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[EpiEMS]

to your stomach! along with mine

Things I'd like back from childhood:
1) Fast metabolism
2) Boundless curiosity
3) Tolerance for time wasting at work (work ≈ school)

 

[NysEms2117]

Things I'd like back from childhood:
1) Fast metabolism
2) Boundless curiosity
3) Tolerance for time wasting at work (work ≈ school)

1. athleticism
2. metabolism
3. actually having a drive to do something (gtfo of school as fast as possbile*college included*)
4. NO RESPONSIBILITY, NO ADULTING(limited bills, biggest concern was from my mom: *andrew you better not crash my fking car*)

 

[Handsome Robb]

1. athleticism
2. metabolism
3. actually having a drive to do something (gtfo of school as fast as possbile*college included*)
4. NO RESPONSIBILITY, NO ADULTING(limited bills, biggest concern was from my mom: *andrew you better not crash my fking car*)

I've still got my athleticism and metabolism luckily. I can get on board with the rest though!


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[EpiEMS]

Blog recommendation: http://theambulancechaser.com/

 

[TransportJockey]

Blog recommendation: http://theambulancechaser.com/

I love Wes's blog. He's a good guy

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[NysEms2117]

I've still got my athleticism and metabolism luckily. I can get on board with the rest though!


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i got some athleticism, i've become more accustomed to running with 80 pounds of sht, then sprinting sadly. Every-time i have to chase somebody, i put a -1 as to how many runs i have left in me lol.

 

[EpiEMS]

I love Wes's blog. He's a good guy

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Do you know him personally? He's really sharp! Shame he doesn't run a system somewhere! (Or maybe he does?)

 

[Handsome Robb]

Do you know him personally? He's really sharp! Shame he doesn't run a system somewhere! (Or maybe he does?)

His full time job isn't EMS. He's a good dude though. Used to be a member here. He showed me all the good BBQ spots around me when I moved to Texas.

@Wes


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[TransportJockey]

His full time job isn't EMS. He's a good dude though. Used to be a member here. He showed me all the good BBQ spots around me when I moved to Texas.

@Wes


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I've yet to meet him.. But there's a hospital based service north of yall I might apply for and if I do then I'll be down in your neck of the woods a lot... Or if I apply with the two big services near you lol

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[Jim37F]

Deep breaths...and seatbelts.

lots and lots of seatbelts. and shouting... wait don't do that..

Well I survived lol. Actually he wasn't too bad, been paired with worse drivers. Early on in the day he was heavy on acceleration and braking, but as he said, started getting the feel of the rig and by the end I wasn't even noticing any being thrown around in the back after stops so yay lol. His navigation needs some work though....there was at least one time in the back I was thinking "what on earth is this route we're taking?!" But I decided to hold my youngest since supervisor was riding shotgun and I'm sure she said something already

Yep. I'm an adult. Second pay check in a row that I've ordered furniture. But that memory foam mattress looked way too good to pass up

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I want one of those lol

I used to have one of those.

Same. Mine being AWOL is starting to get me in trouble ha.

 

[CALEMT]

Early on in the day he was heavy on acceleration and braking, but as he said, started getting the feel of the rig

I usually give a little leeway when its their first time driving the rig. Especially when all they've driven is passenger cars. Its quite a big jump from a 4 door sedan to a 12,000 pound mod.

 

[NysEms2117]

I usually give a little leeway when its their first time driving the rig. Especially when all they've driven is passenger cars. Its quite a big jump from a 4 door sedan to a 12,000 pound mod.

No mercy given here although I think just about everybody where I work has taken an evoc class at some point or another, so most of them can drive without killing somebody..

 

[EpiEMS]

Things I really don't want to have to deal with...here's hoping I can avoid this complaint:

“We’re about ten minutes away. We have a twenty-year-old male who-

“Umm, excuse me?”

“Hang on a sec, Brandy…Yes?”

“Umm, did you just assume my gender?”

“Did I what?”

“Did you just ASSUME my GENDER?”

....
“Well, I did see your penis a few minutes ago, remember? When you were running around your apartment naked and screaming?”

