White Cloud or Black Cloud

[tunnelrat83]

What are you? a white cloud or a black cloud or a grey cloud (sometimes white/sometimes black)? just wondering..

[rocket]

Are you talking call volume or patient outcome?

-Trevor

[JoelEMT]

Granted I haven't been in EMS as long as most people here, I do seem to have the perpetual white cloud. Whenever I'm off the s#!t hits the fan. But whenever I'm on the worst we see is an like an MVC with maybe a Fx but that is it.

[RichmondMedik]

If I have no students I am a black cloud -- to the point when I walk into the level 1 trauma ctr -- the staff looks at me and says " no students today?? " -- when I have the students I can't even beg a good learning call

Paul

[tunnelrat83]

I am referring to call volume and the types of calls...

[Woody76559]

I'm just a little white cloud. Nothing ever happens when I'm on shift.

[Ridryder 911]

It comes in waves. Last tour. was nice, not many calls like the set before, where it was hell. Now I am on my 4 day off, dreading the new tour.. probably will get whammed with calls.

Be safe,

Ridryder 911

[VillageEMT]

Mostly black, from the first day, CPR -> DOA times four in the first five weeks as an EMT. :shock: But things are improving, the latest code is still alive a month later. Maybe it's because our new crew member is also a black cloud and we cancel each other out. :wink:

[Aaron]

I get a fair amount of calls, and some times serious ones, but I know that if for some reason i go home early, or the second my shift changes, 0 the next call will be CPR. It just works that way I never get them, the second i leave puff.....

[VillageEMT]

Arron,

Trade you for a week, just come to Owego on a Wed., otherwise known as CPR day. Five of seven full arrests this year have been on Wed., which just happens to be my crew's day. :shock:

People ask why I do this for a living. "For a living!" I say, "HELL NO, I do this as a volunteer." Then they know I'm crazy.

"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."

Mark Twain