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I may have had an account ages ago when I first did my basic, but I don't remember and lord knows I don't have the same email anymore! Reading through some older (maybe a month or so) posts and wanting to comment but I don't wanna be 'that guy' if such a thing exists here. How is the general...

I can try to find the graduate thesis I read that cited the same information. It uses 5 years as the bench mark of longevity in EMS because of high burnout rates. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Also your 'professional partner' is like bumpers while bowling. They don't want you to fail. If they question your intervention, take a moment and rethink your course of action. I believe they intervene once and then follow your direction if you insist. I don't believe they will question you...

Move. I know it sounds terrible, but on Long Island NY (where I used to live) you could at least get a job as a transport EMT and get some experience under your belt easily. My old company was hiring EMT's every month at ~$11-12 an hour brand new. Where I am now we are constantly bringing in...

We appreciate YOU sharing with us. Good luck. Offer to DD if you want to socialize and are comfortable in that position (sounds like you would if you've bartender since sobriety). I know some have said look for friends outside of work, but many of my closest friends are from work. You don't have...

Not used to being a night walker...

I had a brand new EMT partner who was in his 6th decade also when I was a young, female, paramedic. (Early 20's). One of the best EMT's I worked with. He too was interested in progressing in his EMS career and because of such was open to constructive criticism and learning new (and new to him)...

Even before seeing the links to your previous posts, I saw some red flags in this thread from you alone. You may not know your partner at all, sometimes you don't work with the same people and you cant continually second guess yourself when patient lives are on the line. You may have a great...