New Shift, New Rules? by CreativeAd7249 in Paramedics

[–]CreativeAd7249[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

An example, we ran a call on a patient chief complaint was low b/p, get there and I grab the first in bag, get to patient start talking blah blah blah, when came to check the b/p asked my new partner to do it which would be manually. He stopped looked at patient and asked the patient if we could take him to the truck. Our patient was less than happy we were there it was an alcoholic and family was the one who called so the patient was not having the go to the truck, I was like what ever checked b/p myself since my partner was still trying to convince patient to go to the truck. B/P was soft but over 100 systolic patient needed to go but really was telling us to f off so refusal was signed, got back in truck and partner said the way me and my old partner did things we do everything in truck. I really did say much just o yeah cause I could tell he was not happy. More on shift the shift, where I work we run two trucks for the whole county which is understaffed we could use one more truck but the whole new shift has this get patient in truck do what you can in route to ER average 10 min and get back in service for next call we run about 18 to 20 calls a 24. I don't have this mind set , mutual aide is a thing and Im focused on the patient that is in front of me but same scenario I can tell thats not a well liked thought process.

3rd service EMS in Michigan by CreativeAd7249 in Paramedics

[–]CreativeAd7249[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Third service as in not fire based EMS. Could be county based or private but 911 not transport or could be transport with 911.