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Mice

by Rose Fyleman

I think mice

Are rather nice.

Their tails are long,

Their faces small,

They haven't any chins at all.

Their ears are pink,

Their teeth are white,

They run about the house at night.

They nibble things

They shouldn't touch

And no one seems to like them much.

But I think mice are nice.

^ When I was a lifeguard I peed in the water all the time and so did every other lifeguard.

Yeah, think about that one next time you are swimming.

:? Thats disgusting i was a lilfeguard and i never pee'd in the pool. I knew their was plenty of that from the children/brats we were there to babysit. :roll:

somedic- I really pose no question to you because your statements thus far show the realm of your compassion for human life and suffering.

I have very little sympathy for many of them. THere is very little that differentiates them from the rest of the population, the fact that they don't want to do anything about their weight is one thing, but it's not going to get them much empathy.

How in the world can you even begin to know what these people want? Just because they are obese, that automatically justifies in your mind a judgment that they are unwilling (not unable) to do anything about their weight?

I don't see food as an addiction.

You don't see food as an addiction??? I'm sorry, are you really in the medical profession? Would you also not consider bulimia or anorexia a food addiction or mental/medical problem? If so, how can the problem swing one way and not the other?

i'm sorry. You'll never ever sell me on that. The one time I feel bad for these people is when a medical condition leads to their weight.

bulimia, Anorexia, and MORBID OBESITY are very serious medical/mental conditions that need to be treated as such. Just because you and I and most of america has been brainwashed by the media and tv and advertising that as long as you look like (insert fav sexy model/tv star) and only if, or if you already have a lot of money, that your worth peoples' time and respect--that is just a copout-- be a human being and think with your own brain.

Their are some smaller obese people 250-350 range that granted maybe have let themselves go or let the weight get away from them. But again i've seen this in some of my friends where something would change in their life(tragically) or drastically and as comfort they would without realizing until to late or caring at that time, they had gained a significant amount of weight.

Would you judge that person as harshly if you had known they just lost their dad, or just got raped, or husband is abusive, or, or, or,,,,. You cannot know what is it like to be in someone elses life. You have absolutely no right to judge them.

That's it. Otherwise it involves a series of choices that the people themselves make. When you take away our free will as humans, we become nothing more than the animals we feel superior to.

Yes we as humans do make a series of choices in our lives somes for the good and some for the bad. I feel that god has given us free will to make those choices. Sometimes we have to suffer the consequences of our choices. I don't think anyone has said anything about taking away anyone's free will. And the only one's here acting like animals on this site are the

one's who feel superior to humans that may be different than them.

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The thing that i dont get with the way people accept and view suicide, are those people that will say "Suicide is so selfish, how could they be so selfish to kill themselves blah blah blah blah blah" and THEN at the same time will go "What about me? what about my feelings? Why didn't they think about me? they must not care about me?......so who's actually selfish here?

Think abou it.....

While suicide is in itself a very selfish act, like one person said on here i think when there is a serious mental illness attached to it i don't think selfishness would necessarily apply. Just a very serious illness this person couldn't escape from mentally. While on the other hand when you have someone doing it for other reasons such as seeing no way out like money problems, drugs, abuse, depression, when they could have found help somewhere from someone... I can see why that would be considered selfish in someones eyes. But these people who are turning around and saying "Why didn't they think about me?" or "What about my feelings?"... I think at that period in time are still going through the stages of grieving and that sounds like anger to me. I know because i went through the same thing. Although i still feel what my uncle did was selfish, at the same time I also think for anyone to actually go through with killing themselves they really have to be mentally ill at that point in their life. I will never know what was going through his mind that day or the pain he felt.

Believe me if you've ever had anybody in your life that you loved kill themselves you would understand all the Why's? and What if's?.

Where did you find those?

vivibonita's--I found here or close variation to it:

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Definitely.

A MagLite to the back of the head works wonders for correcting your driver's poor driving!

