the 100% directionless thread

chaz90 said:
Rather discouraging, but get in there and change that! Our current educational model has had a profound impact on students, so improving it can have an effect too. If we can teach thousands of students to immobilize, throw a NRB on everyone, and transport every pt. emergently we can teach them the error of those options as well.
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I know. I was perhaps being a little dramatic. We actually have a student today that is genuinely excited. I love days like today.

The education system needs to be extremely altered, but as Vene likes to often point out, the failures of US EMS are multi faceted. I'm just going to keep going to school and working to improve what I can until I find a niche. All I can do really.
 
Posted in the derp thread, channeled veneficus a bit. Where is he?
 
After working an arrest on scene for 25 minutes and getting orders from a doc to cease efforts, one of the sheriff's officers on scene said to me, "I wish you could've just faked it and taken him to the hospital anyway." Whaaaaat? :wacko:
 
MissK said:
After working an arrest on scene for 25 minutes and getting orders from a doc to cease efforts, one of the sheriff's officers on scene said to me, "I wish you could've just faked it and taken him to the hospital anyway." Whaaaaat? :wacko:
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I've had that one too. Makes you go :wacko:
 
I thought up an early morning call haiku today:

0530 call
You fell down Thursday evening?
I'm all OMG.
 
Rocketmedic40 said:
Posted in the derp thread, channeled veneficus a bit. Where is he?
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He said awhile ago that he gave up on EMS. I assume he gave it up complete including here. Although I think he gave up on it before, stopped posting for awhile, and then came back. Maybe he'll do that again? If you know him on Facebook, or if you send him an e-mail through here, I am sure he would be more than willing to answer medical questions.
 
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Aprz said:
He said awhile ago that he gave up on EMS. I assume he gave it up complete including here. Although I think he gave up on it before, stopped posting for awhile, and then came back. Maybe he'll do that again?
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He tends to take extended leaves of absence from time to time. I'm sure he'll pop back up eventually. There were a few newer members that really disrespected him on here recently so I'm I'd be willing to bet that has something to do with his hiatus.
 
Robb said:
He tends to take extended leaves of absence from time to time. I'm sure he'll pop back up eventually. There were a few newer members that really disrespected him on here recently so I'm I'd be willing to bet that has something to do with his hiatus.
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Yeah. He said he was done, hopefully he returns.
 
MMiz said:
Yeah. He said he was done, hopefully he returns.
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Agreed.

I don't get it, they assigned a brand new Internediate as my partner for the last 6 weeks of the bid and as soon as she hopped on the cloud cleared and it's been bluebird ever since...watch me eat my words in the last two hours if my Friday...
 
Starting new job tomorrow morning, my supervisor is an NCO in my Guard unit. Yey! or ? and danger.
False NG motivation!
 
I have two 12 hr night shifts to get a critical pt. with multiple problems or treatment modalities in place. Send me some good vibes people to help me get out of the FTO process!
 
Two codes already today. Left both at the hospital with a pulse, and it feels good.
 
chaz90 said:
I have two 12 hr night shifts to get a critical pt. with multiple problems or treatment modalities in place. Send me some good vibes people to help me get out of the FTO process!
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The ever elusive "1m". A code with a rhythm change can count, as can a CHF/COPD, It all depends on your FTO.

Good luck.
 
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DEmedic said:
The ever elusive "1m". A code with a rhythm change can count, as can a CHF/COPD, It all depends on your FTO.

Good luck.
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My codes have been on a spectrum from super dead to the funeral should already have occurred. I'll find something though.
 
7 hours. 7 hours for what should have been a 3.5 hour drive. Of course I now know that the Calico Early Man Site is really a tourist trap (no, I'm not paying $2 to see your digs), what's at the end of Zzyzx road, and have some interesting pictures of abandoned structures in both Baker as well as that water park along the 15. Also I got some pictures of that new solar plant just outside of Primm, NV.

Finally, Primm has definitely gone down hill over the past 10 years. The arcade at Buffalo Bills used to be awesome (1-2 times a year from 1999-2003 my HS band and drumline went to competitions in Vegas... we always stopped there), and the only BJ tables worth a damn (i.e. pays BJ 3-2 instead of that 6-5 scam) are $25 plus at all of 3 of the casinos there.

Oh, yea, and there's a reason that $33/night strip hotel rooms are $33/night. :-(
 
I was nearing the end of the process and had a tour at 104 with 6 priority 1s. I went right to DORs. You'll get that last one soon.

With luck, you won't ever have to do the process again.
 
It's always great to see the drunk fall patient you brought into the ER leave 2 hours later in handcuffs because he tried to light the ER on fire. All because they wouldn't let him have a cigarette.
 
DEmedic said:
I was nearing the end of the process and had a tour at 104 with 6 priority 1s. I went right to DORs. You'll get that last one soon.

With luck, you won't ever have to do the process again.
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That's what I keep hearing from people. I just desperately need to have a couple of those shifts.
 
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