OT: Any EMT's amoung us?

MauiRob

MauiRob

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Just curious because I am about a month into my EMT-basic class and I love it :) I am taking it to improve my chances of getting onto the fire department, but also as another career option if I like it (and if I'm good at it).
 
Welcome aboard.I have been in ems about 15 years,and a Paramedic for 10 of that.I am not with a fire service,but a private co in se Michigan.How do you like your class so far?
 
The first six weeks or so of my medical nursing training included that neccesary to be an EMT. ( I went to school full time) I"m not a EMT, though.






munk
 
Welcome aboard.I have been in ems about 15 years,and a Paramedic for 10 of that.I am not with a fire service,but a private co in se Michigan.How do you like your class so far?
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THanks Rich :) . How do you like the job? Did you ever run with a fire service?
I like the class overall, but the instruction/organization pales in comparison to that I got in my Wilderness First Responder course through Wilderness Med. Associates--absolutel

The first six weeks or so of my medical nursing training included that neccesary to be an EMT. ( I went to school full time) I"m not a EMT, though
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I can't remember if you are still in that line of work or not. I seem to remember that your wife is a doc. and that you are out of that line of work now?

I can't wait until your response to that question is "well, I'm an author" :)
 
Well, I'm a boob head
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No, not at all. You know best what is and isn't the path for you, or when the right time to do something is. You are an author right now, just not on paper. You are creating and writing on this forum all the time, and I'm glad you do it.

They say that what you observe in someone else is often something you observe about yourself (good or bad). And in this case it couldn't be more true. I love to write, but for some reason I don't :o

Edited to add: so what I should have said was "I can't wait until MY response to that question is...." :foot:
 
Wasn't it you who took a khuk to the Teton Yellowstone area backpacking?



munk
 
I think I brought one out, but I didn't backpack. Isn't it sad, I can't remember which khuk I brought? I'll need to look up the thread. I think I brought my 16" AK with rosewood chiruwa handle.
 
AHHHHA!!I found the thread :D

Didn't even need to draw my Bura made Malla (or my pepper spray) which rode on my photo-backpack everywhere I went. Got some strange looks, but my-oh-my were people polite Believe it or not only 2 guys asked me what kind of knife it was the rest eyed it, then me, then didn't mention
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Brings back good memories....I also ran across the thread I posted when my youngest was born :)
 
The forum talked about it before you went. About how unfair it was for the National Parks systems to prohibiit firearms in the manner they do. But you took along a khuk and had no incident with the dreaded BEAR.

You wrote about it. And you listen for things- I remember the byline from Cash you had at the bottom of your posts. Hearing the wind, knowing we're still crazy.



munk
 
EMT-I here. Worked as a EMT for a private company in Metro Atlanta area around 93-95. Same time I was working as a Bartender where I made more money. After getting shot at for trying to pick up a drive-by shooting victim and a junkie pulling a kitchen knife on me trying to steal our drug box out of the ambulance I put in my 2 weeks. That was when I went active duty as a Medic - figured someone wants to shoot at me then I got 32 Infantry guys to shoot back. Still I enjoyed EMS but the company I worked for did not pay well or have any benefits.
 
You know, in a funny way, a Psych Nurse and a Bartender are almost the same thing.

I managed a gun store for several years too- that was harder than being a Counselor.




munk
 
THanks Halfneck :) Yeah I'd prefer those odds myself! I hope not to run into too much gunfire out here in Maine, but you never know. I certainly won't hesitate to have the cops go in first!

I'm sure they prohibit it, but you'd think allowing EMT's to carry at least concealed would make sense.

Munk, you know it's funny: I went from not remembering which khuk, to remembering eying all my blades to decide which one with Bear in mind. I ended up liking the Malla's balance of wickedly sharp point, and heft. I think the grizzly would have made short work of me regardless but the Malla and the pepper spray took turns being my "Linus Blanket"--Peanuts reference not Linus Pauling.
 
I managed a gun store for several years too- that was harder than being a Counselor
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I've wondered what that must be like....what was hard about it, if you'll forgive my nosiness?
 
People needed to be educated to buy the right tools for the right jobs. I had to provide this, sell things, yet keep the wage low enough so the Boss could afford to hire all of us. A wage that low did not invite ballistic genius.

Dealing with the public is very trying. Dealing with Psychotics is much easier- usually.

I had an Engineer come into the shop with a Caliper and prove one side of a well known manufactured arm's reciever was 7 thousandths wider than the other side; thus the bore would never be concentric. He wanted a refund.

Between selling guns in Fontana, CA for the greater Los Angeles area, and being a Psych Tech, there wasn't a lot of difference in the stress levels.



munk
 
Munk: "Dealing with the public is very trying. Dealing with Psychotics is much easier- usually."

So true! I used to be employed at trying to get people recently released from psychiatric hospital jobs.
 
Rob,I have responde with one of the local fire services,and if you want to e mail me,I will tell you which one and why I hate to run with them.I love the job,but it is a youngster's game,and as I approach 50,I am working to go into Nursing.I can do more for my pts in that capacity,and it is easier on my back.(No carrying 400-600 pounders up from the basement or down from the upstairs bedroom).
 
Actually the Ambulance service I worked for allowed concealed carry and had ballistic vests too. The dawning realization I needed to put in my 2 weeks was with the Junkie with the Kitchen Knife. When I tapped him on the shoulder and he whirled on me with the knife I stepped back and drew my Sig Sauer 225 and aimed center mass. Yelling at him to put the drug box down and leave, while looking at my front sight was enough for me.

The hospital I work for now has a great EMS service and really takes care of its EMS workers. For me where I worked was just not worth the risk for the pay.

Just focus on doing the best job you can and realize that sometimes no matter how much you want an try you can't save them all.
 
I'm *NOT* an EMT, however, thru a substantial amount of "on the job" training I got to be pretty good at gunshot wounds, stabs and lacerations, and the occasional sucking chest wound.... :foot: :eek: :D
 
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I had an Engineer come into the shop with a Caliper and prove one side of a well known manufactured arm's reciever was 7 thousandths wider than the other side; thus the bore would never be concentric. He wanted a refund.


munk
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I am compelled to note that few barrels are attached to receivers at the midpoint measured from the top and bottom of said receiver. Most barrels are attached high on the receiver to allow for manual or self loading mechanisms which occupy the lower portion. It makes no difference left or right, up or down, as long as it is solid, it feeds well and the sights are adjusted to point it in the right direction. A balanced feel between the hands is subjective, to say the least. I close my eyes, mount the firearm against the shoulder to what feels right quickly, then open my eyes and see what the sights look like. My favorite deer rifle is not the one that shoots the smallest group, rather the one that feels like an extension of my body....and it kills like no tomorrow.
 
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