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NVRob said:
There's a subtle change that you all should notice somewhere around my name... :D
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Valedictorian of your class? Really! And you tried to have us believe you might not make it. I was impressed before but now I am truly agog.
 
Girl from my class got hired at Paratech. She starts Monday.
That is all.
 
bigbaldguy said:
Valedictorian of your class? Really! And you tried to have us believe you might not make it. I was impressed before but now I am truly agog.
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Guilty as charged. Not sure how I pulled it off but I did.


Jimi, congrats! That's awesome.

Watched a super drunk guy put himself into bigeminal PACs with a few random PVCs as well from vomiting tonight, that one was pretty interesting to watch. Went right back to sinus tach when he was finished but still cool to see.
 
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NVRob said:
Guilty as charged. Not sure how I pulled it off but I did.


Jimi, congrats! That's awesome.

Watched a super drunk guy put himself into bigeminal PACs with a few random PVCs as well from vomiting tonight, that one was pretty interesting to watch. Went right back to sinus tach when he was finished but still cool to see.
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It's interesting to watch people go into various paroxysmal heart blocks when vomiting.

I had one lady who would go into a complete heart block and have a syncopal episode each time she threw up. That was fun to watch all day.
 
My girlfriend is an emergency vet, and she had a dying dog last night that she simply could not help.. The owners wanted everything done...

When I saw her this morning, she said she did everything, but the dog still died ... "if I had injectable kitchen sink, I would have used that, too."

Best. Line. Ever.

We both cracked up. Yeah, we're strange.
 
Just got a page sent out for tomorrow. We are going to be having 3 EMTs take a BLS call from Palm Desert, CA up to Reno, NV. It's only about 10 hours each way and around 530 miles one way.

So glad I'm already working on another unit so that I don't get stuck doing it.
 
Why 3? So they can rotate driving?
 
Aprz said:
Why 3? So they can rotate driving?
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1 drives, 1 for patient care, and 1 to sleep. Then they rotate every couple of hours so that no one is trying to drive while they are tired or do patient care when they are tired.
 
firefite said:
Just got a page sent out for tomorrow. We are going to be having 3 EMTs take a BLS call from Palm Desert, CA up to Reno, NV. It's only about 10 hours each way and around 530 miles one way.

So glad I'm already working on another unit so that I don't get stuck doing it.
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20 hours, so 2 extra 1.5 hours plus 8 hours at time and a half...

that makes it 30 hours (8+4(1.5)+8(2)) pay for one shift? Not a bad shift to be honest. The bigger issue, from what I've seen, is taking care of the patient's personal needs (bowel movements, feeding, turning, etc). The things that most EMS providers are neither trained in, nor willing to do in most cases.

Now don't forget to add start of shift, drive to the pickup, receive the patient, dropping the patient off, and end of shift activities, which is in reality all going to be at double time.

This is all assuming you aren't on 24 hour shifts (which goes at 40 hour work weeks regardless of the length of the shift).
 
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firefite said:
Just got a page sent out for tomorrow. We are going to be having 3 EMTs take a BLS call from Palm Desert, CA up to Reno, NV. It's only about 10 hours each way and around 530 miles one way.

So glad I'm already working on another unit so that I don't get stuck doing it.
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That vanbulance is going to look real funny with all the boxes around haha.
 
JPINFV said:
20 hours, so 2 extra 1.5 hours plus 8 hours at time and a half...

that makes it 30 hours (8+4(1.5)+8(2)) pay for one shift? Not a bad shift to be honest. The bigger issue, from what I've seen, is taking care of the patient's personal needs (bowel movements, feeding, turning, etc). The things that most EMS providers are neither trained in, nor willing to do in most cases.

Now don't forget to add start of shift, drive to the pickup, receive the patient, dropping the patient off, and end of shift activities, which is in reality all going to be at double time.

This is all assuming you aren't on 24 hour shifts (which goes at 40 hour work weeks regardless of the length of the shift).
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$10.62/hr for the first 8 hours. $15.93 for the next 4 hours. The next 8 hours is $21.24

So just for the call it's about $316.12.

I despise BLS and absolutely hate IFTs so it's not worth it for me
 
firefite said:
$10.62/hr for the first 8 hours. $15.93 for the next 4 hours. The next 8 hours is $21.24

So just for the call it's about $316.12.

I despise BLS and absolutely hate IFTs so it's not worth it for me
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I'll admit to being a bit of a trollop when it comes to things like this. $300+ (again, don't forget about the non-transport activities, plus it's not like you're driving straight through anyways. Everybody's gotta eat, and that just adds time) is enough to get me on the road. Don't forget a laptop and some DVDs (to the point that I'd ask the patient, if he's awake, what he wants to watch and at least Red Box it). However I'd push for a box given the need for space to perform the more CNA type activities that are going to occur when you're watching a patient for 10 hours.
 
JPINFV said:
I'll admit to being a bit of a trollop when it comes to things like this. $300+ (again, don't forget about the non-transport activities, plus it's not like you're driving straight through anyways. Everybody's gotta eat, and that just adds time) is enough to get me on the road. Don't forget a laptop and some DVDs (to the point that I'd ask the patient, if he's awake, what he wants to watch and at least Red Box it). However I'd push for a box given the need for space to perform the more CNA type activities that are going to occur when you're watching a patient for 10 hours.
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We only have one box available and it is our CCT unit. So they will be given a type II. Yeah it will be well over a 20 hour call. So the crew is going to be making some good money.
 
We have some crews that will fight each other tooth and nail for those long distance calls, I just don't get it myself. Spending 14 hours an ambulance on one call just does not appeal to me. I'll do up to three hours one way, but after that someone else can take it.
 
SAD NEWS -
Please join me in remembering YET ANOTHER great icon of the entertainment community. The Pillsbury Dough Boy died yesterday of a yeast infection and traumatic complications from repeated pokes to the belly. He was 71. Dough Boy is survived by his wife Play Dough, three children, John Dough, Jane Dough, and Dill Dough, plus they had one in the Oven. Services were held at 3:50 for about 20 minutes.
 
Achilles said:
SAD NEWS -
Please join me in remembering YET ANOTHER great icon of the entertainment community. The Pillsbury Dough Boy died yesterday of a yeast infection and traumatic complications from repeated pokes to the belly. He was 71. Dough Boy is survived by his wife Play Dough, three children, John Dough, Jane Dough, and Dill Dough, plus they had one in the Oven. Services were held at 3:50 for about 20 minutes.
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Meh, I'm not going to lose sleep over another dead racist [Link goes to Google Image Search].
 
firefite said:
We only have one box available and it is our CCT unit. So they will be given a type II. Yeah it will be well over a 20 hour call. So the crew is going to be making some good money.
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They're actually taking the CCT unit on the call. We tested it out by driving it down to san diego and back today. We averaged 7.8 MPG lol
 
exodus said:
They're actually taking the CCT unit on the call. We tested it out by driving it down to san diego and back today. We averaged 7.8 MPG lol
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We need more efficient ambulances now now now now!......oh wait never mind gas prices came back down 30 cents.......we need bigger ambulances now now now!

sigh
 
bigbaldguy said:
We need more efficient ambulances now now now now!......oh wait never mind gas prices came back down 30 cents.......we need bigger ambulances now now now!

sigh
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I like bigger ambulances. Especially Ford's and International :D
Oh and I love a diesel!
 
I've seen a pic of RV ambulances for MCIs, but we need to switch to the RV ambulances for regular use. :P
 
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