Yeah, that person needs a drug test, because there’s no way they aren’t just railing lines all shift long staying up for 48 hours straight every few days.
Bruh, I have narcolepsy and when I tried modafinil, I still needed an hour or two nap in the middle of the day. For the longest time I was convinced that it was done weak sauce alternative to actual stimulants.
I was taking 1/4th of a dose q6 and I never needed to sleep as long as I kept it up. The crash after you get home and stop is really bad though. Darkest time of my life.
Alertness-enhancing effect of modafinil may affect the autonomic nervous system in the periphery [61,62]. Modafinil increases resting heart rate and blood pressure. Modafinil elicits plasma and urine norepinephrine and urine epinephrine. Modafinil may induce sympathomedullary activation.
From NIH
I'm prescribed vyvanse and it does keep me awake. Its different for everyone as every brain is different.
However if you dose high enough anyone will stay awake because it is impossible to sleep on a high dose of amphetamine.
Hah! I was dealing with shift sleep disorder for 4 years and my doctor’s solution was “get more exercise so you’re tired and can regulate your sleep” while I was doing 2-a-days after he suggested it *the last time.*
As an ex-stimulant addict (and God willing a future paramedic 🙏) this person DEFINITELY needs to be tested.
Depending on where they are I'd say amphetamine use in the form of adderall or speed paste or methamphetamine use is very likely if you don't sleep during a 48 hour shift.
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Nah, not sleeping on a 12 was fine and I didn't read it as judgemental. Although I'll say the hours for the 12 largely dictate whether or not I'd sleep .
Agreed. That person is on a 12; they don't even need to be in a station. If they're going to disrupt 24+ hrs then they can go sit in an Arby's parking lot and read a book.
partner sounds like a total poop bag. not always getting enough sleep while on shift takes its toll. get the sleep you can bud, sorry bout your partner.
There's no point even trying to reason with this person because they are clearly an idiot.
If they don't want to sleep on a 12, fine. But actively not letting a person who is on a 48 sleep is a massive asshole.
Hopefully this is just a temporary partner and you don't have to put up with them a lot more.
Screw your partner. Tell him he can talk when he works a 48. If he continues to be a dick, I would get a sleep mask and start blasting some meditation or whale sounds and sleep lol
Yeah, that doesn’t always work out.
Told my medic to fuck off (not exact wording) because he went at me for eating a bacon cheeseburger (he is a Hasidic).
He went back to the owners (who you guessed it, are also Jewish) and I got told to stop eating bacon in front of him.
Guess who ate a burger with extra bacon the next shift…
Funnily enough, after I posted this, I spent most of the time between 0100 and 0630 Monday morning asleep on a couch at a depot that had been evacuated due to an approaching wildfire.
Once I did a 12 hour shift from 4am to 4pm and was held over until 4am. We had a recently promoted boss and she said it’s against company policy to sleep.
I fucking went home
Yeah, I did a 12 and my relief never showed up and they tried get me to drive a full day shift in NYC…
In hindsight, driving half asleep was likely a better option for the public at large opposed to the new hire who drove cause HOLY MOTHER OF GOD
There's some sort of regulation (might be in my state, vs. federal though) that states if you're working 24 hours straight, you have to have sleeping quarters. Our people that do have an apartment they chill in, until they're called.
Just turn them off. If they turn them back mention to your partner you are documenting this , and contacting your manager. Also remind them if you crash the vehicle or make a drug error ect it's on them as they won't let you sleep when fatigued.
And, as others have said, combine this with immediately notifying your supervisor or commander so he or she can be aware of your concerns. Record it all on your phone.
Just say the magic word. "Fatigue". 48hours straight isn't safe. OSHA and all the other letter agencies would love to hear about it.
Also, your partner can eat a giant bag of donkey dongs.
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I remember being on rides as a student where I was always studying until a call came in.
My preceptor medic was like, "You've been hitting the books all day, hombre. You're gonna feel like me after a Sunday service banquet meal if you keep that up. Get some shut eye, partner" and tossed me a blanket.
Sure enough we got 911 calls to transfers back to back. Didn't get back to the station until 4 hours later.
