"Ooohhh I got one. I work as an EMT for a private company, so we mostly deal with nursing homes and the elderly. One day when I was about 6-8 months in, I got assigned a partner who was in my orientation class. He was a little older than me at the time, like mid 20's, but he seemed a little childish. "Maybe he's just sheltered, I think to myself."
Anyways, we got a patient I've had a few times before. She was a sweet, little old lady with COPD and CHF living at an assisted living. Call was for pneumonia. She's prone to this stuff so it wasnt a huge deal, slap her on oxygen and keep her sitting up til we get to the hospital. The first red flag though, was this kid didn't know anything. He didnt know how to take a blood pressure. He couldn't find the medical history or medication on the paperwork (which is clearly labeled). He didn't even push the stretcher, just walked next to it with a hand on it. When I asked him about all that, he said "My partners usually do that for me.""
So, I put her on an oxygen mask and sit her all the way up, mildly agitated. I tell myself it's just one shift with this kid. He's in the back with her and I tell him to just switch the oxygen from the bag (which is a small tank) to the main tank (which is huge) because with the amount of oxygen we're giving her, the bag will run out not even halfway before the hospital. It's about 25 minutes, which normally wouldn't be a huge deal. But when we pull up to the hospital and I open the back doors, I'm f@#king shook. The oxygen mask isnt inflated (meaning she isnt getting oxygen), shes pale as s@#t, I can literally see her accessory muscles moving, struggling to breathe. And this kid was sitting behind her, with a clueless half smile on his face, looks at me and says "The main tank is broken, so I left her on the bag." This women, who needs oxygen without pneumonia, was barely breathing for at LEAST 15 minutes. And this f@#king idiot didnt even check. We take her into the hospital. I ask him to find an oxygen tank while explain to this women's daughter what happened. He says he doesn't know where to look. I f@#king find it and told him to talk to the daughter.
When it's all said and done, I check to see what's broken. He didn't turn on the tank."
1) The hotter the stove/oven, the faster it will cook.
2) When it's smoking it's cooking; when it's black, it's done.
He graduated with a degree in chemical engineering.
F@#k off! You idiots don't even know what a "BOOMER" is.... Here's a hint... It's NOT simply someone older than you....
today young adults are idiots, these are the people who will be taking care of us when we get old
god help us
Parent were different and knew to teach things to their children. Today so many just plop them down in front of the idiot box or more likely their phones and hope for the best. I cant' believe some of the stupidity I've seen recently. Of course you can't try to teach kids at a certain age as they are dead sure they know it all.
1) The hotter the stove/oven, the faster it will cook.
2) When it's smoking it's cooking; when it's black, it's done.
He graduated with a degree in chemical engineering.
F@#k off! You idiots don't even know what a "BOOMER" is.... Here's a hint... It's NOT simply someone older than you....
today young adults are idiots, these are the people who will be taking care of us when we get old
god help us
Parent were different and knew to teach things to their children. Today so many just plop them down in front of the idiot box or more likely their phones and hope for the best. I cant' believe some of the stupidity I've seen recently. Of course you can't try to teach kids at a certain age as they are dead sure they know it all.