Leaderboard

Initially all the two of you are doing is feeling things out. I would give it a couple of tours and see how things develop before going in guns blazing (except for the driving thing, that's a straight up deal breaker if not remedied as soon as it's mentioned). My overall strategy at the moment is relatively simple. With regard to patient care, if the outcome is as good as can be expected for the situation I could care less how my partner arrived in that position. Accepting that their are other ways to accomplish the task at hand is a giant leap toward innovation within the industry. Regarding professionalism, either you treat patients/nurses/other staff with respect or you discuss your attitude with the appropriate supervisory body. Everything else is incredibly individual. If you're a country guy and your partner likes the dance beats it's going to be a very long 12 hours. My usual compromise is the classic rock station. Almost nobody hates the Rolling Stones. Food choices, the ambulance has wheels, nothing says you have to eat at the same place. General discussion, everyone has a different line. My line is a long ways out so it really doesn't matter to me what my partner du jour feels like dredging up. I have the luxury of working a holiday relief type schedule meaning I work full time but float between 8 different stations.in the GVRD (usually working the entire 4 days at one station then off to another station the next rotation). My work situation means I rotate through partners like underwear and never have to worry about being stuck with a dud long term. The disadvantage is that when I have a great partner I'm only guaranteed to have them for that tour.