Nate

As what, a first responder? :roll:

Tell him to get over himself, he will shut up. If he can't support you in your quest to follow your heart then he isn't the person you thought he was. Most men usually complain because they are jealous. So he might feel jealous that EMS is getting more time then him, that your not there for him; but your t here for EMS. If he truly loves you, he will understand and will learn to deal with it.

:roll: At least he is old enough to be certified.

Do you want me to give you a cookie or something? Come on, where is the fun in razzing you if you take it serious?

Yeah, because that paycheck means we don't care. :roll: You sound like you have a hero complex, last time I checked we were all in EMS on this site; you can put that complex to rest.

I kind of expect things, like my uniforms to be paid for, my CEU's to be paid for, my run reports to be QA'd, etc. If a service isn't willing to spend the money to clothe me in their uniform, keep my certifications up, and make sure I'm doing a good job...then it isn't a service I want.

Those ego crazed firefighters sure do buy a lot of t-shirts, and that keeps my pockets full.

I'm still wondering why I pay taxes for a volunteer EMS/Fire department when he average price of a home is $120,000 to $1,000,000 in my area. I'm still wondering why we are paying taxes for a volunteer EMS/Fire department and they can't provide me with a four man crew on that pumper or a double paramedic truck. Funny thing is that everyone above firefighter or paramedic gets their own Expedition, complete with a million different little LED's. Freaking planes have to double check to make sure the airport isn't moving down the road at 55 mph. Now here is the kicker, if you leave my little community in Katy, Texas and head to the South side of Houston (30 miles away) all of the services down there are paid. Funny, most of my patients have no insurance, no medicare, no medicaid...yet the cities down there manage to pay for their EMS. :? I was once told by a "captain" of the volunteer department that services my area that I was a "bad person" (edited it for "children") because I refused to volunteer. Then lets combine this with the fact that I've had to file two hit and runs with the Harris County SO's office after being hit by one of their volunteers speeding in a school zone to get to a call. Funny thing is that he was never charged with a felony (the department did fix my bumper, and I demanded a luxury car for a rental because I said that I could not be seen driving a Dodge because I had an image to up hold. ), instead he was given a slap on the hand. Do you know what would have happened if I could have only been caught speeding in a school zone working for the city? I would have been fired on the spot, no questions asked. So what I'm getting at is accountability, there is less of it in the volunteer world because most departments are put in a bind. Do I A remove this guy forever and make an example out of him, then have to worry about trying to staff the 96 hours a week he volunteered. Or...option B, do I punish him, sweep it under the rug, and hope the guy who got hit forgets about it?

Paid, end of story.

We just ran one, two ambulance crews + me. She was 400 pounds and about 3 feet wide. :shock:

What ever happened to "general impression" and a quick checkout before you start moving them down four flights of stairs. Also, what kind of paramedic leaves a chest pain patient? :shock:

No, they aren't. We have one paramedic in another station that has a light package. He spent a few hours putting it all on, I spent 20 minutes taking it all off.

Think about your partner, it can be really annoying when you get stuck with the heavy side all day because your partner can't lift that side.

The ID cards cover the requriement by DSHS to have name, level, and service on the medic. At Bay Star we don't wear any kind of "metal" so we have our service patch on one side, level on the other, and then they prefer the ID badges to cover name (even though they say service, level, and have our picture on them) instead of us wearing metal. At the city we have them because our shirts only have the department logo on the front and back.

We have 8 brand new trucks at one station...makes me wonder if the entire shift decided to go buy the same make, model, and color. :shock:

Mine still says under 21, I'm to cheap to get a new one when this one hasn't expired yet. Even though it says not 21 until March 19, 2005 pepole still sit there and do the math.

I saw one, he thought arresting a paramedic while on duty who didn't do anything was okay. :shock:

A name wouldn't help much, we are still paper based. We would need a date; otherwise you'd be searching through 46,000+ calls a year to find one person (and then wonder which call it is if they have been transported more then once).

Eh, flat screens in the restroom would be nice, could "review" information while you take care of business.

Don't try to advance the entire needle. :shock: Saw nurse student do that today in the ER.

Just what the regional office down her has been doing. The city made us start wearing the stupid ID cards (although I always seem to forget it). The other service I work for followed shortly, almost everyone (city services) around here are stuck wearing them.

They opened for Robert Earl Keen, and yes those are the two songs they wanted to hear the most (the crowd). They wouldn't play Carney Man because they didn't have enough time. Although I heard they did at Fire House Salon (that's a whole nother post for you).

I figure since I work this field enough, the last thing I want to do is read a book written about someone else's life in a profession I'm already in. Fun would be reading about another field that I'm not in.

I remember when I was in 8th grade reading a book some flight nurse in California wrote about her life as an RN in the hospital and then out on the helicopter.

Ask someone on scene that you don't like to "sample" the substances and then turn then in for suspected drug use.