At my service, we post. And honestly? I love it. One of my favorite things to do is move from post to post to post. A lot of my medic brethren hate it. And if you’re one of those medics, dear reader, I have one question: Why?
Posting lets us see the city and check out the various delicious gas station food. Sometimes a particular OnCue won’t have fresh hot dogs, so it gives us a chance to try another! I’ve eaten seven hotdogs in one shift before just because dispatch kept giving us the chance to tour the city.
A lot of people say that sitting in an ambulance for twelve hours is unhealthy. That it puts stress on your body and leads to unhealthy habits. Well, have you seen what happens to medics at stations? They end up getting bedsores from laying down so much.
You can also exercise just fine in the back of an ambulance. I’ll take the stretcher out and do planks off the floor of the ambulance… After all, my EMT cleans it after every call, right?
By posting, you get a chance to see every corner of the city, increasing your knowledge of the local culture and response times. You’re also out in the open and not hidden away, which makes it easy for the local populace to find you. Like the homeless. Sure, that homeless lady may seem crazy when she knocks on the ambulance door at 3am and starts ranting about how she knows Jesus and he’s an alien that wants her to break into her neighbor’s house and steal their TV, but this gives you the opportunity to help her. And isn’t that grand?
So the next time you find yourself complaining about how Dispatch has sent you to 15 different posts in 15 minutes, remember, you’re being spoiled.
And you should be grateful.
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