the 100% directionless thread

Highlights of the day:

1. Finishing up rig checkout, sitting in the driver seat when I feel something funky/moving on my head. Instant reaction was to throw my hand up to investigate. Felt fuzzy/squishy for a split second then OW! Thanks Mr. Bee. Stung in the left, middle finger. Good confirmation that I'm not allergic.

2. Picking up hospital discharge PT who is not quite with it but aware of what's happening around him. My female partner was standing right next to him as he laid in bed. He reaches up and taps her gut (yes she has one) and says "Big."

She wasn't quite as amused as I was. LOL.
 
FourLoko said:
Highlights of the day:

1. Finishing up rig checkout, sitting in the driver seat when I feel something funky/moving on my head. Instant reaction was to throw my hand up to investigate. Felt fuzzy/squishy for a split second then OW! Thanks Mr. Bee. Stung in the left, middle finger. Good confirmation that I'm not allergic.

2. Picking up hospital discharge PT who is not quite with it but aware of what's happening around him. My female partner was standing right next to him as he laid in bed. He reaches up and taps her gut (yes she has one) and says "Big."

She wasn't quite as amused as I was. LOL.
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#1 been there done that. Had a bee ride my shirt collar into a house and stayed there all during the scene time. As we went to transport my partner saw it. Before he could brush it off it stung me in the neck.

#2 is freaking hilarious. I just laughed so hard! That is awesome

Thankfully only 2 more nights of being on call. Today is looking like a near 24 hour day with 3 hours of sleep. I dare one of my medics to complain about being tired.
 
I love ramen noodles.

That is all.
 
n7lxi said:
When I'm forced to hold over because the medic that's coming in on the next shift calls in sick, I just get angry. I don't even care about the OT. I just want to go home.
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For us that gets classified as "Incentive pay" which translates to: This sucks for you, we dont have anyone else who is willing come in, so we will throw extra cash and vacation at you and hope you will not be too disgruntled."

You can choose to either take double time and have your next shift off, or time and a half + 1.5 hours for every hour worked past your end of shift of extra vacation.
Which really amounts to the same compensation, its just whether you want a day off right away or tack it on to a planned vacation. This is only for if you get mandated to stay because someone calls in or does not show up, getting held over for late calls does not qualify. All in all its a pretty good deal, and most will take it and be happy. Plus the director will come in and work(most of the time) if you really dont want it and have some important family event or something.
 
Taking the nremt practical bright and early tomorrow! Boy am I kicking myself for not testing right after I got my MA cert.
 
Word on the street is I've had one of the "better" internships of any intern that's come out of my school in a long time.

Better is a 100% subjective term. My learning is unfortunately accompanied by patients having very, very bad days prior to our arrival.

I've been doing my best to make those terrible days better with some success but unfortunately, as everyone knows, sometimes there's nothing you can do.
 
NVRob said:
Word on the street is I've had one of the "better" internships of any intern that's come out of my school in a long time.

Better is a 100% subjective term. My learning is unfortunately accompanied by patients having very, very bad days prior to our arrival.

I've been doing my best to make those terrible days better with some success but unfortunately, as everyone knows, sometimes there's nothing you can do.
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um.... I'm like a hero I can like save everyone .....duh.
 
Anjel1030 said:
um.... I'm like a hero I can like save everyone .....duh.
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Haha I love you Anjel. How can I be as awesome as you?


I'm being all mushy and :censored::censored::censored::censored: but today just reaffirmed how much I love my job.
 
usalsfyre said:
Just named a scenario on the patient simulator Kobayashi Maru because I'm that big of a geek.
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Oddly enough, I've seen/heard this phrase 2x this week related to EMS.

1st is a EMS-Week Con-Ed Class in Philly. I was gonna go, but I've got to go and get a code-save pin the same night. Here's that link: http://www.phila.gov/regionalems/pdfs/Flyer-ConEd2012.pdf

2nd was at my Grotto meeting last night. A new member who is a medic made a comment about attending a remote/rescue medic class "final exam" sceneiro.
 
NVRob said:
Haha I love you Anjel. How can I be as awesome as you?


I'm being all mushy and :censored::censored::censored::censored: but today just reaffirmed how much I love my job.
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You can't. Anjel is the best of the brightest of the medic students

You can be the best of the brightest of the interns.

You guys are equally awesome for different reasons so you shall not compare yourselves.

The Queen of the Forum (self appointed) has spoken. So it is spoken so it shall be
 
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Sasha said:
You can't. Anjel is the best of the brightest of the medic students

You can be the best of the brightest of the interns.

You guys are equally awesome for different reasons so you shall not compare yourselves.

The Queen of the Forum (self appointed) has spoken. So it is spoken so it shall be
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And there yah have it +1
 
I love all you guys lol

NEW SIG FOR ME! lol
 
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The personal communication lecture I got in medic school taught me to find allies on scene.

The doc at the psych facility wanting to cancel a transport so that a patient isn't escalated to violence was definitely my ally last night
 
And before I get my :censored: jumped on, it was in the patient's best interest - not my want for sleep - that the doc and I didn't want to transport. The doc wanted to wait until chemical restraint could be initiated.
 
adamjh3 said:
And before I get my :censored: jumped on, it was in the patient's best interest - not my want for sleep - that the doc and I didn't want to transport. The doc wanted to wait until chemical restraint could be initiated.
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Chillax. No one was gonna jump on you. Sometimes txp is just not a good idea.
 
adamjh3 said:
And before I get my :censored: jumped on, it was in the patient's best interest - not my want for sleep - that the doc and I didn't want to transport. The doc wanted to wait until chemical restraint could be initiated.
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Oh I'll jump on your *** alright. Errr...that doesn't sound right.

But, anywho, very cool of the doctor to do that.
 
Sasha said:
Chillax. No one was gonna jump on you. Sometimes txp is just not a good idea.
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I just reread the first post and thought it might be construed as laziness

Anjel1030 said:
Oh I'll jump on your *** alright.
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Oh really? : ph34r:
But, anywho, very cool of the doctor to do that.
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He was new to the facility, the nurses were pushing for physical restraints and transport. Doc said Eff that, someone's going to get hurt that way. He hasn't hit burn out yet, I guess haha.

Doc just had a super calm presence about him that I really admired.
 
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