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Got probably one of the weirder OD calls I've heard of last night.
Pager goes off "OD, such and such address, PD enroute." Wasn't on-duty, but figured I'd respond even though it was on the other side of town. Text pager goes off as I'm walking out the door stating "Male Age 50 Abdominal Pain ALOC" but no other details.
I get on-scene and see the gurney already coming out the door, so they're obviously doing a load and go. PT is conscious but definitely ALOC. I help, but the full weekend crew's there, so I end up getting O2 set-up in the rig. One of the CAPTAINS jumps in the front seat to drive, which again makes me think "Oh @#$%."
It isn't until the siren's fading in the distance that I find out what the guy took. He had apparently decided to drink the contents of...
TWO INSTANT ICE PACKS
Yup, the goold old ammonium nitrate-filled kind.
I'm gonna try to see if I can get some more info from the folks on the transport when I see them, see what the ER had to say.
Pager goes off "OD, such and such address, PD enroute." Wasn't on-duty, but figured I'd respond even though it was on the other side of town. Text pager goes off as I'm walking out the door stating "Male Age 50 Abdominal Pain ALOC" but no other details.
I get on-scene and see the gurney already coming out the door, so they're obviously doing a load and go. PT is conscious but definitely ALOC. I help, but the full weekend crew's there, so I end up getting O2 set-up in the rig. One of the CAPTAINS jumps in the front seat to drive, which again makes me think "Oh @#$%."
It isn't until the siren's fading in the distance that I find out what the guy took. He had apparently decided to drink the contents of...
TWO INSTANT ICE PACKS
Yup, the goold old ammonium nitrate-filled kind.
I'm gonna try to see if I can get some more info from the folks on the transport when I see them, see what the ER had to say.
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