Emergency Department's

At the ER here, they have fruit and granola bars, and coffee or iced tea.
 
Almost all of the Wake County ERs have some sort of EMS break room. Some are in the ER, some are separated. I think we have access to coffee and soda at all of them.
 
Here in West Hills they just built a new er, so we got a nice lounge to hang around in and get drinks and food. Rockstars, coffee, cold water bottles.
 
One of the hospitals around here just has a lil closet type room with a small desk and 2 chairs for us to fill out paperwork and thats it. The other has a lil bit bigger room and we can go get ice and water if we want. No snacks really.
 
I usually just walk down the hallway back to quarters. The other hospitals we go to on a fairly regular basis are 45-60min away so then it's more of a get your paperwork done so we can head back ASAP kind of thing.
 
Our local hospitals all have some sort of EMS room with a coffee machine. One puts out some little snacks - chips, peanuts, sandwiches, etc. But usually, the IFT guys sit in there waiting for their patients, so they graze and there's nothing left by the time evening rolls around. ;)

But we have about six WaWas in town. I don't need a free bag of chips that bad. :P
 
Two of our three area hospitals have a small reporting room with desk, phone, dispatch patch (red hotline), printer, a few office chairs a couch and a few other odds and ends. The other one is awaiting renovation and doesn't have anywhere for us. We just take over the Ambulance triage desk and hang out there.
 
Henry ford hospital in Detroit has water bottles and a bunch of snacks as you walk out of the bay
 
there's only one hospital in my area that has a ems lounge if you can call it that., It has a table, afew chairs, computer, snacks, water, and a coffee machine., The only problem is that they all that in a small room., Plus the other problem that plagued it was ER staff would always use it as their break room when they just had theirs redone, and they would always raid the place., Thankfully they added a combo pad to the door.
 
A few of the hospitals around here are nice enough to provide us snacks, but for the most part there really isn't anything resembling an EMS room or anything of the sort.
 
WolfmanHarris said:
I might just blow your mind then. We actually get, the legally mandated meal/rest breaks too. Two 30 minute paid breaks per 12 hour shift. During which we're only available for Code 4 (emerg calls), no transfers, standby's or non-emerg (Code 3) calls. We have to be returned to a station for it too. AND if it's interrupted for an emerg call, we get another one. AND if we're taken outside the window without a break, we get to claim $15 bucks per missed break. It's a crazy crazy world. ;)
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Legally mandated breaks?

Never even knew those existed, much less that we would get them....:rolleyes:

Most of the time once we leave the station for our first call we don't make it back until after shift change, ahh the joys of EMS. :)

But a few of the hospitals do have some cans of soda they "reserve" for EMS (If you can get to it before the ER staff).
 
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We get anywhere from $5-7 at the cafeterias, couches, tv, fully stocked fridge with soda/juice/water/gatorade/energy drinks, sandwiches, ice cream, salads, cookies, fruit, pastries. And this time of year the RN's usually bring us in treats. The lounges are great, some have computers for us.

Nothing like ending shift with free eggs, bacon, potatoes and some oj.
 
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Sandwiches, pop, candy bars, bagels, juice, and once in a while some brownies.

Edit: our ems rooms have computers too. Gotta love it.
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