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Whelp... first shift as the only Paramedic on an ambulance since I was cleared from FTO on Monday. Doing standby at the horse races tonight.


If a jockey falls off or gets kicked, I'm there to save the day! Or atleast put a band-aid on.
 
you cannot ignore our chastising Linuss!

let's hear your rebuttal.

I'm gonna go ahead and call "judgemental" on this one. Don't take it so hard tho bro. We've all been there.

I drew the line at "can you give me the morphine undiluted and push it fast, so i can feel it better?"

and i judged her. The next best thing that I did was tell the charge the next day, that she could not assign that patient to me for a 3rd day in a row. Someone else with patience took care of her and all was well.
 
My story for EMS1's EMS week contest made it to the finalists catagory! :D
 
So Tired...

Was about to go to bed at midnight last night when the pager went off. 60 y/o male fall from a horse over 12 hours ealier (and was sitting there in pain for all that time). Compound femur fracture. Location: ~5 miles up a Forest Service Road... 2 miles on a Jeep Trail... 2 more miles up a trail made up mostly of shale rock and with a 10-15 degree incline. Got home at 0600 and got 3 hours sleep before my internal clock woke me up...
 
yesterday i witnessed a 4 car accident on the freeway slammed the brakes and avoid hitting the cars called 911 reported accident and im happy to be alive :) hows everyone today ?? Stay safe out there :)
 
I just got home and I have to be up in 3 hours for a 16hr day at the horse track tomorrow.

Yay.
 
Linuss said:
I just got home and I have to be up in 3 hours for a 16hr day at the horse track tomorrow.

Yay.
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Don't lie... you are lovin' every minute of playing solo medic...
 
Layover el paso. 2 hours to Vegas !
 
Mountain Res-Q said:
Don't lie... you are lovin' every minute of playing solo medic...
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Not when my damn partner stirs me awake every single time Im on the verge of sleeping.


I have narcotics darnit! I need my beauty sleep! Just wake me if another jockey is tossed.
 
Vegas baby!
 
Just got back from 9 hours of Helicopter Training. I did not realize that my shoulder was still pretty screwed up... did all the easy evolutions (rappels off a mock helo, hot loads, some flight time, etc...), moved on to short haul evolutions (gotta love that stuff), but then my shoulder started to act up (pain and limiting range of motion) and I just didn't think it a good idea to take part in a higher risk evolution at less than 100%. :sad: Pity... thank goodness we have a small chunk of money set aside for Helo Training and have a few more hours of rotor time we need to use up prior to July 1 (end of fiscal year)... and I am TIRED!!!
 
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Ha! In WA state each hospital has a 3 digit numerical code which is used to identify it on our state reporting forms. For example, the hospital we usually transport to is 030. Our nearest Trauma center is 197 (I think...), etc. One of the guys on my service used to work for Enumclaw, WA FD. He said that Enumclaw Hospital was 007 and the code seemed to hold some kind of strange curse over the hospital.:P
 
Hey Linuss, quick question. Does TX use I/85s or I/99s? Just wondering.
 
lightsandsirens5 said:
Ha! In WA state each hospital has a 3 digit numerical code which is used to identify it on our state reporting forms. For example, the hospital we usually transport to is 030. Our nearest Trauma center is 197 (I think...), etc. One of the guys on my service used to work for Enumclaw, WA FD. He said that Enumclaw Hospital was 007 and the code seemed to hold some kind of strange curse over the hospital.:P
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what kind of curse?
 
And now that I'm home I can type more...

Texas uses I/85's. Arlington Fire is the biggest grouping of Intermediates I know in Texas, as they don't take Basics, and God forbid anyone try to get their medic... <_<

Though the thing with Texas is, delegated practice, so I/85 can basically turn into an I/99 depending on your agency.


What, thinking of moving down here? Let me know... I'm getting fed up with life in general and am thinking of just picking up and moving to start anew.
 
Why on Earth would you run emergent to a broken thumb?
 
Linuss said:
And now that I'm home I can type more...

Texas uses I/85's. Arlington Fire is the biggest grouping of Intermediates I know in Texas, as they don't take Basics, and God forbid anyone try to get their medic... <_<

Though the thing with Texas is, delegated practice, so I/85 can basically turn into an I/99 depending on your agency.


What, thinking of moving down here? Let me know... I'm getting fed up with life in general and am thinking of just picking up and moving to start anew.
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I'm debating. I just got up here to CO, so I don't exactly wanna move again, but certain things are happening so I figured I'd start thinking and getting feelers out
 
Texas is a cool state... and if you ever decide to attempt your medic again you can go to my old school :P





On a different topic: I wanted to stab the other Paramedic yesterday in the face. There were 2 medics(him and I) and 3 basics. One basic and I were on the ambulance that is to stay on the horse track... we can't leave the track for anyone, and as such the medic and basics in the first aid room have to do a roving patrol for the patrons, as per the places contract with AMR. The other medic has a history of being a complete imbecile, and is completely full of the Paragod mindset, like he's Gods gift or something, and mistreats Basics all the time.


Before we were to be on the track the EMT I was with and I were in the first aid room just waiting. Someone came in complaining of a major headache and the other medic just told them to lay down and completely ignored them. Instead I grabbed an EMT and did a full workup on the patient, who was a 21yo who ended up having a BP of 142/102... yeah... not good. Anyhow the EMT who is at the track permanently and I head out to the ambulance. Later on we don't see anyone roaming the crowd, so the EMT calls the first aid room and suggest to the medic to get someone out there like there should be.


At the end of shift, the medic comes up to me and starts to B**** and says he can't believe an EMT told him what to do, and says that he couldn't spare an EMT because they were busy (2 patients) and that he had to "maintain ALS capability".


That was it. I called bs and said "You don't need 3 people, only one of which is a Paramedic, to handle ALS patients. All ambulances are built to handle atleast 2 backboarded patients at a time, and if you can't handle 2 non-critical patients by yourself you need to correct that. And if they WERE critical patients, you need to get on the phone and get an ambulance out to transport ASAP. You can spare 1 EMT, if not both, to do the roaming patrol. If you need help, call them on the radio, that's what it's for."
 
Linuss said:
Texas is a cool state... and if you ever decide to attempt your medic again you can go to my old school :P
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Oh I plan on it :) But since I'm not sure yet if I wanna move, one place I'm going Tues AM after I get off shift is a local CC that just started their medic program. Gonna go talk to them with my transcripts and see what they say
 
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