“That doesn’t make me a MAN!”

“But, like, seriously, you have a penis. Your sex is male. Your gender is none of-”

“My penis doesn’t make me a man!”

Not to make light of anybody's preferences, but...you know...in this context, sometimes people get a bit over sensitive...

 

[NysEms2117]

Things I really don't want to have to deal with...here's hoping I can avoid this complaint:



Not to make light of anybody's preferences, but...you know...in this context, sometimes people get a bit over sensitive...

I identify as a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter thank you very much.

 

[CALEMT]

No mercy given here although I think just about everybody where I work has taken an evoc class at some point or another, so most of them can drive without killing somebody..

I don't know about everyone else. But EVOC for me was a bunch of reversing, hard acceleration, and hard braking. EVOC teaches defensive driving/ maneuvers so you don't kill yourself, partner, and/or patient. It's not designed to teach the student to drive smoothly. It's designed to teach the student; there's a obstacle I need to do A, B, and C to advoid it.

Especially when all you've driven in your short life (18 years old) is moms car going to a ambulance is a huge gap for someone who has just driven a small car. Small car has better handling, acceleration, and braking than a ambulance. It doesn't take long to learn how to drive smooth. I give them leeway for just 1 shift.

 

[CodeBru1984]

Things I really don't want to have to deal with...here's hoping I can avoid this complaint:



Not to make light of anybody's preferences, but...you know...in this context, sometimes people get a bit over sensitive...

I once mistook a feminine looking male for a female... that was embarrassing.


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[NysEms2117]

I don't know about everyone else. But EVOC for me was a bunch of reversing, hard acceleration, and hard braking. EVOC teaches defensive driving/ maneuvers so you don't kill yourself, partner, and/or patient. It's not designed to teach the student to drive smoothly. It's designed to teach the student; there's a obstacle I need to do A, B, and C to advoid it.

Especially when all you've driven in your short life (18 years old) is moms car going to a ambulance is a huge gap for someone who has just driven a small car. Small car has better handling, acceleration, and braking than a ambulance. It doesn't take long to learn how to drive smooth. I give them leeway for just 1 shift.

IMO all driving is about, is avoiding obstacle A-Z. (most commonly cars) I have never taken ambulance EVOC if thats a thing, i have taken normal, and advance EVOC for LE, and in all honesty, driving a police spec suburban(especially state level) is not entirely that far off from a ambulance. EVOC to me teaches a few things: 1. How to avoid obstacles A-Z 2. How to use your lights effectively. 3. How to "map" your route as your driving 4. maybe not officially, but you learn that if you come to a 4 way intersection or something of the like, don't just barrel through, use your eyes, making eye contact with the look of "I am going, not you" and 5. How to get from point A-> B in the least amount of time, safely as possible.
**This does not include all of the things learned in EVOC, but i figured i'd save you the LE specific things**

 

[EpiEMS]

driving a police spec suburban(especially state level) is not entirely that far off from a ambulance

I'd believe that as far as handling goes, that's for sure! (I don't think the Suburban weighs nearly as much as a Type I or Type III ambulance, though)

 

[Handsome Robb]

IMO all driving is about, is avoiding obstacle A-Z. (most commonly cars) I have never taken ambulance EVOC if thats a thing, i have taken normal, and advance EVOC for LE, and in all honesty, driving a police spec suburban(especially state level) is not entirely that far off from a ambulance. EVOC to me teaches a few things: 1. How to avoid obstacles A-Z 2. How to use your lights effectively. 3. How to "map" your route as your driving 4. maybe not officially, but you learn that if you come to a 4 way intersection or something of the like, don't just barrel through, use your eyes, making eye contact with the look of "I am going, not you" and 5. How to get from point A-> B in the least amount of time, safely as possible.
**This does not include all of the things learned in EVOC, but i figured i'd save you the LE specific things**

What day are the the J-turns, P.I.T. Maneuver and M4 shooting while driving?

I want to come to that day.


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[StCEMT]

EVOC taught me how to not hit cones and what the turning radius of an ambulance was....