1834 pts ยท November 6, 2014
Although I hate the term "cringe" and how it's used to discredit anything remotely emotionally expressive or not hypermasculine, I do think it describes equilibrium well. For me though it's not too cringe as to be unwatchable, and it actually gives it an absurdity in a way that draws me into it.
On the waiting list for an ULTRASOUND? Forget liver transplant, forget cholecystectomy, waiting list for an ULTRASOUND??????? Those literally can be done bedside in minutes.
holding onto EMTs that don't have the best intentions for patients or are just not good people in general. 7/7
aren't able to get more experienced help than me or other young incredibly inexperienced EMTs. And with the low pay companies also end up 6/
into med school with the expectation of fulfilling the leadership aspect of being a doctor, but I feel terrible for the patients that 5/
you're considered the more experienced one and everything's on you. It's an amazing opportunity to grow, and has helped me transition 4/
scary when you've been working in 911 for 6 months and you're paired with someone even less experienced than you are, and now pretty much 3/
is horrendously accurate. A lot of people are really young or are fresh from college with nearly zero real life experience. It's pretty 2/
I've been a 911 EMT in NYC (Brooklyn, Manhattan, Bronx) and in Long Island, NY, and the thing about them putting two kids on an ambulance 1/
like Leo and women over 25 lol
representation of what plant based meat could be. 3/3
was supposed to mimic the consistency of chicken but didn't really work out. I felt bad because personally I felt it was a poor 2/
I've tried them, they actually did look like erasers and tasted like erasers. They were so tough and dry and had a bit of grittiness that 1/
If you don't want to use the special epilepsy helmets, you can also use a bicycle helmet. You'll look a little weird, but not as weird.
usually are far from thrilled about getting psych calls and often are quick to close the call when something obvious isn't happening. 3/3
out in the field who know how to interact with individuals with psych history helps both EMS and PD - a lot of EMTs and police officers 2/
EMTs aren't really trained in mental health either (they just need to know how to take a basic psych history/eval), so having specialists 1/
It's scary how accurate he's got it. People take the EMS system for granted and no one realizes how strained it is, especially in NYC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezv8sdTLxKo Please watch and spread. EVERY bit is 100% true, speaking as an EMT in NYC. Everyone leaves.
However, if other lanes are open for the responder to move through, I'd definitely sit still.
turned their sirens off. 7/
which probably means shts going down. So generally, I'd move out of the way if they've kept their sirens on, and sit still if they 6/
without going itself going into the intersection. However, some responders will keep their sirens on even if there's 2+ cars ahead 5/
traffic. If there's only one car in one of the lanes, the car is expected to turn itself in front of one of the adjacent lanes of traffic 4/
you're totally locked in, then you're supposed to turn off your siren so that you're not pushing cars in front of you into crosswise 3/
traffic, and all lanes have 2+ stopped cars in front of you, and there isn't a shoulder for you or the cars to make room with, i.e. 2/
General rule is if you come up to a red light intersection lights and sirens, there's a divider preventing you from going around stopped 1/
Why was this down voted? Usually it doesn't offend people here
Tru
Reading the replies to these feels like going down a Reddit switch-a-roo chain
Although I hate the term "cringe" and how it's used to discredit anything remotely emotionally expressive or not hypermasculine, I do think it describes equilibrium well. For me though it's not too cringe as to be unwatchable, and it actually gives it an absurdity in a way that draws me into it.
On the waiting list for an ULTRASOUND? Forget liver transplant, forget cholecystectomy, waiting list for an ULTRASOUND??????? Those literally can be done bedside in minutes.
holding onto EMTs that don't have the best intentions for patients or are just not good people in general. 7/7
aren't able to get more experienced help than me or other young incredibly inexperienced EMTs. And with the low pay companies also end up 6/
into med school with the expectation of fulfilling the leadership aspect of being a doctor, but I feel terrible for the patients that 5/
you're considered the more experienced one and everything's on you. It's an amazing opportunity to grow, and has helped me transition 4/
scary when you've been working in 911 for 6 months and you're paired with someone even less experienced than you are, and now pretty much 3/
is horrendously accurate. A lot of people are really young or are fresh from college with nearly zero real life experience. It's pretty 2/
I've been a 911 EMT in NYC (Brooklyn, Manhattan, Bronx) and in Long Island, NY, and the thing about them putting two kids on an ambulance 1/
like Leo and women over 25 lol
representation of what plant based meat could be. 3/3
was supposed to mimic the consistency of chicken but didn't really work out. I felt bad because personally I felt it was a poor 2/
I've tried them, they actually did look like erasers and tasted like erasers. They were so tough and dry and had a bit of grittiness that 1/
If you don't want to use the special epilepsy helmets, you can also use a bicycle helmet. You'll look a little weird, but not as weird.
usually are far from thrilled about getting psych calls and often are quick to close the call when something obvious isn't happening. 3/3
out in the field who know how to interact with individuals with psych history helps both EMS and PD - a lot of EMTs and police officers 2/
EMTs aren't really trained in mental health either (they just need to know how to take a basic psych history/eval), so having specialists 1/
It's scary how accurate he's got it. People take the EMS system for granted and no one realizes how strained it is, especially in NYC.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezv8sdTLxKo Please watch and spread. EVERY bit is 100% true, speaking as an EMT in NYC. Everyone leaves.
However, if other lanes are open for the responder to move through, I'd definitely sit still.
turned their sirens off. 7/
which probably means shts going down. So generally, I'd move out of the way if they've kept their sirens on, and sit still if they 6/
without going itself going into the intersection. However, some responders will keep their sirens on even if there's 2+ cars ahead 5/
traffic. If there's only one car in one of the lanes, the car is expected to turn itself in front of one of the adjacent lanes of traffic 4/
you're totally locked in, then you're supposed to turn off your siren so that you're not pushing cars in front of you into crosswise 3/
traffic, and all lanes have 2+ stopped cars in front of you, and there isn't a shoulder for you or the cars to make room with, i.e. 2/
General rule is if you come up to a red light intersection lights and sirens, there's a divider preventing you from going around stopped 1/
Why was this down voted? Usually it doesn't offend people here
Tru
Reading the replies to these feels like going down a Reddit switch-a-roo chain