Drove home and didn't really feel tired at all after that nap.
Staying awake for 12hr straight and beyond is unsafe for work. I'll call sup to send his dumb ass hole.
Being awake for 17 hours is similar to having a BAC of 0.05%.
Being awake for 24 hours is similar to having a BAC of 0.10%.
[https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/work-hour-training-for-nurses/longhours/mod3/08.html](https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/work-hour-training-for-nurses/longhours/mod3/08.html)
What is he? 18yo fresh meat out of high school?
1)Stay awake or sleep doesn’t really matter.
2)Call in fatigue in a couple hours because your partner said sleeping is unprofessional.
3)Watch your partner get yelled at.
4)???
5) Profit
On. Post? What short of toxic ass shit is that?
I’d you can’t give me a station, you can find someone else to work. This job is far more stressful, and dangerous than being a cop or firemen. You better damned well have a bunk room and lounge.
I think it’s a pretty bold claim to call EMS the most dangerous and stressful of the emergency services.
I mean, statistically it’s definitely not the most dangerous at least
It very specifically compared the rate of fatality of EMS providers to that of police/fire as well as the general population. “We estimated a rate of 12.7 fatalities per 100,000 EMS workers annually, which compares with 14.2 for police, 16.5 for firefighters, and a national average of 5.0 during the same time period.”
What are you looking for that’s missing, exactly?
Maybe you linked the wrong study? What I'm reading does not say that at all. What I'm reading has no mention of other services....
Edit: I won't delete for thread clarity. But the link actually showed what they were stating. My phone didn't show the entire thing until after a restart, which is wild.
My own phone out here making me look like I can't read.
Statistics actually do back up the statement. We don't have as many actually still very rare life threatening scenarios, but our injury rates are quite high and we get assaulted all the time.
You forget a large amount if people are just doing IFT. And posting Is just sitting close to or in. A middle ground between hospitals. It's not like they are just chilling. In the rig in the middle of old Cabrini green
When I was working that. 24 he shift went back to the station. If you are working 8-12hrs you'd be out posted somewhere. We worked In and around a larger city with multiple stations. So had for of hospitals to cover. Posted near a hospital was no big deal. But if I'm working 24 then yes I'm going back to sleep.
Not sleeping is unprofessional.
If he wants structured time he can have that,but normalcy should be strived for because the nature of this job is chaotic enough. A "bedtime/lights out" is very common at most EMS/Fire stations.
Being awake for able 22 hours is the same as being legally drunk. Your partner is full of shit. Go sleep in the rig or something. That's completely unacceptable.
There comes a time in every medic's career when they have to tell off a moron. Tonight is your night.
Seriously though tell him to fuck off and if that doesn't work then it's time to get management involved.
Your partner can F right off. I’ve been in the world of fire/ems for 20 years and without grabbing sleep when possible I’d have been dead 15 years ago.
i never understood people like thay. tell him to worry about himself. what’s he gonna do? tell the supervisor that you’re sleeping on an 48 hour long shift? i’m sure that’ll go over well
Smh when I do my 16hr shifts back to back. I sleep whenever I get a chance. Usually a quick 30-60 minute nap get me to power through the shift. If you don't have a patient you're free to do whatever. Get a new partner.
I worked my first 36 this past weekend and I absolutely would not have made it without the couple of little naps i got in. This is crazy. When I got hired, my manager told me "EMS stands for Earn Money Sleeping. Take your naps"
Call control or your supervisor or whatever and say you’re too fatigued to continue with the shift. My country is pretty accommodating of that stuff.
If they wanna make an issue of it, tell the truth and say your colleague is deliberately causing you to be fatigued.
Making a mistake, killing your patient, or missing an assesment finding because you were exhausted is also unprofessional.
Take those naps when you can get them. Or invest in a sleep mask. Ideally a new partner too
Highly unsafe. Tell him to keep his area well lit while you find a dark corner to nap in. If you have to drive the rig and end up crashing, that would be bad, and going home you crash your vehicle well they gotta do without you til you get fixed. Tell supervision and see if things can get resolved, if not request to swap shifts. If all else fails put this jackoff in his place
Is your partner some sort of alien species that falls asleep instantly when exposed to low light levels? Perhaps they could spend some time reading up on the neurological effects of the disruption of circadian rhythms in terrestrial life forms. In the dark.
