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Ole's Dilema Ole had a car accident. In court, the trucking company's lawyer was questioning Ole. "Didn't you say, at the scene of the accident, 'I'm fine,'?" asked the lawyer. Ole responded, "Vell, I'll tell you vat happened. I had just loaded my favorite mule, Bessie, into the..." "I didn't ask for any details", the lawyer interrupted. "Just answer the question. Did you not say, at the scene of the accident, 'I'm fine!'?" Ole said, "Vell, I had just got Bessie into the trailer and I was driving down the road...." The lawyer interrupted again and said, "Judge, I am trying to establish the fact that, at the scene of the accident, this man told the Highway Patrolman on the scene that he was just fine. Now several weeks after the accident he is trying to sue my client. I believe he is a fraud. Please tell him to simply answer the question." By this time, the Judge was fairly interested in Ole's answer and said to the lawyer, "I'd like to hear what he has to say about his favorite mule, Bessie". Ole thanked the Judge and proceeded. "Vell as I vas saying, I had just loaded Bessie, my favorite mule, into the trailer and vas driving her down the highway ven this huge semi-truck and trailer ran the stop sign and smacked my truck right in the side. I vas thrown into one ditch and Bessie vas thrown into the other. I vas hurting, real bad and didn't vant to move. However, I could hear Bessie moaning and groaning. I knew she was in terrible shape just by her groans. Shortly after the accident a Highway Patrolman came on the scene. He could hear Bessie moaning and groaning so he vent over to her. After he looked at her, and saw her fatal condition, he took out his gun and shot her between the eyes. Then the Patrolman came across the road, gun still in hand, looked at me and said, "How are you feeling?" "Now vat the HELL vould you say?"

Nice DOC I was issued a badge once: to cover with a black band for a funeral. Never did buy class A uniform though, too busy working for hanging around in a " Pretty Boy" suit. The only suit I own is one my Mother gave me from my fathers closet when he died. Here In Maine we don't waste time getting dressed up very often. Shirt & tie with clean jeans is perfectly acceptable attire for just about any formal function, if it's really fancy then a pair of khaki's.

you really should spend more time in the books getting an education, than watching shows like turd watch or rescue me. You have a severe case of wackeritus. Are you in NJ by chance? maybe he got the state to change the laws so he could be the super hero responder like he claims they did with his EMS license

most professionals don't worry about being badge bunnies. 1. A badge is more likely to get you shot at by folks who don't look kindly on law enforcement. 2. any douche can buy a generic badge from a galls catalog so they are meaningless. 3. children seem to play with fake badges until they grow up 4. A badge doesn't make you a licensed emergency medical technician in the eyes of the law. 5. flashing one when not licensed is a crime.

Subject: Fwd: The golf lesson in medical school Professor Higgins at the University of Sydney was giving a lecture on 'Involuntary Muscle Contraction' to the first year medical students. This was not an exciting subject and the professor decided to lighten up the mood. He pointed to a young woman in the front row and asked, 'Do you know what your asshole is doing while you're having an orgasm?' She replied, 'Probably golfing with his buddies.’ It took 45 minutes to restore order in the classroom.

In most areas this is a non issue unless as others have said you are "blatantly in your face" gay and tend to be obnoxious about it. Over the years I've worked with many gay & lesbian providers and with very few exceptions there never was an issue based on their sexual preference. One that comes to mind is a woman who any time one of the supervisors would try to have a discussion on "her " Pt care ", it was always we were picking on her because she was gay. One night she made a mistake in pt care that could have been dangerous and we had to have a little come to Jesus meeting at the hospital after the ER doc called me. She started in with her discrimination BS line. I very loudly explained to her that I didn't care whether she slept with sheep, snapping turtles or little armpit dogs, but she had better start providing proper medical care or her arse would be out the door. The Doc just stood there with a shit eating grin on her face and let me go off. Afterwards we actually worked together quite a bit and she became a pretty decent medic , once she lost the chip on her shoulder and realized that there were many providers of different orientations working as a group.

Rest in Peace brothers. now the sad part is this deranged man has posted for some time he was going to kill cops and no one bothered to drop a dime and report all his social media threats. Remember the soon to be motto of law enforcement :: Pull up your pants & don't loot so we don't have to shoot

That is the log in name of a troll who was banned in the past after using several various pseudonyms to come here and stir the kettle. several times as a young child asking questions and tell us how we should be doing our jobs. So why don't you go back to playing the savior for little children who should be seen & not heard from

welcome to the city. The best advice as to whether you can obtain a license to practice in your state based on your medical issue & medication usage , would be to contact your state EMS office and ask them directly. Some conditions are a deterrent , others are not. Don't give up hope of finding a life calling you will enjoy

I think it's really "i hate little peepee's " in disguise

back with a few more thoughts: As far as paint scheme, highest visibility is when the dayglow battenburg design is used such as is popular in Europe. That might not fly with your employers , so the color should go with their primary paint scheme. use of fluorescent contrast striping to make it obvious it is an emergency vehicle is a must. Maximum visibility is important , especially when responding code 3 to a scene , so plenty of LED's front & rear along with side intersection clearing lights. Are you required to follow NFPA guidelines? Easy access to your most needed supplies is important as well as having everything well secured in case of an accident. Don't want anything flying around in the passenger compartment. Another company to look at is PL Custom also in NJ. they build command vehicles and flycar interceptors using all aluminum cabinetry for the rear. They had several command vehicles on the line last time i was at their factory to pick up a new ambulance. what you are looking for is a unique design as most vehicles in that class are not designed to transport pt's.