:shock: lmao

Richard B, the EMT wrote:

Some Ambulances have colored lights to silently communicate from the patient compartment to the cab. I operated with Green to "Go", Yellow for "easy ride due to patient's condition", and Red for "stop."

scaramedic Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 6:43 pm Post subject:

Yeah those were great if your partner actually noticed them, it was just easier to say something than wait for them to notice the pretty red light.

The last truck i worked on also had a buzzer that could only be heard in the driving compartment that went along with the Green Yellow and Red lights.

But I think i like Dust idea better!

Number 6

Some people are like a Slinky.....not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you shove them down the stairs.

:laughing6: :evil4:

Okay, I've read these responses and I am utterly disgusted. I don't know what type of people all of you guys pick up, but after my day at work, I head for a full fledged BATH and scrub myself down with my newly discovered Irish Spring with cleansing beads. On the stretcher? In the back of the ambulance? EWWWWWWW!!!! Not only that, but not for nothin', and I mean no disrespect to any of our fine ladies on EMTCity of course, but the amount of attractive women in EMS is really, really low. This isn't to say that you can't be attractive and do your job in EMS well, but seriously, last time they bugged me about being clean shaven at work I asked if it applied to the girls as well.

You are all gross. If anyone needs me, after my bath, I'll be in my bedroom, on my nice comfy bed, with some soft music, some lit candles, and a head full of ideas that would get me arrested in 50 states including Tennessee. Have fun at work.

Have you ever had sex orsome variation of (in or at)?

I guess it doesn't necessarily have to be another person. I mean how's those Irish spring cleansing beads working for ya?

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I am going to move this to "funny stuff" for now.

The problem with your poll is you can only click one choice at a time which makes it neccesary for me to vote several times to get all areas acurately accounted for, not to mention you left off a few other choices....but oh well.

Yes I realized my mistake in that " all of the above" answer should have been in there after i posted it but i did not know how to edit it for more choices.

Timmy--if you read my post clearly i recognized the fact that you were just joking, I was merely addressing this on a higher level of insensitivity among caregivers and the regular public. I'm glad that the crew you were on handled this well. I'm sure this pt will remember you for your kindness.

I was mainly addressing some of the negative remarks that i was reading about obese pts and the statement you made, although just joking, seems to be how a lot of people feel about these types of patients. And not just patients, obese people in general.

I was using your quote to make a point but my point was not necessarily at you. But anyone who might treat or have neg. attitudes about patients like yours. So i'm sorry if i sounded like i attacked you i really didn't mean it to sound that way. Just take as it was meant to be -advise.:wink:

I just thought i'd put up an anonymous poll on who has really had hanky panky at work. Of all the responses in the other thread of disgust i don't buy that no one has not at least gotten a little bow chicky bow bow. :twisted: So just answer the poll, don't post anything else if you don't wish to.

Sorry admin if this shoudn't go here i just thought i'd keep it with the other thread.

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Well I'd call the paramedics and let them deal with it; once they arrive I'd run around the corner and laugh at this poor pts misfortune and the facial expression the medics are giving each other... Joking...!

This kind of attitude is unacceptable. Not only is it immature but it is unprofessional. If you were on my truck and i caught you acting in such a way you would be sent home immediately/fired after the call. You can't even begin to know what it is like to walk in another person shoes. Now I know you said you were just "joking" but unfortunately this attitude is prevalent in EMS or society especially the male vs. female. It is more acceptable for a man to be more overweight than a woman.

I think this is like any other call that requires sensitivity such as mental illnesses your not going laugh at someone who says their going to kill themselves right in front of their faces or "around the corner".

You have no idea what it took for this person to get this big maybe it genetic, medicines, depression, overeating, or something like abuse.

My husband told me a story he heard in one of his classes (he has Master Social Work Specialty in mental health).

There was a girl who kept coming to school dirty and all the kids in the class made fun of her because she smelled. Finally one boy asked her why she didn't ever take a bath. And she simply told him it keeps him off me at night.

You never know why someone is why or how they are so don't judge so harshly.

sorry rant off/

:x well i guess i'm a complete moron then cause i cant even get past the first level I found the "it begins html" but i cant figure out what to do next !!!!!!! oh well i'll try later i give for now :?

Without being judmental, do I detect a pattern here?

