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ACTUALLY I WORK FOR LIFESTAR AND 4 OTHER FIRE COMPANIES. YOU NEVER KNOW WHO WILL BE COMING TO SAVE YOUR A$$ SO MAYBE YOU SHOULD WATCH YOUR MOUTH. LET ME JUST SAY THAT PHOTO SHOWS A UNIT HEADED TOWARDS CAMBRIDGE WHICH WOULD MEAN THEY WERE HEADED TO BALTIMORE WITH A PT TO SICK OR INJURED FOR THE LOCAL HOSPITALS TO HANDLE. THAT BEING SAID ITS NOT BULL SHIT, WE CARRY THE PTS WHEN THE HELICOPTER IS GROUNDED. OH AND BY THE WAY WE HAVE NEVER HAD A FATAL. YOU MAY BE CONFUSING US WITH ANOTHER PRIVATE COMPANY IN THE AREA. AND THAT UNIT HAD A FAULT WITH THE REAR LIGHTS WHICH WE CANT PULL OVER AND FIX IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CALL THAT MAKES THEM STAY ON. AND PERHAPS YOU SHOULD REALIZE HOW DANGEROUS IT IS FOR YOU TO BE FOLLOWING AN AMBULANCE THAT CLOSELY AT THOSE SPEEDS BEFOR YOU CRITICIZE SOMETHING YOU HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT. AS FOR YOUR MOST RECENT POST MY HUSBAND IS A FIREFIGHTER AND EMT AND IN THE ARMY NATIONAL GUARD SO HE IS A REAL MAN...
The fun part about owning this Blog is that I get to respond to IDIOTS like this. First of all, let me state that I was NOT following closely to this vehicle. Secondly, I hit my high beams on this vehicle and the politely turned off the light, FOR TWO SECONDS, then they turned them back on IMMEDIATELY thereafter.
The Idiot driving this vehicle was saying, LOOK AT ME, I'M COOL! I'll add, I was in no way incorporating the Local Fire Departments in this article. I was simply stating, (especially after the Hebron accident) SLOW DOWN!
As for the threat that I may be next to be picked up, you know something, that truly is scary. One never knows when and if something could happen to anyone, including myself. It makes someone like me think, I hope I die first before you arrive, rather than be abused along the private internal route of one of you ASSHOLES to the Hospital! Thanks, but NO THANKS! I'll call the Sheriff's Department if I need any help. At least I know I'll be protected.
If you are running a private ambulance YOU ARE WRONG if you are running high speeds. You are not allowed to speed unless your lights are on and then you have to use common sense and not drive or be in gross negligences while soing so.
ReplyDeleteI private ambulance transports from one facility to another and usually not critical pts. unless ALL other units are too busy to do so.
Other words Lifestar is a wanna be ambulance chaser and charge medicaire way to much money for their services which we pay. The business is worth millions and guess where they got it, medicare medicaid.
Grow up one day and try to get a real job if you can and work for a real fire department.
Oh shut the door all the way and those lights will go off.
i wasnt implying you would be next or even to you specifically I was saying to people in general that we all need to be respectful, oh and call the sheriffs dept if you are sick or hurt they will call us anyway. yes i know exactly what happens with the lights and if you hold the button down they will stay off, however thats being fixed. thats why you think that they flashed them. trust me, call my boss we are tracked they have a chip that tells them everything we are doing. how fast we are going, where we are/were, what lights were on, doors are open everything. oh and by the way I am not an idiot I am actually pretty respected by all in the ems field. dont be rude, i wasnt rude to you. i was simply explaining something that appears too complex for you. on a lighter note i know you personnally, next time I see you I will let you know who I am. I only logged in anonymous because I do not have, need, or want a username for this site. I hope you have a great day and keep having fun posting all this negative $hit about everyone. Trust me I know how good a provider I am and I will have no need to look at your blog again because the opinion of one man means nothing to me. Thankfully there are very few ignorant, rude people like you that feel the need to try and hurt others to make themselves look or feel good.
ReplyDeleteanonymous 312, the lights wont go off, and I do work for 4 fire companies. You obviously have no idea how pts get transferred or you would not have made such stupid comments. You need to grow up befor you talk about shit you dont know. And technically any ambulance that does not have lights on and is speeding is wrong. Read the dot book, I have. I never said we werent wrong for speeding. I was simply trying to explain a situation about the lights and reply to the comments, most of what I said was not even for joe...
