JakeEMTP

Professional as described by Oxford Dictionary.. http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/professional?view=uk

No, you are not alone. Take some solace in the fact others share your sentiment.

Gotta love Nurse McCall! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cp46fuEAANg

I actually have that site bookmarked. Good way to study. Thanks Bro!

http://www.wavlist.com/movies/201/chl-communicate.wav

That is funny right there! I don't care who you are!

You can't say mess here. I have come to find out MESS is slang for the male genitalia in Eastern NC.

Since I seem to have stirred up a few folks on this topic ( which I believe we have had before ), I would let the 21 y/o " 1" speaker " think he's the cock of the walk, right up until the poop hits the fan and they stare at you with that deer in the headlight look and say " have at it hotshot, You know it all". Then I think we could have a discussion about the way to do things. Look, I have been known to play a joke or two. However, never on the FNG who is scared enough as it is. Did you ever consider they act like they know it all because they are scared half to death? Trying to put on some bravado. Some are just arseholes and that's they way they are. Others want to impress you with their vast knowledge :roll:, and still others are eager to learn. Let's not scare them off. I think it was Anthony or Ruff that said there should be a feeling out period before we start to antagonise the newbie. I tend to agree. I'm all about having fun at work. I don't agree with mean-spirited practical joking and humiliation.

I do remember there are FF here. I can also spell juvenile and immature.

How astute of you Doc. It's hard to match the quality of puns here lately. Just look at JP in the previous post to this. Quality I tell you.

None for MRSA specifically. However there has been a rash of " I don't feel good " calls lately. Coincidence, I think not.

Just one. Don't be a idiot. Playing tricks on the new hires is juvenile and belongs in the Fire Department. You want to be recognised as a professional? Act like one. Unless of course you are a FF. Then by all means, carry on the tradition.

Our dispatchers will usually dispatch a communicable disease as a " Person Sick ". Then after we check en route tells to "21" communications, which means to call them for more information. I think that is the only 10 code we use.

And if they are unresponsive are you still going to use oral glucose? Maybe the diabetic thing was a bad example. What I was trying to say was, there is very little a VFD can do in a medical emergency without the proper education. You may be an exception, but the majority of these departments are ill equipped to deal with medical emergencies.

Awesome Bro! thanks for the link Fiznat!

Barrelgirl, welcome to the site. Can you explain just what your VFD first responders can do for a sick patient? I can see some merit in a MVC, but honestly, what can they do for say, CHF, diabetic complications or respiratory distress?

Our County squads are on standby at all ECU ( local university ) football games. There is one ambulance at every corner of the stadium. The crowds are usually around 42,000, most of them students who have gotten into the full tailgating experience, the others are patrons who wish they were still in school :wink:. We on average tend to 9-10 injuries or illnesses in our corner. This past wknd we sent 2 to hospital. Most can be treated on scene and released. Lat week we couldn't get a " gentleman " to go to hospital when he obviously needed some stitches to his hand. He wanted to stay until the end of the game :roll:. The MD on scene had him sign a treatment, no transport form and that was that. Oh well, at least he was living up to the ECU student motto, " Win or Lose, We will booze" Our next standby is downtown Greenville on Halloween night. Always a good time had by all. Makes for a busy night however. Gotta love working in a College town. 8)

Who bumped a two year old thread anyway? No, I've never been called a racist btw.

I'm not sure if you can use the term arrogance. I think it is more confidence. I truly believe that one has to be a type A personality to be successful in EMS. Due to the fact that what we are presented with in terms of patients, we have to be confident in what we are doing is going to help with patient care or hinder it. I will concede, that with confidence comes a certain amount of arrogance until we go into a hospital setting and realise we don't know as much as we thought. That usually knocks people down a peg or two. In regards to the forums, I don't think it is possible to have all these type A personalities in one place and not have a certain amount of conflict. That being said, most of the discussions provide realms of information and ideas and I would encourage you to participate more. It sounds as if you have a lot to offer and I for one look forward to your posts.

I blame all this on President Bush.

Meh, I think the Black and Decker EZIO is appropriate. Not because it hurts, but just to see his face when it comes out of it's case :shock: . Then snow 'em. :sleepy1:

The one word that is a constant in our protocols is " consider ". " Consider this" or "Consider that " Yes, there are standards of care that we should follow. When we are presented with a " different " pt, one that doesn't respond to treatments that are the " standard ", we have the option of calling Medical control and explaining what is happening and how the patient is presenting. It is not unheard of for us to do something that isn't in the cookbook after explaining what we want to try to the MD on the other end of the phone. We have a good relationship with the Medical Director. He in fact, has lectured some of my classes. He is always willing to listen to something new, or a question one might have. All in all, I'm proud of my job. Oh wait, wrong thread. :oops:

Congratulations! We knew you could do it! Sorry about the LA County thing though.

^^^ That's the other thread. :wink: http://www.emtcity.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.ph...&highlight=

I like the place I work. Very proud of most of the people I work with. Perhaps I have been lucky with my partner. We get along well and work well together. Considering the short time ( 6 months) we have been together as partners, we have this thing that neither one has to ask the other to do something. She is also my preceptor so I think that helps. All in all, I'm satisfied with the system. Not having worked in other systems I suppose I'm somewhat biased. We provide the best care that we can and when finished, we feel pretty good about the care we provided regardless of the level required. At the end of the day, isn't that what it's all about? Am I proud of where I work? I had to vote yes after giving it some more thought.