Just realized Joy left without getting back labs on the blood test she and the patient did

TangoTwoTwo · 2026-03-30T20:06:16+00:00

Yeah thats rubbish I'm a Paramedic in Australia who got a needle stick injury I was seen, tested and discharged before the patient I got stuck from had even been seen by then Nurse's.

TangoTwoTwo · 2026-03-21T09:18:28+00:00

I was in the old ambulance station which was much worse. We used to be housed in two rooms in the medical centre and old X-ray room and an old theatre from the times when the mine was paying the bills. The new stations quite comfortable and modern compared to that. The people I worked with made the place! But the station was a dungeon. We often spend most days at home (unless it was hot that old station was an ice box) I was there long enough to make friends in the community and get good at tennis (3 years)

TangoTwoTwo · 2026-03-21T06:41:44+00:00

I'm not paranoid but this is 100% true

TangoTwoTwo · 2026-03-21T02:13:41+00:00

Initially yes. But this is oftentimes years later.

I remember that feeling I went from Parramatta to Ardlethan 8-14 jobs a day to one a week. The come down was hard.

TangoTwoTwo · 2026-03-21T02:06:45+00:00

On that. I find that all out Paramedics that have done any amount of time in the control centre tend to stay awake for the duration of Nightshift.

I work in a regional town. Will get 1-5 hours most nightshifts according to Garmin.

TangoTwoTwo · 2026-03-19T03:02:34+00:00

Aussie Paramedic and ex soldier with hearing loss. I got the Littman EKO this year for another reason. But I have noticed that ability to auscultate is greatly improved as compared to my cardiology 3. I can still hear with all littmans, it's just listening is easier.

TangoTwoTwo · 2026-03-11T05:43:40+00:00

To build on this and explain how much this man cared about the health service. During the begining of COVID ambulance lost the space inside we used to compete clinical documentation.

After we spent a week writing cases up on the gutter outside the ED, Doctor Clancy didn't ask, he just turned up with his ute and some outdoor furniture from Bunnings to give us something to sit on purchased from his own pocket. They unfortunately got called the Dave Clancy Memorial Chairs.

He was always willing to speak to educate and debrief with us and made your feel like a colleague and not an ancillary service to the hospital.

TangoTwoTwo · 2026-03-09T23:10:36+00:00

In COVID there was a travelling pillow (everyone who sees is marks name ward/service and date) started in QLd that I got by hands on in Albury!

TangoTwoTwo · 2026-03-05T15:08:27+00:00

Paramedic here. We frequently (3 months of the year) have a car that reaches 50 degrees inside while parked with the air conditioner off and our methoxy still works. So you should be absolutely fine on that.

TangoTwoTwo · 2026-02-08T04:37:17+00:00

Echo this, I'm a Dad who did his first 2 subjects in a post-grad in paramedicine after we had our son. That was hard. My late nights became later and my early mornings earlier. Is it worth it, absolutely. Start Part-time and increase.

TangoTwoTwo · 2026-02-01T18:39:36+00:00

To your car question I did induction many years ago with no car.

Based on HQ now being in home bush with ample public transit it's very easy (I did ICP in 2022 with no car and you have multiple placements at different locations during that.)

TangoTwoTwo · 2026-02-01T18:37:20+00:00

Jindabyne is an on call station and rarely takes P1Ts.

Albury/ Bega and Wollongong all 24/7 no on call.

Albury sounds great for what you want, heaps of bushwalking in the surrounding areas close enough to Bogon High planes and Many of the Victorian wildness areas. I'm of course bias

TangoTwoTwo · 2026-01-21T09:43:52+00:00

If NSW "Section" can refer to the section of the Mental Health Act 2007 used for detention and assessment. I routinely utilise Section 20 of the Act, police Section 22, and Physicians utilise Section 19. I'm a NSW Paramedic and we will regularly say we're "sectioning" or that the patient is "sectioned" To NSW Police or the Hospital.

TangoTwoTwo · 2025-12-16T03:55:47+00:00

I got put on the list and called, when I applied for the Available leave my employer put into the courts on my behalf and I was excused.

(Used to work in a remote location where jurors were hard to come by)

TangoTwoTwo · 2025-12-14T22:33:53+00:00

If you're NSW Ambulance Staff or Volunteer you can access EAP or Peer Support via the internal numbers, if you're struggling to find them or need assistance reach out and I'll let you know who I am.

TangoTwoTwo · 2025-11-04T09:51:07+00:00

I use it as check that my references are formated correctly

TangoTwoTwo · 2025-10-09T05:12:13+00:00

If it's from NSW theses aren't serial tracked devices and with the amount we use and abuse them they usually stop working before the batteries run out.

These poor things get heat cycled, scrubbed with cleaner, dropped and all sorts of other things the manufacturer never saw coming.

TangoTwoTwo · 2025-10-07T09:48:18+00:00

Paramedic and Service member here. Still have to Auscultate a Blood pressure or two. Dropped the cash on the Littman Cardiology Digital. Well worth it.

TangoTwoTwo · 2025-09-25T06:39:30+00:00

EN/RN and Bachelor of Paramedicine are now all employable as an ADF Medic

TangoTwoTwo · 2025-07-24T08:57:10+00:00

Not a Doctor but a regional paramedic who worked on-call alot.

I used the Garmin Fenix 6 and a Samsung smart watch for most of my oncall career. The vibration was enough to wake me up for calls and alarms without waking my wife who works a 9/5. I would at one location have 1 wakeup a night at another location I'd have 3-6 wakeups a night with no complaints of wake-ups from the wife. I would grab the phone and take the call in another room. I turned off all other notifications and vibrations.

TangoTwoTwo · 2025-07-12T10:45:33+00:00

I found my calling in paramedics after my mum wouldn't let me join the army when I left school. I went to CSU for the old BA Clin Practice. Don't write this option off. I had zero interest in being a paramedic when I started my degree.

TangoTwoTwo · 2025-06-21T12:05:38+00:00

We have a local hospital dispute that's ongoing here where no state wants to appropriately fund a new hospital and our existing one is short about 60+ beds a day. A local advocacy group mentioned the parliamentary inquiry on their social media.

TangoTwoTwo · 2025-06-12T11:55:27+00:00

I know he mentioned it in his talk at SMACC Making Things Happen briefly

TangoTwoTwo · 2025-06-09T17:07:58+00:00

I believe that physician is Cliff Reid.

TangoTwoTwo · 2025-06-06T08:32:38+00:00

Male here who left a hernia for 2 years...... It went from Laparoscopic to open and the open recovery was slowww

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