ReplyDeleteWOW! It's amazing! It's like everyone's opinion matters! I think that it is insane that a traffic violation can muster up so much hate and jealousy.
ReplyDeleteThanks Jeraldo Albero for endagering that car next to you while driving and taking several photos. Do you go after all the vehicles from NJ and PA who speed through our shitty one horse town?
p.s. If this useless blogging thing doesn't work out, you would make an EXCELLENT ambulance chaser, no really I mean it :)
This is not unusual for this company and another local transport company. The owners are fine people with emergency service background. These units are supposed to obey the speed limit unless their lights are on, but I have seen otherwise. Please call their office and ask for Jackie or Bruce Fowler. The office manager is Mike Parker. Address your concerns.
ReplyDeleteJoe in this case you are right in which the ambulance was going too fast for not running in emergency mode. Yet the method you went about this was wrong. If you feel someone is driving irresponsibly you should not follow them, just call it into the proper authorities. I am a firefighter/emt-b and have ridden on almost every ambulance in worcester/wicimico counties so i am biased against these private ambulances acting as real ones. Yet the job they do is important and they have to ACT RESPONSIBLY when doing their job. this was irresponsible by many measures. If this was a critical pt by all means you can go that fast if you are in EMERGENCY MODE. In the light of the recent baltimore incident we are all under the spotlight here these failed. It is respectful to defend your colleagues yet it is dignified to admit they are wrong and stay respectful!! Those are my thoughts on the issue.
ReplyDeletewell Mike sits at the desk a day long and watches his computer screen like a video game watching the real employees make him lots of money!
ReplyDeleteI was not chasing this vehicle. If you'll notice, it was heading in my direction. Business Rt. 50 towards Hebron. I turn off at Memory Garden Lane, quite a ways away from where I took these photos and couldn't keep up with him. Also, don't think for a minute I didn't have my lens zoomed in on this guy. For those of you who think I was close, I was not. At certain points, (because of the light at Nanticoke Road) I was able to get close to him and I certainly admit I wasn't doing the speed limit at the time but I was trying to get a tag # so I could do something about it.
ReplyDeleteI'll add, I get sick and tired of getting additional bills on my cell phone for calling 911! We ALL pay monthly fees for the damn thing. Then when we call for an emergence to HELP THEM OUT, we get billed additional fees to make the call. It's Bullshit!
So guess what, YOU'VE BEEN BLOGGED INSTEAD.
I was sitting at the intersection at Rt 13 and Mt Vernon Road in Pricness Anne the other day when these jackasses from Lifestar came barrelling through the red light, lights and siren. Lifestar Ambo's are priviate ambos. They're nothing more than a taxi service between medical facilities from what I understand. The nuts are going to kill someone before it's over. Keep an eye out on the road when you see one of their units, usually they're driving like maniacs.
ReplyDeleteIf Lifestar has to come pick me up, call the undertaker instead. I'd rather be dead than have some of those yahoos attending to me!
ReplyDeleteThat's correct. Most Lifestar EMT's can't cut it elsewhere, that's why they play EMT and drive up and down the road like they're somebody when in reality, they're not.
ReplyDeleteJoe what are you smoking saying you get billed for calling 911? I've called 911 at least 6-10 times from both my Verizon Wireless phone and AT&T phone (before it became Cingular, and now AT&T again). I've never had an additional charge. If there were I'm sure outraged people would be all over the news with it.
ReplyDeleteFirst of all Ambulances are not cool, fire engines are cool in my eyes. I get so tickled watching some of these guys that look like J I Joe with pants tucked in their boots, scissors, rolls of tape, pens, lights, & knives hung all over them. Some of them look like their going off on a recon mission when their actually hauling granny off to the doctor. By my own observation weird people work for ambulance companies and most have been rejected from fire departments. Yea in the past several have applied and denied or left the fire company because they didn’t make the trip. Hummm, ever notice how fact some of them are? Even better how about the ones who back the ambulance in their driveway and have another one out on the street. You know you’re a redneck if that’s you.
ReplyDeleteThere may be some truth to that. However, have you ever thought of the kind of people these people are picking up? I know I wouldn't want that kind of profession. I'm not defending them OR attacking them. What I am saying is that it takes a special kind of person to do that job in the first place.