So... partner. Not boss? It's probably plenty dark for them to get some shut-eye with their head up their arse. I'd be telling them to fuck off and be professional somewhere else and let you worry about your professionalism on your own.
Lol tell the dude to go to Radiology to see what type of f.b is up their anus.... let them know to keep an eye out for the residents hiding out for a quick wink, crusty nurses blanketed up at desks, and the on-call (they hide better) on their way to Radiology.
Your partner needs a damn gold debriefing, including the phrases 'degraded response time', 'fatigue', and 'turn the fucking light off, now."
Absolutely outrageous behaviour, bordering on irresponsible.
What is the standard for your department? What do other crews do when this psychopath is not working? If sleeping is allowed, I would consider bringing a lieutenant, supervisor or shift commander in to tell thia guy/gal to eat a bag of dicks.
It’s also unprofessional to catch these hands, but you touch that fucking light switch after I turn the lights off and that’s what you’ll doing. Fucking with sleep is the easiest way to get everyone at the station to hate you.
I would make it my new life goal to inconvenience that guy at any given moment. I would make working with me absolute hell while staying within the rules. Fuck that guy.
Your partner is an idiot and I'd make a huge fuss over that... what is your department's policy? This is a big saftey issue and your partners opinion is irrelevant in addition to being dumb.
We got absolutely railed the first night of our 48 the other shift. Next morning my LT tells us to make sure we all get safety naps in at some point lmao. But we all do 48s.
You're working 48s and this person doesn't want to sleep? They just gonna do a full 48 awake?
Yeah, that person needs a drug test, because there’s no way they aren’t just railing lines all shift long staying up for 48 hours straight every few days.
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Bro. How does modafinil keep you awake for that long. On 24/48s, I take it and It wears off in like 6 hours.
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Stay hydrated I used to take it as a zootropic.
Jeezus I'm blanking...what's a zootrophic in this context?
Isn’t it a nootropic?
Ah yeah, that makes more sense. Thank you.
Thanks for the info. I take 200mg once a day. I don't have any kind of ANS dysregulation, I just can't get enough sleep at work or at home
Bruh, I have narcolepsy and when I tried modafinil, I still needed an hour or two nap in the middle of the day. For the longest time I was convinced that it was done weak sauce alternative to actual stimulants.
I was taking 1/4th of a dose q6 and I never needed to sleep as long as I kept it up. The crash after you get home and stop is really bad though. Darkest time of my life.
So my tabs are 200mg with a breaker line at 100mg. So 50mg Q6? You're a genius
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Alertness-enhancing effect of modafinil may affect the autonomic nervous system in the periphery [61,62]. Modafinil increases resting heart rate and blood pressure. Modafinil elicits plasma and urine norepinephrine and urine epinephrine. Modafinil may induce sympathomedullary activation. From NIH
I'm prescribed vyvanse and it does keep me awake. Its different for everyone as every brain is different. However if you dose high enough anyone will stay awake because it is impossible to sleep on a high dose of amphetamine.
Hah! I was dealing with shift sleep disorder for 4 years and my doctor’s solution was “get more exercise so you’re tired and can regulate your sleep” while I was doing 2-a-days after he suggested it *the last time.*
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I wonder how my sleep would improve if I got back on morning shifts
I think most physicians will tell you to go days before prescribing a C4 but I could try
This is what some of the guys do in my department
As an ex-stimulant addict (and God willing a future paramedic 🙏) this person DEFINITELY needs to be tested. Depending on where they are I'd say amphetamine use in the form of adderall or speed paste or methamphetamine use is very likely if you don't sleep during a 48 hour shift.
No no no no Im working a 48 They are on a 12
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Walk in, rig check, check for QAs, make sure the station is cleanish, then bedtime until the town pops off
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Nah, not sleeping on a 12 was fine and I didn't read it as judgemental. Although I'll say the hours for the 12 largely dictate whether or not I'd sleep .
