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I actually think what EMT's do is heroic. The natural human instinct is to save yourself when danger arises. Not for an EMT/EMS. I was actually seriously thinking about becoming one. Then I thought about it and I don't think I'm mentally tough enough to see some of the crazy things they must see. Plus I think I would become a hypochondriac. I try and acknowledge EMT's if I pass by them by giving them a nod. You know that weird nod/pierce your lips together look that you give someone when you pass them in a hallway. That and a wave or something. Just a little gesture that hopefully communicates I am appreicative of their work.

Thanks to the LEO's/EMT's/Firefighters out there and of course on here who do a damn fine job .

Mark wrote:

BlueLion wrote:For instance, why the do fire departments seem to think they have to respond to every auto accident in there big ass trucks, then have 3 or 4 of them just stand around?

Liability. Besides, the fire department does the actual cutting apart of the vehicles. And anytime you have leaking gas and other fluids, you need a charged line in case a fire breaks out when the medics are working on the patients in the wrecked vehicles.

If you didn't have fire trucks there with their rescue tools and water, then you'd simply have EMS vehicles there doing the same service. You need one ambulance for every critical patient (or every two minimally-injured patients). A rescue truck with the tools and a pumper-type truck with the water and foam at a minimum.

Also, you´ll have the complete platoon at the site, not split up over a large area. this way the platoon commander has his whole platoon ready for the next call as soon as the work at the accident site is finished, in case there is another alert right after the first one is finished.

Jan

Queso wrote:Yeah, but most rookies with the Texas Department of Public Safety are just as bad.

I think that is the way in most departments of first choice. Most of the Texas troopers I have encountered have been older, more mature, and decent guys. I don't run into many of the n00bs. I know Ohio's highway patrol needs about half their n00bs taken out and shot, same with SAPD. They are arrogant, no-neck control freaks who think the solution to EVERYTHING is to kick someone's ass, then write a lousy report (complete with spelling errors) about it.

Bottom line, that is a hiring problem. They are taking the football players who may have college, may not. They kind of mumble the answers about how they feel about public service, helping people, etc. but their eyes light up like spotlights in the interview board when they get asked if they could take a life. Letting them thin the herd on the streets is a double edged sword. Most of the really hard-headed ones will screw up bad enough to get fired or taken off the street. However, they will have ruined the image of cops in the eyes of who knows how many people before they finally screw up bad enough to go away.

A good sense of humor and thick skin will save you a mountain of paperwork and helps avoid taking people to jail who wouldn't have gone if you weren't an asshole.