*Sniff* They Grow Up So FAST!

Doug E. Fresh, having earned his paramedic clearance a couple of weeks ago, can now fairly be called Doug E. Ripe.

Despite his official status in the Hive Mind as Drone, Paramedic Entry Level, for the past two weeks Doug and I have worked out a call rotation system in which continued to attend all the emergency ALS calls and transfers, and I handled all the routine BLS emergencies and the critical care transfers. It made for a nice way for him to gain some valuable experience while still having a more experienced senior medic to bounce ideas off of, or bail him out if things got hairy – not that such measures were ever necessary.

But now, the time has come for him to leave the nest, spread his little paramedic wings and fly, and take over his own truck. No more safety net, he is now The Man.

This also means, unfortunately, that I go back to running all but the routine BLS emergencies and transfers, with all the attendant paperwork.

Ugh.

On the bright side, my current (temporary) partner is hotter than Doug by a couple orders of magnitude, bright and capable, and she drives like buttah.

You're the king of your own truck now, partner. Try to be a wise and benevolent one.