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Unless it's the patient
I know the feeling though. Three shifts, one call. The hammer is bound to drop soon...
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Unless it's the patient
I know the feeling though. Three shifts, one call. The hammer is bound to drop soon...
RocketMedic
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I start my shift on Wednesday.
Also, I realized I despise Oklahoma. Redneck improvisation hellhole where professionalism and intelligence are secondary to "the way its done" and "volunteers" and the Army has been reduced to the professionalism of volunteer firefighters.
Also, I realized I despise Oklahoma. Redneck improvisation hellhole where professionalism and intelligence are secondary to "the way its done" and "volunteers" and the Army has been reduced to the professionalism of volunteer firefighters.
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Unless it's the patient
Hah fair point.
And given that everyone refers to my partner as "the biggest damn crap magnet you'll ever find!," I expect either nothing or a wrecking ball. I've worked four shifts with him and we have run two calls.
Also of note, we have four ambulances at this station, yet only one crew. So many choices in the bay!
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I feel your pain. We don't have a terminal in the trucks but I have the urge to toss my charting laptop on a daily basis.
I used to hate being slow but with how busy we've been lately I'll take a slow day every now and again.
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Don't let one place ruin you. One good thing about our nationally fragmented EMS system? If you don't like how things are done where you are, pack up and see how they are 50 miles in any other direction.
Anjel
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I should be sleeping. Reading though. Just doing my part to help a author with her book. I'm very dedicated what can I say.
I know the feeling.
I'm beginning to despise "green".
I hear a flight job calling my name as soon as I can get a few card classes knocked out.
NomadicMedic
I know a guy who knows a guy.
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When I develop a foul mood from the rednecks, I try to find a positive that I really enjoy with my job. Then I go home at the end of the shift, throw my uniform in the laundry and don't think about EMS til the next shift. If you let the BS eat at you, it becomes all consuming.
I do the same. Now I'm for 2 days and have home/family/truck stuff to occupy my mind.
It's been a long weekend and the BS is getting more prevalent.
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At least yours is just "green". Mine is >75% of the medics here. I refrained from sending a letter to our med director the other day that addressed the piss-poor knowledge and lack of training of our medics. I deleted it after I reread it and realized the wording and message was a bit too harsh (deservedly, but unprofessional). :glare:
RocketMedic
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They started drinking at drill. At 1600. Two of the infantry NCOs got popped offpost for DUIs in a government car. The guns didnt get cleaned, training was missed. The medical NCOs either joined in or gave up.
Im really hoping REACT doesnt follow along that path, optimistic so far.
Im really hoping REACT doesnt follow along that path, optimistic so far.
lightsandsirens5
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So I got NAILED in the eyeball with an IV tourniquet last night while I was cleaning the truck up. Must have got caught under or on something. I pulled on it, and it didn't come, but right as I looked back at it it released and BOOM it was like getting hit in the eye with a Louisville Slugger. Doc says I have a corneal laceration and it should heal in a few days.
But dang it hurts! And I hate not being able to see clearly.
But dang it hurts! And I hate not being able to see clearly.
RocketMedic
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Facebook war started, lol. Check out the tourniquet thread on Paramedics on Facebook. Its like a trainwreck. So many fools.
Heres a link to my Military Medics page:https://www.facebook.com/pages/Military-Medics/550200721678682?ref=tn_tnmn . The thread was shared, so you can access it from there too.
Heres a link to my Military Medics page:https://www.facebook.com/pages/Military-Medics/550200721678682?ref=tn_tnmn . The thread was shared, so you can access it from there too.
Okay thats a little worse than my brother's unit crap. His problems are more with favoritism and laziness.
I fell for ya. Years ago(think I was 14) I had a piece of foam off a bedroom door mounted basketball get in my eye. Caused a huge, jagged corneal abrasion. I had to wear a patch for 2 weeks and use drops etc. Nothing helped the pain.
"Green" is all encompassing including some co-workers lol.
I like new people. I dislike newbies that think they know better than me and ignore my directions to a hospital, instructions on scene etc. Doubling my transport distance/time was not cool.
The derp is overwhelming at times.
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It has been a very long shift so far. Busy as hell to start off the day, then allergies hit hard to add to it. OD'd on allergy meds, got a nap, and a ton of coffee and finally starting to feel normal again 
Epi-do
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7 runs in 12 hours. I am glad my day as City Medic is over. Tomorrow I am Country Medic, and I am growing to enjoy the slower pace more and more.
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I can't handle people withholding pain meds from those who need them. It doesn't make you "hardcore"
or "badass." It makes you weak and cruel for refusing to alleviate suffering when it is within your means to do so.
I would rather be duped by a junkie and give a free 100 mcg of Fentanyl a thousand times than fail to attempt to control pain in one person who needs it.
or "badass." It makes you weak and cruel for refusing to alleviate suffering when it is within your means to do so.
I would rather be duped by a junkie and give a free 100 mcg of Fentanyl a thousand times than fail to attempt to control pain in one person who needs it.
NomadicMedic
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Amen! There is a bit of that "suck it up" mentality here. But, once you're on your own, feel free to treat that pain. It's one thing we can do as medics that can really improve a patient's experience. When I get the "you're gonna give fent, for that?", I kindly remind them that I'm running the call and writing the chart.
Clare
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We have recently introduced fentanyl for Paramedic and above although we also have morphine and ketamine ... I confuze
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I'd like to have some options other than Fentanyl, but man does Fentanyl work well the majority of the time! If I had to choose only one opioid to carry, it would be Fentanyl.