the 100% directionless thread

ViolynEMT said:
July 1st. Magic Mike. Let the countdown begin. :p
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I love having to be up at 0330 for an 0430-1630 shift, falling asleep at 2030, waking up at 2330 and not being able to go back to sleep.

So I turned on Titanic. Figured I'd get bored at fall back asleep...haha

But now I'm browsing EMTLife. This website owes me a lot of hours of sleep.
 
ViolynEMT said:
At least manual gurneys are lighter. [emoji6]
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I've never understood this argument. When are you lifting the gurney enough to notice the weight difference? If I have to go up or down more than 2-3 stairs I'm using a stair chair anyways. Into the back of the ambulance you can feel it a little bit but the legs lowering or raising themselves creating the ability to two-point every lift offsets the minor difference.
 
Handsome Robb said:
I've never understood this argument. When are you lifting the gurney enough to notice the weight difference? If I have to go up or down more than 2-3 stairs I'm using a stair chair anyways. Into the back of the ambulance you can feel it a little bit but the legs lowering or raising themselves creating the ability to two-point every lift offsets the minor difference.
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I was just trying to be optimistic.
 
ViolynEMT said:
I was just trying to be optimistic.
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Sorry, wasn't calling you out, I hear it all the time and just have never understood it.

I love my power gurney. I'm also a 25 year old trapped in the body of a 75 year old so anything that does my lifting for me is my friend.
 
Handsome Robb said:
I've never understood this argument. When are you lifting the gurney enough to notice the weight difference? If I have to go up or down more than 2-3 stairs I'm using a stair chair anyways. Into the back of the ambulance you can feel it a little bit but the legs lowering or raising themselves creating the ability to two-point every lift offsets the minor difference.
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We have lots and lots of soft sand and gravel yards out here in the desert. The weight saved helps prevent the gurney from digging into the foundation it's rolling on and makes it easier if we do need to help it along.

Though yesterday morning. We were able to get 3 firefighters pushing the back, while I maintained the side leverage, and my partner was up front steering.... Perks ;)

Jim37F said:
Wait, what?
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It's exactly how it sounds TBH... If you don't believe us... There's a pet cemetery off of Palm Dr. & Dillon Rd. In Desert hot springs...
 
exodus said:
We have lots and lots of soft sand and gravel yards out here in the desert. The weight saved helps prevent the gurney from digging into the foundation it's rolling on and makes it easier if we do need to help it along.

Though yesterday morning. We were able to get 3 firefighters pushing the back, while I maintained the side leverage, and my partner was up front steering.... Perks ;)



It's exactly how it sounds TBH... If you don't believe us... There's a pet cemetery off of Palm Dr. & Dillon Rd. In Desert hot springs...
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You forget I work in a high desert climate ;) we've got all sorts of sand, dirt and gravel driveways in certain areas of the city and outlying valleys.

Granted we get a 3-4 man engine or 5-6 man truck response on every call for the most part so we get lots of help as well. Also more than a few FFs keep bothering me to test with their departments and also know how badly I've jacked myself up so its pretty rare that I have to lift anything unless I jump in and do it. Even then I generally get told off and moved out of the way. Perks of being friendly, professional and polite to area fire crews. Always makes me laugh when I hear crews saying how lazy fire is and "they won't lift a finger unless we tell them to and then it's the bare minimum."
 
Some of our fire are lazy...not really with lifting but when it comes to gathering pt information before we get there.
 
Should've figured. I passed the cognitive exam. Now I just gotta wait to do the psychomotor exam on 7/31. I wish I did it before the cognitive exam, but I felt like I was never gonna finish paramedic and just didn't do it.. Took forever to get an internship, finish the internship, and to meet the Fisdap requirements.
 
Aprz said:
Should've figured. I passed the cognitive exam. Now I just gotta wait to do the psychomotor exam on 7/31. I wish I did it before the cognitive exam, but I felt like I was never gonna finish paramedic and just didn't do it.. Took forever to get an internship, finish the internship, and to meet the Fisdap requirements.
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Just keep running the sheets through your head.
 
DesertEMT66 said:
We make a daily sacrifice to the EMS gods in the hope they will be nice to us...
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That'll be the day haha.

On another note I'm spending half of my 21st birthday in class today... #nerdpower
 
Handsome Robb said:
You forget I work in a high desert climate ;) we've got all sorts of sand, dirt and gravel driveways in certain areas of the city and outlying valleys.

Granted we get a 3-4 man engine or 5-6 man truck response on every call for the most part so we get lots of help as well. Also more than a few FFs keep bothering me to test with their departments and also know how badly I've jacked myself up so its pretty rare that I have to lift anything unless I jump in and do it. Even then I generally get told off and moved out of the way. Perks of being friendly, professional and polite to area fire crews. Always makes me laugh when I hear crews saying how lazy fire is and "they won't lift a finger unless we tell them to and then it's the bare minimum."
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Our area fire crews are usually pretty helpful when it comes to being on scene. They'll even offer to carry our bags to the rigs if we have a critical PT and are preoccupied.
 
CodeBru1984 said:
Our area fire crews are usually pretty helpful when it comes to being on scene. They'll even offer to carry our bags to the rigs if we have a critical PT and are preoccupied.
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If we ask they'll never say no or give us any trouble. We just get lots of people offering at this point.

I'm not trying to put fire or anything down. Everyone out here gets a long real well with fire for the most part and there's lots of mutual respect between the agencies. Same with PD and CHP.
 
So with my folks officially starting Nutrisystem, i was thinking about doing something similar. I'm actually kind of eyeing Blue Apron, which sounds similar except you actually cook the food not just microwave it, which is obviously a more complicated, involved system.....Anyways i was wondering if anyone had any experience with any of these, any advice or recommendations?
 
Jim37F said:
So with my folks officially starting Nutrisystem, i was thinking about doing something similar. I'm actually kind of eyeing Blue Apron, which sounds similar except you actually cook the food not just microwave it, which is obviously a more complicated, involved system.....Anyways i was wondering if anyone had any experience with any of these, any advice or recommendations?
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I did Jenny Craig. It was easy and effective. I lost 25 pounds. (Geez. I sound like a commercial )
 
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