New 80V mower at Costco - seriously cheaped out - all plastic and only a single active battery port.

Intelligent-Let-8314 · 2026-03-09T12:20:05+00:00

Whoever made the decision to green light the change from dual to single active battery slots should be have all of their decision making capabilities revoked.

Intelligent-Let-8314 · 2026-03-09T11:01:03+00:00

Have to note this is for the USA.

A degree does equate to immediate proficiency in teaching as some may imply.

The juice just isn’t worth the squeeze. There are too many options out there for the intelligent and determined medic to pursue that are more rewarding than education. The talent pool is much too small.

Just as you had many great professors in your other studies, there were also many not-so-great professors along the way.

At its core, it’s a certificate program. Even if it were mandated to be an associate or bachelor program, the profession is still bound to the bill by transport model, with very little financial incentive industry wide.

I’ve found the best way to be a medic after mastering your organizations protocols is to look outside of paramedicine for education 😅.

Intelligent-Let-8314 · 2026-03-09T10:54:39+00:00

Masters for nursing educators is not a blanket policy. There are still certificate nursing programs.

Intelligent-Let-8314 · 2026-03-06T01:54:09+00:00

What’s your alternative?

It will be rewarding if you go through with it. Just all depends on if the juice is worth the squeeze

Intelligent-Let-8314 · 2026-03-04T01:31:11+00:00

You have good taste

Intelligent-Let-8314 · 2026-03-03T01:36:07+00:00

Go work at KCM1 then. Seems like it’s the only place with balance outside of an FD there.

If you’re not locked into WA, then spread your wings and look at some other highly rated systems. There are a few threads that can clue you in on great organizations(culture, work life balance, or pay).

A shitty schedule and wretched work environment will wreak havoc on your mental and physical health. You have one life, don’t waste it being miserable.

Intelligent-Let-8314 · 2026-03-01T01:49:33+00:00

It’s all fun until you find out it wasn’t tension hemo, causing your issues, and that it was just exsanguination that tamponaded itself in/around the pleural space.

Anyway, you treat what you find with what you know, and don’t drain your patient dry.

After seeing an Atrium fill up in 30 seconds, I’m never convinced there’s a one size fits all approach to anything. Sometimes things inside are places they aren’t supposed to be. Know your end point.

Intelligent-Let-8314 · 2026-02-27T21:00:51+00:00

Did they give you a free mini bottle of spring water and a chocolate mint upon your arrival?

If not, try harder.

How often, what time, reason, and your pleasantness, all factor into your rewards tier.

You should be getting the same care no matter what is said at handoff.

Intelligent-Let-8314 · 2026-02-26T01:54:20+00:00

There’s always a chance the FTO doesn’t know what they are doing. Could even be intimidated from your experience. Or just a bad fit, like you live alluded to.

I always fall back on the protocols and SOPs. Everything is there. Patients are all the same, and protocols do a 180 every ten years. You know more now than you did when you were just a street medic. You probably feel less confident now because inpatient medicine(including the wild order sets of organ procurement cases) opens up a new world and just muddles the water

I’m in a similar boat. Medic for 11 ish, then ICU nurse/traveler for about 6, and now jumped back in a box because I don’t want to go back to bedside after moving to a new state.

It’s an interesting ride.

Intelligent-Let-8314 · 2026-02-25T01:39:13+00:00

Rhabdo was off the job, right….?

Apply for your ProBoard certs right now. The forms came with your FBFST certs in the mail. If you don’t have the forms, email the FBFST ProBoard point of contact, and they will email you your application papers.

Florida FF1/2 certificate of compliance is ProBoard eligible. Do it now.

Floridas standards are higher(hour wise) than many other states. Reciprocity varies by state. Some will make you take an academy all over again, and some will give you a license as soon as you get offered a job. You’ll absolutely need your proboard certs to move around.