ReplyDeleteI know they're important to the people they're picking up, is all.
Joe, your last comment is correct. They are important to the folks they pick up, and I've had some experience with that.
ReplyDeleteIf you see ANY company's vehicle driving badly, call the state police when it's an immediate threat to other drivers. And call the company. Companies want to know when their drivers are doing something wrong. It's an insurance, lawsuit and PR risk, and they will take action because of that.
From a PR standpoint,if I were the manager/owner of Lifestar,I would severely reprimand any of my employees who took it into their own hands to post something like that on a blog.Pissed or not.
ReplyDeleteEASY EASY ON THE EMS FIELD. I KNOW NOT ALL ARE THE GREATEST PROVIDERS ESPECIALLY ONES THAT WRK IN THE COMMERCIAL FIELD BTU SOME ARE. BUT ,THERE TRYING TO GET A START SOMEWHERE. COMMERCIAL IS A EASY WAY TO GET STARTED..ITS HARD TO GET IN THE 911 FILED CUZ SPACE IS LIMITED..CUT SOME PEOPLE A BREAK.
ReplyDeleteI WRK @ LS AS A PART TIME EMS PROVIDER AND FULL-TIME ON THE 911 SIDE ELSEWHERE. I'LL PUT MY SKILLS UP AGAINST YOU OR ANY EMT AT THAT ON THE 911 SIDE ANY DAY OF THE WEEK. AND IM NOT TRYING TO BE COCKY JUST MAKING A POINT, AND YOU CAN TAKE THAT TO THE BANK..\
ANYWAYS MY THOUGHTS...
LOL! I saw two of these idiots at WaWa last week. Dressed for battle. One guy in line even joked about it. It's one thing to look professional but these two clowns looked like they were about to go out on some super top secret re-con mission. Gotta be prepared for anything granny throws their way I guess. It's a dangerous job but somebody's gotta do it!
ReplyDeleteTools of the private ambulance attendant.
ReplyDelete(6) Ink Pens- Reports, playing Keeno, filling out win a free trip coupons
Swiss Army Knife-For finagling the door latch on a 2nd hand ambulance
Heavy Duty Key Ring- For carrying 29 keys (don’t know what they all fit)
Heavy Duty Belt- For holding back that gut
Zip up Duty Boots- Foot protection for falling fat people
(2) Cell Phones- For handling those important calls
(2) Pagers- Backup to cell phones
Scissors- For opening the mail
Sunglasses- To look real cool
Anonymous said...
ReplyDeletei wasnt implying you would be next or even to you specifically I was saying to people in general that we all need to be respectful, oh and call the sheriffs dept if you are sick or hurt they will call us anyway.
So you are that stupid that you think the Sheriff's office will call you, Lifestar ambulance in the need for a medical emergency? You guys aren't a real EMS operation and you are full of yourself if you think you will get that call for assistance from a real public safety office like the sheriff's office.
Trust me I know how good a provider I am.....
If you are such a good provider then why are you doing the wrinkled butt shuff for a taxi company like lifestar. You people would shit a big load in your pants if you ever had to be dispatched and work a true emergency. At least it has been documented on several occaisons that the Wicomico County Sheriff's Office has actually worked and arrest and qualified for a save with their skills and AED use. Any you miss wannabe EMS provider how many saves to you have under your belt. Taking a vegatable from Salisbury Nursing Home to PRMC just for an X-ray doesn't count as a save.
Those who are inadequate to the real EMS world go to ambulance transport companies and those who are inadequate for ambulance transport companies move on to the Red Cross.
ReplyDeleteACTUALLY I WORK FOR LIFESTAR AND 4 OTHER FIRE COMPANIES. YOU NEVER KNOW WHO WILL BE COMING TO SAVE YOUR A$$ SO MAYBE YOU SHOULD WATCH YOUR MOUTH.
ReplyDeleteSo does that make you a real EMS provider. What 4 fire companies do you work for. That is highly unusual and if you actually do you have way to much time on your hands. Is it because you want to meet the guys your poor hubby is away serving the country, hint hint. ;-)
First of all I doubt you could save anyones @ss.
Hey, what's that smell?? Damn it, I have to change another Depends on Granny she SHAT again. That's the only ass you're going to save. ROTFLMAO
LOSER
Anonymous said...
