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keykey posted:So do you actually do all sorts of EMT things for 9.60 or do you just get to drive the van? Rhyno posted:You make less helping to save lives than I do slinging funnybooks. I suddenly feel better about my life. I'm actually on a BLS unit most of the time, which means two EMTs instead of one EMT and one medic. That means that half the time, I'm the one in the back providing all care. You'd be amazed what can happen on a call that started off BLS...like death. I've had two people try their hardest to die in the ambulance during the last two months (NOBODY DIES IN THE AMBULANCE) on calls that were first dispatched out as very benign things, like suicidal ideation (somebody said they wanted to kill themselves once six months ago, so now all hospital-hospital transfers must happen in an ambulance), or abdominal pain (stomachache). The SI guy turned into a brain bleed halfway through transport (though it looked very much like a cardiac call), and the abdominal pain patient was actually a chest pain patient when we showed up. SNFs like to lie a lot when they call for a non-911 ambulance, because ten BLS transfers to hospitals at 2 AM looks a poo poo-ton better to DHS than even one 911 call out. Of course, her and her chest pain were 30 minutes from the nearest medic unit, so I really had no choice but to take Miss Heart Attack on my own to the hospital, because why the gently caress would I make her wait another half hour when the hospital was 10 minutes away? I average one "Lying SNF"-call every three nights or so, where they call it out as BLS but it is clearly an ALS or even a nurse (we have nurse trucks) or 9-1-1 call. Again, though, unless there's a medic ride closer, I'm usually going to decide to take them myself to the hospital for faster care. Better they be getting inappropriate (BLS) care in an ambulance on the way to the hospital instead of no care in a SNF or assisted living facility, y'know? Even on an ALS (EMT/Medic) ride, the EMT does a lot, if the medic allows it. I mean, some medics refuse to let you do anything even if it's within your scope and look down on you, but they're very rare. Most medics realize that they can use time much more effectively if they let the EMT do most of the grunt work. For instance, the one medic I work with regularly will sort through the drug box and draw up (or prepare, like with nebulizer) a medicine, while I prep an IV and do everything but actually stick the guy. Then while he's administering meds after the stick, I can at the same time be throwing on some EKG pads and taking the first set of vitals. BOOM! Patient gets faster care, everybody does everything. I'm also a 68W Combat Medic, which is kind of like a trauma EMT. Splinting, dressing, gross wound care, horrible trauma situations, etc are not really a problem for me, compared to a lot of EMTs. I get no extra legal rights or privileges, but the line gets a little blurrier when poo poo hits the fan, if you know what I mean. Queen_Combat fucked around with this message at 20:06 on Nov 19, 2014 |
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Yeah, i think I'd give you half what I make banging oil changes out per hour for those services  In emo bitch news Just clicked in the next couple weeks im going to have to handle thanksgiving, christmas, my birthday, her birthday, our year anniversary, and her stuff getting moved out on my own. Maybe new years will be better.
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Geirskogul posted:line gets a little blurrier when poo poo hits the fan, if you know what I mean. When I was still running ems, I worked with a few basics who were national guard medics and some who were paramedic students. If said partner was competent, and the situation warranted it, I may or may not have personally performed every single ALS level procedure attributed to me in my documentation.
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Oh god, now basement children can turn their cats into kawaii sex objects with their camera  Technology has, officially, gone too far....
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kastein posted:The only thing I object to about that is salt and rust. I think I need to move to Alaska or Montana, pretty sure it's too cold for salt there or they just prefer sand/gravel. The rust monster stalks close by around here. EDIT: seriously, this city announced expanded snow-removal and winter-conditions services as the first flakes were falling a week-and-a-half ago, which included some good stuff (more attention paid to obvious trouble spots like bridges) and some WTF, including a promise to get out there with the brine even faster. Not solid salt dusted out the back of a gravel/sand/salt spreader, but liquid loving brine to spread evenly on the road and your car's chassis and suspension! Huzzah! ED2: what is it with me and their/there/they're these days? ExecuDork fucked around with this message at 21:34 on Nov 19, 2014 |
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Nov 19, 2014 21:26
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In the general case, if a state doesn't put down salt, it's because they can't afford salt. Gravel is way more expensive, and it's what we used before everyone moved in from out East and caused us to double our road network overnight. Also, yeah, holy gently caress. I was driving in what I thought was slush last night. It was a solid stream of salt.
