well today marked the last day of consecutive classroom training for my new services orientation. Tomorrow we will be driving around the service area, and then Sunday I start my shift work. This whole week has been all about personal responsibility, which in and of itself was pretty good. the upcoming weeks will be full Read More…
Month: May 2015
Advice on being an old medic in a new world
So here I am, a week into my new service, and already I’m over thinking. Advice for those seasoned EMS professionals on starting brand new at a service. 1. Remember no one knows you here, you may have friends who have shared adventures with you, but by and large you are just another probie, and Read More…
one week down
its been a long week… a full week of orientation and an even fuller one next week. The thing about being a new medic when your already and old one is, remembering you are a new medic again, just this time without all the fear of what will happen when your patient dies. The new Read More…
Today I laughed again
Its a terrible thing to say, its worse to actually mean it. Today I laughed, a lot, I told jokes, was teased, and schemed, and it was OK. Today my peers once again re-enforced in me that I am where I need to be. My wife asked me tonight if everything was better, and I Read More…
The day has come..
Today was day 1 of orientation at my new service. I am very happy i made this change, I know there will be a hit when it comes to money, and I know my schedule is going to be messed up for awhile, but today I laughed more than I have in years, I smiled, Read More…
Well here we go.
t-minus 24 hours until I am done with being a User Experience Architect, 4 days from now I will be back working as a Paramedic. There are a lot of folks who might think me odd for all of the blogging I have done recently leading up to this, but to be honest it was Read More…
7 calendar days, 5 working days
last week here at the web job, hopefully the last time for a while I will have to wear business casual. I still do not have uniforms, I will be calling today to ask why not, i want to have a chance to get them, wash them, and make sure everything fits, is that so Read More…
11 days, so short my feet dangle
I am 11 days out from returning to EMS full time. Today I met with my current boss, we went through what is only plate, I went over where things could be found after I left, and made some suggestions for my replacement. Right now I am waiting on my uniforms to get done, planning Read More…
Being filmed, or lights camera lawsuit
In todays world we hear a lot about police officers wearing body cameras, the thinking around this is that it helps to deal with complaints of excessive force and also in evidence gathering. I think this logic is quite sound in reality, its awfully hard to dispute a camera, both as an officer but also Read More…
spinning my wheels
If you have been a reader of this blog over the last few weeks you might have noticed.. I’m spinning my wheels, I really have nothing to say beyond the mundane things that are happening, and I have been blogging about them. Sorry, but I am actually getting myself into he habit of blogging everyday, Read More…