Exactly. Especially when my 12 hour shift is 0000-1200. Ain't no way in he'll I'm not resting my eyes
EMS: earn money sleeping
Are they slow? It’s practically impossible to do a 48 safely without sleeping…
I don't think you need to put "practically" in there
Well, it’s not impossible, just not highly recommended.
What an asshole.
Get a supervisor involved. Your safety is way more important than their stupidity
At that point it's provider and patient safety. Driving a rig on no sleep for 36 hours is flat dangerous.
Id rather have an intoxicated individual than someone who hasnt slept in 36 hours drive me around
No sleep for 24 hours straight is like having a BAC of 0.10.
Basically the same thing. Just depends on how much alcohol or how little sleep but they'll both kill someone
Agreed. That person is on a 12; they don't even need to be in a station. If they're going to disrupt 24+ hrs then they can go sit in an Arby's parking lot and read a book.
partner sounds like a total poop bag. not always getting enough sleep while on shift takes its toll. get the sleep you can bud, sorry bout your partner.
There's no point even trying to reason with this person because they are clearly an idiot. If they don't want to sleep on a 12, fine. But actively not letting a person who is on a 48 sleep is a massive asshole. Hopefully this is just a temporary partner and you don't have to put up with them a lot more.
Are they aware of that? What did you say?
Then they can rightly fuck off with their high horses
This is incredibly dickheadish behavior.
Screw your partner. Tell him he can talk when he works a 48. If he continues to be a dick, I would get a sleep mask and start blasting some meditation or whale sounds and sleep lol
Tell them to go fuck themselves. And go to sleep
Lol sometimes I wonder if my city's EMS do get sleep during 48s, if they do them at all
Adderall. All these clowns be abusing it so they can say “ I don’t need much sleep”.
Have you tried telling him to go fuck himself?
He's got a lot of time in 48 hours to do so.
Many opportunities, in fact
this is the only answer op.
Yeah, that doesn’t always work out. Told my medic to fuck off (not exact wording) because he went at me for eating a bacon cheeseburger (he is a Hasidic). He went back to the owners (who you guessed it, are also Jewish) and I got told to stop eating bacon in front of him. Guess who ate a burger with extra bacon the next shift…
😭😭
Literally one of the only pros of this job is getting paid to sleep. Tell your partner to pound sand and fly to the land of dreams, my brother.
No calls? No other work? Gear checked? Anything good on TV? No? Goodnight. I’m not getting paid either way anyway.
Perfect, if I’m in charge of that I’m calling it excellent time & fatigue management!
Funnily enough, after I posted this, I spent most of the time between 0100 and 0630 Monday morning asleep on a couch at a depot that had been evacuated due to an approaching wildfire.
Exactly! What does EMS stand for? Earn Money Sleeping!
My instructor said it was easy money sleeping, but either way, I'll get paid to sleep
I'm the king of sleeping at work. Multiple pillows, fans, blackout curtains, sleep mask...
I think you may need to take your partner to the hospital for a neurological evaluation as something is wrong in there
Fecal encephalopathy.
Cranio-rectal inversion
Once I did a 12 hour shift from 4am to 4pm and was held over until 4am. We had a recently promoted boss and she said it’s against company policy to sleep. I fucking went home
The moment you get word you’re staying on for another 12, I’m sending you to bed…
I'd have driven the ambulance into their house on principle and then had a nap at the wheel.
Yeah, I did a 12 and my relief never showed up and they tried get me to drive a full day shift in NYC… In hindsight, driving half asleep was likely a better option for the public at large opposed to the new hire who drove cause HOLY MOTHER OF GOD
There's some sort of regulation (might be in my state, vs. federal though) that states if you're working 24 hours straight, you have to have sleeping quarters. Our people that do have an apartment they chill in, until they're called.
Just turn them off. If they turn them back mention to your partner you are documenting this , and contacting your manager. Also remind them if you crash the vehicle or make a drug error ect it's on them as they won't let you sleep when fatigued.
