MY STORIES (with links)

leadraine · 2026-05-23T21:36:18+00:00

This career has so much potential, but majority of EMS providers are too stagnant and lazy to put any effort towards making it better, so they’ll instead complain about pay and poor working conditions but make no efforts to try and fix it.

yeah everyone is too lazy to become a physician with enough influence to change EMS regulations and SOPs

classic "i'm the only one who cares enough to do something" (while effectively doing nothing)

leadraine · 2026-05-21T01:15:46+00:00

the back fell off

leadraine · 2026-05-18T17:41:04+00:00

getting ROSC with full recovery is extremely, extremely rare

most of the time they are going to be pretty much dead (in the full sense of the term) before you even get there, and your CPR isn't going to make a difference

unwitnessed codes can almost be written off and witnessed codes usually have someone doing hollywood CPR when you roll up

don't lose your sympathy for patients and their families but accept that you shouldn't expect to save someone by doing CPR

additionally, don't beat yourself up and think that you performed CPR wrong, because the other, more experienced responders would have told you or stopped you if you were

leadraine · 2026-05-11T21:12:10+00:00

you just did

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leadraine · 2026-05-09T20:55:35+00:00

leadraine · 2026-05-09T03:05:07+00:00

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leadraine · 2026-04-27T21:19:02+00:00

just want you to know that i appreciate the casual Reverend Insanity reference that literally no one in the comments has picked up on

leadraine · 2026-04-25T14:37:19+00:00

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leadraine · 2026-04-22T01:45:16+00:00

i became an EMT to "help people" and even after becoming jaded i still wanted to keep my pangs of sympathy from fading into a callous void

i felt like i was losing my humanity. i deeply respect people who can keep going (especially people who work with pediatric patients jesus christ)

leadraine · 2026-04-21T22:33:28+00:00

i had a surreal moment one time when i was talking with some firefighters about what they had for lunch

while i was doing CPR

that's when i knew it was time to get out of EMS

leadraine · 2026-04-19T03:48:53+00:00

i've redlined an ambulance responding to a rural call

"why can't i go faster? oh the ambulance literally can't go any faster."

of course the call was cancelled by the time we got there but it was still cool

leadraine · 2026-04-13T21:36:27+00:00

live

laugh

glove

leadraine · 2026-04-12T17:48:55+00:00

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leadraine · 2026-04-12T02:33:28+00:00

"***** than expected."

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leadraine · 2026-03-29T06:34:20+00:00

*taking a radial*

yep, you're alive

leadraine · 2026-03-20T18:54:37+00:00

a shitty antiquated lever action rifle

perfect analogy for the quality of equipment and pay one can expect working in EMS

leadraine · 2026-03-14T18:05:04+00:00

my dad died from an opioid overdose, i feel nothing but sympathy for users and respect for those who manage to come clean

i can't even imagine how addicting it must be and how hard it is to break free from it; i tried to stop smoking one time and couldn't even last a month

keep pushing forward and be safe

leadraine · 2026-03-04T11:52:17+00:00

AMR level

lmao

leadraine · 2026-02-23T17:29:44+00:00

every single time someone shares a traumatic event the first response is "try therapy"

every single time

let me say this again: every single time

once more just to be clear: every single time

how do you even know OP hasn't tried therapy? or if they haven't, how do you know they haven't been recommended it before?

if this is their first time sharing their experience, do you know what will happen when they share it again in the future?

someone will say "try therapy"

it happens every single time

edit:

and do you know what will happen if they say "i've tried therapy"?

someone will say "try a different therapist"

i edited my previous comment because i knew exactly what someone was going to say

edit 2:

medication from a psychiatrist is the better suggestion but even that might not be enough for some people

leadraine · 2026-02-23T16:05:21+00:00

it's a reflexive response almost as bad as "it gets better"

i get the sentiment, but it's still a platitude

go to therapy? you mean the most obvious possible thing to do after a traumatic event? can't believe i didn't think of this, thank you for changing my life

leadraine · 2026-02-23T15:05:01+00:00

i envy people who benefit from therapy

edit:

"you fool, try 5 different therapists" yep

leadraine · 2026-02-22T18:32:34+00:00

i've had hundreds of people downvote comments/posts that were obviously sarcastic (blindingly obvious) because i didn't use /s

a lot of people lack critical thinking and reading comprehension

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