Guest guest Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 Maybe this will help the layperson understand why EMT's and Paramedics get so mad about being called just " Ambulance Drivers " . **This just describes a part of what we do, whether it is as a Vol Status or as a Paid Person. Standing in chest deep water, freezing rain falling and stinging as it hits the exposed parts of my body. Holding her head above water to keep her from drowning until rescue could get there to cut her free --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Comforting a 89 year old woman who just watched me and my partner cover the face of her husband of 64 years as he lay dead in their bathroom floor --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS On scene at an MVA with mom trapped upside down in her car and her dead sons body laying on top of her without a second thought for my own safety I crawl into the wreckage to take C-spine control and calm the frantic lady --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Called away from my just prepared meal to respond to the middle of B.F.E to a house with no numbers, no porch light on, nobody waiting to signal us in and they bitch because we took too long only to find out the patient left P.O.V ten minutes ago...so we smile and walk away from the verbal lashing only because we are ---BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Standing in the middle of the street after midnight on the wrong side of town trying to patch the holes and stop the bleeding of a 19 year old shooting victim with the occasional bullet wizzing past our heads we never break stride because this kids life is in our hands --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULNCE DRIVERS Doing chest compressions on a 16 year old girl who decided this life was more than she could take. Her family screaming at us to help as though we are the ones who did this to her. Trying to be understanding as her body flails about as the tube goes in and IV's being started, my arms and back burning from the pain of CPR, never once giving up, hoping she would make it through and over come whatever lead her to this bad decision ---- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Death is all around me and still I go home to live my life I get kicked, hit, punched, spit on, bled on, puked on... I look into the eyes of a lifeless child at 7am and by 8 am I'm holding my child a little tighter and they know nothing about what happened. I have hundreds of hours of classroom time and years of in the field experience I have challenged death, stared it down and won I've helped the helpless I've neglected my family for yours I find comfort in complete chaos I eat cold meals if I eat at all I work with no sleep for days at a time I miss birthdays,holidays, aniverseries and school functions I put myself in harms way for a total stranger on a daily basis ALL BECAUSE WE ARE JUST " AMBULANCE DRIVERS " I AM AN AMBULANCE DRIVER!!! MY PARTNER DRIVES 90 MPH THROUGH CONGESTED TRAFFIC FULL OF PEOPLE WHO REFUSE TO YEILD RIGHT OF WAY WHILE I STAND UNRESTRAINED IN THE BACK OF THIS SCREAMING LAND MISSLE SAVING YOUR LOVED ONES LIFE!! NEVER ONCE DO I QUESTION HIS DRIVING HE KNOWS THAT AT THE END OF THIS SHIFT HE WILL GO HOME TO HIS FAMILY SAFELY BECAUSE WE ARE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS... Setzer EMT-B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 I AM AN AMBULANCE DRIVER!!! MY PARTNER DRIVES 90 MPH THROUGH CONGESTED TRAFFIC FULL OF PEOPLE WHO REFUSE TO YEILD RIGHT OF WAY WHILE I STAND UNRESTRAINED IN THE BACK OF THIS SCREAMING LAND MISSLE SAVING YOUR LOVED ONES LIFE!! NEVER ONCE DO I QUESTION HIS DRIVING HE KNOWS THAT AT THE END OF THIS SHIFT HE WILL GO HOME TO HIS FAMILY SAFELY BECAUSE WE ARE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS... YOU NOR YOUR EQUIPMENT WERE RESTRAINED? RYAN Subject: just ambulance drivers To: " yahoo ems groups " <texasems-l > Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2008, 2:15 PM Maybe this will help the layperson understand why EMT's and Paramedics get so mad about being called just " Ambulance Drivers " . **This just describes a part of what we do, whether it is as a Vol Status or as a Paid Person. Standing in chest deep water, freezing rain falling and stinging as it hits the exposed parts of my body. Holding her head above water to keep her from drowning until rescue could get there to cut her free --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Comforting a 89 year old woman who just watched me and my partner cover the face of her husband of 64 years as he lay dead in their bathroom floor --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS On scene at an MVA with mom trapped upside down in her car and her dead sons body laying on top of her without a second thought for my own safety I crawl into the wreckage to take C-spine control and calm the frantic lady --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Called away from my just prepared meal to respond to the middle of B.F.E to a house with no numbers, no porch light on, nobody waiting to signal us in and they bitch because we took too long only to find out the patient left P.O.V ten minutes ago...so we smile and walk away from the verbal lashing only because we are ---BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Standing in the middle of the street after midnight on the wrong side of town trying to patch the holes and stop the bleeding of a 19 year old shooting victim with the occasional bullet wizzing past our heads we never break stride because this kids life is in our hands --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULNCE DRIVERS Doing chest compressions on a 16 year old girl who decided this life was more than she could take. Her family screaming at us to help as though we are the ones who did this to her. Trying to be understanding as her body flails about as the tube goes in and IV's being started, my arms and back burning from the pain of CPR, never once giving up, hoping she would make it through and over come whatever lead her to this bad decision ---- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Death is all around me and still I go home to live my life I get kicked, hit, punched, spit on, bled on, puked on... I look into the eyes of a lifeless child