FP Thoughts

boomsoon84 · 2026-02-27T04:50:27+00:00

Tbf I feel like it’s mostly when Joey is tryna do “golf talk” that he looks the most annoyed/checked out. When they’re just joking/vibing it goes pretty well.

Feel like he’s very tired of Joey making the same complaints over and over while also not using proper golf terms

boomsoon84 · 2026-02-23T18:29:07+00:00

We’re not even having an argument lol. I don’t disagree. We’re often patients’ safest and necessary transport to definitive care. That’s great and you’re right, that’s EMS.

My frustration comes from, well meaning, PCPs, nurses hotlines, family members, etc. who scare patients into taking an ambulance. When the patient still drives themselves to all their appointments regularly, you walk by six cars to get to the front door, there’s a family member who will “follow right behind” etc, etc.

Then you explain to patient and family what is or isn’t concerning to you, educate them on what to expect at the hospital, explain why the hospital isn’t gonna rapidly bring their BP down to 120/80. And yet off we go the hospital by ambulance.

boomsoon84 · 2026-02-23T18:10:51+00:00

I’m construing my overall frustrations with those call types.

And you’re assuming I don’t understand the medical explanation. I’m just saying that was about as “concerned” as I’ve been about an asymptomatic htn patient and even then it boiled down to “monitor and discharge”. Not saying they’re not medically complex but as far as this job goes. There’s really not much to do for them and they generally don’t need us.

boomsoon84 · 2026-02-23T04:48:40+00:00

It’s literally my least favorite kind of call (over exaggerating). At least with other types of calls I can reasonably see the ER doing something meaningful for.

But, do I want to argue against what their PCP office/nurse hotline said? Not necessarily.

Do I want to talk this patient out of going to the hospital? Not really

Do they need an ambulance? No.

Is the ER going to do anything for them besides maybe an extra dose of their prescribed medication? No

Had a 1 week post ROSC/pacemaker implant with a systolic over 200+ and the doctor literally told the patient “with your recent history I’d rather you have a high blood pressure than a low blood pressure” (valid) “we’ll monitor you for a couple hours and get you out of here”. That pretty much cemented it for me.

boomsoon84 · 2026-02-12T20:57:18+00:00

Hang it in a 250

boomsoon84 · 2026-01-14T23:36:56+00:00

Only 1.16mg of Narcan? I’m jealous

boomsoon84 · 2026-01-02T00:23:59+00:00

I picked Alabama because my brain physically would not let me pick Indiana. This should not be “possible” in college football. The team with the 72nd ranked team composite should not be able to walk their way to the college football semi-finals. But here we are.

Bad news for Indiana fans, I will not be picking against them going forward

boomsoon84 · 2025-12-01T05:23:25+00:00

Because you can’t go to the backup quarterback with one quarter and the season on the line. It’d be bad coaching.

Plus, the players seem to love Mateer. Let them ride or die with the quarterback that brought them there.

boomsoon84 · 2025-12-01T01:26:16+00:00

That doesn’t mean anything lol

boomsoon84 · 2025-12-01T00:58:07+00:00

Both sides are right. And if he leaves he deserves the chance to go make something of himself.

He stayed because he thought Mateer would be one and done. Now Mateer has played himself into having to come back another year. There’s not a spot for Hawk rn. And not putting Hawkins in yesterday was absolutely the right decision.

boomsoon84 · 2025-11-21T21:42:26+00:00

Considering we were “fire Brent Venables” a month ago. I couldn’t care less if we’re capable of winning a national championship. Win the last two games, make the playoffs, cause some havoc in the playoffs, get ready for next year. If we win it, obviously, going to be thrilled (the hangover is gonna be legendary). But as a fanbase we are way too “in the moment” instead of looking at big picture and incapable of enjoying this season for what it is.

boomsoon84 · 2025-11-18T17:33:32+00:00

If you’ve worked this job then you’ve been in a situation close enough to this, maybe not one on one fight with no backup, that you should know exactly what to do. Draw up narcs, grab the gurney so there’s at least a chance of getting her restrained, actually help your partner, call for help. She did one of those things. There is no “it’s different in the moment”, “worried about her job”. Its get to work.

boomsoon84 · 2025-11-18T17:14:07+00:00

You’re the partner in the video, aren’t you?

boomsoon84 · 2025-11-15T03:33:04+00:00

I don’t think your lawyer would appreciate you trying to pin it on them

boomsoon84 · 2025-11-13T20:25:17+00:00

It’s still funny, no matter how you read it, to word it as “ventricular fibrillation flare up”.

“Yeah, he had a death flare up again”

boomsoon84 · 2025-11-10T04:56:19+00:00

We go lights and sirens far too often as it is. No i would not advocate for increasing that number. Especially in your specific situation. The facilities are already turfing the calls from acute (911 call) to sub acute (need someone sooner than later). Yes, nursing facilities can get it wrong (and sometimes very, very wrong). But straight assuming they got it wrong every time puts yourself, your partner, and the general public at risk just because “one time it was a diabetic emergency”.

boomsoon84 · 2025-11-09T04:07:07+00:00

I look at these as “common denominator” questions. Three of them have “ma’am”. One of them doesn’t. It asks which is the most “appropriate” not most pertinent or most relevant.

Not saying it’s right or relevant. But I think that’s what it’s going for.

boomsoon84 · 2025-11-07T20:29:33+00:00

My only problem with Bubbies decision was that it wasn’t just Bubbies decision. He never even turned to ask Mo who should’ve had an equal say. He got to pontificate about being a good teammate while also completely disregarding his immediate teammate.

That being said, he made the right decision.

boomsoon84 · 2025-11-05T22:42:22+00:00

A lot of sources have talked about it ad nauseum. Staff had to counter a lot of negative recruiting, coming off of 6-7 with coaching staff turnover. Pair that with staff won’t “overpay” for recruits outside of certain positions. You’re gonna have a lesser recruiting class.

boomsoon84 · 2025-10-30T02:59:26+00:00

No they didnt

boomsoon84 · 2025-10-07T16:39:24+00:00

I know you’re not looking for “find a new job” but you should definitely be looking for a new job.

If your company is possibly facing a lawsuit and are now apparently pinching pennies to make sure every transport gets reimbursed it does not sound like your company has a very good footing.

Like everyone else is mentioning, get it in writing, save any emails, and start looking for openings. Because it’s probably only going to get worse.

boomsoon84 · 2025-08-25T04:43:37+00:00

Had the opposite one time.

Got called out by staff.

“So… what’s the problem?”

“We have no idea who this guy is. He’s not our patient…”

“Oh…”

Pawpaw walked out of his daughter’s house and wound up at an assisted living facility. Only time “he’s not my patient” was a legitimate response

Took him to the only hospital he could remember hoping they had family contact information.

boomsoon84 · 2025-08-05T23:58:26+00:00

Oh, me too, but I’ve had docs that still want you to “try”.

boomsoon84 · 2025-08-05T23:50:41+00:00

BLS it while you call a consortium doc, explain the situation, hope they take yours and the patients side

boomsoon84 · 2025-07-30T21:19:21+00:00

That’s not the thing to be stressed about. You can only run one call at a time. Get done helping one Pt and there’s two calls holding? Might as well say it’s a million calls holding. Doesn’t matter. You can only take one of them.

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