Thats not my problem
Rumor control again…. very reliable sources.
One of our firefighters was injured while working a car wreck a while back. Apparently he was bending over to help move a patient onto a stretcher when he pulled something in his back. Nothing much came about this until a few days later. The city had a “lemonade stand” out at the park to show appreciation for its employees. Our training officer (TO), along with a few other firefighters who heard the conversation, was out there and was asked how the injured firefighter was hurt. Our TO stated that he got hurt working a car wreck. At this point in time the city nurse stated something to the effect of him “doing something he shouldn’t have been doing”, and wondered why the city was paying his workers compensation. When our TO confronted her about this statement the nurse again said he shouldn’t have been doing that, it was the ambulance employees duty to move the patient to the stretcher. Once again our TO tried to correct her, but to no avail. She kept wondering why we were doing stuff like that, why we were helping injured people at a car wreck. She even stated that there wasn’t anyone over here qualified to do that. The TO promptly replied that everyone over here was CPR/PR certified and that there were a number of EMT’s at the department. I assume she has the same mentality a good portion of the city does; if its not on fire, whats the fire department doing there. I sure wish this mentality would change. I’m tired of being limited, and not being able to help or serve people simply because those in authority either don’t understand or don’t care. I didn’t shell out a good deal of money from my own pockets for training I can’t use. It’s funny how they are willing to move EMT’s around to other shifts, or make an EMT go on certain runs yet not provide us with adequate equipment, show any gratitude, or even acknowledge that we exist unless it serves their needs.