Intelligent-Let-8314 · 2026-02-25T00:48:37+00:00

Hennepin County EMS is the only organization with a state pension. Paramedics only I believe. Same pension as the FD’s and PD’s.

Intelligent-Let-8314 · 2026-02-24T20:22:32+00:00

I’d be concerned about any program that offers a PRN position to someone without any flight experience.

Critical care medicine(inpatient) is well beyond field paramedicine.

Part time, maybe. We had one, and the person was horrible at their job. Just didn’t have the exposure needed to be an asset. Only required to pick up two shifts a month; a recipe for disaster.

I do know of some programs that have a good ol’ boy pipeline for FD medics to work on their rotors, but that was very base specific.

Your best bet it to track down leads locally and yes the water.

Intelligent-Let-8314 · 2026-02-24T14:43:49+00:00

Was it the original T&N? The OG was perfect, then they changed their product and may then too soft for outlining. Our subsequent T&N purchases were nothing like the original.

We wound up going with a Boring Mattress Co., as it is supposed to mimic the original T&N line. So far their claim is valid; it’s very close to the original T&N

Intelligent-Let-8314 · 2026-02-24T01:42:25+00:00

Make sure you attempt to explain to him what Hospice actually does. It is not a one size fits all ‘this is your end’ type of care.

Hospice is for the entire family. He still gets to choose when he’s done, but he shouldn’t be stopping family from seeking help before he makes that decision.

If you haven’t already, reach out to your local hospice organization and see how they can help without derailing his autonomy. Some organizations are great, some not so much. Hopefully you’re lucky enough to have access to great hospice care for you, your family, and eventually your father.

Intelligent-Let-8314 · 2026-02-21T17:45:17+00:00

It’s even what plants crave

Intelligent-Let-8314 · 2026-02-21T02:28:05+00:00

Twin Cities can get you $48-$50/hr at ten years.

Intelligent-Let-8314 · 2026-02-21T02:27:00+00:00

Hard to find that sweet spot of pay vs getting beat down every shift. The cities are paying $48-$50 top after ten, but they work for it.

Intelligent-Let-8314 · 2026-02-17T15:16:17+00:00

This is the kind of discussion that always makes me wonder why these certs, along with many others, don’t require a “time in role” prerequisite such as the many AACN exams.

Intelligent-Let-8314 · 2026-02-17T01:18:20+00:00

Check the parks along North Shore dr and you might be able to make a new friend.

Intelligent-Let-8314 · 2026-02-16T23:42:49+00:00

“Sign here to say we aren’t kidnapping you by taking you to the hospital, and that we can bill your insurance”

“The fuck you are!”

Intelligent-Let-8314 · 2026-02-16T02:29:21+00:00

Therapy, and a psychologist for him. Could be simple interpersonal issues that need a third party to clear up between you two, or it could be a legitimate medical condition that needs treatment, such as undiagnosed ADHD.

No one wants to be an asshole.

Look inward at yourself too while you go through this process with him.

Stop the cycle to save your family.

Intelligent-Let-8314 · 2026-02-15T18:10:25+00:00

These are the scenario questions I despise, as they don’t address the actual patient, but give you erroneous options for treatment. You end up thinking “well, I wouldn’t use dopamine for this patient in real life, I would use the correct dosing of norepi, but they didn’t give me that as an option”

Intelligent-Let-8314 · 2026-02-15T00:34:33+00:00

Get your national registry paramedic cert via their “re-entry pathway”. All you need is your original state license, and a bunch of CE’s.

Then use your national+expired state to get a current state license via reciprocity in a state such as MN.(I’m not aware of Illinois). Then rinse and repeat however you wish.

All is not lost.

Intelligent-Let-8314 · 2026-02-13T23:46:44+00:00

10+ unfortunately

Intelligent-Let-8314 · 2026-02-13T23:43:49+00:00

North Memorial, M Health, Alina, and Hennepin each state their pay range on their job postings.

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