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Jambi said:
The striking stuff makes me think of this:

my starting pay as a medic is under that.

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I thought the same today, if local centers paid like that... I could maybe make some spending money.
 
It's always cool to see my former EMT students grow up to me paramedics. It's even better when I'm told that how I taught assessments and the things I emphasized gave them an initial advantage of other less-prepared students. :beerchug:
 
I'm going to strangle a kitten if I see one more person advocating "We ShOuLd Be PaId LiKe NuRsEs!!!!!!" on Facebook.
 
/sneaks away to post on FB
 
Robb said:
I'm going to strangle a kitten if I see one more person advocating "We ShOuLd Be PaId LiKe NuRsEs!!!!!!" on Facebook.
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I know. Why should we get paid like nurses when we are doing stuff doctors do only at 70mph?!
 
Soliciting some opinions.

For my recert class, I've decided to cut out some face-to-face hours (we're talking 8 saturdays and 2.5 semester credits) and replace then with 4 written assignments. All 4 are relevant and designed to both reinforce assessment, treatment, and evaluation of changing status at the EMT basic level while also requiring some critical thinking and evaluation/synthesis (education buzzwords). I think it will be a nice change from the same old lecture stuff, while also exposing students to some interesting content. The requirements are moderate at initial responses requiring between 400 and 600 words depending on the assignment, and 2 200 word response/discussion with other students.

You all think that's a fair trade off for cutting 4-6 hours of face to face boring lecture time? Especially considering these people are already providers?

Of course I've correlated these videos with content from the course, and I've provided guideline rubrics for the responses.

here are the videos I'm using

Bondi Beach

Chris Solomons

Empathy

Boston EMS radio traffic
 
DesertEMT66 said:
I know. Why should we get paid like nurses when we are doing stuff doctors do only at 70mph?!
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Right?

Someone made the comparison between us and physicians. "We do similar things to doctors and nurses in the ER and should be paid equivalently" or some bull:censored::censored::censored::censored: like that.

People wonder why EMS is the red headed stepchild of emergency response...all they have to do to find out why is go look at the EMS groups on Facebook.
 
TRSpeed said:
As for this GcTI you never want to work for them. They were actually shut down a couple yrs ago, their ambulances look raggedy and luke spaceships because they use the "demers" style vans. And btw we went to La the other night in out 12 chevy box for a ift our unit was the only one that didn't have scuffs, had armor all, shinny chrome and bumper train horns in the bay. :)
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Hey, I LIKE the Demers molded light cover look.

I also like clean ambulances...
 
Robb said:
I'm going to strangle a kitten if I see one more person advocating "We ShOuLd Be PaId LiKe NuRsEs!!!!!!" on Facebook.
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I am going to start a group "Nurses should get paid like fire medics"
 
Sitting on the plane waiting to take off. ..... Only 3 more hours and I get to go home.
 
It annoys me to no end when staff ED intentionally wears their name tag backwards. When I show up, I want to know who you are and what your job is. I hate when I transfer a patient and then get that expectant look from a person at the bedside, I'll give a handover and then she says, "oh, I'm just a tech". Now I have to ask every time, "are you the RN taking report?" I also get the, "oh just tell me, I'll pass it on to the nurse." Sorry. It doesn't work that way.

I'm really happy that one of our primary hospitals has mandated standard colored scrubs for staff levels. RNs wear navy blue, techs in light blue, radiologists wear gray...

On a personal level, I find it irritating too. If I'm a patient, I want to know the name and certification level of my caregiver. My wife was in the ED the other day and I had to continuously ask people coming into the room who they were and what they did. An Advanced Practice Nurse was a little upset when I asked who she was. I said, "it's my right to know who is providing care, isn't it?" She said, "my name is Jane and I'm a nurse. That's all you need to know." Really? I made a call to the administrative nursing supervisor, who promptly came down to the ED, chewed "Jane's" *** and then came in and apologized.

Ridiculous.
 
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Is very excited! MCMO (Mason County Medic One) is hiring a part time emt! I need to make sure I send in an application! Would love to become a medic there someday!
 
So my jeep started running hot last night, pulled over and I had NO radiator fluid. Then after i filled it up, I noticed a small dripping while running. So I'm thinking either the water pump is about to go, or the gasket is shot. At least neither is super expensive...
 
exodus said:
So my jeep started running hot last night, pulled over and I had NO radiator fluid. Then after i filled it up, I noticed a small dripping while running. So I'm thinking either the water pump is about to go, or the gasket is shot. At least neither is super expensive...
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No bueno is this weather!
 
FireWA1 said:
Is very excited! MCMO (Mason County Medic One) is hiring a part time emt! I need to make sure I send in an application! Would love to become a medic there someday!
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The ONLY way to work there as a medic is to be "homegrown", that is have a year or more of MASON COUNTY experience prior to medic school, or come in as an experienced medic. They don't hire new medics from outside the county. MCMO pays lousy (they're a branch of Olympic Ambulance) but the experience is decent. Lots of Mason County Fire Medics started at MCMO. I did several shifts there when I was at Olympic. Lots of fun.
 
DEmedic said:
It annoys me to no end when staff ED intentionally wears their name tag backwards. When I show up, I want to know who you are and what your job is. I hate when I transfer a patient and then get that expectant look from a person at the bedside, I'll give a handover and then she says, "oh, I'm just a tech". Now I have to ask every time, "are you the RN taking report?" I also get the, "oh just tell me, I'll pass it on to the nurse." Sorry. It doesn't work that way.

I'm really happy that one of our primary hospitals has mandated standard colored scrubs for staff levels. RNs wear navy blue, techs in light blue, radiologists wear gray...

On a personal level, I find it irritating too. If I'm a patient, I want to know the name and certification level of my caregiver. My wife was in the ED the other day and I had to continuously ask people coming into the room who they were and what they did. An Advanced Practice Nurse was a little upset when I asked who she was. I said, "it's my right to know who is providing care, isn't it?" She said, "my name is Jane and I'm a nurse. That's all you need to know." Really? I made a call to the administrative nursing supervisor, who promptly came down to the ED, chewed "Jane's" *** and then came in and apologized.

Ridiculous.
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There's a bit of an urban legend (it's probably happened but I would imagine rarely) that letting people know your name as ED staff is setting yourself up to get murdered, raped, assaulted, robbed, stalked, ect. Why they think the violent felons in question won't simply wait for them to leave the hospital and follow them home remains a mystery.
 
DEmedic said:
The ONLY way to work there as a medic is to be "homegrown", that is have a year or more of MASON COUNTY experience prior to medic school, or come in as an experienced medic. They don't hire new medics from outside the county.
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That is why I am trying to get in as an emt first. Sucks about the pay. But I guess what can you expect from a private company.
 
usalsfyre said:
There's a bit of an urban legend (it's probably happened but I would imagine rarely) that letting people know your name as ED staff is setting yourself up to get murdered, raped, assaulted, robbed, stalked, ect. Why they think the violent felons in question won't simply wait for them to leave the hospital and follow them home remains a mystery.
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Oh, I've seen much of the same paranoia around EMS. My old place only put our first names on our badges due to this fear. Here, our jumpsuits all have our full first and last names embroidered on the front. I figure I walk up to patients and introduce myself anyway, so it doesn't bother me in the slightest. I don't think I do enough to make most people fly off into a murderous rage.
 
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