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I've had good partners and bad, witnessed a final shift between longtime partners, seen other providers drift away from operations after losing their preferred partner...

Tell me about your favorite partner. What made them so great for you to work with? How long did you work together? How did it begin, and how did it end?
 
my favorite partner was someone i actually didn't like in the beginning. i thought he was too much of a joker, and didnt take the job seriously; in front of patients or in the hospitals and i always felt embarrassed. looking back, i was probably a little too serious. anyway, we worked together for 4 short months, and when the new bid came around i missed him. the feeling was mutual, i wish we couldve been partners again, and now we work the same place so it could happen i suppose.
Any partner with a good sense of humor, that i can trust (especially to have my back) and makes the day go by fast is the best kind.
 
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Angel said:
my favorite partner was someone i actually didn't like in the beginning. i thought he was too much of a joker, and didnt take the job seriously; in front of patients or in the hospitals and i always felt embarrassed. .
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We have not worked together yet, silly.
 
My last partner was the best. He and I are total opposites; he was quiet and reserved, compared to my loud and outgoing manner, but was amazingly funny, well spoken and educated. I'm pretty liberal, he's very conservative. I'm not very religious, he's an extremely devout Christian. I could not have asked for a better partner and trustworthy friend to work with. I miss our shifts together.
 
Oh your talking about work partners. Nearly posted the wrong comment :eek:
 
Best partner ever eventually became the Kern Co., CA. EMS coordinator. Total pro. Russ mentored me and had full trust in our abilities as partners. Let me do whatever procedure I was comfortable doing. He was flawless as a medic and an incredible brother. These men and women come around once in a lifetime. Tough split. After that- it just wasn't fun anymore. Best partner now.... 460 Stihl
 
This got me thinking, do most of you like your partners and what do you do if you get a partner ya just can't stand?
 
Never had a great partner. I worked with great medics, and I've had fun between calls with co-workers, but I've never really hung out outside of work or really bonded with any of my coworkers in the Hollywood bromance kinda way.
 
PeacefulIce said:
This got me thinking, do most of you like your partners and what do you do if you get a partner ya just can't stand?
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It sucks, I mostly just kept the conversation work related or let him tell personal stories and I'd chime in with a oh, or oh really every once in a while. It makes the shift drag on. Luckily we were 24s and not that busy so I stayed in my room and slept or watched movies on my laptop
 
I have had some amazing partners both on BLS and ALS units. There was no one thing that made them great. Heck my last partner on ALS is old enough to be my mother.
 
I'm currently dating one of my first partners from my first ems job. Was probably the nicest individual i've ever known. I left my old volunteer dept for a paid service, but we continued to hang out and it pretty much went from there.
 
PeacefulIce said:
This got me thinking, do most of you like your partners and what do you do if you get a partner ya just can't stand?
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My typical cycle is: isolate myself from them, avoid confrontation. If they persist in being arrogant idiots (these are sub-humans I tenaciously abhor), I will engage them in issues they have no conception of and allow them to turn themselves into petty, reactionary, whiney, little children. Then they become interesting little playthings. They usually go away. Back to isolation for me. Cycle complete. My world becomes a happy little village once again.
 
My current partner and I get along superbly. We are not a particularly busy system (rural), so there is a lot of together time in the station. Both of us are exceedingly low maintenance and can spend the entire shift talking to each other or the entire shift in silence and both be perfectly happy. We like similar movies and music, workout together, and most importantly have similar thoughts on how to run calls. We're both efficient but not to the point that the patient does not feel like that they are not getting the attention they deserve. She is a little more willing to push the rules than I, so we've got balance too.

HAving spent the previous year working with someone that was rather high maintenance, it's amazing.
 
Since I've been in EMS a long time, and have had many EMS partners ... I have to say (& agree with others) that having a partner you can trust and work hand-in-hand with is so valuable to the work environment and doing all and the best we can do in the field. The few partners in my past that I thoroughly enjoyed riding with ... I miss and hope they are doing well. To do patient care with them, not say much to each other, getting things done ... was a great way to do EMS. Knowing what each other was thinking and not having to say a word. Always being on the same page. And when calls got weird or unsure ... having each other's back.
I joined another Squad a year ago, and have met some really good people and have enjoyed my time at this squad. I hope to build that same trust and being on the same page kinda mentality with my crew and the people that come to ride with me.
 
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