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I volunteer with my local 911 ALS ambulance squad, but lately the fun is gone. They are a mostly paid staff with drivers, EMT-B's (which we currently have two of, myself included), and other attendants being the only volunteers.
When I first joined I was as active as time permitted, however they have a shift policy and forbid responding to the station from home (I can literally see it out my window as I type this). This makes it hard for me to put in any time because the minimum shift length is 6 hours. I'm a full time college student and I work full time as well.
The past few times I have been to the station have been pretty negative experiences. The director pulls me aside for a 15 minute conversation about how I'm not active enough. All the medics have a sour attitude, but it was that way from the beginning. It just isn't a friendly place and never really was. Every call I run with them I'm nothing more than the vitals person for our 30+ minute transports. I feel like all the medics just don't care, they are there as their job and could care less about me trying to further my skills.
I feel like I'm just wasting my time there, and I would like to move on to our fire department. I think that would solve the time constraint problems, if I'm available I can run the call if not so be it. I've always had good interactions with all of their members, far better than my current department. I am certain this director will blast me those as a reference and I fear that will be the end of my application. Any thoughts or ideas?
When I first joined I was as active as time permitted, however they have a shift policy and forbid responding to the station from home (I can literally see it out my window as I type this). This makes it hard for me to put in any time because the minimum shift length is 6 hours. I'm a full time college student and I work full time as well.
The past few times I have been to the station have been pretty negative experiences. The director pulls me aside for a 15 minute conversation about how I'm not active enough. All the medics have a sour attitude, but it was that way from the beginning. It just isn't a friendly place and never really was. Every call I run with them I'm nothing more than the vitals person for our 30+ minute transports. I feel like all the medics just don't care, they are there as their job and could care less about me trying to further my skills.
I feel like I'm just wasting my time there, and I would like to move on to our fire department. I think that would solve the time constraint problems, if I'm available I can run the call if not so be it. I've always had good interactions with all of their members, far better than my current department. I am certain this director will blast me those as a reference and I fear that will be the end of my application. Any thoughts or ideas?
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