ReplyDeletewell Mike sits at the desk a day long and watches his computer screen like a video game watching the real employees make him lots of money!
4:31 PM
Well he could be at Lollipop Lane with Chief Sea
Adam Sandler said...
ReplyDeleteLOL! I saw two of these idiots at WaWa last week. Dressed for battle. One guy in line even joked about it. It's one thing to look professional but these two clowns looked like they were about to go out on some super top secret re-con mission. Gotta be prepared for anything granny throws their way I guess. It's a dangerous job but somebody's gotta do it!
8:30 PM
Yeah they look really official with their Batman Belts on and Trauma pants on. What are they going to to with that Torniquet that is tied to their scissors? Do they think they are going to have a major arterial bleed or are they going to have to start an IV? I doubt that!!
I am not a real Paramedic, but I play one at LIFESTAR!!
WWTD
Does WaWa offer these freeloaders a discount on coffee or something. I coulda swore Lifestars homebase was out behind Phillips Drycleaning but you'd think it was on South Salisbury Blvd with all the units you see parked there during the day! Doot De Doo!
ReplyDeleteHoliday Inn Express said...
ReplyDeleteDoes WaWa offer these freeloaders a discount on coffee or something. I coulda swore Lifestars homebase was out behind Phillips Drycleaning but you'd think it was on South Salisbury Blvd with all the units you see parked there during the day! Doot De Doo!
9:09 AM
As a show of its support for public safety officials the give a complimentary cup of coffee to them. These wannabe's go in there all dressed with there Bat Belt and Paramedic Pants loaded down with emergency gadgets and pants tucked into their boots trying to look the part. The poor clerks don't know the difference so they let the Deathstar Wannabe's take advantage of them. They really abuse a good thing and they are going to ruin it for everyone.
I swear, I've seen real ambulances on real emergancies drive less recklessly than Lifestar. I used to work for a nursing home, and I know the nurses wourld call for Lifestar to take a patient who was bedridden to Dialysis, and they almost never showed up on time. Must have been scoring that free cuppa joe from da wawa.
ReplyDeleteI honestly don't have a problem with people new to the EMS field "cutting their teeth" at a place like Lifestar. They can learn in a low pressure atmosphere where most of the time there is no risk of them making a major mistake.
I know personally that the paramedic instructor at worwic worked at lifestar, 6 out of 8 career ems providers in pocomoke worked for private companies, a high number of the paramedics at salisbury worked for private companies, all the paramedics in princess anne worked or work at a private company, delmar has atleast 3 career personnel who worked or work at a private company and atleast 5 paramedics who work in ocean city also worked or work for a private company. Its a good place to start out when you are new since there are not alot of job openings in the field. also some people are unable to work the rotating 24 hour shifts of most of the larger ems companies because of college or family obligations. And yes some people like it and dont work ems at all, thats their decision. I am a paramedic and I know its not unusual to work for several different companies when you are waiting for a full time position to open. Alot of companies in the area have a list of providers they use part time and I have seen several other providers names on more than one companies list.
ReplyDeleteANON 1225PM, SAID,
ReplyDeleteI know personally that the paramedic instructor at worwic worked at lifestar, 6 out of 8 career ems providers in pocomoke worked for private companies, a high number of the paramedics at salisbury worked for private companies, all the paramedics in princess anne worked or work at a private company, delmar has atleast 3 career personnel who worked or work at a private company and atleast 5 paramedics who work in ocean city also worked or work for a private company. Its a good place to start out when you are new since there are not alot of job openings in the field. also some people are unable to work the rotating 24 hour shifts of most of the larger ems companies because of college or family obligations. And yes some people like it and dont work ems at all, thats their decision. I am a paramedic and I know its not unusual to work for several different companies when you are waiting for a full time position to open. Alot of companies in the area have a list of providers they use part time and I have seen several other providers names on more than one companiY list.
EXCELLENT RESEARCH AND RESPONSE...
AND GUESS WHAT ALL FACTS!!!!!!
I applaud WaWa for giving the people who really do the job some benefit. You Lifestar whackos need to stop taking advantage of this. I can hear them now. Let's get granny to her Doctor's appointment and go snag a cup of coffee (FREE! YAHOOOO!!!) from WaWa!
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