Great Grandmother is 63.

Mother is 27

Arrested child 12.

HMMMMMM.

My maths isnt the best but to me that means mom was 15 when he was born, & when om was born, Great Grandmother was 36? Shouldnt this 12 years old be commended for tryin to et a profession to support his chils that will be due in the next 2-3 years?

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:laughing6: Judgmental-maybe, funny-definitely!

If you all see santa or his reindeer in your living rooms me thinks you need to cut back on the

I was a basic for quite a while before I went to paramedic school. I was a good basic that paramedics like to work with because I knew my place. I was the task master. I did vitals, put patients on the monitor, ran the 12-lead (which I promptly handed over to my medic), put on the oxygen, set up the IV, and asked if there was anything else that was needed to get the patient ready for transport. I talked to the patients and families, very minimally, enough to tell them what I was doing before I touched them. I also took the role of tracking down all the medication bottles or lists for the paramedic. When the call was over, I cleaned the truck, including the bench seat, action area, and floor. I made a mean cot, you could bounce a quarter off it. I wasn't being paid to "think," I was being paid to do. I was a partner, and most of the time I was treated very well by the paramedics because I knew what I needed to do to make their life easier during the call.

I see a lot of basics rolling out of basic school with their 120 to 200 hours of training thinking they know it all and should be afforded luxuries I was never afforded. Don't get me wrong, I could "assess" a patient as a basic, however understanding the assessment was a whole other story. I relied on the SAMPLE, OPQRST, and the other monkey terms to assess the patient. As a paramedic. I rarely follow those acronyms. Honestly, my first thought when I see a patient is LOC, ABC's. When I establish those, the rest of my assessment is just a conversation between my patient and myself. What I need my basic to do is the same thing I did when I was a basic. Perform tasks. Make my job easier, not harder. I shouldn't have to tell a basic that I want oxygen, a 12-lead, an IV set up. I really shouldn't have to tell them the patient compartment is filthy. I establish how I treat patients early on in the shift. I clean up pretty well after myself on calls. I also don't need a basic that is going to complain because I won't let them have any calls. I like to do the patient care, period. If you want to do the patient care, go to paramedic school.

As for giving medications such as patient prescribed NTG, or ASA. A basic better never give any drug other then oxygen when I am with them and the patient. Firstly, I don't use the patients medications. I carry drugs that I use. Secondly, you're not assessing the patient, therefore you are not treating the patient. That is my job. There have been times when I deviated from protocol and not given a drug based on the assessment of my patient. I am not a protocol monkey. I use them as guidelines. I am able to explain every action or inaction I take with regards to caring for my patient. I've gone so far as to consult with a doctor for drugs I have protocol to give without consult just because I like to have the second, more highly educated opinion on whether it's truly the correct course of treatment.

I know your big gripe on here is "treat me with respect." Well, I can tell you now that if you act they way you act, whining about how you are "trained" to do this and that and the mean old paramedic won't let you, you'll never earn any respect. If you perform as a basic, and act very much they way I explained that I acted, you'll be invaluable as a basic partner. You have to remember the major difference between paramedics and basics. Paramedics have undergone an education (hopefully), and basics have undergone training. Ultimately, I'm licensed at the higher level, and I'm responsible for everything that happens on that truck. Before you get a bug up your drawers about how you're treated, remember that if you mess up, I'm the one in trouble for letting you do it. You don't want to be a task master anymore? Become a paramedic. Until then, pay your dues like the rest of us have.

=D> Couldn't have said it better. :notworthy:

Eric posted:

A box of condoms, a disposable enema one BVM and airways

Hmmm I think we know what goes on in the back of your ambulance . If you ever happen upon me just be sure not to ever use the airways please. I think we've covered this in another thread on the cleaniness of our airways. (i think it got locked)

Anyway-- Condoms, Gatorade, Lotrimin, dog leash, golf balls

See what I mean about girls in EMS!?

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yes it explains it a little...maybe this a little more..some men just can't let go

look how happy they are...

There is one simple reason for no comment from a woman yet.. we didnt give any of them permission to respond to this thread!!!!!!!

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