Try Being Brave

“Just for a second…just, try being brave.”                                                                  – Despereaux James is working at a fire station where one of the volunteer officers often shows up for calls intoxicated. Sometimes he drives the fire engine under the influence and clearly impaired. James comes to the blog forum to ask a question that’s been weighing on his mind. What is his huge dilemma you ask? Wait for it. …Should he confront his drunken coworker? Niel doesn’t have a question. He just wants to rant about a Firefighter / Paramedic who turfed an ALS call off to him (an EMT). He wants to tell everyone on the message board how much the local service with a great public image is actually filled with lazy medics who provide substandard care. He’s mad, but not mad enough to confront anyone face-to-face. When I ask him what he did when the medic passed off the patient his reply was predictable. “I didn’t say anything. Around here you can get in trouble for that sort of thing.” Jason asked his supervisor a question about their protocols. The answer he got was clearly ridiculous. He shows up on a Facebook group to ridicule the stupidity of his organization and their misguided leadership. The cheers and applause begin almost immediately. I had only one question. “What did you say?” His answer was predictable. “I d...
Source: The EMT Spot - Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: Tags: Everything Else The Big Get It slider Source Type: blogs