at 7am and by 8 am I'm holding my child a little tighter and they know nothing about what happened. I have hundreds of hours of classroom time and years of in the field experience I have challenged death, stared it down and won I've helped the helpless I've neglected my family for yours I find comfort in complete chaos I eat cold meals if I eat at all I work with no sleep for days at a time I miss birthdays,holidays, aniverseries and school functions I put myself in harms way for a total stranger on a daily basis ALL BECAUSE WE ARE JUST " AMBULANCE DRIVERS " I AM AN AMBULANCE DRIVER!!! MY PARTNER DRIVES 90 MPH THROUGH CONGESTED TRAFFIC FULL OF PEOPLE WHO REFUSE TO YEILD RIGHT OF WAY WHILE I STAND UNRESTRAINED IN THE BACK OF THIS SCREAMING LAND MISSLE SAVING YOUR LOVED ONES LIFE!! NEVER ONCE DO I QUESTION HIS DRIVING HE KNOWS THAT AT THE END OF THIS SHIFT HE WILL GO HOME TO HIS FAMILY SAFELY BECAUSE WE ARE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS... Setzer EMT-B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 There is still so many misconceptions about who we are and what we really do in this business by the ley person. Believe it or not, there still are people out there who do not know exactly what a " Paramedic, or EMT " is. Sad but true, but tell them that you work on an ambulance and they automatcially go... " oooh your one of those " Ambulance drivers! " . ACK. What also doesnt help is when nurses in the hospital facilities refer to us as that very same monicker. It is all sad but true. FieldMedic Austin, Texas Be Warned, my opinions are my own. They do not express the views, protocols, agendas or concerns of those for whom I work with or support. Once again, the words contained herein are strictly of my own opinions. " There is no darkness like that of IGNORANCE " just ambulance drivers Maybe this will help the layperson understand why EMT's and Paramedics get so mad about being called just " Ambulance Drivers " . **This just describes a part of what we do, whether it is as a Vol Status or as a Paid Person. Standing in chest deep water, freezing rain falling and stinging as it hits the exposed parts of my body. Holding her head above water to keep her from drowning until rescue could get there to cut her free --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Comforting a 89 year old woman who just watched me and my partner cover the face of her husband of 64 years as he lay dead in their bathroom floor --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS On scene at an MVA with mom trapped upside down in her car and her dead sons body laying on top of her without a second thought for my own safety I crawl into the wreckage to take C-spine control and calm the frantic lady --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Called away from my just prepared meal to respond to the middle of B.F.E to a house with no numbers, no porch light on, nobody waiting to signal us in and they bitch because we took too long only to find out the patient left P.O.V ten minutes ago....so we smile and walk away from the verbal lashing only because we are ---BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Standing in the middle of the street after midnight on the wrong side of town trying to patch the holes and stop the bleeding of a 19 year old shooting victim with the occasional bullet wizzing past our heads we never break stride because this kids life is in our hands --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULNCE DRIVERS Doing chest compressions on a 16 year old girl who decided this life was more than she could take. Her family screaming at us to help as though we are the ones who did this to her. Trying to be understanding as her body flails about as the tube goes in and IV's being started, my arms and back burning from the pain of CPR, never once giving up, hoping she would make it through and over come whatever lead her to this bad decision ---- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Death is all around me and still I go home to live my life I get kicked, hit, punched, spit on, bled on, puked on... I look into the eyes of a lifeless child at 7am and by 8 am I'm holding my child a little tighter and they know nothing about what happened. I have hundreds of hours of classroom time and years of in the field experience I have challenged death, stared it down and won I've helped the helpless I've neglected my family for yours I find comfort in complete chaos I eat cold meals if I eat at all I work with no sleep for days at a time I miss birthdays,holidays, aniverseries and school functions I put myself in harms way for a total stranger on a daily basis ALL BECAUSE WE ARE JUST " AMBULANCE DRIVERS " I AM AN AMBULANCE DRIVER!!! MY PARTNER DRIVES 90 MPH THROUGH CONGESTED TRAFFIC FULL OF PEOPLE WHO REFUSE TO YEILD RIGHT OF WAY WHILE I STAND UNRESTRAINED IN THE BACK OF THIS SCREAMING LAND MISSLE SAVING YOUR LOVED ONES LIFE!! NEVER ONCE DO I QUESTION HIS DRIVING HE KNOWS THAT AT THE END OF THIS SHIFT HE WILL GO HOME TO HIS FAMILY SAFELY BECAUSE WE ARE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS... Setzer EMT-B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 O.K. From: texasems-l [mailto:texasems-l ] On Behalf Of RYAN CAVANESS Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 4:39 PM To: texasems-l Subject: Re: just ambulance drivers I AM AN AMBULANCE DRIVER!!! MY PARTNER DRIVES 90 MPH THROUGH CONGESTED TRAFFIC FULL OF PEOPLE WHO REFUSE TO YEILD RIGHT OF WAY WHILE I STAND UNRESTRAINED IN THE BACK OF THIS SCREAMING LAND MISSLE SAVING YOUR LOVED ONES LIFE!! NEVER ONCE DO I QUESTION HIS DRIVING HE KNOWS THAT AT THE END OF THIS SHIFT HE WILL GO HOME TO HIS FAMILY SAFELY BECAUSE WE ARE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS... YOU NOR YOUR EQUIPMENT WERE RESTRAINED? RYAN From: Setzer <emsgirl1978@... <mailto:emsgirl1978%40yahoo.com> > Subject: just ambulance drivers To: " yahoo ems groups " <texasems-l <mailto:texasems-l%40yahoogroups.com> > Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2008, 2:15 PM Maybe this will help the layperson understand why EMT's and Paramedics get so mad about being called just " Ambulance Drivers " . **This just describes a part of what we do, whether it is as a Vol Status or as a Paid Person. Standing in chest deep water, freezing