Recent content by UnkiEMT

At this point, I've done it all. From BLS IFT to rotors, including stopovers in ERs, industrial, clinics and ERs, I've been there and done that (excepting movie work, but I don't think I have enough sunscreen in my jump bag for that.). And I'm burnt. I just don't care about any of my patients...

Absolutely irrespective of the debate that's ongoing, but to address the original question: Absolutely no one in healthcare trusts anyone else in healthcare. Once I burned out and took a turn at ALS IFT, this point has been driven home to me in an undeniable way. Not only do the higher level of...

Personally, when I'm driving while loaded, I tune the radio to the local classical station, both because the receivable footprint covers 90% of the areas I drive in and because I figure there's absolutely no way a patient can complain about the music (assuming they can manage to overhear it in...

I now work with her, thankfully she's made an almost complete recovery, though as I understand it, when they loaded her into the helo for the 19 minute flight to UNM, they gave her a 50/50 chance of survival to landing. She';s actually going to have the last of the physical deficits repaired...

Reading that reminds me how much I love my protocols, almost every last one of them ends in "The above may be superseded by the discretion of the provider, pending review of the Medical Director." The only time I HAVE to call for OLMC is once I surpass a certain limit on the quantity of a drug...

IFT is, in fact, a different job than 911, we're lumped together because the equipment is the same, and because you'd never get anyone to take a IFT medical service course. I wouldn't say that the assessments are actually different, just the sources of information. On a 911 truck you;re...

It doesn't happen often, but every once in a while you meet someone who instantly dislikes you, and who you instantly dislike, and if you're very lucky, the cruelest thing you can do is say nice things to them. These are the moments I live for.

Yes, as I said, :censored::censored::censored::censored: should stay on the truck as much as possible, but please, by all that is holy, don't tell me that is the only reason you posted this pablum.

Don't you budget for donuts for dispatch? Every three months or so, take an appropriate amount in. Your life improves immensely.

I present a third possibility: They can excel at one or the other I hate with a burning passion those that are firefighters first and 'medics after, I feel their dispassion brings shame on my profession. Those that are 'medics first and firefighters after, I smile upon for their dedication...

This was up on the board about 3(?) months ago. I made it further that time than I did this time, I think that time I made it about 5 minutes, this time I made it all the way through. I didn't comment last time because I couldn't tolerate her smugness to watch the entire thing, so I didn't feel...

I've never belonged to a union, and while I certainly think that in some industries, they're a wonderful idea, I don't really see that they offer much to EMS. I once worked for a service that was owned by a parent company that owned another service. My service wasn't unionized, the other one...

According to wikipedia, Bugatti says it'll drop from 250 to stopped in less than 10 seconds...which will still cover a little under a third of a mile.

So, what you're saying is...I didn't eat up all the bad luck. Though at least they deplaned us.

Saying I enjoy this is probably overkill. I mean, I do enjoy it, but not nearly as much as I do working primary response. That being said, I enjoy it enough to let the service to my patient population factor in enough to let it overcome how much happier I'd be doing primary response. I've...