tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026214128770026952.post8007201414079936714..comments2023-12-19T22:53:18.256-08:00Comments on the Happy Medic: Two HousesThe Happy Medichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11521335229435386281noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026214128770026952.post-60897441145514524132009-09-23T18:46:16.162-07:002009-09-23T18:46:16.162-07:00What an interesting post! Great way to introduce a...What an interesting post! Great way to introduce a hot topic. And it is of interest to me as our esteemed City Council voted just last week to merge our 501(c)3 ambulance company into the fire department. Might we have a culture clash or two? <br /><br />It's not a completely done deal, as there is a petition drive to bring it to a vote of the people.<br /><br />In our case, Kansas City MO, EMS would do better apart from the fire department.The Observerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17696168395133075354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026214128770026952.post-79823819085289331572009-09-23T15:33:43.932-07:002009-09-23T15:33:43.932-07:00Happy knows my feelings on Fire Based EMS. I keep ...Happy knows my feelings on Fire Based EMS. I keep most of them private, because it's too hot of an issue that I don't have the time to address thoroughly. I will say that my opinions have changed a bit over time. <br /><br />I now do not support anything other than EMS based EMS. No matter the service model, if EMS doesn't exist for the purpose of providing the best EMS possible, then I don't support it. <br /><br />I do, however, have to say this. If a paramedic is using an ambulance job "as a stepping stone" to get a "real job" as a firefighter, perhaps that "paramedic" isn't in the game for the right reasons. <br /><br />I should be working on The Handover anyway. (Coming out Friday!!)Ckemtphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02120372673086912853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026214128770026952.post-1548048551952269662009-09-23T08:02:20.120-07:002009-09-23T08:02:20.120-07:00HM, sorry, didn't mean to offend. What I was g...HM, sorry, didn't mean to offend. What I was getting at was that if you were to focus the time you spend training and developing in both fields solely on developing in EMS or in Fire, you would be doing twice as much development in your chosen field. Perhaps for someone like you, who obviously loves both parts of the job, this is less of an issue, but for the people for whom it's a job and nothing else, it might make more of a difference.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026214128770026952.post-39269516988354160782009-09-23T07:14:24.167-07:002009-09-23T07:14:24.167-07:00Capt Schmoe,
My post is not that that person was &...Capt Schmoe,<br />My post is not that that person was "a private" but that that example shows someone not taking the profession we're building seriously. That example and Epi's FF example are common tales from either side. I found it odd they surfaced within a few days of one another.<br /><br />OTR, dropping one discipline won't make me better at the other. if you eliminated a hobby, would that make you a better care giver? If our friend AD gave up shooting, would his paramedic skills improve? No.The Happy Medichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11521335229435386281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026214128770026952.post-32450562749298793152009-09-23T07:08:07.907-07:002009-09-23T07:08:07.907-07:00We have a private living in our house at the mill....We have a private living in our house at the mill. When they first took over from us(We used to have our own medics)it was a hate hate relationship. <br /><br />We are treated like second class EMT's even now, two years later by the private medics. However, we do get along better day to day. It surfaces from time to time, like when I announce the crew assignments and the medic comes a whining about who I assigned to the rig with him............Ticks me off to no end.FireCap5https://www.blogger.com/profile/03212518132355928502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026214128770026952.post-43557746486456556512009-09-23T06:43:11.142-07:002009-09-23T06:43:11.142-07:00Hm... I'm feeling the need to chime in and sta...Hm... I'm feeling the need to chime in and state that my department has one ambulance of our own and contract a private agency to stay at our station and transport with our rescue squad. They provide the backup squad from another station in the area. If they are unavailable we call mutual aid from area volunteer agencies. Quite the blending of volunteer/paid. We have issues with them, they have issues with us, but for the most part we make it work...https://www.blogger.com/profile/15436397363420611162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026214128770026952.post-16681759964651118832009-09-23T06:08:19.877-07:002009-09-23T06:08:19.877-07:00Hap,
I think you may have misinterpreted my post. ...Hap,<br />I think you may have misinterpreted my post. My beef wasn't that she was a private medic. My beef was that she was a lying bitch, who was so into her bitchiness that she failed to have any situational awareness as to the risk that she placing us in.<br /><br />A few of her co-workers at the time still work private for the Huge Nationwide Private Ambulance Corporation and do a great job.<br /><br />I am just glad she isn't in the business anymore. I'll bet her former co-workers don't miss her either.Capt. Schmoehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02394460305247627610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4026214128770026952.post-24995115919725062432009-09-23T02:20:57.382-07:002009-09-23T02:20:57.382-07:00For the record HM, I don't think anyone doubts...For the record HM, I don't think anyone doubts your abilities in Fire or EMS.<br /><br />Worth considering, however, would you improve at one if you dropped the other? Not saying that this is the right thing for you - what's right for you is the job you are good at and enjoy, but I believe that it would be the right thing for the service users.<br /><br />It seems to me that the systems you have over the pond are there to make the best of a bad situation, and EMS (and potentially Fire) suffers as a result.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com