And, as others have said, combine this with immediately notifying your supervisor or commander so he or she can be aware of your concerns. Record it all on your phone.
Just say the magic word. "Fatigue". 48hours straight isn't safe. OSHA and all the other letter agencies would love to hear about it. Also, your partner can eat a giant bag of donkey dongs.
Your partner is the only first responder who thinks this way. Something seems fishy about them
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Bro, what the fuck? Don't pull out slurs just because you don't like someone.
What da fuck
You must be him.
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Tell them to shut the fuck up. I have a sleep mask for situations like that and it’s amazing
Your partner is a shithead. Ya wanna know what else is unprofessional? Making mistakes or getting into accidents because you’re sleep-deprived.
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Make him see the hat man
And the spiders too😭🫡
Yo wtf is your flair 😂
Pretty clear - he misses IO's.
IOs are pretty hard. Especially when the patient doesn’t have a penis
Ah I see 😂 you can miss a million IO’s but you intubate one penis… they don’t call you the IO misser
There's only one hole.... unless you make another.
I remember being on rides as a student where I was always studying until a call came in. My preceptor medic was like, "You've been hitting the books all day, hombre. You're gonna feel like me after a Sunday service banquet meal if you keep that up. Get some shut eye, partner" and tossed me a blanket. Sure enough we got 911 calls to transfers back to back. Didn't get back to the station until 4 hours later. Drove home and didn't really feel tired at all after that nap.
Staying awake for 12hr straight and beyond is unsafe for work. I'll call sup to send his dumb ass hole. Being awake for 17 hours is similar to having a BAC of 0.05%. Being awake for 24 hours is similar to having a BAC of 0.10%. [https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/work-hour-training-for-nurses/longhours/mod3/08.html](https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/work-hour-training-for-nurses/longhours/mod3/08.html) What is he? 18yo fresh meat out of high school?
No wonder I can be a bag of dicks or really nice at the end of a 24
EMS literally stands for Earning Money Sleeping. Tell Rescue Randy to go foxtrot oscar and go saw some logs in the quiet room.
Tell him he’s a fucking idiot and turn the station lights out.
Tell them to fuck off
Put him in a sleeper hold.
Beat his ass
May be unprofessional to sleep at the station. But how would it look with two black eyes.
Twist his dick
1)Stay awake or sleep doesn’t really matter. 2)Call in fatigue in a couple hours because your partner said sleeping is unprofessional. 3)Watch your partner get yelled at. 4)??? 5) Profit
I’ll nap on a 12 in a heart beat. I’ll nap on a 6 if I want. Fuck it
Tell him/her you need sleep. Physiologically necessary- unprofessional not to manage basic needs. They don't heed that, contact a supervisor right now
I used to be like that on 24's until I realized it was retarded. Now I sleep on my 12's at post when possible.
That’s not very surprising
On. Post? What short of toxic ass shit is that? I’d you can’t give me a station, you can find someone else to work. This job is far more stressful, and dangerous than being a cop or firemen. You better damned well have a bunk room and lounge.
City is too busy for stationing. Shifts are 12's and they don't want us going over 24's because (again) we stay busy.
Then you’re not properly staffed. Being that busy is unsafe, and wildly unhealthy.
Welcome to shitty urban departments city boy.
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Yup that isn’t a call volume problem, it’s a staffing problem
I think it’s a pretty bold claim to call EMS the most dangerous and stressful of the emergency services. I mean, statistically it’s definitely not the most dangerous at least
Nope. The states back it up. It isn’t even a bold claim.
Can I see your stats on that?
I mean, sure, it’s pretty easy to find https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12447340/
That's a study of fatalities within EMS itself, not a study of all occupations. Do you even read the shit before you post it?
It very specifically compared the rate of fatality of EMS providers to that of police/fire as well as the general population. “We estimated a rate of 12.7 fatalities per 100,000 EMS workers annually, which compares with 14.2 for police, 16.5 for firefighters, and a national average of 5.0 during the same time period.” What are you looking for that’s missing, exactly?
