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Meet the New Partner

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Rookie Partner V is starting to look like a good one. He’s not a total doofus, at least, and he occasionally says something amusing, plus he can drive at night, stay awake, and do stuff without asking my permission first.  That alone makes him a big improvement over Rookie Partner IV, who bailed after less than a month on nights.

But I’m going to have to find something to call him besides Rookie Partner. I’m not George Foreman, you know. I can’t name all my partners the same thing, and the stories in which they take part are starting to run together in my head.

Since Bitchy Partner, I’ve had five full-time partners, counting this one. All of them, with the exception of Rookie Partner I, had less than a month’s experience as an EMT, and even RP I had less than a year of EMS experience.

Since Rookie Partner III looked just like Ferris Bueller, and Rookie Partner IV looked just like Eddie Munster with a Beatles haircut, I’ve decided to name all future partners after the television character they most resemble in looks and temperament.

So since Rookie Partner V looks, talks and acts just like this Guy:

He shall forever be named… Kelso.

I sense much future blog fodder from this one.

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Posted by on June 3, 2010 • Filed under: Uncategorized

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  • FarmGirl

    You're bringing him to Blogorado, right? We can always use more eye candy :P

  • FarmGirl

    You're bringing him to Blogorado, right? We can always use more eye candy :P

  • Ditch Doctor

    Thank God there was no such thing as blogs when I started in EMS 16 years a few years ago! I shudder to think of some of the stories that could be told about me all of us when we were FNG's!

  • Valerie

    Hmm….Ditch Doctor… Ditch Doctor. Now where do I know that name from??

    Valerie DeFrance
    EMS House at defrance.org

  • Valerie

    Hmm….Ditch Doctor… Ditch Doctor. Now where do I know that name from??

    Valerie DeFrance
    EMS House at defrance.org

  • Erin

    lol.. something tells me you're going to be getting a lot of requests for this guy's number :P

  • Tammy K

    You starting to get a complex AD?? Am wondering if they leave EMS or just you?? LOL
    Nothing worse than having to train someone brand new only for them to leave and you have to retrain someone else brand new. Good Luck with your new partner

  • http://tooldtowork.blogspot.com/2010/04/when-all-is-said-and-done.html totwtytr

    Some days I show up to work, look around, and think that I've walked into some sort of bizarre “Bring your kid to work day”. About half the EMTs I work with are younger than my kids. If one more offers to help me out of the ambulance, I swear I'm going postal on them. Or rather, English Cab Driver on them.

  • http://www.ambulancedriverfiles.com Ambulance Driver

    They move up, not out, Tammy. Bitchy Partner got out of EMS (thank God), but Rookie Partners I-III went on to paramedic school.

    I'm kinda proud of the fact that I'm always assigned the rookie EMTs. If they thought I'd ruin 'em, they'd assign 'em to someone else's truck.

  • http://www.ambulancedriverfiles.com Ambulance Driver

    What, I'm not eye candy enough? You're not anxious to see more of my plumber's buttcrack?

  • http://tooldtowork.blogspot.com/2010/04/when-all-is-said-and-done.html totwtytr

    Some days I show up to work, look around, and think that I've walked into some sort of bizarre “Bring your kid to work day”. About half the EMTs I work with are younger than my kids. If one more offers to help me out of the ambulance, I swear I'm going postal on them. Or rather, English Cab Driver on them.

  • anparadox

    Oh really, if that's what Rookie Partner V looks like, I am coming to visit soon… tell him you have a cute niece!! ; ) haha, just kidding! just kidding!

  • anparadox

    Oh really, if that's what Rookie Partner V looks like, I am coming to visit soon… tell him you have a cute niece!! ; ) haha, just kidding! just kidding!

  • http://supportyourlocalgunfighter.com Wyatt Earp

    Can't wait until he starts fighting on the phone with his longtime girlfriend, Jackie.

  • http://supportyourlocalgunfighter.com Wyatt Earp

    Can't wait until he starts fighting on the phone with his longtime girlfriend, Jackie.

  • Jake

    Don't forget ambulance driver… You are not always the one doing the teaching. Sometimes you can learn from your “rookie”. If you think otherwise it might be time to check the level of the ego tank.

  • Ambulance_Driver

    Oh, no argument there, Jake. That's why they call it a “team.”

    One of the things I like about working with rookies is that they remind me of the wonder and excitement I experienced when I first got into this profession.

    It's still a powerful motivator, even today.

  • Kristen

    Mmmm… with a face like that, he could rescue me any day!

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  • Dude, Where's my Stethoscope?

    So what you're saying is, he's kinda cute and acts like a college fratboy. I suppose for the short time a patient would be seeing him, his looks would override the grating aspects of the fratboyism.

    Bring em on! Shirtless Ambuboy, go!

  • Dude, Where's my Stethoscope?

    So what you're saying is, he's kinda cute and acts like a college fratboy. I suppose for the short time a patient would be seeing him, his looks would override the grating aspects of the fratboyism.

    Bring em on! Shirtless Ambuboy, go!

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