the 100% directionless thread

Linuss said:
Ta-da. I had the same exact thing going on. I switched shifts today to get a different one. Hopefully that fixes it, because I really like the company and most of the employees thus far, but seem to get stuck with the people I can't click with. First it was my FTO with medicine I disagreed with, and then it was the driver trainer with all their drama that caused sour moods for 16 hour shifts. I want to make it through, get cleared, and get my own truck again.


It's funny... seeing the other peoples FTOs and they seem nice and cool, and they enjoy being on their FTOs truck. I just keep getting the ones I don't meld with. When I was at my last agency, I got 2 great ones. Granted I know you won't like everyone you work with... but I don't want someone I don't like being the one in charge of my career.
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Oh, my first FTO's were awesome, but spending 24 hours with this guy is like getting a prostate exam from a leper.

I'm supposed to be out by Christmas, but who knows.
 
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fast65 said:
Oh, my first FTO's were awesome, but spending 24 hours with this guy is like getting a prostate exam from a leper.

I'm supposed to be out by Christmas, but who knows.
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Could be worse, could be giving a prostate exam to a leper.
 
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fast65 said:
It's not that I can't handle someone being a **** to me, it's that after correcting HIM twice on our protocols this week, he's still talking :censored::censored::censored::censored: to other supervisors about me. I equate working with him to Linuss working with his driving trainer.

Edit: forgot to add the "him" in the first sentence.
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You've corrected someone who's at least nominally your superior twice and he's talking smack about you? Imagine that lol you young people crack me up.
 
bigbaldguy said:
You've corrected someone who's at least nominally your superior twice and he's talking smack about you? Imagine that lol you young people crack me up.
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In my defense, both times it was in response to a question he asked me...I mean if you're going to quiz me, at least know the answer to the question.
 
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bigbaldguy said:
You've corrected someone who's at least nominally your superior twice and he's talking smack about you? Imagine that lol you young people crack me up.
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My FTO had been a medic for 34 years. He thought any patient who said 'chest pain' should get nitro. I didn't.



Experience matters, however, it doesn't mean you're always right, or even sometimes right.
 
Linuss said:
My FTO had been a medic for 34 years. He thought any patient who said 'chest pain' should get nitro. I didn't.



Experience matters, however, it doesn't mean you're always right, or even sometimes right.
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In my admittedly limited experience with FTO's, experience seems to rarely be a job qualification.
 
Linuss said:
My FTO had been a medic for 34 years. He thought any patient who said 'chest pain' should get nitro. I didn't.



Experience matters, however, it doesn't mean you're always right, or even sometimes right.
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Mine lectured me about how it's not our job to try to manage someone's pain...
 
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fast65 said:
Mine lectured me about how it's not our job to try to manage someone's pain...
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Isn't that one of the founding ideas of EMS? As well as 90% of our calls? "something hurts?" If it wasn't our job to manage pain, they wouldn't give us the drug.
 
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Best run ever.
Sent to meet the police, possible DOA at a local nursing home. Engine on scene disregarded us as we were pulling up. Apparently a local transport service had seen two people dump 'something, possibly a body' into a dumpster and they called 911. It was a rolled up carpet.
 
exodus said:
Isn't that one of the founding ideas of EMS? As well as 90% of our calls? "something hurts?" If it wasn't our job to manage pain, they wouldn't give us the drug.
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Yeah, but we're talking about a medic that doesn't even do a 12-lead on someone who's diaphoretic and complaining of chest pain. I have zero respect for this man as a "provider". I mean I know I am by no means an amazing paramedic, but I at least put forth an effort.
 
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katgrl2003 said:
Best run ever.
Sent to meet the police, possible DOA at a local nursing home. Engine on scene disregarded us as we were pulling up. Apparently a local transport service had seen two people dump 'something, possibly a body' into a dumpster and they called 911. It was a rolled up carpet.
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Omg that's hilarious!


Also, I just completed my first shift after being cleared. Woo! We had 4 runs, all from hosp to SNFs/res facilities. AND I didn't have to work with douche partner Ive been assigned to.
 
Four more shifts and I'm finished with my FTO time. Yea buddy. I like my FTO and his partner. It's a dual medic truck plus myself as an Intermediate. Needless to say I learn quite a bit.

Also, I'll know by sometime this week if I'm approved for FT or not rather than PRN. :)
 
katgrl2003 said:
Best run ever.
Sent to meet the police, possible DOA at a local nursing home. Engine on scene disregarded us as we were pulling up. Apparently a local transport service had seen two people dump 'something, possibly a body' into a dumpster and they called 911. It was a rolled up carpet.
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I still say that you should have run a 3-lead on it just to make sure it met the criteria for a scene death. Ed would have seen the humor in it. :rofl:
 
I just had two ambulance crews stop by, hold me down and draw a Sharpie mustache on me...with a goatee...and sideburns
 
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fast65 said:
I just had two ambulance crews stop by, hold me down and draw a Sharpie mustache on me...with a goatee...and sideburns
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Kinky....
 
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