rain falling and stinging as it hits the exposed parts of my body. Holding her head above water to keep her from drowning until rescue could get there to cut her free --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Comforting a 89 year old woman who just watched me and my partner cover the face of her husband of 64 years as he lay dead in their bathroom floor --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS On scene at an MVA with mom trapped upside down in her car and her dead sons body laying on top of her without a second thought for my own safety I crawl into the wreckage to take C-spine control and calm the frantic lady --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Called away from my just prepared meal to respond to the middle of B.F.E to a house with no numbers, no porch light on, nobody waiting to signal us in and they bitch because we took too long only to find out the patient left P.O.V ten minutes ago...so we smile and walk away from the verbal lashing only because we are ---BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Standing in the middle of the street after midnight on the wrong side of town trying to patch the holes and stop the bleeding of a 19 year old shooting victim with the occasional bullet wizzing past our heads we never break stride because this kids life is in our hands --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULNCE DRIVERS Doing chest compressions on a 16 year old girl who decided this life was more than she could take. Her family screaming at us to help as though we are the ones who did this to her. Trying to be understanding as her body flails about as the tube goes in and IV's being started, my arms and back burning from the pain of CPR, never once giving up, hoping she would make it through and over come whatever lead her to this bad decision ---- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Death is all around me and still I go home to live my life I get kicked, hit, punched, spit on, bled on, puked on... I look into the eyes of a lifeless child at 7am and by 8 am I'm holding my child a little tighter and they know nothing about what happened. I have hundreds of hours of classroom time and years of in the field experience I have challenged death, stared it down and won I've helped the helpless I've neglected my family for yours I find comfort in complete chaos I eat cold meals if I eat at all I work with no sleep for days at a time I miss birthdays,holidays, aniverseries and school functions I put myself in harms way for a total stranger on a daily basis ALL BECAUSE WE ARE JUST " AMBULANCE DRIVERS " I AM AN AMBULANCE DRIVER!!! MY PARTNER DRIVES 90 MPH THROUGH CONGESTED TRAFFIC FULL OF PEOPLE WHO REFUSE TO YEILD RIGHT OF WAY WHILE I STAND UNRESTRAINED IN THE BACK OF THIS SCREAMING LAND MISSLE SAVING YOUR LOVED ONES LIFE!! NEVER ONCE DO I QUESTION HIS DRIVING HE KNOWS THAT AT THE END OF THIS SHIFT HE WILL GO HOME TO HIS FAMILY SAFELY BECAUSE WE ARE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS... Setzer EMT-B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 i just posted this i got off of myspace my friend sent to me i hope i did not offend anyone i am sorry if i did Setzer EMT-B I AM AN AMBULANCE DRIVER!!! MY PARTNER DRIVES 90 MPH THROUGH CONGESTED TRAFFIC FULL OF PEOPLE WHO REFUSE TO YEILD RIGHT OF WAY WHILE I STAND UNRESTRAINED IN THE BACK OF THIS SCREAMING LAND MISSLE SAVING YOUR LOVED ONES LIFE!! NEVER ONCE DO I QUESTION HIS DRIVING HE KNOWS THAT AT THE END OF THIS SHIFT HE WILL GO HOME TO HIS FAMILY SAFELY BECAUSE WE ARE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS... YOU NOR YOUR EQUIPMENT WERE RESTRAINED? RYAN Subject: just ambulance drivers To: " yahoo ems groups " <texasems-l > Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2008, 2:15 PM Maybe this will help the layperson understand why EMT's and Paramedics get so mad about being called just " Ambulance Drivers " . **This just describes a part of what we do, whether it is as a Vol Status or as a Paid Person. Standing in chest deep water, freezing rain falling and stinging as it hits the exposed parts of my body. Holding her head above water to keep her from drowning until rescue could get there to cut her free --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Comforting a 89 year old woman who just watched me and my partner cover the face of her husband of 64 years as he lay dead in their bathroom floor --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS On scene at an MVA with mom trapped upside down in her car and her dead sons body laying on top of her without a second thought for my own safety I crawl into the wreckage to take C-spine control and calm the frantic lady --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Called away from my just prepared meal to respond to the middle of B.F.E to a house with no numbers, no porch light on, nobody waiting to signal us in and they bitch because we took too long only to find out the patient left P.O.V ten minutes ago...so we smile and walk away from the verbal lashing only because we are ---BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Standing in the middle of the street after midnight on the wrong side of town trying to patch the holes and stop the bleeding of a 19 year old shooting victim with the occasional bullet wizzing past our heads we never break stride because this kids life is in our hands --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULNCE DRIVERS Doing chest compressions on a 16 year old girl who decided this life was more than she could take. Her family screaming at us to help as though we are the ones who did this to her. Trying to be understanding as her body flails about as the tube goes in and IV's being started, my arms and back burning from the pain of CPR, never once giving up, hoping she would make it through and over come whatever lead her to this bad decision ---- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Death is all around me and still I go home to live my life I get kicked, hit, punched, spit on, bled on, puked on... I look into the eyes of a lifeless child at 7am and by 8 am I'm holding my child a little tighter and they know nothing about what happened. I have hundreds of hours of classroom time and years of in the field experience I have challenged