It's fun to give medic a little friendly guff. Besides having retired and not being in Orlando means I have to find creative ways to do so, since the best way to give an EMS Medic grief I can't do.
Medic, tell me if this is how it works where you are.
I had a freshly minted rookie riding with me and we get a call of a medical check the welfare. It's on my beat and we arrived before Fire or EMS. We get inside only to find the victim deceased. Now I'm not just talking deceased, they were grave yard dead, i.e.. cold. Livor Mortis had set in.
My rookie, having never been to such a scene in his short lived career and full of the spirit to help begins to render aid before I can stop him. I was talking to the calling party at the time. Rookie started CPR. Of course in walks EMS and by law here if aid is rendered at the time of arrival they had to take over and continue CPR until they arrived at the emergency room and a physician could stop it.
Needless to say the EMS crew knew and did their duty, although quite d
isgruntledly to say the least. I well knew that these guys were going to be a bit on the warm side when they got done and would be seeking out my rookie and I so they could discuss the situation.
I explained to my rookie the error of his big hearted way in this situation and suggested that he take them both to dinner when they worked next as he would still be riding with me on their next shift. He understood his fopaux in this situation and chose to gracefully accept my suggestion and a few days later all was right in his world.
The moral of the story: If you really want to Piss Off an EMS crew start CPR on a very dead guy when they walk in the door. There is nothing like getting 15 or 20 minutes of stressful exercise in the middle of your shift for nothing.