i was told i have to get a haircut?!?!?
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CaydenElizalde
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I work EMS on a native american reservation and am native american myself, so typically short hair on males I work with is uncommon. My hair actually extends to midway down my shoulder blades. It's just a cultural thing I suppose and it doesn't interfere.
MedicJon88
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When i was hired i could tie my hair back in a ponytail... something about living in the pacific northwest that compelled me to do so... It was just a pain in the field... and when it came time for summer i was dying- so i ended up cutting it anyways.. I was told if i was ever confronted about it- claim it was against my religion... only the oldschool FF and mangers hassled me about it- citing bs para-military standards... blah blah. They also exempt me on the Ear piercings untill they banned it outright... for guys- Female employees were still allowed to have a set of studs... i went around the rule by wearing clear spacers... Patients never complained about my apperance... just the Fire Fighters... i don't complain about them wearing turnouts to medical calls... oh wait.. i do...
usafmedic45
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Another point to keep in mind: is looking cool worth the risk of giving a combative or violent patient or bystander the perfect thing to grab you by?
MedicJon88
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Thats why we would have it tied back... plus I have non violent crisis intervention training...
You're kidding right? The violent patients I've dealt with would eat you and your nonviolent crisis stuff for lunch.
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usafmedic45
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So have several people I know who have been attacked by patients.
What he said.
So that it's an effective handle. Remember, there's a reason why dual pigtails on a girl are half-jokingly referred to as "handlebars".
MedicJon88
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The point is to identify the escalation to crisis and remove yourself from the "violence"... *,**
*doesn't work for psychotic patients
**guess it doesn't work well in the back of an ambulance either...
You made an answer for me. Is it really that big of a deal to not have long hair?
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Couple thoughts... 1st:rock a mullet! Its off the ears and off the collar! 2nd: if you have to comb it, its too long. (except the mullet.) I have stuck with the razor fade with a 3 on top. Works for me and gets the ladies. And thats what this thread is really about
Since when is a mullet "off the collar"?
MedicJon88
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Depends on how you look at it? Hair for a lot of people is a major part of their identity- I wasn't interested in going fire- it set me apart from the cookie cutter FF look- And to stick it to them that I was medical and "wanted" to stay that way.
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