congrats on the dream job working out. Is this future vehicle purchase to be your primary response vehicle along with being used to haul pt's out of places you don't want to take the traditional ambulances due to size? Once you are out of the woods you will transfer to the full ambulance? How does the state of Washington view this use of vehicle? Here in Maine the flycar is required to have all the same equipment with the exception of a stretcher for transporting as a regular licensed ambulance. Have used odyssey cabinets before in a flycar fleet. They are well built ,stay together well , but have a fuzzy fabric covering on them. Might not work well for transporting pt's that might be leaking fluids. Another question is how much length from back hatch to the driver seat back. Sure a backboard fits, but what about the pt who's 6'4"

PLEASE DON"T take this personally Actually DO take this personally You have many signs that your service has affected your personality. Seek out some one at the VA to talk to. If you are not near a VA medical center find a Veterans group in your area that can give you some leads . I say this with all sincerity as a fellow Vet from a conflict long ago with the same results. Getting young men killed while large corporations make Billions of dollars selling materials to the govt. & the rich line their pockets on our blood.

Not a single person here has said that combat medic is not a good training to have , For someone in the Army is is a great thing to have with all the stupid wars the politicians insist on having. It's just that the trainings you get as a combat lifesaver do not crossover to practicing Emergency prehospital care of the sick & injured as set down by the D.O.T. and the national standard required for licensing. It really is that simple. Unless you are working the mean streets of an urban ghetto , you can go years/decades in an EMS career without ever seeing a GSW or concussive trauma caused by explosion. You will however spent a lot of time with little old men who served this country honorably, way before your parents were born that have a chronic case of abdominal pain, diarrhea , and a slight GI bleed going on while having chest pain and shortness of breath along with some slight side effects from Agent Orange exposure. You will spend far to much time helping large elderly naked ladies out of the tub after they pushed their" help I've fallen and can't get up " button. As far as leadership: Your head has been swelled by the force feeding of HOORAH that the army crammed into you on a daily basis. You are no more special than the hundreds of thousands of us who went before you in serving our Country, who have the sound of shots fired in anger at us and who have suffered the loss of brothers in battle. Your is not the first generation to fight & die overseas for a cause that only a few in power pretend to understand. You state that you want to move up into management at a service. If you enter the Jr. manager position and attempt to move up the food chain , you will find that outside civilian life is completely 180 degrees out from what the Army philosophy has pounded into your brain. You can't give orders to the employees, you need to be a member of the team that takes them by the hand and asks them to produce a profit for the company on a daily basis, so that you look good to the next person up the food chain , your manager who looks good to his boss. and on up to the top of the heap, where the CEO has to look good to the stockholders. Fuck up once and be out on the street looking for another transfer service to slave for. They don't owe you a lifelong job. show up with the big chip on your shoulder as a former soldier and you will see a lot of shitty transfer service jobs. Take it from someone who's been there: open your mind to the joys of life and let the violence of war flow behind you down the stream into the great oceans. Besides that the only advice is to put on your big boy pants and welcome to life in the civilian world

When I dislocated my shoulder they gave me 50 mcg then another 50 mcg a couple minutes later with absolutely zero effect on the pain. 5 min later Doc came in and gave me 50 mcg more. Nada zero zilch on pain relief They talked about Morphine and decided if the Fentanyl did't work , the MS probably wouldn't do much either. Then they broke out the dilaudid.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, thats some powerful stuff Talk about the zombie zone

NO: what Mike is saying is that people who have served in the military as combat medics are given an intensive course in combat lifesaving. While there are some advanced skillsets taught and some pharmacology taught. It is however nowhere near the same as a full Paramedic degree college level course of instruction. Yes there are some senior military medics & corpsman that have many years of experience that could transition to a civilian Paramedic level as they have completed the required education and have experienced many different types of duty over their careers in the military. We had a Senior Chief corpsman who had served in independent duty stations such as on a sub or in remote duty stations who was every bit as experienced as any P.A .and the one young Doctor we had assigned to us , often went to him for advice and to share in his wisdom gained over 25 years in the Navy. While you and thousands of others were serving in a war zone it really doesn't make you any more special than the tens of thousands of us that served in past conflicts, so the special benefits being given to the new generation of veterans rubs the wrong way to many people.

as Mike just posted: The Fact that you are in Joisey makes a lot of what you post make sense. You are correct Nj does not have a ssi protocol. They are vastly behind in many areas and limit what their non ALS providers can do. Thats part of the First Aid Squad mentality, with little fifedoms that control power in their individual burgs. This is not aimed at you personally Musiclife , just common knowledge of how the system works in the garbage state.

Do you have a selective spinal immobilization protocol option? This would allow you to do the spinal / neuro exam and properly rule out the need for full immobilization. If you do then it could have been used. If you don't , then do some research on the NEXUS study. Many states now have the ability to make this determination, by following a protocol that was first developed by the wilderness medicine folks and then followed up by the NEXUS study. We have been using it since the early 1990's

I'm taking a WAG that you are thumb typing on a phone as your grammar and syntax come across as texting speak. Should not matter where you are working as an EMT-A. You should have the same knowledge, training & skill-sets. In reality as a transfer jockey, you are less likely to use that knowledge and skill-set as often, so it may not be as sharp when needed.

Yep retirement is wonderful. After 42 + years of working odd schedules and getting woken up at odd times , along with far too many missed meals. almost 8 months of getting a good nights sleep and eating real meals at semi regular times does wonders for the body & mind.

I'll presume you already planted your foot in his derriere for leaving nursing??? We won;t tell him he's an idiot in that case. Glad to see you back here at the city.

thats better than a shiny new condom wrapper :-} Drops in a quarter and gets the rest of last weeks half eaten tuna sandwich Holy crap ::: did I see Terri was in the house

Welcome to the city

it's been like that ever since the empire took over the place

Welcome to the city. As Mike said: we won't do your homework for you , but will help you understand what you are learning.