Rude/Nasty Partners

[MTEMTB]

I just remembered this.
Had a call to a woman exhibiting signs of a possible stroke and was refusing to go by POV.
Ambulance came and the son couldn't keep quiet and answered the questions for her.
I was pulled aside by one of the ambulance crew members and told that I was wasting their time and nothing was wrong with her, when the pt started doing what she had been before. They loaded her up and took her in.

This same member tore into a good samaritian for doing what the 911 dispatch told them to do at a MVA.

 

[TornWingedAngel1]

I'm one of the firm believers that your partner makes your day...

 

[njff/emt]

Alright, got another one., We have this guy that's a pain in the :censored:., He's originally from AZ, he pretty much comes into work whenever he feels like it and uses excuses everyday why he's gonna be late., He's notorious for calling out at the last minute jipping his partner of anytime., He's done this to me several times., Granted he was never rude or nasty to me, but he was to several pt's and nurses., Among his favorite things to do besides constantly complaining about dispatch, was either flipping off and yelling over the PA to other drivers that pissed him off by cutting us off., The sad part is he admits he HATES the job and when I ask why don't he quit he says he needs some money., Oh, and plus he'd go into copmode every once and awhile., He was a 'posseman' back in AZ for Maricopa Cnty. Sheriffs Office, i think he just pretty much did traffic detail., Anyway the last thing he did really pissed me off., We did a lift assist/escort with a CC taking a bariatric pt to dialysis., When we got done we needed fuel cause the last crew left us with a 1/2 tank., On the way he's txting away., Then he says his step-mom got into a crash and shes being rushed to the hospital., So he calls dispatch and they tell us to return to base so he can go., Not even 2 mins. after he got off the phone with dispatch, he called his buddy and asked what he was doing and said he had to do some stuff at the squad later on., So we got back, he left, i went and filled the truck, and proceeded to tell my supervisor what occurred., Thankfully he wasn't on the schedule this week so he either fo canned or suspended., Either or, I'm glad he's gone.

 

[Aerin-Sol]

I've had one partner who constantly belittled me for using a GPS during my third week. He'd been there five years and found it disgusting that I didn't know the exact location of the over 50 nursing homes we do transports from. He eventually refused to let met drive because I "drive too slow" -- aka not 30 over the speed limit, as he does.

I had one who constantly smoked inside of the cab while I was driving. His way of "compromising" with my request to only smoke outside was to roll his window down a few inches.

I could just be think-skinned though, because I feel lucky compared to some other posts.

 

[njff/emt]

hmmm,

lets see, 5 yrs VS 3 wks, yeah that makes no sense, especially with that many facilities, as for the smoking, if they had a problem smoking outside then i suggested them to quit which got some of them angry(others knew i was being a smartass)., But yeah that sucks, just can't always get the good ones., Let me guess, the leadfoot rarely or never wore a seatbelt and you sometimes held on for dear life.

 

[Dominion]

I've had one partner who constantly belittled me for using a GPS during my third week. He'd been there five years and found it disgusting that I didn't know the exact location of the over 50 nursing homes we do transports from. He eventually refused to let met drive because I "drive too slow" -- aka not 30 over the speed limit, as he does.

I had one who constantly smoked inside of the cab while I was driving. His way of "compromising" with my request to only smoke outside was to roll his window down a few inches.

I could just be think-skinned though, because I feel lucky compared to some other posts.

I've lived in Louisville my entire life and worked for Yellow for almost a year and still used a GPS, I mean I used it less towards the end of the year but when you get a run to some of the lesser known facilities. Yea. You'll learn the area soon enough if you keep at it though. I actually found it more annoying to learn the location of all the dialysis centers vs. the nursing facilities

 

[njff/emt]

Good News!, I recently found out the guy that keeps on jipping people of time and money has got canned., Ah, finally no more worries.

 

[dream*medic]

When I see so many bad partners listed by one person makes me wonder....................................................................

People that find themselves saying this usually tend to be "the bad partner." So please, don't judge your fellow people on here unless you can say you know them personally. :sad:

 

[reaper]

People that find themselves saying this usually tend to be "the bad partner." So please, don't judge your fellow people on here unless you can say you know them personally. :sad:

Sorry, but when you experience the field, You will find he is right. Someone that runs through partners and they are all bad. Is normally someone that cannot get along with anyone.

 

[CARRERA]

I've had some interesting partners in the two months I've been working as an EMT for an IFT company.

Most of my partners are easy to work with and they're nice people but a few have been the complete opposite... two examples;

1. There is a guy who I only worked with once and he has only been an EMT for a year but told me that "I can learn a lot from him". He told me that he's a "veteran" at the company and that I'm lucky he let me drive. He bossed me around all day like I was his son or something. He kept trying to tell me what I did was wrong but later said he was only joking all day! Just a major creep.

2. The worst of all is this depressed guy with major mood swings. He thinks he knows everything because he's going to medical school. One minute he's friendly and five minutes late its like someone peed in his chereos. He starts being rough with the gurney, arguementive, and just becomes misery in the flesh. He needs to see a psychologist, STAT! There are multiple people who say the same thing but there's no hope in talking to this guy so all you can do it ignore him and pull through the day. I no longer have to work this guy, I had to give up a day but its so worth it.

