Comments on: A NEED TO KNOW BASIS PART DEUX: A PIG IN A DRESS http://gomerville.com/2009/04/25/need-to-know-basis-part-deux-a-pig-in-a-dress/ I am a paramedic who works for an organ procurement organization in the wilds of Kentucky. I am also a husband and a father. Occasionally I fancy myself to be a writer, hence the blog. You are welcome to witness this train wreck but the experience can be disorienting. Don't go swimming for at least thirty minutes. Sat, 24 Dec 2011 19:13:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Buckman http://gomerville.com/2009/04/25/need-to-know-basis-part-deux-a-pig-in-a-dress/comment-page-1/#comment-762 Buckman Mon, 27 Apr 2009 06:08:00 +0000 http://gomerville.com/?p=260#comment-762 Sorry to hear that Sean. I am a paramedic instructor and I feel the same way sometimes. I find it amazing that you are willing to work full time as a paramedic even though you have that nursing cert. What does it for you? What keeps you coming back? This is a piece of the puzzle as well. Sorry to hear that Sean. I am a paramedic instructor and I feel the same way sometimes. I find it amazing that you are willing to work full time as a paramedic even though you have that nursing cert. What does it for you? What keeps you coming back? This is a piece of the puzzle as well.

]]> By: Sean Fitz http://gomerville.com/2009/04/25/need-to-know-basis-part-deux-a-pig-in-a-dress/comment-page-1/#comment-761 Sean Fitz Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:17:01 +0000 http://gomerville.com/?p=260#comment-761 I've been saying the exact same thing for years. Paramedic education has become far too involved in the last years. With all the extra hours, there is no change from the course I took 12 years ago. And the quality of EMT's, sadly, is worse. Most just want a paycheck for minimum work. There is very little dedication to tge field. I also went to nursing school. It was as much work as a paramedic class is now, but the pay is double. I still work full time as a paramedic because I love it, but I feel I am of a dying breed. I’ve been saying the exact same thing for years. Paramedic education has become far too involved in the last years. With all the extra hours, there is no change from the course I took 12 years ago. And the quality of EMT’s, sadly, is worse. Most just want a paycheck for minimum work. There is very little dedication to tge field. I also went to nursing school. It was as much work as a paramedic class is now, but the pay is double. I still work full time as a paramedic because I love it, but I feel I am of a dying breed.

]]> By: Buckman http://gomerville.com/2009/04/25/need-to-know-basis-part-deux-a-pig-in-a-dress/comment-page-1/#comment-759 Buckman Sun, 26 Apr 2009 13:16:10 +0000 http://gomerville.com/?p=260#comment-759 See, this is the problem with EMS. The best we can do for groupies is Whiskey Tango. Unacceptable. See <a href="/2008/11/18/edna/" rel="nofollow">previous blog post</a> about that. There must be a set of willing individuals that are willing to make a code three club for a bunch of dorks that sit around all day gaining wait and playing with dead people. Maybe goth chicks or something. See, this is the problem with EMS. The best we can do for groupies is Whiskey Tango. Unacceptable. See previous blog post about that. There must be a set of willing individuals that are willing to make a code three club for a bunch of dorks that sit around all day gaining wait and playing with dead people. Maybe goth chicks or something.

]]> By: fergus http://gomerville.com/2009/04/25/need-to-know-basis-part-deux-a-pig-in-a-dress/comment-page-1/#comment-758 fergus Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:59:16 +0000 http://gomerville.com/?p=260#comment-758 I know this is sad. My mind has gone blank. I have no idea who could be our groupies... The national women's swim team? Hey! There we go. I bet this is covered by title IX rules. We'll be needing a calendar type swimsuit competition! But in all honesty, there are two words that keep cming to mind. And nobody ever wants to hear them in reference to groupies... Whiskey. Tango. I know this is sad. My mind has gone blank. I have no idea who could be our groupies… The national women’s swim team? Hey! There we go. I bet this is covered by title IX rules. We’ll be needing a calendar type swimsuit competition!
But in all honesty, there are two words that keep cming to mind. And nobody ever wants to hear them in reference to groupies…

Whiskey. Tango.

]]> By: Buckman http://gomerville.com/2009/04/25/need-to-know-basis-part-deux-a-pig-in-a-dress/comment-page-1/#comment-757 Buckman Sat, 25 Apr 2009 17:57:06 +0000 http://gomerville.com/?p=260#comment-757 If hookers is what it takes...hey, don't we have some sort of national association for something like this? There are fire groupies, and badge bunnies. We need the equivalent for EMS. This is already going in a very non-PC sort of way, but I will condone it for the good of the profession. What should we call our followers, and who should they be comprised of? If hookers is what it takes…hey, don’t we have some sort of national association for something like this? There are fire groupies, and badge bunnies. We need the equivalent for EMS. This is already going in a very non-PC sort of way, but I will condone it for the good of the profession. What should we call our followers, and who should they be comprised of?

]]> By: fergus http://gomerville.com/2009/04/25/need-to-know-basis-part-deux-a-pig-in-a-dress/comment-page-1/#comment-756 fergus Sat, 25 Apr 2009 09:10:55 +0000 http://gomerville.com/?p=260#comment-756 i say we get our own version of badge bunnies. put some lipstick and finger nail polish on 'em. give them a shower and a nice/short dress. maybe call them something else (i.v. bunny doesn't sound right)... i would continue, but i think i just described a hooker. i say we get our own version of badge bunnies. put some lipstick and finger nail polish on ‘em. give them a shower and a nice/short dress. maybe call them something else (i.v. bunny doesn’t sound right)… i would continue, but i think i just described a hooker.

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