Remind me never to get injured in New Jersey!

I am curious how they feel about folks like me who volunteer and work full time in an EMS system... Does this mean I only know my stuff part of the time? Do I only risk further endangering my patients part of the time?:thinking:
 
From what I can pick out, and it's really hard to find anything really, is that they are not bad mouthing volunteers in general, just volunteers in New Jeresy because NJ doesn't hold some of the volunteers to any standards. NJ allows just about anyone to hop into an ambulance and make runs. (I have no idea if this is correct, but this is just what I'm getting from their rants.)
 
Doesn't the state require certification?

~S~
 
Chimpie, Go further into their rant discussions. I spent almost 4 hours in there last night & picked out their hate "Towards All VOLUNTEERS", but they're just starting with NJ first. People like them make us all look bad, Paid & Volunteer.

Chimpie said:
From what I can pick out, and it's really hard to find anything really, is that they are not bad mouthing volunteers in general, just volunteers in New Jeresy because NJ doesn't hold some of the volunteers to any standards. NJ allows just about anyone to hop into an ambulance and make runs. (I have no idea if this is correct, but this is just what I'm getting from their rants.)
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I looked around.... some of what they say is true - the EMT who declared a 22-week delivery stillborn and placed it in a biohazard bag.... baby lived for a couple of days at the hospital, and her cert was yanked.

Also, of course, was the patient that got beaten to death by EMS.... appeared to be the PAID CREWS of Trenton that did it. (If you didn't notice... many of the folks who post activily are from Trenton)

Both cases are listed on the NJ OEMS's "cert yanking" page

What finally threw me off the site was the continuing claim of "Vollie EMS chicks are easy" Umm.... Anyone here offended by that??

Jon
 
Well, seems that some over paid under worked people had too much time on their hands and decided that they were not EMS professionals, and bashed people who give FREELY of their time to save someone else from themselves or others...I hope these idiots get what they deserve- treated by a group of excellent volunteers who are proud to be volunteers and I also hope that the state of NJ takes a long look at the individuals who started the volly bashing. This would NEVER be tollerated in SC, especially since 55% of our EMS services in the state are volunteer or combo services. I started out 12+ yrs ago as a volly, and I gained more experience and self confidence as an EMT there than I would have working for some paid services...but then again some people must have been born with the emtire knowledge of paramedicine in their brains and skipped the classes and experience.
 
Gee, Jon, thats just the image we should promote-NOT! Most of the women I work with are far from easy, and I am glad of that...everyone maintains a professional but fun attitude at work, no tension, no sexual harrassment suits, just good humor. Let's try to remember that we are wanting people to take us seriously and not look at us like a bunch of boobs.
 
MedicStudentJon said:
where did you find this???

Are you on MySpace???

I need Friends.... myspace<dot>com/jonemt
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I've just sent a request to add you on My Space. I only have a music page though, not a regular profile. Add me back if you wish. :nerd:
 
Ok whats with this myspace thing today...even the guys on the radio this morning were talking about it...maybe I am internet dumb to it, but all I have heard is its a place to bash people and to promote promiscuity.:thinking:
 
my myspace does neither of the two. I hardly ever have anything bad to say about anyone else, at least not on the internet.

I think it's fun. My best friend and I leave eachother messages back and forth since we really don't have a lot of time to talk. I just met a guy and I looked at his myspace and really learned alot about him...

It is mainly a teenager thing but now a lot of adults use it for networking and it is useful.
 
Teenager thing huh :rolleyes: just what we needed!
 
Myspace, Xanga, and the other "blogs" are mostly (there are some good ones, I guess) just a massive popularity contest run on the internet...if you read some of the pages of the people, its just self promotion, you forget whether its a person's journal or a singles ad...
 
Thats what I figured it would be...the local radio station was saying this morning how women were using the myspace site to "*****" themselves out...and thats a direct qoute of the radio personalities..the words I would use to describe it are much more vulgar and I choose not to share them with the younger people here. :nerd:
 
you all should check out mine, it's just cute...

Well I think it's cute, you can see my friends, pictures of me, read my whiney blogs, look at quizzes I took and send me messages or leave me comments. It's not some horrible thing unless you make it that way.

 
Cute huh... cats are cute, bunnies are cute...myspace and cute dont belong together...I just found out my sister uses it and I have alot of questions for her now(just what I needed around the holidays!)
 
did you look at it?

It's pink and cute. Yup definately cute.
 
haha, nicely said FFEMT1764.

40scutest, dont you feel like your in a community where everyone is trying to constantly promote themselves as attractive, popular, unique, cool...etc??

and your constant mention of not having a boyfriend is kinda troubling...
 
VinBin said:
haha, nicely said FFEMT1764.

40scutest, dont you feel like your in a community where everyone is trying to constantly promote themselves as attractive, popular, unique, cool...etc??

and your constant mention of not having a boyfriend is kinda troubling...
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Thanks Vin, and yes myspace does look like a dating site by another name...and for somone who is supposed to be confident, 40s, you shouldnt dwell on the fact that you dont have a boyfriend. Trust me after a few years in this field you will understand that there are bigger things in this world than finding a boyfriend!
 
VinBin said:
40scutest, dont you feel like your in a community where everyone is trying to constantly promote themselves as attractive, popular, unique, cool...etc??

and your constant mention of not having a boyfriend is kinda troubling...
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Actually if you look, for example the people in my top 8, you'd see people that, while maybe being attractive, don't make that the point of it. All of them know their "friends" in one way or another and use it as expressions of thoughts and ideas, as well as a means of communication.
And everyone on myspace is unique, just like everyone else.

And my constant mention of not having a boyfriend is mostly joking, you'll notice on my profile it is under a "what kind of bf/gf are you" quiz. Most people post quiz results. And it doesn't trouble me, I'm 17, it's my job to be boy crazy and self absorbed.:D
 
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