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Robb said:
If I'm not mistaken didn't Utah just start doing it?

I don't have an issue with the government drug testing people that are asking them for money that I busy my *** to contribute to.
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Yes! Yes they did! I actually looked into that a couple days ago, because they stated that they had saved their state over $300K! I thought, what did they do so different that Florida didn't? If they really saved that much money, how'd they do it. I was disappointed when I looked into it.

So here's how they did it:

They administered a Substance Abuse Subtle Screening Inventory quiz, to generate the probable cause necessary to require a drug test. The quiz supposedly identifies people with “a high probability of addictive behavior” by asking them true/false questions similar to:

"I believe everything is turning out just the way the Bible said it would";
"Most people would lie to get what they want";
"Sometimes I have a hard time sitting still";
"Some crooks are so clever that I hope they get away with what they've done"; and
"Pornography and obscenity have become serious problems and must be curbed."

Since 247 people refused the drug test, they didn't get an average of $498 in benefits for three months. 1,020 of the 4,730 applicants scored highly on the SASSI, or about 22 percent. I find it hard to believe that over one in five people have “a high probability of addictive behavior.”

Of those people 466 were drug tested and 12 turned up positive, a positive rate of 2.5 percent for all those drug-tested and 1.2 percent for people with “a high probability of addictive behavior.”

The Utah DWS claim of $369,000 savings is dubious. You’d have to assume all 247 people who refused a drug test would have failed one, and even if you did, the positive rate for those tested (259 out of 713) would be 36% and 25% for people with “a high probability of addictive behavior” (259 out of 1,020).

I don't like trying to be fooled, especially by politicians and PR people.
 
Not that I have a need to have my new credentials in hand... I just found out that I have to wait till the middle of November to get them :( Lol I'm impatient and want them now :p
 
Anjel said:
Happy birthday Robby!
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Thank you :)

24 years old, grey hairs and all! You think I'm kidding...my girly picked two of em off my head the other day haha.
 
Worked straight through lunch guess it's just one of those days. Oh and happy b-day Robb
 
Happy Birthday Rob! Hopefully celebrating with something other than a night working the horizontal taxi service...
 
EHRMAHGHERD!!!!

Lookit the festive autumn EMTLIFE logo!!!

Makes me want a pumpkin spice latte..:wub:
 
Household6 said:
EHRMAHGHERD!!!!

Lookit the festive autumn EMTLIFE logo!!!

Makes me want a pumpkin spice latte..:wub:
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Because I have a "day off" tomorrow, so to speak, I'm going to have to have my first PSL (and probably only) of the season!
 
So it's official, next year starting around april / may our company will be rolling out sansio-ePCR to replace meds in riverside county.
 
EMT B said:
are you not allowed to drink coffee on shift? :blink:
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That'd be the craziest rule I've ever heard of, haha.
Maybe he just gets to enjoy it when he's off duty?

I've actually never had a pumpkin latte. Come to think of it, I can't ever remember having a latte of any sort. Normal is just black coffee, unless it's Starbucks, then it's a touch a coffee with a gallon of milk to drown out the burnt taste, haha.
Edit: Forgot to say. Got a call back for 3 jobs today, pretty stoked. One's working at the Exchange at Luke AFB, one as a delivery driver, and one at the hospital a block down the street for an ED tech. Can you guess which one I'd like? haha
Beggars can't be choosers and all that jazz, though.
 
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thats true. i was gonna say i practically main line caffine when im working...
 
exodus said:
So it's official, next year starting around april / may our company will be rolling out sansio-ePCR to replace meds in riverside county.
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See you had your training today lol. I'm happy, I'm tired of MEDS.
 
Aprz said:
Born the same day as the '89 earthquake in the bay area? Your new alias is Quake.
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I was actually born right around the time it happened too.

People call
Me crazy but I feel the smallest earthquakes. Sometimes I get a weird feeling before a big one (5.0+) hits. Maybe I'm looney but it's happened more than once.

EMT2B said:
**is now wondering if Rob/Quake is her grade school friend's baby brother** LoL
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What's your friends name? And where'd they go to school lol.
 
Things I learned today, while working my part-time job:

1. If the federal government shuts down, your state funded medicaid benefits are cut off, and you can no longer get your pain meds from the pharmacy, necessitating a call to 911.

2. The off her meds psych patient, who is tweeking on some sort of illicit substance, is completely capable of convincing the firefighters who are first on scene that she is deaf and they must write everything down to communicate with her. When the ambulance finally shows up, and the EMS crew approaches the group, the firefighters are not amused when the patient is miraculously cured and can suddenly hear again.

3. Having 8 runs in 12 hours reminds me that there are things that I don't miss about working in the city. Thankfully, I get to go back to the country tomorrow!
 
Full moon Friday? Why did I come into work ? Left base at 0800 this morning, haven't been closer than five miles to it all day. Just finished transport number six. Gonna be a long night
 
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