So went from eso to zoll at the original company zoll did grow on me. But the company who bought us out uses truamasoft please tell me it gets better its a terrible software

Yesterday I was working and had an etoh pt. A&Ox3.
I’m 23F, he was a 30M. It was downgraded to a BLS call, but I was with another emt that wasn’t my FTO as I’m a probie. No PD en route to the hospital.

I was taking all vital signs. Pt began saying “you’re cute”, “hire her or I’ll sue”. He began reaching his arms out and touching my chest approximately 2-3 times before the other emt and I physically put his hands back to the stretcher.

I told my FTO about it and he is going to file a report with PD. He also asked me if I would want to press charges. At this time, I said no. But would any other EMTs recommend filing a police report to press charges. I really don’t know what to do.

We've been trying something at my service for the past three weeks, and I'm curious if anyone else has a similar setup.

We now have a "reset" status in dispatch.

When we clear the hospital, we can request up to 10 minutes out of service if coverage allows. No explanation needed. Dispatch can still pull us for a high-priority call if units are tied up, so it's not some magical guarantee that we won't get another run.

It's literally just ten minutes.

Before this, clearing the hospital meant you were immediately available. Sometimes we'd get another call before we'd even made it out of the ambulance bay.

Everyone developed their own stupid little strategies. Take an extra few minutes in the ED. Delay hitting clear until you're physically back in the truck. Pretend you're still sorting something out with a nurse.

Not exactly the most honest or efficient system.

Yesterday we had four calls back to back. Nothing particularly dramatic, just constant movement for hours.

After clearing the fourth one, my partner requested the reset.

We sat in the truck. I finished my PCR, he ate half a sandwich, and neither of us had to keep looking at the radio waiting to be assigned something.

Ten minutes later, we went available.

I know this doesn't fix our staffing problems. It doesn't fix the pay or make the workload reasonable. And I'm sure someone will eventually find a way to turn a nice thing into a complicated policy.

But I honestly felt less irritated going into the next call than I usually do after a busy stretch.

The weirdest part is that our supervisor said crews have actually been more consistent about updating their status since this started. Turns out when people don't have to invent reasons to take a breather, they just tell dispatch what they're doing.

Does anyone else's agency have a system like this? I'm especially curious how it works at places with really high call volume.

Also, what's one small operational change your service made that actually improved your working day instead of just creating another policy to memorize?

Hi All,

Looking to gauge the groups ideas. I like to give away some prizes at monthly meetings to my team of EMTs and MAV drivers. In the past we've done littmann stethoscopes, raptor shears, Bluetooth speakers, flashlights, etc,. I'm looking to switch it up a bit and looking for some good ideas. Doesn't need to necessarily be job specific. Usually like to keep it to $50-$100 a gift as budget is definitely something I need to be mindful of. We usually give like 3-4 gifts away each meeting.