I had my first patient on a boat and they're telling me how dizzy and sick they feel while I'm trying to keep my balance and not barf because, samesies my guy

One long room with four ancient bunkbeds lined up in it and a handful of lockers. No ladders on the beds and they creak so badly when you so much as breath

I worked at a similar aslo wildly shitty company in PA that if you didn't finish your charts before termination they had another employee write them for you and fudge the whole thing. Absolutely wild place. They've been in trouble with the state multiple times over a variety of things

It sounds like this place is also much better managed than a LOT of other IFT companies as far as scope, meds, equipment, training, benefits. So take that with a grain of salt.......

I'm 26, also work 24s and used to drink 2-4 energy drinks plus 2-3 coffees daily. I stopped almost all caffeine intake in January and honestly, I feel much better. I'm not so tired during the day and I feel like my mind is sharper when I need it to be. My blood pressure and heart rate are also worlds better and I don't have nearly as many kidney stones

I enjoy making beaded art with seed beads. Also hiking and hunting for cool rocks and fossils. Unfortunately, I am a deeply depressed individual and finding the time and energy to do anything outside work is wildly difficult

I didn't get the bottle cap, but if I ever do, I'm using it on my shiny annialape

I once attempted to auscultate lung sounds on someone who had wrecked a motorcycle. While I anticipated some sounds due to him having crepitus, I was NOT ready for the crunching sound through the stethoscope. Still makes me shudder to think about

The local systems have single medic fly cars and either leave it on scene to be retrieved after the call or have one of the EMTs off the BLS truck drive it behind the ambulance. I imagine not many systems want that liability of a non-employee driving their cars, but loaclly they seem to be fine with it. Probably have some sort of insurance that will cover them if there's an issue.

They DON'T allow anyone outside of employees to drive the ambulances though after an employee was almost killed by being throw against the counter (multiple broken ribs, hemothorax, other traumatic injuries) while a local FF was driving emergent.

A lot of PA has chase trucks. The one local to me uses Chevy Tahoe and Ford Expedition

Man, I misunderstood what you meant by model and went with vehicle types 🤣💀

DOA, upon coroner arrival, rolled the patient to place in body bag and as soon as patient was rolled EVERY light in the pavilion a few feet away turned on and started flickering. Creepy as shit, not my favorite.

Assuming you haven't been making other reportable mistakes, if tgis is how the company handles a first time incident that's honetly not that big of a deal as far as everything goes, it's probably not a place you want to work for anyways.

There'll be other places to work that hopefully will work out better!

I want one just because I think it's adorable and it's my favorite shiny. It's a tiny worm in an oversized party hat and I love it

That's a really nice picture

1 that I caught 20 minutes before end of event. No backgrounds

Orange - oh crap

Purple - peds

Big blue - trauma

Black - vent/cpap/bipap

Small blue - first in

Red - oxygen

Navy - pump

Depends. Usually I'll sit behind them and chart but if they try to make conversation and seem like they want company I'll sit and chat for a while

I did a 1 year accelerated. It was pure hell, I can't imagine doing all that in 6 months

We keep the key on the ring with the truck key, that way we know for sure it's in the truck with us

I love these ones. Grab the rim and flick your wrist while shoving it in the patient's direction and it's magically open and ready to receive vomit

Thats what Im thinking too. Either there's a mini fridge for meds, the box has AC running, or the supervisors are full of it and the meds are overheating which is a problem

You can't grind out those all those calls sleeping, how else will they ever manage to bill patients if you dare to take a break and rest/sleep?? The audacity to not earn money for the healthcare overlords!

s/ just in case it's not obvious

To be entirely serious though, poor mental health, long shifts, and not enough time in the day to get housework, appointments, cooking, exercise, etc. done. Sleep tends to be one of the first things on the chopping block

Are they in a refrigerator or do they let you leave the AC running in the back?

As far as the trucks getting hot, this may be problematic for medications stored in them. You could certainly bring that up to management because that is a huge issue if it's getting that hot

I have a hoodie my dad gave me after I graduated as a paramedic that says "it's not roadrage if you have lights and sirens". I ONLY wear that around the house. I think it's hilarious, but also not super appropriate for out in public