pfmedic
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Now that I am a certified Basic, I can use the department to gain a year of experience to quailify myself for a paid position. Once they give me my medic bag, I will have free reign of the station nearest to me. The reasons are as follows:
1.) We have two stations; the big station and the sub-station. The large station is 2.5 minutes away from my house if I drive the speed limit... WHICH I DO!
2.) All other EMS personnel live nearer the sub station station... ten minutes away from the station nearest to me. Both stations are unmanned.
3.) All the old people live in the district of the large station. The substation area is all rich doctors, so no calls there... except for the occasional hiking accident on the weekend. Those are fun.
Anyway, the point is, I get to go on calls and arrive all by myself. I think thats a bad thing. First of all, THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN ME A RADIO!!! Second, mutual aid will roll out if nobody responds, although I could use the help and that makes me happy. Sometimes, a member responds, other times they dont.
The station is laid back about SOG's/SOP's so I dont know what I should do. Should I wait until I get a radio or should I just go administer treatment as soon as they give me my bag? Dont ask about my preceptor at the station. He works 12 hours a day. God bless him, but chances are that he wont be there when the next call comes. We dont exactly have a huge call volume.
Not sure at this point what the best procedure is...what should I do?
1.) We have two stations; the big station and the sub-station. The large station is 2.5 minutes away from my house if I drive the speed limit... WHICH I DO!
2.) All other EMS personnel live nearer the sub station station... ten minutes away from the station nearest to me. Both stations are unmanned.
3.) All the old people live in the district of the large station. The substation area is all rich doctors, so no calls there... except for the occasional hiking accident on the weekend. Those are fun.
Anyway, the point is, I get to go on calls and arrive all by myself. I think thats a bad thing. First of all, THEY HAVEN'T GIVEN ME A RADIO!!! Second, mutual aid will roll out if nobody responds, although I could use the help and that makes me happy. Sometimes, a member responds, other times they dont.
The station is laid back about SOG's/SOP's so I dont know what I should do. Should I wait until I get a radio or should I just go administer treatment as soon as they give me my bag? Dont ask about my preceptor at the station. He works 12 hours a day. God bless him, but chances are that he wont be there when the next call comes. We dont exactly have a huge call volume.
Not sure at this point what the best procedure is...what should I do?