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I love coming back to the garage to find a subpoena waiting for me. :wacko:
No it's not. But you get used to it. Driving an ambulance is tough if you're not used to driving bigger vehicles. They're long, wide, turn slow, accelerate slow, stop slow, not easy to drive but after you spend some time behind the wheel you'll be surprised what you can do and parking spots you can fit in.
In your down time practice driving if your partner and dispatch are OK with it. When my partner and I train new hire intermediates (He's an FTO, I'm just the medic but I still give my input. We have intermediates train intermediates and medics train medics) we usually have them driving around when we're posted rather than sitting around doing nothing. We also do system status management so we have a mile radius in which we can roam from our designated post. We have them drive normal, parallel park, revers park, we park it oddly and make them get out of it. Usually we use natural barriers or cones if we find them lying around (just remember to put them back when you're done and use your head about which ones seem safe to borrow and which ones need to stay in place.
Random question but do you guys have backup cameras on your rigs?
I always find it funny when people make comments about me parking my personal truck (crew can short bed Super Duty). That thing feels small compared to my ambo.
No it's not. But you get used to it. Driving an ambulance is tough if you're not used to driving bigger vehicles. They're long, wide, turn slow, accelerate slow, stop slow, not easy to drive but after you spend some time behind the wheel you'll be surprised what you can do and parking spots you can fit in.
In your down time practice driving if your partner and dispatch are OK with it. When my partner and I train new hire intermediates (He's an FTO, I'm just the medic but I still give my input. We have intermediates train intermediates and medics train medics) we usually have them driving around when we're posted rather than sitting around doing nothing. We also do system status management so we have a mile radius in which we can roam from our designated post. We have them drive normal, parallel park, revers park, we park it oddly and make them get out of it. Usually we use natural barriers or cones if we find them lying around (just remember to put them back when you're done and use your head about which ones seem safe to borrow and which ones need to stay in place.
Random question but do you guys have backup cameras on your rigs?
I always find it funny when people make comments about me parking my personal truck (crew can short bed Super Duty). That thing feels small compared to my ambo.
