the 100% directionless thread
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So I had my first day at the new PT fire job today. My "preceptor" is my best bud from medic school and they cleared me to work after driving around the district for 30 minutes (they have the same protocols and medical direction as the rest of my jobs). The combined age on our ambulance is 48 and we are the only two paramedics on. Also I have to learn how to drive an enourmous tender so I can be useful on fire calls.
I find all of this hilarious.
I find all of this hilarious.
NomadicMedic
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Maybe a little dangerous?
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Yes, other times I'm wondering what I got myself into. I have to take an actual driver/operator class at some point and get actual fire certs (which I want for the future [read: I want to work for a mountain town in CO and most of those are fire based]). As for the new medic part, I am fortunate that my fulltime job has a very strong reputation and they would not have hired me without that and my preceptor's backing. They used my regular job's new hire process as their own I'm fairly sure.
DesertMedic66
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I'm not a fan of our volunteer fire stations. You have firefighters who have no actual training being taught by other volunteers who have no training who were taught by someone who may have gone through an academy but probably hasn't ever worked for a paid service. It's dangerous and stupid IMO
RocketMedic
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You just summed up half of Texas.
TransportJockey
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Jim37F
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Interesting shift so far...just ALS'd an assault to the trauma center cuz she's 20 weeks pregnant with abdominal pain....earlier they BLS'd a GSW (forearm, good CMS)...oh which incidentally came in a min after an emergent IFT was toned out of our local community hospital for not one but two GSW's....oh and found out there was another one just across the district line in City Fires area around the same time....
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In that time, I played with my dog, watched Chappelles new standup, watched minions, and am now playing games bored.... Too much time away from work (I redo my PAT again Wednesday even though I passed the first time so i can hopefully start working again at the start of April)
TransportJockey
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I absolutely hate forced OT. Second week in a row I got popped.
NomadicMedic
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Just did my weekly 24 at the slow station. Absolutely nothing until a nursing home fall at 0355 this morning. A quick BLS ride to the ED, coffee and back for shift change at 0830.
Broke my "no calls after midnight for 4 weeks" streak.
Broke my "no calls after midnight for 4 weeks" streak.
VentMonkey
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I have 2 shifts left this month, and not a single completed call. An entire shut out month so far. We did leave home yesterday, but got turned around about five minutes in flight. Needless to say this has been a very. long. month. Zero calls.
Dang dude....I get 3 calls in a 12 and I am bored out of my mind (I dont have a base though to be fair). This was what resulted from my partner and I getting bored yesterday. It was weirdly silent.
VentMonkey
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What made it extra special yesterday was the water main that ruptured outside of our base, rendering our station without running water for the first 12 hours of our shift.
It's supposed to rain my last two days of this month as well, haha sonofabitch! Meh, whatta 'ya gonna do?? I can't complain too much
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NysEms2117
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free money.... i'd say no complaining allowedView attachment 3653
What made it extra special yesterday was the water main that ruptured outside of our base, rendering our station without running water for the first 12 hours of our shift.
It's supposed to rain my last two days of this month as well, haha sonofabitch! Meh, whatta 'ya gonna do?? I can't complain too much
VentMonkey
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There's never such thing as free money. I ain't trippin', yo. I have many years and many hot summers filled with busy work ahead of me.free money.... i'd say no complaining allowed
NomadicMedic
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The slow station is pretty nice for a 24. Two crews there til midnight, just one from mid to 0800. Usually ALS calls are something interesting since the locals don't call for help til they're FTD. Nice quiet bunk rooms. Decently fast wifi. Can't complain too much.
NysEms2117
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Not being an prick, genuinely don't know, does HEMS fly in extreme heat/cold? 105+ and 5 or 10 degrees(low end)???
VentMonkey
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Define "extreme" heat? Our peak summer months are in the 110-115 degree range. Most flight services I am aware carry less fuel, and prefer to not have ride a longs with warmer weather, but other than that it's typically busier in terms of call volume.
The freezing cold can be an issue, there's all sorts of stuff to factor in with regards to frigid temps as well. If anything, winter months seem more restrictive for a plethora of reasons.