Ugly In The Morning posted:

the sheer amount of time off is what I miss most about EMS. I did Monday/Wednesday 24’s and had the rest of my week to chill (though tuesdays were lost causes). The gory poo poo never bothered me at all, nor did much else about the job besides the crap pay.

hypnophant posted:

I've been out for almost a decade and don't miss it any more, but I still wouldn't trade that time for anything. I had some bad days, but the good ones made up for it.

The time off was great. I used to accrue PTO on overtime as well as pay, and I'd usually end up taking off around 6 weeks a year. Plus 12 days of sick time a year, and they never asked questions when you called in.

Dick Burglar posted:

I envy the hell out of people where EMS isn't a total clusterfuck. Central Texas is either third service, which gets absolute scraps and paid like poo poo compared to police and fire; or it's fire-based and is either impossible to get on, or is very sketchy quality. And a lot of fire-based EMS services basically segregate their EMS side from their fire side, having much the same effect as making the EMS side a third service, because they too get scraps and treated like poo poo.

LingcodKilla posted:

In my early days of driving armored trucks I would leave behind my partner when they would open the door, toss in the money then head out for lunch without saying anything. Sometimes I would get to the next stop and have to double back to grab them just sitting there eating lunch.

windshipper posted:

NYE 2018/2019 I watched as a guy got hit so hard by a car at 70+ mph, that his R arm was partially amputated, his head was partially amputated, his feet were facing the wrong way, open lower leg fractures, brain matter exposed. Oh yeah, and he got knocked out of all of his clothes EXCEPT his socks.

I had to run a 4 lead on him to confirm death. Like, that should be a BLS skill, calling that one.

LingcodKilla posted:

In my early days of driving armored trucks I would leave behind my partner when they would open the door, toss in the money then head out for lunch without saying anything. Sometimes I would get to the next stop and have to double back to grab them just sitting there eating lunch.

Itchy_Grundle posted:

When my mom was an RN one of her co-workers was with a new doctor who had to pronounce for the first time. The patient had been gone for a while so rigor had set in. The new doctor still insisted that they take vitals, etc.

The RN yanked the pillow out from under the deceased's head (which stayed up a few inches off the mattress). She then ran her hand back and forth between the head and the mattress and said to the doctor, "she's fuckin' dead..."

Ugly In The Morning posted:

There was a crew for an unattended in a bathtub at an independent living part of a senior living facility in my district. The deceased had carked it in the tub and the nursing home staff asked if they could help move the corpse to the bed for the family. One person ignored the cries of “noooo don’t” from their whole crew and agreed. They took the hands, the staff took the feet. Three, two, one, gooooo oh god why do they have new opera gloves? Complete degloving from the elbows down.

Always listen to your partners when they tell you something is a bad idea.


I somehow made it six years without ever forgetting a third at the hospital. I did have to sprint after my rapidly departing ambulance once.

E: I think I may make a GiP medical thread if people are interested/it fits with the forum. I remember there was a GiP firefighting thread a while ago.

McNally posted:

Ugly In The Morning posted:

Totally will once I’m not phoneposting, the app doesn’t let you make threads for some reason.

Midjack posted:

The android app was first written back when you got banned if your thread's OP wasn't 5000 characters long and you didn't cite at least six sources; since that kind of work sucks on a phone the original dev Ferg felt that it was a better use of his time to work on other things and none of the successor devs have gone back to add it though the iOS app lets you start new threads.

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A United States Marine Corps (USMC) helicopter crew chief says Australian special forces shot and killed a bound Afghan prisoner after being told he would not fit on the US aircraft coming to pick them up.

"We had done the drug raid, the Aussies actually did a pretty impressive job, wrangling all the prisoners up," Josh said.

"We just watched them tackle and hogtie these guys and we knew their hands were tied behind their backs."

He says the commandos then called up the US aircraft to pick them and about seven prisoners up.

He says the Americans only had room on the aircraft for six.

"And the pilot said, 'That's too many people, we can't carry that many passengers.' And you just heard this silence and then we heard a pop. And then they said, 'OK, we have six prisoners'.

Memento posted:

loving hell lads

movax posted:

Man, you sort of hope it's some stdh.txt right out of a Clancy novel

Hyperlynx posted:

I wouldn't be surprised if it's true.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-15/sas-soldiers-allegedly-plant-gun-on-dead-bodies-in-afghanistan/12452964

Tunicate posted:

I mean isn't that how the war in Iraq started, America planted a gun on Saddam?

quote:

Dear VMI Family,

Many of you have seen an article written by the Washington Post over the weekend that portrays the Institute as having a culture of hostility and insensitivity toward Black cadets. Yesterday, Governor Ralph Northam ’81 and legislative leaders ordered an independent, third-party review of VMI’s “culture, policies, practices, and equity in disciplinary procedures.” Mr. Bill Boland ’73, president of the VMI Board of Visitors, has responded by welcoming the review and offering the Institute’s full cooperation.

I am confident that the review will find that the Institute strives to act with honor, integrity, respect, and civility within the confines of what is legal and appropriate and, in particular, with respect to the incidents detailed in the Washington Post article. I do not believe that systemic racism is present at VMI; however, we can always work to improve on our actions. We look forward to conversations that will occur over the next several months and the objective input and recommendations from the reviewers.

Throughout this time we must remain focused on our mission and the Corps of Cadets giving them the very best full spectrum, nationally recognized education in the country. While we cannot ignore the current social issues, we must redouble our efforts in the midst of this pandemic to bring the current semester to a successful conclusion and ensuring the well-being of the entire Corps of Cadets and our staff, faculty, and classified members.

Now, more than ever, VMI remains dedicated to our unique educational model which has resulted in generations of proud alumni committed to service to the Commonwealth of Virginia and the United States. Our mission of creating citizen soldiers is unlike any other institution of higher education and continues to provide an incredible educational opportunity for the young men and women of Virginia and our nation. VMI will emerge from this process stronger than ever before.

Sincerely,



J.H. Binford Peay III ‘62
General, U.S. Army (Retired)

NerdyMcNerdNerd posted:

Anil Dikshit posted:

Ugly In The Morning posted:

Tom Lehrer had some good interviews about the idiots he served with when he got drafted in the 50’s. Which also led to him inventing Jell-O shots to smuggle booze on base. A true American hero. o7

Ugly In The Morning posted:

Tom Lehrer had some good interviews about the idiots he served with when he got drafted in the 50’s. Which also led to him inventing Jell-O shots to smuggle booze on base. A true American hero. o7

SpaceSDoorGunner posted:

Got an email today.

Fake military, continuing to be real dipshits.