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Daniel G said:
LoL,....
Calls me too stupid in one sentence, then comes at me like the forum police about humility and professionalism. Like this forum is the company email or something.
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No Daniel, there are men and women in the world who have completed back to back combat tours for the past 15 years: yet they don't spend every moment they can reminding people they are/have been in the military, nor broadcasting it to every person they can via every medium. Perhaps if you had applied yourself more in the military you'd have passed selection for SF entry, then maybe you wouldn't be spending your time spinning frankly weak 'war stories' on the internet.

You should be aware this forum contains everyone from first responders to physicians, and everything inbetween. Between their knowledge and experience on this forum, some members would be able to produce an entire book covering essentials of emergency medicine...so creating multiple threads containing the words Kerlex, CAT tourniquet, Israeli bandage is not going to impress anyone- and rightly so. Humility and professionalism are two things you should have applied when joining the military, but you strike me more as a 'ARMY VETERAN' bumper sticker kind of guy and loving those free discounts/handouts. Bon chance.
 
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ectopicthoughts said:
I once made a medic-intern survival kit for a friend of mine.
Small insulated lunch box
coffee gift card
a large box of breath mints
gift card to a popular sandwich shop
really good travel mug
Travel size sun block
chapstick
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That is actually a pretty cool idea I must admit.
 
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Qulevrius said:
Having a 100% dependency on your service to provide you with everything you need for work, plus expecting them to have everything ready for you at any time, is a very scary thought.
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You must work for a terrible service...

Both the services I've worked for take damn good care of their people and make sure you have what you need to do your job.


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RocketMedic

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Veteran 68W infantry-medic / 911 / critical care paramedic / civilian paramedic supervisor here:

@Daniel G , I have every expectation that my workplace will provide me with every bit of equipment I need to provide patient care. Everything from a working ambulance to zofran. If an agency doesn't provide those, then that will be remediated immediately. As a supervisor, my job is to ensure that those standards are met. That has been the same, at every agency I've ever worked at, to include the Army.

Yes, I have my own Cardiology-3. Yes, I have a home B/P cuff and pulse ox- they were inherited from the Army. I've used them at home when needed, and my Littman goes to work every day. I don't use, or need to use, personal equipment on patients.In general terms, it would be inappropriate to use personal equipment such as automated blood pressure cuffs (which are notoriously inaccurate) on patients. A manual BP is a far better idea. A personal pulse ox seems pretty harmless to me, but if you don't have access to a modern or good one on the monitor, your company sucks.

As for the commentary: this job is a lot more than rushing people to the hospital, and it's a lot more and a lot different than most of the field medicine done in the Army or Marines. You'd be wise to remember that before you go lecturing people on how it should be done when your own experience pool is so very limited.
 
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BTW, @Daniel G , you sound like you were lost in the sauce as an infantry medic, if you really were one. Tampax effectively filling bullet holes? Packing wounds and splinting in a CUF situation?

Bro.

That's pretty weak.
 
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Pipelayer05 said:
So I told a little white lie to get signed up on here. I'll just cut to the chase. I'm a Foreman for a dirt company and my girlfriend, soon to be fiancé (she doesn't know this yet) is an emt, going to school to be a paramedic, she's been working now for about a year. She has to supply her own uniforms and shoes. I bought her a pair of UA boots she wanted. I ask her all the time what she would like or need, fishing for gift ideas, she leaves me blank. Aside from necklace pendents i dont know what to get her. I don't know what she needs for work. So my question for you all is this. What is something you all have bought that makes life easier? Say a tool or something that you reach for daily that you would look at and say "idk what I did before I had this." One of her girlfriends is an RN and gave her a set of what I'm going to call scissors, they are supposed to be indestructible ect...that's prolly not the name of them but any help would be appreciated! Thank you all for what you do!
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@Pipelayer05 , I'll second the recommendations for something completely non-EMS related, but with one exception. An RTIC or Yeti mug, one of the ones that keeps ice cold or coffee hot, with her name and some sweet things or something engraved on it to prevent theft. Might seem silly, but she'll love it.
 
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Handsome Robb said:
You must work for a terrible service...

Both the services I've worked for take damn good care of their people and make sure you have what you need to do your job.


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I like my service very much, but I like my Littmann better.
 
