently its all crap thats been made up by drug companies. So to quote another forum member from that thread, crotchity "you truly are an asshole"

Nah man, gear getting stolen only happes to you.

Not offended mate, your not to know about the ugly side of the fire/ems debate, but i encourage you look into it, you may be surprised by what you find. As for the death thing theres not a lot of info i can give. Your up bringing, family situation, religion, life experiences, personal values and any other variable you will think of will change the way you react to someone else. What i can tell you is that it is best to understand that you will not "save a life" very often. You will however improve a lot of outcomes and relieve a lot of suffering but you will rarely be in a position where you can "save" a life. One of the issues newbies have with pre-hospital care is this misguided though ultruistic idea that we run around saving lives on a daily basis, and its just not true. They get bored and burned out by the routine, the BS calls, the long hours and distinct lack of "big jobs" to keep interested and leave. Also, you never de-sensitise or de-humanise or seperate yourself psychologically from dealing with the deceased, you learn to understand the fragility of life and what the chances of *you* being able to save one really is. Another thing is to not expect to be doing massive trauma, this impressive glamourous car smashes on the 6 o'clock news are few and far between for a provider. Sure, youll have runs of them but over a career you wont actually do that many. As for the smokey thing and being worried about death, i can tell you that as a volunteer smokey not too long ago, i used to wish i could leave with the ambo's instead of babysitting corpses while the police were recovering the deceased, so you will not be less immune as a smokey, in fact there is a chance you will be more exposed as you can neither lessen your exposure to recovery like we can nor as an individual make a large difference to those that are still alive because the real thing we carry that helps people isn't a piece of equipment or machinery, its a Mk1 Brain. I guarantee that some day you will wish you could have done more for a patient, we all do at some point, some of us will up-skill, some of us will study harder and some of us will leave because we are incapable of doing better. The question i ask you is whether or not you want to help people or help stop houses burning to the gorund, because one of these job's wil directly impact on people and another is focused on protecting property and limiting insurance claims.

Dude, i know your new to the whole thing, and you may cop some flak from folks for it, but i'd just ask if you can at least consider and understand that using my profession to become a firefighter is very very bad for m profession? I feel like my head wants to explode Other than that, welcome to the city, take heed of what guys like mike, dwayne etc have to say and listen closely - it is always exceptional advice that will be immensely useful. Whether or not you want to be FF or an Ambo is sorta irrelevent at the moment, but whichever way you go at least get there properly, and not in a half assed manner. Cheers Bloke