01-16-2009, 09:02 PM
The Afterbirth Wrote:I'm not saying that it should happen, I'm just saying that shit happens. Human error is always an issue and even more so when people perceive it as an unimportant detail. I work on an ambulance and as important as gloves are, we've still left out without them because someone gets so caught up with checking the AED or something else. I can't claim I've never had an off day and forgotten something important, can you?I forget important stuff all the time... but ya know, as comparatively little as I get paid (compared to these overstuffed assholes at funeral homes), I make it right when I DO forget something, even if it has to come out of my pocket (which it usually does).
It sounds like the tire incident was handled really poorly and they should've had some sort of backup plan in place. But really... something as stupid as not having a spare tire??
And geeze, don't you guys have a checklist you have to go over every day on an ambulance? Sort of like an airplane.... you know... "syringes - check, gauze - check, gloves - ok, what asshole has been stealing the gloves again?"