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So the focus I was meant to be having was crushed... So its a Golf now. 1.6 petrol in red :/ it will do. 2000 I think so older shape.
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So my mom saw a deal to have a/c and dryer ducts cleaned and decided to do it because????reasons????? (it's not like it was clogged or smelling funny, everything was fine as far as I could tell, but they supposedly found  mold, which they cleaned out with a power snake of some variety), and I suspect they hosed something out because now the heater doesn't work... just in time for the cold front that rolled through bringing 40 degree lows. At first I thought it was a blown fuse, which I had to run to the store to get because my supplies do not include 3 amp fuses; now the burner comes on, but the blower motor doesn't engage, which obviously trips the overheat switches when the heat exchanger gets too hot cause there's no cold air coming through it. I'm at the limit of my diagnostic ability, which means yet another service call (it's like the 5th time they've been out since installing the whole new system last April) for yet another $100 minimum. And now I find out she's leaving to be with her sister to recover from a relatively minor surgery, which I didn't know and told the company she'd be home all night, which matters since I've got class and have to leave by 6.Point is everything was fine, she does something on a whim to improve it, and now we're spending at least $200 that wasn't necessary at all. And during all this, she's still bitching at me for buying big water bottles for $1.75, because I'm the one who's wasting our money. And I still can't find a loving job. 
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OFFICER 13 INCH posted:her stuff getting moved out on my own. 5 gallons of gasoline goes quite far for disposing of the exes belongings. be sure to get video.
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Nov 19, 2014 21:31
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OFFICER 13 INCH posted:Yeah, i think I'd give you half what I make banging oil changes out per hour for those services Rent a small storage unit, mover her stuff into it, and mail her mother the key and the bill. Problem solved cursedshitbox posted:5 gallons of gasoline goes quite far for disposing of the exes belongings. be sure to get video. Or this. Storage in compact carbon dense units.
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Fucknag posted:So my mom saw a deal to have a/c and dryer ducts cleaned and decided to do it because????reasons????? (it's not like it was clogged or smelling funny, everything was fine as far as I could tell, but they supposedly found Move the gently caress out of Florida. Sorry. If I had space up here I'd be more than willing to put a roof over your head for a couple months at least, but sadly "a roof" is about all I can guarantee. Heat, floors, walls, windows, etc not really included.
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kastein posted:Move the gently caress out of Florida. Sorry. His job can be putting up walls before he freezes to death.
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Nov 19, 2014 21:45
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Don't Starve! IRL edition
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Fucknag posted:I'm at the limit of my diagnostic ability, which means yet another service call Does the blower not come on even when the high limit kicks and cuts out the burner? I do HVAC work. If you shoot me a pm with the make and model I might be able to walk you through some things.
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Nov 19, 2014 22:12
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Thelonious posted:Does the blower not come on even when the high limit kicks and cuts out the burner? Is that open to those of us that aren't currently in crisis mode? I've got a ~11 year old Trane that probably needs some PM (I know that when I had it inspected 7 years ago, the tech sanded the igniter and said that it wouldn't make it much longer... I'd like to buy one of those and any other spares I should have on-hand in case of failure)...
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First question is, how the hell do you only get paid 9.60 to do that? Second question is, is that seriously the going rate in your part of the world for doing that line of work? If so, that's loving ridiculous and/or I hope the cost of living is at least proportional such as you can afford a descent house. If not, back to first question.
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keykey posted:First question is, how the hell do you only get paid 9.60 to do that? Second question is, is that seriously the going rate in your part of the world for doing that line of work? If so, that's loving ridiculous and/or I hope the cost of living is at least proportional such as you can afford a descent house. If not, back to first question. Hahahahah you're not from 'round here are you? Welcome to the US and it's "best healthcare system in the world." There are people who think it's drat near heresy to pay people proportionally to their productivity.
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SierraEchoBravo posted:There are people who think it's drat near heresy to pay people proportionally to their productivity. These are the same people who think that the reason poor people are poor is because they don't work hard enough, ironically.
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Don't forget to tip your waiters, delivery drivers and EMTs
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Yeah, wages in the states are hosed up in a major way. I'm still amazed that the Arkansas minimum wage increase passed, we're bumping it up to $8.25/hr by 2016. In a few more years it might get to a livable amount! 
