the 100% directionless thread

[Jim37F]

So I think I talked about this mostly in the Chat....but basically long story short, ever since I moved into my apartment last year I had been sleeping on a futon. Lumpy, basic box spring, small futon lol.
But I was finally able to afford a new bed, complete with mattress and frame. A nice new Queen size, gel memory foam, 14" thick mattress...arrived tonight just in time for my birthday tomorrow lol

 

[EpiEMS]

Everybody, don't forget to read the PARAMEDIC2 study - free access in NEJM! (Yes, it's an RCT.)

I don't want to bury the lede, so...:

In adults with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, the use of epinephrine resulted in a significantly higher rate of 30-day survival than the use of placebo, but there was no significant between-group difference in the rate of a favorable neurologic outcome because more survivors had severe neurologic impairment in the epinephrine group.

 

[StCEMT]

Well I've gone and done a thing. Barely a year out of college and I am already signing up for classes again.

 

[Seirende]

Anyone have an idea on where to find well-fitting scrubs for a lanky 6'3" woman? I feel like I'm going to end up with a situation where I have to go with scrubs that either are slightly too short or are baggy, because that is the story of my life except for that time that I bought a uniform shirt and they tailored it to fit me. Hmm, maybe I should try my hand at tailoring.

 

[VFlutter]

Anyone have an idea on where to find well-fitting scrubs for a lanky 6'3" woman? I feel like I'm going to end up with a situation where I have to go with scrubs that either are slightly too short or are baggy, because that is the story of my life except for that time that I bought a uniform shirt and they tailored it to fit me. Hmm, maybe I should try my hand at tailoring.

I really liked Figs scrubs. Fit exceptionally well and quality material.

https://www.wearfigs.com/

 

[NomadicMedic]

i work in the office now, so I’m not often on a truck. But today, I made a crew with one of the other admin staff for a diff breather call.

Got to the house, found an 85 year old guy who was watching a movie, sitting on the couch when he developed acute dyspnea. He was in moderate distress, pretty crackly and hypertensive. We treat him and get him loaded. Once at the ED, I had to wait for a bed so we made some small talk.

Me: “so what movie were you watching?”
Him: “uhhh... well.... it was a porno.”
Me: ...
Him: “it wasn’t even very good. I only watched like 10 minutes of it and now look where I am.”

I laughed out loud.

 

[Seirende]

I really liked Figs scrubs. Fit exceptionally well and quality material.

https://www.wearfigs.com/

A bit out of my price range for now. I might look there when I'm actually making that sweet nursing money.

 

[crackerman]

What is everyone favorite phone case for use on duty

 

[CALEMT]

What is everyone favorite phone case for use on duty

Lifeproof. Theres those who break things and those who are going to break things.

 

[VFlutter]

What is everyone favorite phone case for use on duty

If you have a Samsung and don't mind dishing out the $$$..... Kagwerks EUD. Gucci Operator status

 

[CALEMT]

Kagwerks EUD. Gucci Operator status

Rule #1 look cool cause literally nothing else matters.

 

[Tigger]

i work in the office now, so I’m not often on a truck. But today, I made a crew with one of the other admin staff for a diff breather call.

Got to the house, found an 85 year old guy who was watching a movie, sitting on the couch when he developed acute dyspnea. He was in moderate distress, pretty crackly and hypertensive. We treat him and get him loaded. Once at the ED, I had to wait for a bed so we made some small talk.

Me: “so what movie were you watching?”
Him: “uhhh... well.... it was a porno.”
Me: ...
Him: “it wasn’t even very good. I only watched like 10 minutes of it and now look where I am.”

I laughed out loud.

I feel like it might have been too good...

Unrelated, but it's time to complain.
We had a staff meeting the other day. Without much warning, seven of the eight partnerships were broken up and some people were moved off their shift. I lose my partner of three years which is a huge deal. Not only do we work really well with each other but she and I are pretty good friends which will significantly screw with future travel plans. I am very close with the other crew on shift as well. When I was initially hired on fulltime I was told the organization would never seek to break up partnerships, so we all thought we were fine.

I'm now on a new shift, which is a real drag as my friends from this and other agencies worked for about a year to all get on the same shift. I also had tons of plans on days off for the next two days (two weddings, several red rocks shows) that now somehow I am responsible for finding coverage for and likely burning a bunch of vaca for.

All for what? The needs of the company. That was the only reason. With the way the new crews are, I see what they are doing. Put the low performers with the motivated folks and the two people least likely to ever contribute to growth and closest to retirement are together now. I'm just dismayed that our management has never once engaged any of these employees to work harder and are instead putting it on the backs of folks who already work hard for average compensation.

One of the captains suggested this might have been a possibility at one point with the tag line of "sometimes we have to make sacrifices for the company." My "sacrifice" is to bring in 15% of our operating budget via grant writing and the actual acquisition of most items funded (like ambulances and whatnot). I am not in management and my pay does not remotely reflect those responsibilities and now I get told to make some sacrifices?

Yea I'll go look for a new job now. I was hoping to find an agency that would hire me in a few years into entry level management role but I think at this point I'd prefer to live in a more desirable place and just get treated ok and call it good. Maybe in a few years I can get promoted internally.

/whine.

 

[StCEMT]

@Tigger, so how many of y'all are now looking for a new job? That would possibly push me out the door too.

 

[VFlutter]

@Tigger, so how many of y'all are now looking for a new job? That would possibly push me out the door too.

A bunch of Stl County Fire departments are hiring. Make that big money.

 

[StCEMT]

A bunch of Stl County Fire departments are hiring. Make that big money.

That's my only thing I didn't like about the jobs there, was how fire heavy EMS jobs are there. It's more so here I'd say, but still. If I ever went back I'd have to do SCCAD, Rock, Meramec, flight, or something along those lines unless I could stay off the engine.

 

[VFlutter]

That's my only thing I didn't like about the jobs there, was how fire heavy EMS jobs are there. It's more so here I'd say, but still. If I ever went back I'd have to do SCCAD, Rock, Meramec, flight, or something along those lines unless I could stay off the engine.

I get that. There are a few, like Mehlville, that are going medic only (no fire) "critical care" trucks.

 

[StCEMT]

I get that. There are a few, like Mehlville, that are going medic only (no fire) "critical care" trucks.

I heard they rolled those out a while back. What does Mehlville's critical care truck do different than their regular trucks? That's one of the few I heard about I'd have been interested in snagging considering the pay.

 

[Lo2w]

Started the morning with my senior female telling me how cute i was as I did a 12 lead. Ended the night arriving on scene with PT detained by PD. Walk towards the car to see the LEO who is searching the car turn around with a 9", coke can width, suction cup dildo in [gloved] hand.

It's been a day

 

[RocketMedic]

Creek loses its marbles over even the most minor of operational changes. Putting boxed, preloaded syringes in a Ziplock to protect them? Heretical. Buying Powerloads for the new trucks? Nooo, let's get that 'performance load' think instead to make sure our employees are still lifting. Reserve truck from 1994 and 1996 without working rear AC (as in ineffective)? Meh, roll it out.

#summerofdiscontent

 

[VentMonkey]

One of our former flight nurses, who’s now an Impella rep swung by our staff meeting today and gave us an in-service.

He was nice enough to even share some studies and papers with me as well; delightful.