the 100% directionless thread

My wife is a manager of a department in a larger store. Her employees all got together and went to the upper management to complain that she wasn't rewarding them enough.

Call me old fasioned, but I always thought my paycheck clearing was reward enough for doing what I signed up for.

We used to get little baby pins for deliveries, but nothing for field saves other than an atta boy.
 
The background on the Phoenix... It was originally done to promote teamwork and reunite SCA survivors with the rescuers.

It's a nice piece of recognition for a job well done. No matter if you think it's just part of the job or not, it's always nice to be recognized and receive a little attaboy. The ones I think are bull are when a medic gets a Phoenix award for a patient that was already resuscitated by the time they arrived. Those are useless.
 
DEmedic said:
The background on the Phoenix... It was originally done to promote teamwork and reunite SCA survivors with the rescuers.

It's a nice piece of recognition for a job well done. No matter if you think it's just part of the job or not, it's always nice to be recognized and receive a little attaboy. The ones I think are bull are when a medic gets a Phoenix award for a patient that was already resuscitated by the time they arrived. Those are useless.
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That's this call. I don't think I'm getting a Phoenix, nor should I. A public access AED along with bystanders and a nearby cop willing to do CPR and press the shock button saved this patient's life. I did nothing except start 2x IVs and start an Amiodarone drip.
 
Ladies and gentlemen, may i present to you the stupidest thing ever invented.
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Third in unit to a brush fire in our first in district. Our engine got dispatched to a "miscellaneous outside fire" and then upgraded to a bush alarm on scene. Department policy is that the ambulance responds code 2 (non emergent) to fire calls...and we still beat the 4 other engines responding lol We pull in behind an engine from a neighboring department (the call was almost literally on the city lines) find our engine guys and they had us help adjust valves and hoseline until the rest of the alarm started arriving...for a wannabe firefighter like myself it was actually pretty awesome lol
 
Tigger said:
Yea, ensuring that CPR is done properly is super dumb.
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It would be beneficial for ems/healthcare providers who are familliar with those pads. Perhaps you msunderstood my post, as I was referring to the untrained/ minimally trained responder. For a nervous guy who took a cpr class a year ago, figuring out how to apply those pads in the heat of the moment would be nothing but a hinderance. They look nothing like normal cpr pads, and thier use is not usually taught in cpr classes.
 
redundantbassist said:
It would be beneficial for ems/healthcare providers who are familliar with those pads. Perhaps you msunderstood my post, as I was referring to the untrained/ minimally trained responder. For a nervous guy who took a cpr class a year ago, figuring out how to apply those pads in the heat of the moment would be nothing but a hinderance. They look nothing like normal cpr pads, and thier use is not usually taught in cpr classes.
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The pictures on the pads are the same exact ones that are normal AED pads. It shows you were to place the pads and where to place your hands for compressions. Not very hard directions to follow.
 
DesertEMT66 said:
The pictures on the pads are the same exact ones that are normal AED pads. It shows you were to place the pads and where to place your hands for compressions. Not very hard directions to follow.
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I saw a video (cant remember where, anyone seen it?) where a group of people with no training were given an AED trainer and a manikin and were let loose with no instruction, in order to simulate a real code. Many were unable to even apply the pads. One man even tried to put the UNOPENED package directly on the manikin's chest. Throw this thing into the mix and youve got a disaster, even for someone who is cpr certified. Just because something is simple in your eyes doesn't mean the general public will be able to operate it.
 
In all fairness it does have a picture of a person above where you're supposed to put the pads showing how it should be oriented along with the pictures on the pads.

Personally I'm not a fan of CPR pucks, such as that or the Philips qCPR. They're ridiculously uncomfortable on your hands.

In other news the lady and I are moving into a brand new house starting July 1. Still not in a position to buy unfortunately however after doing our budget so long as we play things right between now and then we'll have a decent savings tucked away by the time we move in. That's not including OT and her potentially getting a raise and/or a new job.

Gonna be a savings year then hopefully buying this time next year.
 
We use the pucks and have to admit they work well, especially when we get our data back a few days later about how the call played out. With that being said, fire is usually first on scene and do not use the same pads, so if we were first on scene and doing manual compressions it would only be for a few minutes until autopulse arrived. Then no more puck as the autopulse would not function properly.
 
redundantbassist said:
I saw a video (cant remember where, anyone seen it?) where a group of people with no training were given an AED trainer and a manikin and were let loose with no instruction, in order to simulate a real code. Many were unable to even apply the pads. One man even tried to put the UNOPENED package directly on the manikin's chest. Throw this thing into the mix and youve got a disaster, even for someone who is cpr certified. Just because something is simple in your eyes doesn't mean the general public will be able to operate it.
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If they can't get those on then they were not likely to be able to get any pads on.

Given that most people struggle to prov de proper compressions I see this as a significant improvement. Perhaps further study is warranted, and I couldn't access the text of the above.
 
Trying to play catch up....

Weather has been great the past few days. It's going to be a little warmer today though. Currently 72° with a high expected of 80°.

Ewok Jerky said:
My wife is a manager of a department in a larger store. Her employees all got together and went to the upper management to complain that she wasn't rewarding them enough.

Call me old fasioned, but I always thought my paycheck clearing was reward enough for doing what I signed up for. ...
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I can see both sides of the coin, but who doesn't appreciate an extra, "Thank you." "Great job." "Awesome work." ?

When I was the manager of Logistics at Super Target, our team reduced our error rate by 77% within six months of me coming aboard. While I helped make things more efficient, they doing their jobs correctly played the biggest role. This resulted in less overall work for them (too long to explain), greater product availability for the customers, and higher profit for the store.

Was it part of their job description to do it that way from the beginning? Yes. Did I reward them for doing a great job and constantly improving? You better believe it. And for the next two years they kept improving, and I kept rewarding them.
 
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Rickey rescue becomes an RN.
 
I'm not against rewarding people and would be lying if I said I didn't appreciate a "great job" every now and again. Just never totally understood it.

My understanding with bonuses was always that they're directly related to how well the company did that year.
 
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