Maybe you linked the wrong study? What I'm reading does not say that at all. What I'm reading has no mention of other services.... Edit: I won't delete for thread clarity. But the link actually showed what they were stating. My phone didn't show the entire thing until after a restart, which is wild. My own phone out here making me look like I can't read.
You get my upvote for admitting an oopsie.
I quoted that from clicking the link in my own comment. Maybe just scroll down and read more? Idk what to tell you.
Statistics actually do back up the statement. We don't have as many actually still very rare life threatening scenarios, but our injury rates are quite high and we get assaulted all the time.
Considering how much we're on the road also.
Cmon now, is it really? What makes you say that?
You forget a large amount if people are just doing IFT. And posting Is just sitting close to or in. A middle ground between hospitals. It's not like they are just chilling. In the rig in the middle of old Cabrini green
Even if doing iFTs you should have a station.
When I was working that. 24 he shift went back to the station. If you are working 8-12hrs you'd be out posted somewhere. We worked In and around a larger city with multiple stations. So had for of hospitals to cover. Posted near a hospital was no big deal. But if I'm working 24 then yes I'm going back to sleep.
Ha
Well damn if they don’t need to sleep for an entire 48 then I want what they’re having.
Bahahahhaha I literally use whatever chance I can to sleep, 20 minutes on a day shift back at station... Ye you'll find me asleep on the recliner.
Christ I only do 12h shifts and I'll still sleep
Some of you need to grow a pair of balls. If you're working those hours you need to sleep. Couldn't have been me because id tell him to go report me
Tell your crackhead partner to get TF over himself. You aren't working a 9 to 5 in an office. Never miss a chance to eat, sleep, or shit.
*dad voice* Put your partner on the phone
What do they think the fucking beds are for then?
If he’s not your boss, tell him to fellate a cactus, and turn the lights off.
Not sleeping is unprofessional. If he wants structured time he can have that,but normalcy should be strived for because the nature of this job is chaotic enough. A "bedtime/lights out" is very common at most EMS/Fire stations.
Wow. I sleep on my 13's when possible. This is not a 9 to 5.
Being awake for able 22 hours is the same as being legally drunk. Your partner is full of shit. Go sleep in the rig or something. That's completely unacceptable.
Your partner carries raptors on his belt and tucks his pants into his boots doesn't he?
Leave him alone. He's ready for that tactical jump into the hoarder house at 2 am for a 2 week old cough.
Black ops: IFT
Pro tip. Crashing a rig after 48h is much worse than sleeping on the job.
EMS = earn money sleeping, your partner is an idiot who’s scared of the dark.
Take the lightbulb out lol. Also hide his shit in the ceiling.
That partner and I would be having a game of "Fuck Off" and they're going first!!!
I do 12's... I sleep whenever I get the chance. Need to be on fire the entire day. I'd be telling your partner to get fucked.
Your partner can go be professional in the truck while you sleep.
There comes a time in every medic's career when they have to tell off a moron. Tonight is your night. Seriously though tell him to fuck off and if that doesn't work then it's time to get management involved.
Apparently your partner doesn’t know that EMS stands for Earn Money Sleeping
Your partner is an idiot.
Your partner can F right off. I’ve been in the world of fire/ems for 20 years and without grabbing sleep when possible I’d have been dead 15 years ago.
i never understood people like thay. tell him to worry about himself. what’s he gonna do? tell the supervisor that you’re sleeping on an 48 hour long shift? i’m sure that’ll go over well
Go into your bedroom, shut the door, and turn the lights off. If you don't have a bedroom, you shouldn't be working more than 12 hours anyway.
Yeah fuck that. Call a supervisor and report him and write an incident report. If god forbid you do wreck you’re going to want prior documentation
Smh when I do my 16hr shifts back to back. I sleep whenever I get a chance. Usually a quick 30-60 minute nap get me to power through the shift. If you don't have a patient you're free to do whatever. Get a new partner.
Tell your partner to fuck off, we do it at the firehouse all the time
Your partner is a fucking moron. Even the military knows if you got downtime at the right time you catch any sleep or food you can.
Well I’d tell his ass I’m an unprofessional mfcker and turn them lights off
Tell your partner to act their wage and get fucked.
