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This thread is for all those calls we get in the wee hours of the morning, just around the same time we get comfy and just fall asleep or are already sawing a log. When we get to the call we say to ourselves "Really?, You woke me up and made me get out of my warm bed for this?". This is a place...

Ok, I know teens are always trying different things to get high like snorting Smarties. I recently went to a unconcious/unresponsive and they were smoking potpourri(the pt was a faker but thats a whole different thread). My question is has anyone else come upon this, and what is potpourri...

While taking a shower this morning I was cleaning my navel when I noticed blood., I cleaned it and it's a bit sore., If anybody has suggestions why this is happening it would be great., Thanks

I've had plenty of visits to the jail for a prisoner thinking they can be set free by faking a medical problem when in the long run their wrong., I'm very curious to hear your stories to the jail featuring would be oscar or razzie nominations., I would also like to say that I know there are...

Everyone has their fair share of these types of pts., So let me hear what you got, vent your frustrations to me instead of doing what your thinking next time you see your "favorite" pt., I'll break the ice, afew weeks ago, i had this pt at the jail, c/c asthma attack, pulled up same time as...

Is anyone else besides myself getting really sick(more than usual) of the IFT company their working for?

I was pulling a 6p-6a shift at my squad., It was pretty quiet so we got some chow, and as soon as we finish, we get called to a residence for a "SICKNESS"., We get on scene, I grab the oxygen and jump bag getting ready to go in, when my partner stops me and points out the pt walking to our rig...

Has anyone had any interesting psychiatric pt's lately?

I'm on combination fire dept., and we're kinda at war with each other., I know it's stupid and sad but the fact is I know that my department isn't the only one., The main problem besides the paid chief switching the mutual aid line up (that pissed off our neighboring township districts), is...

Before I share some of the people that I had to pull a shift with, I would like to hear your personal horror stories., Just curious if they were just as nasty/nastier than the ones I had.

Had a call last week that confirm my theories that most of our dispatchers have the same IQ of a gerbil., My partner and I were up in Morristown doing a transfer., Went smoothly Pt/family were cool, cleared up and dispatch asks if we know how to get to the base in south Jersey.(red flag #1, We...