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My tinder exploits have been few and far in-between lately because I've been busy. Doing what, I don't know, but I sure haven't had the time or desire to pick up my phone and reject men based solely on their appearance. This, however... he is asking some questions that he might not like the answer to. 
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I just checked to see what our local EMT wages were and they are also only $9.50. How the good goddamn is that even possible since a ride in an ambulance cost 1k? My wife had to take one and that was on the itemized cost list from insurance. Mind you, that was the negotiated down price after insurance was involved and the dust had settled. edit: FREAK 'DAT BITCH OUT!
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Booty full? I usually find your tinder stuff tiresome but that guy has to messed with.
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Haha booty-full. Is that a lame pick up line or a tragic autocorrect mistake? Paying for the former because it makes me feel much better about myself. I also wish I had time to have a social life, but talking to people on the phone all day who make 10x more per hour then I do takes priority.
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goatse guy posted:My tinder exploits have been few and far in-between lately because I've been busy. Doing what, I don't know, but I sure haven't had the time or desire to pick up my phone and reject men based solely on their appearance. I imagine you going into detail answering his question and can only picture it going something like this. dooooo ittttttt
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SierraEchoBravo posted:Haha booty-full. Is that a lame pick up line or a tragic autocorrect mistake? Paying for the former because it makes me feel much better about myself. It is a pickup line, because he has mentioned at least three times that he likes redheads with big asses. The Midniter posted:I imagine you going into detail answering his question and can only picture it going something like this. "Well, it all started when my parents got divorced when I was in first grade... ...three hours later... ...and that's why I'm afraid of commitment and don't believe that I'm deserving of love!"
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keykey posted:First question is, how the hell do you only get paid 9.60 to do that? Second question is, is that seriously the going rate in your part of the world for doing that line of work? If so, that's loving ridiculous and/or I hope the cost of living is at least proportional such as you can afford a descent house. If not, back to first question. Going rate in the US is around 14 to 18 for EMTs, but here in Phoenix (and Arizona) most ambulance services are privatized. And by privatized, I mean owned by ONE company, Rural/Metro. FREE MARKET
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goatse guy posted:It is a pickup line, because he has mentioned at least three times that he likes redheads with big asses. While I can echo his feelings, why do guys feel like that is an appropriate pickup line Pretty sure my wife would have kicked my rear end had I approached her this way when I met her. Geirskogul posted:FREE MARKET FOR PROFIT HEALTHCARE! CommieGIR fucked around with this message at 23:21 on Nov 19, 2014 |
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Well if you don't let the women know that you're evaluating them as a mate first and foremost, how will their instincts kick in and make them recognize your male dominance, turning on that estrogen flood etc etc to be clear, I do not actually believe this
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I thought the whole point of tinder was finding fuckbuddies? No need to be coy about it, if you end up hooking up again because you get on, bonus.
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CommieGIR posted:While I can echo his feelings, why do guys feel like that is an appropriate pickup line Cakefool posted:I thought the whole point of tinder was finding fuckbuddies? No need to be coy about it, if you end up hooking up again because you get on, bonus.
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I changed my biography again. "Everyone says it's their niece or nephew in the picture. Where are all my DILFs at?" 
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"Then I'm not your girl. The surgery isn't that advanced yet  "
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gently caress. Yes. Welcome back, goatse
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I cant get tinder to work for sms verification errors no matter what resets or workarounds online Ive found
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CommieGIR posted:What year and model? New stuff at work means very little time for SA or anything. On the upside I'm never sitting there bored and the day goes drat fast. Think I'm test driving an e30 Friday or Saturday. Dad told me to buy it and if I get bored he'll but it for what I paid...he's a great influence.
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keykey posted:First question is, how the hell do you only get paid 9.60 to do that? Second question is, is that seriously the going rate in your part of the world for doing that line of work? If so, that's loving ridiculous and/or I hope the cost of living is at least proportional such as you can afford a descent house. If not, back to first question. I was making like $13.50 or so as an EMT-D nearly 20 years ago in eastern PA. $9.60 is criminally low.
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NitroSpazzz posted:2000 Golf TDI 4-door sitting at 248k Injector nozzles are a cheap and rewarding upgrade. You can do it yourself too if you are daring.
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