death, stared it down and won I've helped the helpless I've neglected my family for yours I find comfort in complete chaos I eat cold meals if I eat at all I work with no sleep for days at a time I miss birthdays,holidays, aniverseries and school functions I put myself in harms way for a total stranger on a daily basis ALL BECAUSE WE ARE JUST " AMBULANCE DRIVERS " I AM AN AMBULANCE DRIVER!!! MY PARTNER DRIVES 90 MPH THROUGH CONGESTED TRAFFIC FULL OF PEOPLE WHO REFUSE TO YEILD RIGHT OF WAY WHILE I STAND UNRESTRAINED IN THE BACK OF THIS SCREAMING LAND MISSLE SAVING YOUR LOVED ONES LIFE!! NEVER ONCE DO I QUESTION HIS DRIVING HE KNOWS THAT AT THE END OF THIS SHIFT HE WILL GO HOME TO HIS FAMILY SAFELY BECAUSE WE ARE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS... Setzer EMT-B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 , You hit the nail on the head with this post. Do you want to talk to the Paramedic in charge or the EMT who knows what & #39;s going on? Subject: just ambulance drivers To: " yahoo ems groups " <texasems-l > Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2008, 2:15 PM Maybe this will help the layperson understand why EMT's and Paramedics get so mad about being called just " Ambulance Drivers " . **This just describes a part of what we do, whether it is as a Vol Status or as a Paid Person. Standing in chest deep water, freezing rain falling and stinging as it hits the exposed parts of my body. Holding her head above water to keep her from drowning until rescue could get there to cut her free --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Comforting a 89 year old woman who just watched me and my partner cover the face of her husband of 64 years as he lay dead in their bathroom floor --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS On scene at an MVA with mom trapped upside down in her car and her dead sons body laying on top of her without a second thought for my own safety I crawl into the wreckage to take C-spine control and calm the frantic lady --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Called away from my just prepared meal to respond to the middle of B.F.E to a house with no numbers, no porch light on, nobody waiting to signal us in and they bitch because we took too long only to find out the patient left P.O.V ten minutes ago...so we smile and walk away from the verbal lashing only because we are ---BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Standing in the middle of the street after midnight on the wrong side of town trying to patch the holes and stop the bleeding of a 19 year old shooting victim with the occasional bullet wizzing past our heads we never break stride because this kids life is in our hands --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULNCE DRIVERS Doing chest compressions on a 16 year old girl who decided this life was more than she could take. Her family screaming at us to help as though we are the ones who did this to her. Trying to be understanding as her body flails about as the tube goes in and IV's being started, my arms and back burning from the pain of CPR, never once giving up, hoping she would make it through and over come whatever lead her to this bad decision ---- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Death is all around me and still I go home to live my life I get kicked, hit, punched, spit on, bled on, puked on... I look into the eyes of a lifeless child at 7am and by 8 am I'm holding my child a little tighter and they know nothing about what happened. I have hundreds of hours of classroom time and years of in the field experience I have challenged death, stared it down and won I've helped the helpless I've neglected my family for yours I find comfort in complete chaos I eat cold meals if I eat at all I work with no sleep for days at a time I miss birthdays,holidays, aniverseries and school functions I put myself in harms way for a total stranger on a daily basis ALL BECAUSE WE ARE JUST " AMBULANCE DRIVERS " I AM AN AMBULANCE DRIVER!!! MY PARTNER DRIVES 90 MPH THROUGH CONGESTED TRAFFIC FULL OF PEOPLE WHO REFUSE TO YEILD RIGHT OF WAY WHILE I STAND UNRESTRAINED IN THE BACK OF THIS SCREAMING LAND MISSLE SAVING YOUR LOVED ONES LIFE!! NEVER ONCE DO I QUESTION HIS DRIVING HE KNOWS THAT AT THE END OF THIS SHIFT HE WILL GO HOME TO HIS FAMILY SAFELY BECAUSE WE ARE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS... Setzer EMT-B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 Why should the lay person understand after all in the US there are at least 40 plus levels of certification in filed EMS. If we can't define what and who we are then why would Joe on the street? LNM Sent via BlackBerry by AT & T Re: just ambulance drivers There is still so many misconceptions about who we are and what we really do in this business by the ley person. Believe it or not, there still are people out there who do not know exactly what a " Paramedic, or EMT " is. Sad but true, but tell them that you work on an ambulance and they automatcially go... " oooh your one of those " Ambulance drivers! " . ACK. What also doesnt help is when nurses in the hospital facilities refer to us as that very same monicker. It is all sad but true. FieldMedic Austin, Texas Be Warned, my opinions are my own. They do not express the views, protocols, agendas or concerns of those for whom I work with or support. Once again, the words contained herein are strictly of my own opinions. " There is no darkness like that of IGNORANCE " just ambulance drivers Maybe this will help the layperson understand why EMT's and Paramedics get so mad about being called just " Ambulance Drivers " . **This just describes a part of what we do, whether it is as a Vol Status or as a Paid Person. Standing in chest deep water, freezing rain falling and stinging as it hits the exposed parts of my body. Holding her head above water to keep her from drowning until rescue could get there to cut her free --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Comforting a 89 year old woman who just watched me and my partner cover the face of her husband of 64 years as he lay dead in their bathroom floor --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS On scene at an MVA with mom trapped upside down in her car and her dead sons body laying on top of her without a second