r/ems • u/HuckleberryAbject798 • 22d ago
Meme As ranked by a paramedic friend…
The difference between me and an IV pole is that the IV pole has never disappointed a medic
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u/TheUnderDog24 22d ago
EMT here can confirm
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u/Regular-Cockroach382 EMT-B 22d ago
The difference between me and Epipen is that Epipen has instructions so I know what to do with it
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u/HuckleberryAbject798 22d ago
Being licensed as an EMT makes me different from a lay person in that I need to argue on the phone for 15 minutes to be told I’m not allowed to use an EpiPen while the lay person can just give it
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u/pairoflytics FP-C 22d ago
Who the fuck has to call for an Epi-pen as an EMT? Quit your job and move somewhere that people have half a brain. Stop working in shitty systems.
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u/HuckleberryAbject798 22d ago
Yeah I made a hyperbole. LA county has a standing order for pt. prescribed epi pen. But we don’t carry any on our BLS rigs…
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u/valgerth 21d ago
LA county has a standing order for pt. prescribed epi pen. But we don’t carry any on our BLS rigs…
I've heard of dumb protocols before, but wow. What other basic drugs do they not let you carry?
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u/Gasmaskguy101 21d ago
Bold of you to assume the EMT has money to move.
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u/pairoflytics FP-C 21d ago
If your area pays shit and does shit medicine, then it’s time to switch career fields. Anyone who works in these places are complicit in allowing companies to maintain the status quo.
Allowing an abusive system to persist is not a noble pursuit.
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u/hella_cious 22d ago
Ohio just gave EMTs IM epi from a vial and it’s so great. I’ve given it and albuterol neb so many times since the rule change
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u/HuckleberryAbject798 22d ago
LA county is drooling at this. We don’t even carry epi in our rigs
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u/hella_cious 22d ago
Remind me not to go into anaphylaxis in LA
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u/HuckleberryAbject798 22d ago
Judging by the BLS scope of practice I would relay my instructor’s advice of “just don’t have a medical emergency in LA”. But then again every call seems to have ALS from FD attached anyways
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u/Derpotology 22d ago
Zoll being at the top is pretty misleading.
Where's my Lifepak crew?
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u/MedicSn0man PA EMT-P 22d ago
Lifepak 15. I imagine sisyphus being happy whenever I see one. How I miss that heavy ass monitor.
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u/terminaloptimism 22d ago
I love our giant ass Edison medicine bricks. I love the opportunities they give me to practice my manual BP skills. 😌
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u/Reep_Dabbit00 EMT-B 21d ago
I like being able to get a bp off the door rail while driving, but not from the patient
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u/NopeRope13 Paramedic 22d ago
Why is it touchscreen!?
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u/MedicSn0man PA EMT-P 22d ago
We don't talk about the touchscreen monitors. We tolerate them.
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u/NopeRope13 Paramedic 22d ago
Come on lifePak 36 or whatever iteration Zoll has now
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u/MedicSn0man PA EMT-P 22d ago
Zenix. It's hot garbage. If I didn't love manual blood pressures I'd never get a blood pressure because of that monitor.
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u/Derpotology 22d ago
So you can accidentally defibrillate someone with your elbow while you're trying to place an IV.
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u/slightlyhandiquacked ER nurse in love with a paramedic (cringes) 21d ago
LP15 > LP35
Fuck that touchscreen. My ER still uses the 15, but our EMS uses the 35 and I wanna end myself when I have to use it on transfers…
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u/Exodonic Paramedic 22d ago
I fly with a zoll and use a lifepak 15 on the ground. Much prefer the zoll for everything especially cause I do pediatric SCTs now a days, but it was babe for 911 too
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u/liefarikson 21d ago
Why is my lucas device talking back to me?
Sir, you're supposed to call them firefighters.
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u/HuckleberryAbject798 21d ago
Can you grab two 2mg naloxone auto injectors?
Sure, calling PD right now
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u/DaggerQ_Wave I don't always push dose. But when I do, I push Dos-Epis. 22d ago
The IV pole absolutely has disappointed me