Kaisu

I check every drug in my box at the beginning of my 48. Pharmacies hire idiots too. We sign our drug box out at the beginning of the shift. If the next shift finds a discrepancy, it's my a$$.

The thing that caught my ear was at the beginning where the newbie says "I didn't go to medic school to be treated like an EMT". Now before all the EMT's burn me.. I give it a point for that because maybe the public will figure out that there is a difference.

Phil Phil Phil... you are incorrigible... (don't ever change)

I have been practicing martial arts for a long time. I do it for the flexibility, strength, reflexes, mental, emotional and physical challenge... it also gives me the confidence to face situations, knowing that I have skills to defend myself, my partner and my patients. I did not get into this business to hurt people. I find that 99% of the time, the ability to assess a situation and people and quiet, respectful confidence disarm most violent confrontations. If the situation becomes violent, then I have screwed up. I missed or misinterpreted something. If the situation becomes violent, my first recourse is escape - for me and anyone else in harms way. I don't have to prove anything to anyone. I firmly believe that I cannot hurt another person without hurting myself. Physical self defense is the very last resort. I am very uncomfortable with macho men taking an 8 hour course and then going out loaded for bear. Decades of martial arts training makes me more and more peaceful and non-violent. Only an idiot would think that 8 hours of self defense training equips you to do clipboard therapy.

Did you examine the scrotum? What does it look like?

Run into the same problem... on the way back to the station after a call, we came upon an accident scene. No one called 911 but we stopped to see if everyone was OK. They were, no patients on the scene. Our supervisor said everyone in a vehicle that was hit needs to sign a refusal. It's dumb but that's the way we roll. Either first responder's or ours will do.

HAHAHAHHAHHAHAH Stop it... you're killing me......

I put my address in... anyone shows up on my property without an invitation may get shot...

I work 48/96 in a busy station. I personally run an average of 20 calls per 48, where standup 24s (NO sleep at all in 24 hours)are common and standup 48s are not unheard of. It is exhausting and dangerous. I don't worry about stuff like books and entertainment items, because between running calls, station duties etc. my number one priority is getting sleep when I can. If I can get 5 hours uninterrupted per night it is a good shift. I have my bedding in my car and use it at the station. I have stopped taking my computer because it is just running it back and forth for no good reason. (no time to get on it.) I sleep with my boots on in full uniform (belt unbuckled) so that I can get enroute (wheels moving) within a minute in the daytime and within 2 minutes at night. As the shift wears on, I get into the rig on auto-pilot. I am in a daze. On scenes, adrenaline kicks in and I do my job. After transferring care, I get back into the rig and collapse. At the end of each call, I can't imagine taking another one - but we do. Those 48 hour shifts are like a different universe. I forget in the middle of them that I have a life outside responding to tones.

I prefer to do patient patches on the cel, and there are times when talking to dispatch over the cel is preferable to the radio. (sensitive information, etc.). I disagree that there is no need for a cel, but I totally agree with the principle of what you are saying.

Are you f'n kidding me? The EMT drives, I take care of the communications. Drivers DO NOT phone, radio, text or otherwise occupy themselves with anything else but driving when they are driving. The guy keying info into his computer while driving is an idiot. ... but hey, blame the technology.

I don't know man.. I'd be hard pressed to pass up the vino. Inebriation is good...

Phil Phil - a month off the site and this is what I am greeted with! (Damn it's good to be back ) PS.. what's with all the negatives on Joeseph... he's not that bad a guy. Who's got the hate on?

Makes sense. I am very conscious of infection in that technique and will use an I/O as a last resort. Thanks for the reply.

Can you tell me why? I would appreciate the education.

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Hey.. I'm in AZ too! Welcome to the site and PM me with specifics as to where in AZ. We really need to compare notes. (other AZ EMS welcome to PM too.)

Every single job search ever looks like NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO ... (insert highly variable number of NOs here)...NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO YES don't take it personally and don't give up.

Hope it's nothing serious.

If an individual wants to practice medicine, they need to get a license.

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No kidding. I used it on CHFers in the progressive state I was trained in. I'm still trying to get 12 leads on our rigs here.

As privat ambo.. no-one other than corp. employees are allowed to drive the ambulance. This being said, there was an accident scene where we had a critically injured 3 month old. The medic ordered the EMT into the back to assist with the patient and grabbed LEO to drive. I echo JakeEMT - cops can drive! I would do it in a heartbeat (situational) and take any flack corp choses to give me. If I have exercised good judgement and made the best possible decision for my patient, I would anticipate a slap on the wrist.

Hey none taken. I appreciate open disagreement. How else would I ever learn anything?

OMG.. that is one heck of a preceptor. I wish I had had that when I started fresh out of school and thrown to the wolves.