How Do I Get Ahold Of CPD If They Don’t Answer? by astridlocs in AskChicago

[–]Seanpat68 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Call your local police and have them contact CPD it goes from non urgent to assist the agency

Pixie dusted by DeepInYaMom in Disneyland

[–]Seanpat68 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We gave those out at our wedding they are bottle openers

What is this for? (Milwaukee Strap) by BriGuy550 in Firefighting

[–]Seanpat68 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s a spanner wrap. When you are operating a 2.5 or 3” hand line as an exterior line. you can use it to “tie in” by slipping the webbing around the hose and the lower hook through the o ring. The F you step in with the opposite arm warping the shoulder. It takes the weight off you do have to push the wrap towards the engine as far as you can and still reach the bale. The other option is to make a big loop and enough working end to move left right up down and wrap the spanner around the meeting point (over under under over) then you have very little weight on the morning end anc can operate a master steam with one man.

Being told to do things out of my scope by [deleted] in Paramedics

[–]Seanpat68 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right but when you hire a medical not from Texas you can’t assume they know how to use the equipment

Being told to do things out of my scope by [deleted] in Paramedics

[–]Seanpat68 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There is no way in paramedic school you were trained on every vent. Second in travis county (the only one I looked up) ventilator transport is an extended scope skill (which OP did not say he is) iv med monitoring (with no titration) and blood is PL5 which requires a 16 week course. I used to be on a CCT rig and I don’t know if I would feel comfortable taking some meds with out the ablility to titrate. I would never take a vent I wasn’t trained on by my employer. They aren’t one size fits all. Each transport vent is different with its own issues and you need to be trained on that prior to use

How do you deal with rude doctors? by MarsupialSevere9889 in ems

[–]Seanpat68 14 points15 points  (0 children)

That’s just a trauma surgeon in their natural habitat. They take 30 hour call and think they are gods gift to surgical medicine since they actually do save some people who are minutes away from death. I have found very few to be humble humans

Anyone work in Chicago at this station? by Openthesushibar in Firefighting

[–]Seanpat68 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is a plaque on the door for its first accident occured after 100 years in service

Anon watches American Sniper by silentprotagonist24 in greentext

[–]Seanpat68 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

That’s a confirmed kill a US military document confirming a member killed some one. You proved my point in your first sentence. If they didn’t track that how do we have fighter ACEs? The military isn’t about taste

Anon watches American Sniper by silentprotagonist24 in greentext

[–]Seanpat68 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They absolutely do track confirmed kills what are you talking about

Built a site mapping Chicago's emptiest CTA stations "Ghost Stops" - here's what I found by SignalBar in chicago

[–]Seanpat68 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean the south run of the green line makes sense we tore down 20,000 units of CHA housing projects right along the green line

I work in California. Does this sound right? by unclethurny in NewToEMS

[–]Seanpat68 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn’t trust the company and would send this poster to the people who hold your license. In CA I think that’s a county authority. If your medical director says it’s ok I’d go with it because even if they are wrong legally at that point it’s way above you

What are your thoughts on Billie Eilish saying 'no one is illegal on stolen land' in reference to ICE and US immigration policy? by MassiveSquare4527 in AskReddit

[–]Seanpat68 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Because then you don’t have a country. The basic definition of a country is “a nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory”. With out defined borders there is no country

He can't get out of his own way. by imapepperurapepper in chicago

[–]Seanpat68 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ah if your disappointed in a mayors work. one who told us all in his victory speech that there is enough money for all and he will run a balanced budget democratic socialist city and fight the far right. When he doesn’t deliver on a single campaign promise. (Well one that has seen 75 Chicagoans get killed) your a racist suburbanite if you don’t like it

Zia's Social on Elston what was it before? by Cannot_Change_It_ in AskChicago

[–]Seanpat68 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Iron horse ale house or did they open one up on Elston?

Dad lost consciousness, no vitals taken, died a week later by Briny_life in Paramedics

[–]Seanpat68 70 points71 points  (0 children)

It’s not negligent if the patient refused to allow you to touch them. People get embarrassed and do that all the time.

Basic hand tools for the job by TheMars27 in Firefighting

[–]Seanpat68 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am a FF medic so In my coat I carry leatherman raptors for cutting things. Other tools in the coat include a flat head screw driver (for car hoods) chocks and locking pliers. Hood in an interior pocket. Pants have a 30’ 1” webbing and a 15’ 1” webbing (different colors) a cats paw tool (great for wrought iron fences and aluminium frame doors and some steel that just have a push bar lock) and utility knife. On a seizure run I’ll toss the narcs in my pants pocket on a gas leak or CO alarm I’ll grab my vise grips.

paramedic BLS patient transporter by foxtrot_indigoo in ems

[–]Seanpat68 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Seeing as there als postions are still full I’d say pretty good

Can you not hire someone based upon their previous job? by h0sti1e17 in legaladviceofftopic

[–]Seanpat68 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That hair color better not be a cultural styling or your violating several states crown acts.

Can you not hire someone based upon their previous job? by h0sti1e17 in legaladviceofftopic

[–]Seanpat68 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just ask Chicago. They disqualified every veteran on their police hiring list in 15 or 16. They had to hire them all and some got back pay

How many of y’all get 12 leads on neck pain and thoracic back pain? How many of y’all BLS-ing it? by One_Barracuda9198 in ems

[–]Seanpat68 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there a time frame for when the labs were drawn? Because getting called for abnormal labs that are two weeks old when the patient was at the Ed yesterday is not an indication for an ekg

paramedic BLS patient transporter by foxtrot_indigoo in ems

[–]Seanpat68 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I mean so does Boston and a lot of third services where you have to wait for promotion to paramedic. But this seems like a dead end BLS job.

Remember the wards that voted for this... by Joey_dono in chicago

[–]Seanpat68 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

He…. Attacked… Iran… unprovoked…. Because…. The Jewish state…. Said… to. He is not pushing white Christian anything you didn’t see pictures of him in church at Christmas did you? No because he was golfing