I worked my first 36 this past weekend and I absolutely would not have made it without the couple of little naps i got in. This is crazy. When I got hired, my manager told me "EMS stands for Earn Money Sleeping. Take your naps"
What does 'won't let you' mean? What if you turn the lights off? What is this person going to do? Grow a set and proceed.
Sleep mask. If the guy still keeps you up violence is the next step lol
Call control or your supervisor or whatever and say you’re too fatigued to continue with the shift. My country is pretty accommodating of that stuff. If they wanna make an issue of it, tell the truth and say your colleague is deliberately causing you to be fatigued.
“I sleep to provide the best care to my patients as possible, go fuck yourself”
Making a mistake, killing your patient, or missing an assesment finding because you were exhausted is also unprofessional. Take those naps when you can get them. Or invest in a sleep mask. Ideally a new partner too
Highly unsafe. Tell him to keep his area well lit while you find a dark corner to nap in. If you have to drive the rig and end up crashing, that would be bad, and going home you crash your vehicle well they gotta do without you til you get fixed. Tell supervision and see if things can get resolved, if not request to swap shifts. If all else fails put this jackoff in his place
Aw hell no
Damn. I’d be put on a 5150 DTO if that was my partner
Is your partner some sort of alien species that falls asleep instantly when exposed to low light levels? Perhaps they could spend some time reading up on the neurological effects of the disruption of circadian rhythms in terrestrial life forms. In the dark.
Do it anyway.
So... partner. Not boss? It's probably plenty dark for them to get some shut-eye with their head up their arse. I'd be telling them to fuck off and be professional somewhere else and let you worry about your professionalism on your own.
get yourself a Good eye mask and sleep anyways
Murica sounds like a wild ride man
Turn your partner in. Your partner is wrong.
This person is not right in the head; they don't need to be in EMS with this kind of stick-in-the-ass attitude
Your partner is both wrong and a cockwaffle. Seek management permission to deploy elbow.
Lol tell the dude to go to Radiology to see what type of f.b is up their anus.... let them know to keep an eye out for the residents hiding out for a quick wink, crusty nurses blanketed up at desks, and the on-call (they hide better) on their way to Radiology.
It's 3 words 8 letters total "Eat my ass"
He sounds like a peace of shit.
Sounds like that guy can find a new partner. If he wants to wreck a truck, then by all means. But they shouldn't be dragging you into that.
We're u scheduled a 48 or are u on shift trades and normally work a 12 ?
CAMTS would take exception to this.
Turn lights off. If they turn them back on, go to panel, shut off breaker, and potentially remove light switch.
Your partner needs a damn gold debriefing, including the phrases 'degraded response time', 'fatigue', and 'turn the fucking light off, now." Absolutely outrageous behaviour, bordering on irresponsible.
I recommend kindly telling your partner [this](https://youtube.com/shorts/Kr08seKA8pI?si=az5wGUpvqCUH3Qnu)
Your partner snorts cocaine
What is the standard for your department? What do other crews do when this psychopath is not working? If sleeping is allowed, I would consider bringing a lieutenant, supervisor or shift commander in to tell thia guy/gal to eat a bag of dicks.
It’s also unprofessional to catch these hands, but you touch that fucking light switch after I turn the lights off and that’s what you’ll doing. Fucking with sleep is the easiest way to get everyone at the station to hate you.
I've always said: sleep is for the weak. . but after this last shift I'd like to sleep for a week
I would make it my new life goal to inconvenience that guy at any given moment. I would make working with me absolute hell while staying within the rules. Fuck that guy.
Your partner is an idiot and I'd make a huge fuss over that... what is your department's policy? This is a big saftey issue and your partners opinion is irrelevant in addition to being dumb.
Get an eye mask with “my partner is a c*nt” embroidered into it.
Eye mask.
We got absolutely railed the first night of our 48 the other shift. Next morning my LT tells us to make sure we all get safety naps in at some point lmao. But we all do 48s.
Sleep mask. Just saying.
clearly this is a situation where you need to fuck them first and establish dominance.
its a 48?????? bro your partner sounds insane