RocketMedic
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Detroit's Latest Joke
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that reporter is awesome
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Wow.
LeDuff is a piece of work. And the city's apathy makes it so much worse.
LeDuff is a piece of work. And the city's apathy makes it so much worse.
Achilles
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Detroit? Detroit? Detroit?
Nope sorry doesn't ring a bell!
Nope sorry doesn't ring a bell!
Shishkabob
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But but.... fire based EMS is more efficient!
abckidsmom
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Nothing about that urban wasteland could possibly be seen as efficient.
NYMedic828
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Not sure how that has anything to do with it...
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abckidsmom
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For the record, I would probably really enjoy a month there. Maybe a few months, as long as I knew it was limited. I love being busy, I love doing EMS in a city.
But dude. Detroit is messed up.
I just had the opportunity to have a long chat with a teacher who spent her first few years teaching in a charter school in Detroit. Her first day on the job, her car was stolen. Her second day on the job, her husband's car was stolen.
But dude. Detroit is messed up.
I just had the opportunity to have a long chat with a teacher who spent her first few years teaching in a charter school in Detroit. Her first day on the job, her car was stolen. Her second day on the job, her husband's car was stolen.
NYMedic828
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Just go to the south bronx... same deal but im sure gang violence is not quite so bad as Detroit.
abckidsmom
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I only ever worked in a city that was really quite safe as long as you watched your mouth.
I think this video speaks volumes about this situation though. The disciplined medic was interviewed IN BED, in ZIPPER JAMMIES??? My 5 yo thinks he's too big for one-piece zipper jammies.
There are just too many oddities here, I can't imagine what the truth is.
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I'm thinking I missed something by not watching the video.
abckidsmom
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The reporter wasn't a regular reporter, but a shock-jockey.
Achilles
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I just watched the video, I sure am glad i only watch ABC local new. That news reporter, hold on let me look up a word for him.
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I remember a Detroit medic telling me his shift consisted of being shot at, having the computer stolen out of the cab while on scene, being assaulted by family and something else...and that was almost a normal shift happenings.
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Worked there for years: Yes you get shot at, i had two trucks shot in 3 years. Yes anything of any worth will be stolen. You will end up fighting at least once a shift. People have been executed on stretchers, in hospitals etc... It was common to just be driving and find a shot up car full of ppl, drivebys, fire bombings, etc... Its a complete warzone! Add in all the normal runs ie suicides,mi,strokes, dib/sob, its enough to make a provider insane or more often turn to drugs or booze. But I loved it! The experience gained was second to none
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Everything. It has everything to do with it.
abckidsmom
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I disagree entirely. Historically, the fire service has been "boy scoutish," helping little old ladies across the street, going the extra mile for people in every conceivable situation.
This has little to do with fire department operated EMS and everything to do with what human behavior does in a war zone.
From the out-of-line chief who raised this stink in the first place, to the brat medic who allowed himself to be filmed in his cluttered-up bedroom, this smacks of just poor human behavior.
Like Maslow had something going when he categorized humanity's needs.
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Detroit EMS operates completly seperate from Detroit Fire, also Fire does not do any type of EMS or pt care except for lift assists for EMS