Those darned trainees

[Kevin N. Saisi CADC EMT]

I didn't see a specific thread for this topic, so here we go. I will start off with one from my experience...

I arrived to an ambulance call where the truck and crew were already on-scene as I arrive, a driver was approaching the truck from inside the building. As I approached, he said to me "[his partner] sent me out here to get the porblows" and asked me where they were on the truck. I chuckled and informed him that his partner was referring to the O2, which he called the "portable Os". The driver (who lives in town) is now an EMT with many more hours under his belt than I have (I work part time and live out of town). He is now well aware of both the appropriate and slang terms for everything on the ambulance.

[Theredneckmedic]

i like trainees, cause they take a lil info from all the sr. medics and put them together to make there own way of doing things that sometimes makes our job better and easier.