 

[JPINFV]

Just curious, which med school does he go to? I'm very tempted to call shenanigans on working on the ambulance while going to med school.

 

[Sasha]

Just curious, which med school does he go to? I'm very tempted to call shenanigans on working on the ambulance while going to med school.

Maybe only one of his personalities goes to medical school and the others work.

 

[Seaglass]

Just curious, which med school does he go to? I'm very tempted to call shenanigans on working on the ambulance while going to med school.

I occasionally run with one guy who's in his second year, but still volunteers at home on long weekends and breaks.

Also, "he's going to" could mean he plans on it or got in, not that he's there right now.

 

[SeeNoMore]

I've had a few partners belittle me about the GPS. I also had one who freaked out mid transport because he felt we were going the totally wrong way, which we were not. In front of the patient he starts yelling out directions and generally freaking everyone out. A few minutes later we rolled up to the place.

 

[katgrl2003]

I had a partner that was deaf, and would always forget his hearing aids. He was a driver only at this point, but it was bad when the tech is trying to do everything, including communications with dispatch. They finally moved him to dispatch after many complaints, and things only got worse.

Hey Dominion, you work for my parent company. I work for Care in Indy.

 

[rescue99]

The man is deaf. I have a great deal of empathy for him. He didn't choose it but dispatch??? Perhaps billing or some sort of interior job would suit his needs better. Thr road is a bit of a distraction in his position.

On a positive note; I have worked with a deaf partner and she was great! She's an even better nurse now and is missed by all on the road. Thanks for reminding me of her today.

 

[njff/emt]

just venting

got an update about the white collar dude, apparently this guy is a major smack talker, has napolean syndrome, and now thinks he's all high and mighty cause he became a paramedic assistant., not only does he talk about his partner(whose a really cool dude) behind his back, he's trying to become a field training officer with only 6-8 months experience, and on top of that, he quit his local squad because supposedly someone else was named crew chief when he felt he deserved the position, and threw a hissy fit., my opinion, he needs a reality check and to be shot down from his high horse.

 

[DrParasite]

got an update about the white collar dude, apparently this guy is a major smack talker, has napolean syndrome, and now thinks he's all high and mighty cause he became a paramedic assistant., not only does he talk about his partner(whose a really cool dude) behind his back, he's trying to become a field training officer with only 6-8 months experience, and on top of that, he quit his local squad because supposedly someone else was named crew chief when he felt he deserved the position, and threw a hissy fit., my opinion, he needs a reality check and to be shot down from his high horse.

not for nothing, but I'm trying to become a TO at my agency, and I have only been FT here for about 8 months..... So time on the job doesn't always mean anything, any more than 5 years on the job means 5 years or 1 years repeated 5 times. IT all comes down to being able to do the job and be able to train new people in the proper way of the agency. Just saying.....

As for the whole local squad thing (which non-NJ people won't understand), there are just some people who can't hack it as a volunteer. The people who join a squad, get their EMT and training provided free of charge, get a paid job than quit the volunteer squad within a few months are typically one of three types of people: they are only out for themselves to see what they can get out of the organization and once they have the benefits can care less about the organization that invested time into them, an arrogant *** who thinks now that he is a paid EMT better than a volunteer EMT, and looks down on volunteers (despite being one a month ago), or just a horrible person who probably will have a very short career in EMS.

you know funny story..... There was a guy who started at a volunteer squad about 3 years ago. 8 months after getting his EMT card he was hired by my former hospital based agency as a transport EMT. 4 months after he was hired a spot in the 911 division opened and somehow he was given it. about 2 months after he got hired by my agency he quit the volunteer squad, saying he knew more than all them and didn't want to deal with them any more. he decided to go to medic school, but no one in NJ would sponsor him, so he went to NYC for medic school. now he has been an EMT for 2 years, and finished medic school in NYC. NONE OF HIS PARTNERS CAN STAND HIM, NOR DO THEY THINK HE IS COMPETENT IN ANY WAY. and he has been written up numerous times. So now he is an NYC medic (per diem) working FT as a BLS provider for a hospital based ALS/BLS system. and we won't give him an ALS spot, nor will any of our neighboring systems. after 8 months of waiting, he quits for MONOC, since they will give anyone a T-number so they can be a jersey medic.

Anyways, he's out of our hair until I get a message from my buddy. This guy is currently under investigation for possession of child porn, has his NJ and NY EMT and Medic suspended, and is facing criminal charges. And considering how he treated his coworkers (myself included), and my ex gf, I can honestly say I guess Kharma really is a :censored::censored::censored::censored::censored:. and people do get what they deserve.

 

[njff/emt]

I totally agree on karma., Like i said i was just venting., The guy i talked about really ground my gears mainly because he tried to get me in trouble with false complaints., Plus he thinks he's special, but no matter how much i complain about him, he'll never change., But that's also the main reason i made this thread, so our fellow brothers and sisters can vent their frustrations instead of taking it out on others.

 

[firetender]

Huge Thanks!

But that's also the main reason i made this thread, so our fellow brothers and sisters can vent their frustrations instead of taking it out on others.

It's a great service you're doing.