Bad or Irritating EMS Memes

[Veneficus]

Self congratulatory/appreciation weeks/months. It really bothers me to have EMS week or Nurses week or any professions week. I don't get it.

Don't want to hear it, doctors only get a day...

 

[Sasha]

I am a very firm believer in ABC

Ambulate before carry.

Or in the case of an amputee, hopulate before carry.

 

[Sasha]

Don't want to hear it, doctors only get a day...

Don't be jealous.

 

[Veneficus]

Don't be jealous.

Jealous? I get a week and a day

 

[Bullets]

Don't hate just because you can't use the holy grail of pens.

The holy grail of pens smears, smudges, runs and bleeds when it gets wet, cant make a decent copy through carbon paper and is hard to get out of clothes when the soft ink cartridge gets smushed

 

[medicsb]

I am a very firm believer in ABC

Ambulate before carry.

I've met some medics and EMTs, who seemed to subscribe to "ABC" - "ambulate before care"

"You're chest hurts? Okay, how about your legs? No? Okay, follow me."

 

[mycrofft]

Nergo_puppy, I hear you.

.............

 

[abckidsmom]

The holy grail of pens smears, smudges, runs and bleeds when it gets wet, cant make a decent copy through carbon paper and is hard to get out of clothes when the soft ink cartridge gets smushed

Bic clickster for me.

 

[Anjel]

I've met some medics and EMTs, who seemed to subscribe to "ABC" - "ambulate before care"

"You're chest hurts? Okay, how about your legs? No? Okay, follow me."

Eh ya. Dont take it that far. Lol

 

[Aidey]

SpO2 might show 100% if a patient is blue, diaphoretic, breaking 30/minutes, ect. I'm gonna give O2 regardless of what the pulse ox says.

When was the last time you had a pt who was blue, diaphoretic and breathing 30 times a minute with a SpO2 of 100%

I have a few EMS week t shirts and one t shirt from a hospital. I sometimes wear them on my comfy casual days when I just grab a t-shirt and jeans from my dresser and go.

Not looking to show off my EMSness. I just happen to look fabulous in that shade of blue and they're comfy.

Oh crap, I forgot about those. For some reason we keep getting white ones, which all females know can be an issue. I only wear them to the gym.

 

[mycrofft]

FAt guy with methemaglobinemia in a heat wave?

 

[Aidey]

Except those people usually have a low SpO2. The SpO2 is being miscalculated, but it is still low.

How about fat guy in a heat wave who drinks colloidal silver?

 

[sperry]

Pens.......

We are no longer friends. I am left handed and those pens are a nightmare for lefties.

I am left handed too and those are the only pens I can use. Standard ballpoint pens are my nightmare.

 

[Meursault]

Self congratulatory/appreciation weeks/months. It really bothers me to have EMS week or Nurses week or any professions week. I don't get it.

I don't believe those are intended for self-congratulation. They're supposed to improve the status of the field/profession by providing an opportunity to advertise and, in the hospital setting, to get token recognition from management and people in other professions.

In practice, it seems to be either an opportunity for self-congratulation or the only time EMS service management pretend to care about their employees.

 

[Rev.IKON]

"ambulance driver"
"how long did it take you to become an ambulance?" -actual question asked to a medic i worked with in route to hospital

 

[Hunter]

When was the last time you had a pt who was blue, diaphoretic and breathing 30 times a minute with a SpO2 of 100%

Never but I have seen a pulse ox read a pulse and tell me the patient was satting at 90% 5 minutes after I took the patient off the pulse ox

 

[mycrofft]

"Aw, didn't you pass your doctoring examinations?". (Heard both as an EMT and a nurse. Three different instructors asked me why I was in their nursing college instead of the medical school, and it wasn't my sparkling intellect).

 

[ElleHart]

46young, out of curiosity where do you work?

Where I work, and from what I understand the rest of the country, oxygen administration is a BLS skill that does not require prompting from ALS. I'm interested in how other states and counties work because I know my department is a little out there considering our size and call volume.

 

[ExpatMedic0]

There are to many to count, This one you have all seen, which has to be one of the most irritating stupid ones in my book.

Except for someone wrote in red "No... You aren't..." lol. that Part I like

 

[Medic Tim]

There are to many to count, This one you have all seen, which has to be one of the most irritating stupid ones in my book.

Except for someone wrote in red "No... You aren't..." lol. that Part I like

This one make me see red