Partners on duty...

[medicnick83]

Hi all,

How many of you have partners in EMS and do you actively worry about them?

I'm in EMS as a volunteer and my girlfriend is a student who is also on duty sometimes the same time as me (not on same ambulance) or sometimes she is on shift when I am working and I find myself always worrying about her.

I know that the crews will look after her (as they/do did me) but I still worry myself sick about her.

Ok! It doesn't help that in ZA this year alone I know of 3 ambulances that have crashed but still...

Sometimes I don't want her to work, especially when it's raining etc.

:unsure:

 

[mycrofft]

If your GF is into field EMS...

...and you are trying to be her "mother hen", there's going to be trouble ahead.
Twice I had partners (versus just "co-workers"), and we looked out for each other just ahead of taking care of patients.

 

[medicnick83]

...and you are trying to be her "mother hen", there's going to be trouble ahead.
Twice I had partners (versus just "co-workers"), and we looked out for each other just ahead of taking care of patients.

Didn't work out eh?

 

[mycrofft]

You mean the "two partners" deal?

No, it was because sometimes my regular partner could not attend shift. My regular partner was a premed with a BA in chemistry, my other partner was a Vietnam era former US Ranger (in 1981). Both good guys, and my mentors in some ways, and I theirs in others.

I was married when I got my EMT, and we are still, after 37.5 years.

 

[medicnick83]

I was married when I got my EMT, and we are still, after 37.5 years.

Well done!