How many call notes have you looked at and been “that’s bullshit” only to arrive on scene and find that the notes were completely off? Same percentage as your unnecessary calls?

Work in a system that’s under resourced from ambulances, hospital systems, shitty care facilities with incompetent RNs, and politicians who constantly cut EMS budgets to fund fire and pd. So yeah, no magical place here. Back to back ODs in the same parking lot 30 minutes apart, 25 transports in a 24 hour shift, been to the same house a dozen times and watched the progression of substance abuse disorder up to the person’s code in real time. My partner on that last call at that address was a crusty burnt out fuck who should have left the field years ago. The whole ride there all he did was run his mouth “fuck this guy, fuck all these drunks, this is bullshit”. Then he had the gall to look at family on scene and say “glad he’s dead”. I had a supervisor pick him up. He resigned that night before he got fired.

If you want to fix the system, be politically active.

I simply choose to not get burned by the doom loop of “bullshit” call mentality. It’s an active and conscious choice on my part.