the 100% directionless thread

[Handsome Robb]

You guys down triage Omega calls? That's awesome! What kind of alternative referral do you typically use?

It's a new program and to be honest I've been out so I'm not sure what exactly they're doing. Currently we still go, no lifts no sirens, allow the RN to finish her phone assessment, consult with her, confirm it's ok with the patient then write an AMA chart. It's eventually going to cancel the ambulance response all together and they'll be triaged to our community medics, the low income/free clinic or various other clinics, UCs and possibly psych centers although I'm not sure on that one. I think they also help people get setup with primary care and also do follow ups on all the patients the provide services to.

 

[Carlos Danger]

Halothane, Air Methods provides our aircraft and crew minus healthcare providers but we still do our own dispatching. I'm guessing they go case by case on if they do the dispatching or not?

Yeah, my last program was also an AM program but we also dispatched ourselves. They dispatch all the LifeNet programs I am quite sure, as well as some of the non-LifeNet programs.

 

[chaz90]

Insomnia is no fun at all. I've been awake for no reason for the past 2 hours and I have to be awake for work soon.

 

[Rhonda]

Insomnia is no fun at all. I've been awake for no reason for the past 2 hours and I have to be awake for work soon.

I am on the same page

 

[Aprz]

I'm cleaning my room.

 

[Anjel]

Ended up parking on main roads last night and walking into neighborhoods to find our patients. Snow up to my waist in some spots. Now ACLS class and mandatory holdovers because a stAte of emergency was declared

 

[DesertMedic66]

Ended up parking on main roads last night and walking into neighborhoods to find our patients. Snow up to my waist in some spots. Now ACLS class and mandatory holdovers because a stAte of emergency was declared

It's a bone chilling 55 degrees here

 

[medicdan]

Ended up parking on main roads last night and walking into neighborhoods to find our patients. Snow up to my waist in some spots. Now ACLS class and mandatory holdovers because a stAte of emergency was declared

Ugh, that sucks. I had a supervisor question why I was wearing snow pants at work over the weekend.... I suggested he come out on calls with us to find out why we were "out of uniform". He declined.

 

[Aprz]

It's a bone chilling 55 degrees here

How are you even still alive at that temperature? I thought life wasn't possible when it's below 65F.

 

[DesertMedic66]

How are you even still alive at that temperature? I thought life wasn't possible when it's below 65F.

Heater is on and I'm wearing a jacket haha. I would go crazy having to deal with snow and any temp below 40 during the day.

 

[TransportJockey]

First day of hospital orientation. Didn't precaffeinate enough for this

 

[unleashedfury]

Ugh, that sucks. I had a supervisor question why I was wearing snow pants at work over the weekend.... I suggested he come out on calls with us to find out why we were "out of uniform". He declined.

I did this last snow storm. We have GPS trackers on our trucks and the supervisor wanted to know why it took us an hour and a half to run a call that usually takes 20 minutes. I stated come out and join the fun. You can drive for me the rest of the night. his response No thank you,

He then openly mentioned he hasn't been on a truck in 14 years,

 

[Anjel]

Down to -10 today. -30 real feel

 

[CALEMT]

Down to -10 today. -30 real feel

68 right now and its supposed to get up to 75 today

 

[unleashedfury]

68 right now and its supposed to get up to 75 today

pfft I can hear the wind blowing outside, with artic wind chills.... If the job market and the cost of living was there.. iwould be In California right now..

 

[TheLocalMedic]

68 right now and its supposed to get up to 75 today

Can't believe how nice this winter has been here in Ca. Everyone's worried about the water supply, but I can't say that having a warm winter isn't appealing.

 

[Aprz]

56F right now. It's so cold they should shut down the roads, not have school, and declare a state of emergency.

 

[DesertMedic66]

Can't believe how nice this winter has been here in Ca. Everyone's worried about the water supply, but I can't say that having a warm winter isn't appealing.

This. Forget about the water supply. Have a very comfortable winter is better

 

[9D4]

Well... Today has sucked.

I was getting hard up for money last month, so I dropped my insurance to liability. What happens today? Rear end someone.

Ask if everyone is ok, etc... "Yeah, just give me a second".

Comes out a minute later and says "we're both fine, don't worry".

Ask if they want EMS "No, it's fine, I'm a doctor" (I actually asked what he practiced in later and he's a freakin chiropractor...)

So, anyways looking at my car. Need a new fender, headlight is completely crushed in (I have flippies on my Firebird), which then caught fire and melted, hood is crushed, bumper cover is torn. All from a 10 MPH collision.

Go over to his truck, and he literally buffs his bumper off and there's not a mark. He states right there "I'm not even worried about this thing".
I explain that I can't afford insurance rates to spike and he says it's fine if I pay cash.

2 hours later my insurance agent calls back and says that they are both complaining of neck pain and have both gone to the ER.

Seriously...? I am so freakin' frustrated. It's not like I'm unemployed, have no money and have no car now, or anything like that. I mean, at least don't lie right to my face and say that you'll work with me and say you'll call if anything else happens to give me a heads up...

Not to mention that a rough estimate of my insurance is now from $120 a month for liability to freaking $270 a month...

 

[PotatoMedic]

Just finished writing a horrible paper and submitted it to school. Has not been fun writing the thing while sick this past week.