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Qulevrius said:
I like my service very much, but I like my Littmann better.
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So do I. But I'm still provided with ears that work by my work. Are they the best of the best? No, but they get the job done.


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Handsome Robb said:
So do I. But I'm still provided with ears that work by my work. Are they the best of the best? No, but they get the job done.


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The service provides Thomas Guides, does it mean I shouldn't use my Garmin ?
 
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Qulevrius said:
The service provides Thomas Guides, does it mean I shouldn't use my Garmin ?
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I just said I use my own ears...

At the end of the day the Thomas Guide will do the job. Is this that difficult of a concept to understand?

But no, you should not follow your garmin turn for turn. 9/10 there's a better, quicker way to get there. GPS devices like that are designed to give the easiest route, even if you select "fastest route" as the filter.


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Handsome Robb said:
I just said I use my own ears...

At the end of the day the Thomas Guide will do the job. Is this that difficult of a concept to understand?

But no, you should not follow your garmin turn for turn. 9/10 there's a better, quicker way to get there. GPS devices like that are designed to give the easiest route, even if you select "fastest route" as the filter.


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You keep missing the point. There are things that 'do the job', and there are things that do the job better. Like a Littmann, or a GPS that gives you live traffic updates.
 
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Qulevrius said:
Having a 100% dependency on your service to provide you with everything you need for work, plus expecting them to have everything ready for you at any time, is a very scary thought.
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This was your original post.

So is it they don't provide you the tools to do your job or is it they don't provide the tools that you want to have to do the job?


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It can be either one, or a combination of both. The service provides the bare necessities; by investing in certain tools, I'm making sure that I do not have a blind dependency on the mediocre ones provided by my service.
 
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I'll be honest...I didn't plan on buying my own stethescope, but I was given a littman classic II SE by a medic in our academy class...having used both the littman and the cheapos on the trucks, I gotta admit I definitely prefer the littman.

Insulated travel mug is a great idea...You don't even need to get the yeti ones, there's another company out there that makes some, contigo, that may be a bit cheaper...my wife and I have one each, and it will keep coffee hot for a solid 4 hours, and cold drinks cold around 5-6 hours.
 
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Good (and well funded) companies provide what you need. Maybe not what you want, or the quality you would like, but... Yes, I have my own steth - a digital recording one at that but I also use that for teaching, and a few other toys for when I'm out offroading or diving. I'm also the only one here with an IFAK, well, except for the PSD medics... But I digress.

Suitable presents:
Only work stuff that she talks about (i.e. steth, raptor, T3 combo knife, etc...)
Shiny blingy things. Chicks usually dig shiny blingy things.
Smelly (in a good way) flowers and stuff. See above statement. Chicks tend to dig-good smelly and "pretty" flowers.
Heckler and Koch USP Compact 9mm (assuming she has fairly modest sized hands) and a few sessions on how to use it very well.
A sturdy, good, but inexpensive and replaceable travel coffee mug (or two.)
A spa day after a long work week / rotation.
A good tote/ work purse for the size of stuff she carries to work and back.
Tickets to her favorite nearby concert.
A good first aid/ emergency (including simple tools) kit for the car. This would include either flares or reflective triangles and a high vis vest. (Most people dont flipping have one for when they break down, or stop...)
 
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Qulevrius said:
You keep missing the point. There are things that 'do the job', and there are things that do the job better. Like a Littmann, or a GPS that gives you live traffic updates.
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Our company paid an ungodly amount of money for routing software through the MDT...

I know my service area well and can generally choose the fastest route...

Some people use Garmins as an additional aid...

I tell you this, for the calls that matter the most (Delta/Echo), I follow the company-provided software 100% since those calls have the greatest chance of being late and resulting in a negative outcome; even if it means it takes a bit longer to get there compared to my own knowledge or what Garmin says. Why? Because if I go outside the box and I get it right, there are no extra points earned. If I go outside the box and I get held up by a train and there is a negative outcome, I am on the hook for going against company-provided equipment/data/recommendations.

You are not some autonomous life-saving hero; you are a guy/gal on an ambulance moving people from point A to point B while following local protocols for medicine and company policy for operations. Sticking your neck out too far for the sake of "superior pt care" will get you in trouble eventually. If the company needs better/different equipment, join the appropriate committee and make changes the right way.


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