thought for my own safety I crawl into the wreckage to take C-spine control and calm the frantic lady --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Called away from my just prepared meal to respond to the middle of B.F.E to a house with no numbers, no porch light on, nobody waiting to signal us in and they bitch because we took too long only to find out the patient left P.O.V ten minutes ago....so we smile and walk away from the verbal lashing only because we are ---BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Standing in the middle of the street after midnight on the wrong side of town trying to patch the holes and stop the bleeding of a 19 year old shooting victim with the occasional bullet wizzing past our heads we never break stride because this kids life is in our hands --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULNCE DRIVERS Doing chest compressions on a 16 year old girl who decided this life was more than she could take. Her family screaming at us to help as though we are the ones who did this to her. Trying to be understanding as her body flails about as the tube goes in and IV's being started, my arms and back burning from the pain of CPR, never once giving up, hoping she would make it through and over come whatever lead her to this bad decision ---- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Death is all around me and still I go home to live my life I get kicked, hit, punched, spit on, bled on, puked on... I look into the eyes of a lifeless child at 7am and by 8 am I'm holding my child a little tighter and they know nothing about what happened. I have hundreds of hours of classroom time and years of in the field experience I have challenged death, stared it down and won I've helped the helpless I've neglected my family for yours I find comfort in complete chaos I eat cold meals if I eat at all I work with no sleep for days at a time I miss birthdays,holidays, aniverseries and school functions I put myself in harms way for a total stranger on a daily basis ALL BECAUSE WE ARE JUST " AMBULANCE DRIVERS " I AM AN AMBULANCE DRIVER!!! MY PARTNER DRIVES 90 MPH THROUGH CONGESTED TRAFFIC FULL OF PEOPLE WHO REFUSE TO YEILD RIGHT OF WAY WHILE I STAND UNRESTRAINED IN THE BACK OF THIS SCREAMING LAND MISSLE SAVING YOUR LOVED ONES LIFE!! NEVER ONCE DO I QUESTION HIS DRIVING HE KNOWS THAT AT THE END OF THIS SHIFT HE WILL GO HOME TO HIS FAMILY SAFELY BECAUSE WE ARE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS... Setzer EMT-B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 Thank you for that. It says a lot about what we do and the " thanks " we get, and many times don't. It is a shame that the general public usually has no clue what we are capable of in the back of the " Mobile Emergecy Room " .assessing and treating patients in the field giving them a better chance for a positive outcome. I don't know if you wrote this or found it but I like it! Good job. Take care and stay safe. Anita BSHS, NREMTP/LP Take care and stay safe always. " Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed. " (Proverbs: 16:3) May God Smile on you today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 I could not agree with you more on this subject, but I would add that the problem is larger than the number you have posted. When you take into account the fact that we work under the direction of a medical director that directs the level of care through protocols, many of the personnel of various departments in a region do not know or understand what each other can or will do. An example is RSI protocols, Service " A " can do RSI, but Service " B " cannot and they work within the same geographic area, and so on and on it goes. I want it to be noted that I DO NOT favor universal protocols and would not recommend them, but we as an industry need to understand that the public cannot define something we ourselves cannot define. > > Why should the lay person understand after all in the US there are at least 40 plus levels of certification in filed EMS. If we can't define what and who we are then why would Joe on the street? > > LNM > Sent via BlackBerry by AT & T > > Re: just ambulance drivers > > > There is still so many misconceptions about who we are and what we really do in this business by the ley person. Believe it or not, there still are people out there who do not know exactly what a " Paramedic, or EMT " is. Sad but true, but tell them that you work on an ambulance and they automatcially go... " oooh your one of those " Ambulance drivers! " . ACK. What also doesnt help is when nurses in the hospital facilities refer to us as that very same monicker. It is all sad but true. > > FieldMedic > Austin, Texas > > > Be Warned, my opinions are my own. They do not express the views, protocols, agendas or concerns of those for whom I work with or support. Once again, the words contained herein are strictly of my own opinions. > > > " There is no darkness like that of IGNORANCE " > > > > just ambulance drivers > > > Maybe this will help the layperson understand why EMT's and Paramedics get so mad about being called just " Ambulance Drivers " . > > **This just describes a part of what we do, whether it is as a Vol Status or as a Paid Person. > > Standing in chest deep water, freezing rain falling and stinging as it hits the > exposed parts of my body. > > Holding her head above water to keep her from drowning until rescue could get there to cut her free > --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS > > Comforting a 89 year old woman who just watched me and my partner cover the face of her husband of 64 years as he lay dead in their bathroom floor > --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS > > On scene at an MVA with mom trapped upside down in her car and her dead sons body laying on top of her without a second thought for my own safety I crawl into the wreckage to take C-spine control and calm the frantic lady > --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS > > Called away from my just prepared meal to respond to the middle of B.F.E to a house with no numbers, no porch light on, nobody waiting to signal us in and they bitch because we took too long only to find out the patient left P.O.V ten minutes ago....so we smile and walk away from the verbal lashing only because we are ---BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS > > Standing in the middle of the street after midnight on the wrong side of town trying to patch the holes and stop the bleeding of a 19 year old shooting victim with the occasional bullet wizzing past our heads we never break stride because this kids life is in our hands > --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULNCE DRIVERS > > Doing chest compressions on a 16 year old girl who decided this life was more than she could take. Her family screaming at us to help as though we are the ones who did this to her. > > Trying to be understanding as her body flails about as the tube goes in and IV's being started, my arms and back burning from the pain of CPR, never once giving up, hoping she would make it through and over come whatever lead her to this bad decision > ---- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS > > Death is all around me and still I go home to live my life > I get kicked, hit, punched, spit on, bled on, puked on... > I look into the eyes of a lifeless child at 7am and by 8 am I'm holding my child a little tighter and they know nothing about what happened. > > I have hundreds of hours of classroom time and years of in the field experience > I have challenged death, stared it down and won > I've helped the helpless > I've neglected my family for yours > I find comfort in complete chaos > I eat cold meals if I eat at all > I work with no sleep for days at a time > I miss birthdays,holidays, aniverseries and school functions > I put myself in harms way for a total stranger on a daily basis > > ALL BECAUSE WE ARE JUST " AMBULANCE DRIVERS " > > I AM AN AMBULANCE DRIVER!!! MY PARTNER DRIVES 90 MPH THROUGH CONGESTED TRAFFIC FULL OF PEOPLE WHO REFUSE TO YEILD RIGHT OF WAY WHILE I STAND UNRESTRAINED IN THE BACK OF THIS SCREAMING LAND MISSLE SAVING YOUR LOVED ONES LIFE!! NEVER ONCE DO I QUESTION HIS DRIVING HE KNOWS THAT AT THE END OF THIS SHIFT HE WILL GO HOME TO HIS FAMILY SAFELY BECAUSE WE ARE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS... > > Setzer EMT-B > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2008 Report Share Posted July 9, 2008 Kudos, !! 25 years ago when I started working for front-line 9-1-1 service (actually pre-911 and you needed the whole number or an operator) being called an " ambulance driver " steamed me but good. With lay people, " ambulance driver " was understandable--BUT, with healthcare professionals, I had zero tollerence with an ego and mouth to match. On occasion, in retribution, I was guitly of calling an ICU Nurse a " urinal dumper, " or a " bed pan dumper. " My point was usually clearly communicated; however, communications and personal relationships were compromised and sometimes irreversibly harmed. , your verses are what I wish that I had been able to communicate back in the day. Your eloquence far exdeeds the level of maturity and professionalism that I displayed a quarter century ago (that sounds better if you say it fast). Thanks, Todd, B.S., J.D., EMT-P Amarillo, Texas Regards, & quot;Buddy & quot; Todd Amarillo, Texas Subject: just ambulance drivers To: " yahoo ems groups " <texasems-l > Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2008, 2:15 PM Maybe this will help the layperson understand why EMT's and Paramedics get so mad about being called just " Ambulance Drivers " . **This just describes a part of what we do, whether it is as a Vol Status or as a Paid Person. Standing in chest deep water, freezing rain falling and stinging as it hits the exposed parts of my body. Holding her head above water to keep her from drowning until rescue could get there to cut her free --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Comforting a 89 year old woman who just watched me and my partner cover the face of her husband of 64 years as he lay dead in their bathroom floor --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS On scene at an MVA with mom trapped upside down in her car and her dead sons body laying on top of her without a second thought for my own safety I crawl into the wreckage to take C-spine control and calm the frantic lady --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Called away from my just prepared meal to respond to the middle of B.F.E to a house with no numbers, no porch light on, nobody waiting to signal us in and they bitch because we took too long only to find out the patient left P.O.V ten minutes ago...so we smile and walk away from the verbal lashing only because we are ---BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Standing in the middle of the street after midnight on the wrong side of town trying to patch the holes and stop the bleeding of a 19 year old shooting victim with the occasional bullet wizzing past our heads we never break stride because this kids life is in our hands --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULNCE DRIVERS Doing chest compressions on a 16 year old girl who decided this life was more than she could take. Her family screaming at us to help as though we are the ones who did this to her. Trying to be understanding as her body flails about as the tube goes in and IV's being started, my arms and back burning from the pain of CPR, never once giving up, hoping she would make it through and over come whatever lead her to this bad decision ---- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Death is all around me and still I go home to live my life I get kicked, hit, punched, spit on, bled on, puked on... I look into the eyes of a lifeless child at 7am and by 8 am I'm holding my child a little tighter and they know nothing about what happened. I have hundreds of hours of classroom time and years of in the field experience I have challenged death, stared it down and won I've helped the helpless I've neglected my family for yours I find comfort in complete chaos I eat cold meals if I eat at all I work with no sleep for days at a time I miss birthdays,holidays, aniverseries and school functions I put myself in harms way for a total stranger on a daily basis ALL BECAUSE WE ARE JUST " AMBULANCE DRIVERS " I AM AN AMBULANCE DRIVER!!! MY PARTNER DRIVES 90 MPH THROUGH CONGESTED TRAFFIC FULL OF PEOPLE WHO REFUSE TO YEILD RIGHT OF WAY WHILE I STAND UNRESTRAINED IN THE BACK OF THIS SCREAMING LAND MISSLE SAVING YOUR LOVED ONES LIFE!! NEVER ONCE DO I QUESTION HIS DRIVING HE KNOWS THAT AT THE END OF THIS SHIFT HE WILL GO HOME TO HIS FAMILY SAFELY BECAUSE WE ARE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS... Setzer EMT-B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 Thank You . You have reminded me of why I am here. I wish you many years of success in this wonderful world of controlled kaos. Again thanks. I thought I had lost my way. Wayne Edgin E.M.T.