BringBackURF

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.

2 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

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.

2 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

holding onto EMTs that don't have the best intentions for patients or are just not good people in general. 7/7

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

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/

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

into med school with the expectation of fulfilling the leadership aspect of being a doctor, but I feel terrible for the patients that 5/

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

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/

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

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/

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

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/

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

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/

3 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

like Leo and women over 25 lol

3 years ago | Likes 21 Dislikes 3

representation of what plant based meat could be. 3/3

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

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/

4 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

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/

4 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 3

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.

4 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

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

4 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

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/

4 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

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/

4 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

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.

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezv8sdTLxKo Please watch and spread. EVERY bit is 100% true, speaking as an EMT in NYC. Everyone leaves.

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

However, if other lanes are open for the responder to move through, I'd definitely sit still.

5 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

turned their sirens off. 7/

5 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

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/

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

without going itself going into the intersection. However, some responders will keep their sirens on even if there's 2+ cars ahead 5/

5 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

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/

5 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

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/

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

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/

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

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/

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Why was this down voted? Usually it doesn't offend people here

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Tru

7 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Reading the replies to these feels like going down a Reddit switch-a-roo chain

7 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0