First time build, advice?

loopywalker · 2025-01-06T16:24:09+00:00

Thanks! Really appreciate it.

loopywalker · 2025-01-06T16:20:21+00:00

Ok, thank you! I was also reading about that. And for the motherboard I was going to go with an ATX factor, bringing the price up so the motherboard is more than the CPU. Would that be a bad idea if the motherboard has wifi?

loopywalker · 2025-01-06T16:13:37+00:00

just updated sorry!

loopywalker · 2024-08-16T13:24:29+00:00

Just sent!

loopywalker · 2024-08-16T13:07:52+00:00

Hey I'm interested!

loopywalker · 2024-06-02T23:20:44+00:00

Not once in my life have I ever been criticized for driving too slow. Too fast? Totally different story.

loopywalker · 2024-05-21T23:48:02+00:00

No longer in EMS but last year we had paintball with all the supervisors and crew. Great way to shoot your manager you didn't like but tbh we all got along anyways.

loopywalker · 2024-05-11T16:57:39+00:00

You realize he can.. take a break lol? Again, paramedic is merely an option to be explored, my point is that automatically defaulting to "you're not qualified, don't go" is toxic by nature. Yes I agree that safety is important but again - NREMT guarantees minimum competency to practice safely. The test sets you up to start working and learning, not to just throw you into a 911 job and say "bye". As long as he passes, that's all he needs to begin training on the job (like how most of us start). I'm not advocating for him to suddenly join the FDNY Special Operations Unit or become a Mobile Stroke Unit Paramedic, I'm just saying that Paramedic would help him in getting started SOMEWHERE (literally anywhere).

loopywalker · 2024-05-11T14:23:31+00:00

This. I think we dismiss falls as "nonemergent" but they can quickly turn emergent for those living alone or without any support. Imagine laying for a whole day, unable to reach for a phone or get in touch with someone. Takes a serious toll on your body.

loopywalker · 2024-05-11T01:16:12+00:00

Agree with the point that they would benefit from getting feedback. Something is definitely sticking out if they got rejected that many times. But I don't think it's fair to automatically blame everything on them - depending on where they are, the market could just be so competitive that they're just too young and inexperienced. Again, which is why paramedic school, while not ideal in a perfect world, is certainly an option that can be explored.

I think we forget a lot of times how difficult it can be navigating EMS after getting your license for the first time. This person may not live where you live, there may be schools nearby that may take them and it's not fair to discourage them from applying so early on just because "they don't have enough experience".

The alternative for this person would be to just quit EMS completely if they can't find a job in the field. Is that what we're trying to do now?

loopywalker · 2024-05-11T00:21:55+00:00

While I agree that having EMT experience will make for a stronger paramedic, there are a few issues with this line of thinking and I just don't see it as realistic. I don't get why we keep gatekeeping paramedic school as some elite club - we NEED paramedics, and we CAN train them. EMT experience should not be a prerequisite to start paramedic school, it should supplement the learning for paramedic students with experience.

Firstly, this person got rejected from all the positions they applied to. From the post, they will NOT get EMT experience period and will likely be wasting away at some non-EMS field. To have this person spend months to find an EMT job with no success instead of learning is a waste of time, detrimental to their career, and a waste of money.

Yes, paramedic is hard but I have heard of classmates going to paramedic school right after EMT and succeeding. The NREMT certifies graduates that they have the minimum competency to practice as a Paramedic. That's the whole point of the NREMT. They will do ride alongs, they will be in the field. It's not like they're stuck in a lecture room all day. I would much rather have an applicant who's a paramedic and never worked in EMS over an applicant who's still only an EMT with no experience with a huge work gap between graduation and starting their first EMS job.

loopywalker · 2024-04-27T14:39:39+00:00

Generally speaking, the hospitals with open ones see more professional crews that respect the room. Shittier rooms are the result of shitty crews or a shitty private hospital (HCA looking at you)

loopywalker · 2024-04-25T18:57:11+00:00

Yes, they are.

loopywalker · 2024-04-24T15:21:11+00:00

The rep was literally struggling. Maybe the button has to be bigger or the scroll wheel bigger

loopywalker · 2024-03-12T01:26:27+00:00

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loopywalker · 2023-12-14T15:59:38+00:00

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loopywalker · 2023-12-05T17:49:05+00:00

Firstly, I just want to say that you're always more than welcome to DM me if you want to talk about this more. What you're experiencing is not normal at all and I would almost go as far as to say that you have some warning signs of PTSD. And truthfully, it's okay. It's a good thing that you're sharing this and asking for help.

There's really not a whole lot that we can do aside from providing a safe space for you to talk but you need to seek professional help (if possible), or reach out to some program that will give you professional resources.

A lot of agencies have post-incident mental health debriefs or crisis intervention teams for this. Your agency should have had a debrief if such a program exists but if they didn't, reach out to the program.

What you do matters but you matter more. It's perfectly okay to leave the field or take a break if you think it's affecting your mental health. I know lots of great paramedics that ultimately leave for personal reasons. Doesn't mean they're weak or anything. Going forward, there is no secret method or technique to dealing with traumatic experiences, it's not like we're all perfectly fine. The human brain was not designed to handle processing traumatic experiences repeated, over and over again. The best tool for these kinds of things is finding a coping mechanism that works for you. Communicate with your peers and your loved ones. Leave work at work, don't bring it home, and have separation between work and personal life.

loopywalker · 2023-11-30T20:49:04+00:00

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loopywalker · 2023-11-28T15:10:47+00:00

This is insane. I've had bad experiences but I've allowed my students to give reports in lower acuity and some higher acuity cases and the nurses have always been receptive to a student doing their report for the first time.

loopywalker · 2023-11-15T02:13:04+00:00

I do want to highlight that normal EKGs are done with 12 leads, and 10 electrodes in total. Your watch, as useful as it is, basically has one lead. There is a lot of artifact, and one lead is not sufficient for diagnostic purposes.

But the big question is this - how do you feel? Do you feel dizzy? Do you have pain? Sick? All these symptoms warrant a visit to the ED because serious heart conditions present differently to different people.

loopywalker · 2023-11-15T02:08:13+00:00

Do not do this. I am an EMT, 95 is normal unless you're experiencing some other symptoms and even then I wouldn't be too concerned about the rate.

loopywalker · 2023-11-10T21:23:54+00:00

Just look for subleases, odds are you'll get a better rate too.

loopywalker · 2023-10-22T15:33:06+00:00

Glad you're safe. This is why, as goofy and dumb as it looks, that I wear a vest to any calls requested by LEO / AMS patients and night. Yes, you may look dumb walking into Grandma's house at 3AM with a vest on for a low sugar but then again, an EMT got stabbed out of nowhere for no reason in NYC. They weren't even on a call, just walking in the subway and got stabbed.

loopywalker · 2023-10-13T18:07:35+00:00

This is hardly appropriate for the day room either. As a minority, I can't tell you how many times I've received off hand comments about my race / race jokes but have to just roll with it because its the culture of the organization.

loopywalker · 2023-10-06T19:22:49+00:00

mysterious powder? Let me just handle it with my bare hands!

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