-P From: Setzer <emsgirl1978@ yahoo.com> Subject: just ambulance drivers To: " yahoo ems groups " <texasems-l@yahoogro ups.com> Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2008, 2:15 PM Maybe this will help the layperson understand why EMT's and Paramedics get so mad about being called just " Ambulance Drivers " . **This just describes a part of what we do, whether it is as a Vol Status or as a Paid Person. Standing in chest deep water, freezing rain falling and stinging as it hits the exposed parts of my body. Holding her head above water to keep her from drowning until rescue could get there to cut her free --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Comforting a 89 year old woman who just watched me and my partner cover the face of her husband of 64 years as he lay dead in their bathroom floor --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS On scene at an MVA with mom trapped upside down in her car and her dead sons body laying on top of her without a second thought for my own safety I crawl into the wreckage to take C-spine control and calm the frantic lady --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Called away from my just prepared meal to respond to the middle of B.F.E to a house with no numbers, no porch light on, nobody waiting to signal us in and they bitch because we took too long only to find out the patient left P.O.V ten minutes ago...so we smile and walk away from the verbal lashing only because we are ---BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Standing in the middle of the street after midnight on the wrong side of town trying to patch the holes and stop the bleeding of a 19 year old shooting victim with the occasional bullet wizzing past our heads we never break stride because this kids life is in our hands --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULNCE DRIVERS Doing chest compressions on a 16 year old girl who decided this life was more than she could take. Her family screaming at us to help as though we are the ones who did this to her. Trying to be understanding as her body flails about as the tube goes in and IV's being started, my arms and back burning from the pain of CPR, never once giving up, hoping she would make it through and over come whatever lead her to this bad decision ---- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Death is all around me and still I go home to live my life I get kicked, hit, punched, spit on, bled on, puked on... I look into the eyes of a lifeless child at 7am and by 8 am I'm holding my child a little tighter and they know nothing about what happened. I have hundreds of hours of classroom time and years of in the field experience I have challenged death, stared it down and won I've helped the helpless I've neglected my family for yours I find comfort in complete chaos I eat cold meals if I eat at all I work with no sleep for days at a time I miss birthdays,holidays, aniverseries and school functions I put myself in harms way for a total stranger on a daily basis ALL BECAUSE WE ARE JUST " AMBULANCE DRIVERS " I AM AN AMBULANCE DRIVER!!! MY PARTNER DRIVES 90 MPH THROUGH CONGESTED TRAFFIC FULL OF PEOPLE WHO REFUSE TO YEILD RIGHT OF WAY WHILE I STAND UNRESTRAINED IN THE BACK OF THIS SCREAMING LAND MISSLE SAVING YOUR LOVED ONES LIFE!! NEVER ONCE DO I QUESTION HIS DRIVING HE KNOWS THAT AT THE END OF THIS SHIFT HE WILL GO HOME TO HIS FAMILY SAFELY BECAUSE WE ARE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS... Setzer EMT-B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 That law degree sho do make you talk purty. Pat Fitzpatrick Potter County Fire-Rescue Asst. Chief Office Cell Fax ________________________________ From: texasems-l [mailto:texasems-l ] On Behalf Of Todd Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 11:13 PM To: texasems-l Subject: Re: just ambulance drivers Kudos, !! 25 years ago when I started working for front-line 9-1-1 service (actually pre-911 and you needed the whole number or an operator) being called an " ambulance driver " steamed me but good. With lay people, " ambulance driver " was understandable--BUT, with healthcare professionals, I had zero tollerence with an ego and mouth to match. On occasion, in retribution, I was guitly of calling an ICU Nurse a " urinal dumper, " or a " bed pan dumper. " My point was usually clearly communicated; however, communications and personal relationships were compromised and sometimes irreversibly harmed. , your verses are what I wish that I had been able to communicate back in the day. Your eloquence far exdeeds the level of maturity and professionalism that I displayed a quarter century ago (that sounds better if you say it fast). Thanks, Todd, B.S., J.D., EMT-P Amarillo, Texas Regards, & quot;Buddy & quot; Todd Amarillo, Texas From: Setzer <emsgirl1978@... <mailto:emsgirl1978%40yahoo.com> > Subject: just ambulance drivers To: " yahoo ems groups " <texasems-l <mailto:texasems-l%40yahoogroups.com> > Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2008, 2:15 PM Maybe this will help the layperson understand why EMT's and Paramedics get so mad about being called just " Ambulance Drivers " . **This just describes a part of what we do, whether it is as a Vol Status or as a Paid Person. Standing in chest deep water, freezing rain falling and stinging as it hits the exposed parts of my body. Holding her head above water to keep her from drowning until rescue could get there to cut her free --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Comforting a 89 year old woman who just watched me and my partner cover the face of her husband of 64 years as he lay dead in their bathroom floor --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS On scene at an MVA with mom trapped upside down in her car and her dead sons body laying on top of her without a second thought for my own safety I