An Inauspicious Beginning

Since Betty Rubble was dismissed, I've had yet another succession of temporary partners, either swing shift EMT's or full-timers picking up a little OT, but the lack of consistency has been a little wearing. But hey, I'm about as close to bomb-proof as a medic gets, which I suspect is why management gives me the newbies and the newly minted paramedics.

Actually, I did have a permanent partner for a brief while, but she didn't last long enough for me to address any of her deficiencies or even to give her a nickname.

So last week, I got a new permanent partner. The ink is still glossy on her EMT-B card, and she has this annoying habit of calling me, "Sir."

Wednesday saw us running our very first call together, which for her was her very first call as a full-fledged EMT, period.

It was a cardiac arrest.

So naturally, unless things change in the next couple of weeks, her new nickname is going to be Black Cloud. Or perhaps, I'll get her one of these patches from Mil Spec Monkey:

Thus far, it fits.