EMS Problems

Stating the everyday struggles and perks of working in the EMS world.

[EMS Problems @EMSProblems_]

Who else’s hospital system doesn’t want you coming to work when you’re sick, but will discipline you when do you call out?!? Even when you have a doctor’s note too! 🤬🤬

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@Run_Fox_Run @NYCEMSwatch It’s sad because it happens more than you think. Not just with minor patients but with underage cadets on squads.

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@Tagdashep Yeah and this patient I had needed to be hauled out by the fire department and the SNF said he hadn’t been to a doctor in two years.... well we all know why🤷🏼‍♀️

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What’s your least favorite population to work with...?

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@Tagdashep I just don’t understand how people let themselves get that way. I had a 55 yo in a nursing home.... 800 lbs... like what

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Some days I get so sick of doing nothing at my one job... one can only sleep so much 🙄🙄🙄🙄

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Why does my hospital system keep hiring 18 year olds with no experience or common sense??? Lmkkk🙄 #itseverywhere #ughhh

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I’m all for equal pay and shit, but if the cashier at the big box store or cook at the fast food chain thinks they deserve more pay than someone who saves lives and went to school to do so, then that’s where I draw the line. ✋🏽🛑

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Really hate working in the rain 😩

[Dan Flynn @DanFlynn]

Should EMS carry firearms? @NightwatchTitus posted this yesterday, interested in the numbers. Like, RT and vote! #danandtitus #thepulse

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Snows great until you have idiots driving unnecessarily or you have to leave 4 hours before your shift starts when it normally takes you 45 minutes.... 😳❄️🌨

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@NightwatchTitus @Nightwatch_Dan Not much better up north. $13-$15 is average, at least in my state. 🙄

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It’s that time of year again where retail workers are going crazy over rude people, long hours, and being away from their families...... HAHAHAHAHA wow sounds like a typical day every day of the year for healthcare workers. STFU if you work retail. 🤬 #dontcare #goingtorant

[Kasey B @bama_nurse]

“It’s trashy when nurses have exposed tattoos”

I’m sorry, Karen. Are you going to stop CPR on your family member because the guy doing chest compressions has a sleeve?

...didn’t think so.

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Taking a poll, what’s your preference?!? 🐸☕️

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Those are the 911 calls these days 🙄😑

[EDgnome @ERgnome]

Somebody came in for an STD check-up at 3AM------by ambulance!
#FFS
😡😡😡😡😡

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@EMSWorldNews

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Kids in the House: Protecting Minors Within the Service https://t.co/eTQZsIxR0O

Worth the read. It happens too often in EMS and many of us don’t know or look the other way.

[ParamedicBarbie @MedicInTheSouth]

What I learned from countywide mandatory sexual harassment training:
•Don’t touch others
•Anything can be sexual harassment
•It’s okay if it only happens once
•HR has no concept of EMS
•This could’ve been an email