crawl into the wreckage to take C-spine control and calm the frantic lady --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Called away from my just prepared meal to respond to the middle of B.F.E to a house with no numbers, no porch light on, nobody waiting to signal us in and they bitch because we took too long only to find out the patient left P.O.V ten minutes ago...so we smile and walk away from the verbal lashing only because we are ---BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Standing in the middle of the street after midnight on the wrong side of town trying to patch the holes and stop the bleeding of a 19 year old shooting victim with the occasional bullet wizzing past our heads we never break stride because this kids life is in our hands --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULNCE DRIVERS Doing chest compressions on a 16 year old girl who decided this life was more than she could take. Her family screaming at us to help as though we are the ones who did this to her. Trying to be understanding as her body flails about as the tube goes in and IV's being started, my arms and back burning from the pain of CPR, never once giving up, hoping she would make it through and over come whatever lead her to this bad decision ---- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Death is all around me and still I go home to live my life I get kicked, hit, punched, spit on, bled on, puked on... I look into the eyes of a lifeless child at 7am and by 8 am I'm holding my child a little tighter and they know nothing about what happened. I have hundreds of hours of classroom time and years of in the field experience I have challenged death, stared it down and won I've helped the helpless I've neglected my family for yours I find comfort in complete chaos I eat cold meals if I eat at all I work with no sleep for days at a time I miss birthdays,holidays, aniverseries and school functions I put myself in harms way for a total stranger on a daily basis ALL BECAUSE WE ARE JUST " AMBULANCE DRIVERS " I AM AN AMBULANCE DRIVER!!! MY PARTNER DRIVES 90 MPH THROUGH CONGESTED TRAFFIC FULL OF PEOPLE WHO REFUSE TO YEILD RIGHT OF WAY WHILE I STAND UNRESTRAINED IN THE BACK OF THIS SCREAMING LAND MISSLE SAVING YOUR LOVED ONES LIFE!! NEVER ONCE DO I QUESTION HIS DRIVING HE KNOWS THAT AT THE END OF THIS SHIFT HE WILL GO HOME TO HIS FAMILY SAFELY BECAUSE WE ARE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS... Setzer EMT-B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 10, 2008 Report Share Posted July 10, 2008 I'm not sure that it has been worth much more than that. Regards, & quot;Buddy & quot; Todd Amarillo, Texas From: Setzer <emsgirl1978@ yahoo.com <mailto:emsgirl1978 %40yahoo. com> > Subject: just ambulance drivers To: " yahoo ems groups " <texasems-l@yahoogro ups.com <mailto:texasems- l%40yahoogroups. com> > Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2008, 2:15 PM Maybe this will help the layperson understand why EMT's and Paramedics get so mad about being called just " Ambulance Drivers " . **This just describes a part of what we do, whether it is as a Vol Status or as a Paid Person. Standing in chest deep water, freezing rain falling and stinging as it hits the exposed parts of my body. Holding her head above water to keep her from drowning until rescue could get there to cut her free --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Comforting a 89 year old woman who just watched me and my partner cover the face of her husband of 64 years as he lay dead in their bathroom floor --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS On scene at an MVA with mom trapped upside down in her car and her dead sons body laying on top of her without a second thought for my own safety I crawl into the wreckage to take C-spine control and calm the frantic lady --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Called away from my just prepared meal to respond to the middle of B.F.E to a house with no numbers, no porch light on, nobody waiting to signal us in and they bitch because we took too long only to find out the patient left P.O.V ten minutes ago...so we smile and walk away from the verbal lashing only because we are ---BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Standing in the middle of the street after midnight on the wrong side of town trying to patch the holes and stop the bleeding of a 19 year old shooting victim with the occasional bullet wizzing past our heads we never break stride because this kids life is in our hands --- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULNCE DRIVERS Doing chest compressions on a 16 year old girl who decided this life was more than she could take. Her family screaming at us to help as though we are the ones who did this to her. Trying to be understanding as her body flails about as the tube goes in and IV's being started, my arms and back burning from the pain of CPR, never once giving up, hoping she would make it through and over come whatever lead her to this bad decision ---- BUT WE'RE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS Death is all around me and still I go home to live my life I get kicked, hit, punched, spit on, bled on, puked on... I look into the eyes of a lifeless child at 7am and by 8 am I'm holding my child a little tighter and they know nothing about what happened. I have hundreds of hours of classroom time and years of in the field experience I have challenged death, stared it down and won I've helped the helpless I've neglected my family for yours I find comfort in complete chaos I eat cold meals if I eat at all I work with no sleep for days at a time I miss birthdays,holidays, aniverseries and school functions I put myself in harms way for a total stranger on a daily basis ALL BECAUSE WE ARE JUST " AMBULANCE DRIVERS " I AM AN AMBULANCE DRIVER!!! MY PARTNER DRIVES 90 MPH THROUGH CONGESTED TRAFFIC FULL OF PEOPLE WHO REFUSE TO YEILD RIGHT OF WAY WHILE I STAND UNRESTRAINED IN THE BACK OF THIS SCREAMING LAND MISSLE SAVING YOUR LOVED ONES LIFE!! NEVER ONCE DO I QUESTION HIS DRIVING HE KNOWS THAT AT THE END OF THIS SHIFT HE WILL GO HOME TO HIS FAMILY SAFELY BECAUSE WE ARE JUST AMBULANCE DRIVERS... Setzer EMT-B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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