the 100% directionless thread

STXmedic said:
Yeah, that's one of my qualms. Two months is fast compared to our process. I was in the first class of three, and it took me nine months to process. The third class from my list took ~15 months.
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Wow I will take my two months and run with it
 
So..... Next Wednesday night is the 10th anniversary since my brother passed. The saloon he worked at is holding a memorial and the owner Jeremiah came up with my contact number. They want me to intro the night to everyone by being the first one of the night to ride one of the bulls...
So, if I don't post again after then... :ph34r:

Another note. I got my station assignment for vehiculars yesterday. I completely by chance got put on shift with my former EMT instructor. Thought that was too awesome.
 
Chewy20 said:
This is my first run at civil service, so I don't know much about other places, but so far I haven't encountered anything out of the blue. Just wish it didn't take almost two months haha.
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I think that's the fastest CS process I've ever heard of by far. I work for a non CS government entity and it took about that long and I had two competitors for the spot...
 
On another note.

8 patient transports in 4.5 hours.

2 of which were a 21 and 26 yom. Both on the same motorcycle going 55mph at about 2200. No helmets no head light. Car pulls out in front of them and they hit and go flying. Had to transport both since we were the only Unit available.

I don't understand why people can't wear a damn helmet. The one kid had repetitive questioning and a BP of 196/100. Eventually lost consciousness in the ER. Just doesn't make sense to me.
 
Tigger said:
I think that's the fastest CS process I've ever heard of by far. I work for a non CS government entity and it took about that long and I had two competitors for the spot...
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Then no complaints from me :P they are in the need for personnel to fill up their rather new P/B truck system so that probably has something to do with it to even out the numbers
 
Finally home. Our calls yesterday came in the wrong order, only 2 during the day, but 5 or 6 after dinner, including 3 after midnight. Can finally lay in bed and relax without having to worry about dispatch buzzing me every 30 minutes or so lol
 
Chewy20 said:
Anyone ever been denied a job due to credit? Know how seriously EMS agencies look at it? Trying to settle my mind a little bit lol.
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The only place I worked that really looked at it seriously was a casino... And most of that was the state control agency, who even required my bank account info and asset lists, so they could make sure I wasn't stealing.

Two months is about what our EMS process is here and it's non CS. Dispatch takes about 6 months from initial application through the entire process. Right now I'm about 2 months, and halfway through the dispatch process for another larger agency.
 
EMDispatch said:
The only place I worked that really looked at it seriously was a casino... And most of that was the state control agency, who even required my bank account info and asset lists, so they could make sure I wasn't stealing.

Two months is about what our EMS process is here and it's non CS. Dispatch takes about 6 months from initial application through the entire process. Right now I'm about 2 months, and halfway through the dispatch process for another larger agency.
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Yeah I am beginning to become less and less worried about the credit. Only really focused on it due to the fact that it could be the only thing to hold me back at this point. Thanks for the info!
 
How does that saying go...Two is one and one is none? Or something like that. I Just needed an excuse to buy another one

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Bragger... Lol
 
That tan is what I am looking to get my slide or frame painted in. Or OD Green.
 
Well the US lost. Good goal keeping by both teams.
 
I just stuck this on FB:

Oh, whoever is on 107, I forgot to mention, unit 24240 is haunted. 2 nights before our last night on the unit, the pulse ox was sitting on the bench, and the compartment lights were off. I see the waveform bar bouncing back and forth through the back window, so I look in to see what it says. SPO2 of 72%, and HR of like 180's with full waveform on the bars... The probe was just sitting on the seat, not on anyones finger. I opened the back doors and it just stopped, I couldn't get it to read a value by moving it around, or setting it next to the sockets in the rig.
So I have determined, there's a ghost on the unit that likes the pulse-ox...
 
medic job oh medic job, where art thou?
applied several places, heard back from 1 but 2.5 hours away for pt wasn't going to work....
silence from all the others ....so far
 
JPINFV said:
Meh... people care about flop-ball?
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Not much flopping in that game.

Not to mention that any sport where the athletes do stuff I can't even dream about makes it worth watching. Some of the goals are straight baffling.
 
Tigger said:
Not much flopping in that game.

Not to mention that any sport where the athletes do stuff I can't even dream about makes it worth watching. Some of the goals are straight baffling.
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I am not a soccer fan, but the last ten minutes or so of that game were fun to watch.
 
The wife got me a raptor for my birthday. Now if I can just land this new gig so I can start riding rigs part time on my off days.
 
After months of processing and hiring freezes, I'm officially an instructor at our University's EHS program. [emoji16] About time!
 
EMDispatch said:
The wife got me a raptor for my birthday. Now if I can just land this new gig so I can start riding rigs part time on my off days.
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Let me preface this my saying I would have posted this even if you had not posted. This is not a slam on dispatchers by any means.

Anyway, on my shift it's my job to orient new part time staff and get them up to speed and meeting agency expectations. I genuinely enjoy this role, but lately my patience is being significantly stretched by a new hire who is also a local dispatcher and volunteer firefighter. He's incredibly enthusiastic and wants to learn to be a good EMT, but I can't figure out how to encourage him to be humble. His other jobs have given him some experience but he's got nothing on most of our staff, who average something like 17 years on the job.

I try and educate on something simple like radio procedures and he blows me off citing his dispatch experience and then proceeds to screw it all up, so guess who takes that hit. I'm more worried about his interactions at the station, where he's making the all to common rookie mistake of trying to come off as salty but I'm not really sure how to approach that, I've already pulled him aside to tell him that the crews will either ignore him or eat him alive if he keeps that up. So far to no avail.

I don't want him to fail since we need part timers and some younger blood (like me) would be appreciated. Thoughts?
 
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