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Ego or Ignorance?
I figured since I'm new here, what a better way to get noticed than to start a thread that will probably ignite emotion. Having been experienced both as a firefighter and an ems provider, I think I have a good idea about this issue. Fire or EMS, who is better? Neither. I have run into the guys while I worked private ambulance that wanted my partner and I to wait outside the house with our gurney until they finished tx their patient. They said ambulance people don't know what they are doing and are just in the way. While in medic school, I had a f/f tell me that if I wasn't a firefighter, I was stupid. Conversely, while working Fire and running a few medical calls, ran across a medic and his partner that were included in the scene and proceeded to argue with me and my crew in front of the patient! After the call I overheard them say, "figures, what can you expect out of fire, they don't know what they're doing....they just want to show off to keep up the 'hero' image."
So what do you all think? Me personally, I feel we are all equally important members of a large team of public safety. However now that we have blurred the lines of EMS/Fire with the advent of ALS fire departments, it seems the old rivalry is being fueled again.
what is your feedback? and keep in mind, no one is stupid unless they are calling names and rude.
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Permalink Reply by Patti Walz on
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I think it all depends on who looks better in uniform.... :)
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Permalink Reply by Paul Montpetit on
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why that would be me...of course......LOL
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But of course... hehehe
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Permalink Reply by Alan McGuigan on
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There are no sides we all have a job to do and need to work as a team on every call. No one group is more important than the other. Everyone has thier part to play and we all need to recognize our limitations based on the training we have and what our SOGs direct us to do. Our department will perform basic pateint care but we also recognize when the paramedics arrive on scene its thier job to take over patient care so we can get on with our job. At MVC or structure fire I know that i sure am glad to medics arrive on scene as i am sure they are to see us.
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Permalink Reply by Mark Oomkes on
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Isn't ego in reality based on ignorance?
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or is ignorance based on ego??? :)
Which came first?
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Smart a$$
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Why yes I am.....
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How sweet of you to notice.....LOL
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In simple terms that even a Firefighter could understand.....LOL......Ego is thinking your shit doesn't stink......Ignorance is not knowing that you shit yourself.......see terms anyone can understand.....LOL
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I could not get around your ego.... hehehehe
Still love me????
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I am going to have to post this one on the board
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