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Ruh roh. Someone might have a big bleed....or just be a benzo lightweight.
first call of the day is...
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Abdominal pain. Working for a place far from the hospital and fentanyl was only helping a bit, so it was a loud ride.
What did I miss?!
DesertMedic66
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That day was crazy. Also had one of our brand new medics call in for RSO as they were transporting because the patients friend became combative in the back of the unit.
Stupid I pad send the message before i could finish. Apologies.
Young guy 21 surfer, most likely a great white took his leg from above the knee and a sizable chunk out of the right leg. Close call, kid nearly bled out but we managed go get him to a facility in time and he's doing well
Young guy 21 surfer, most likely a great white took his leg from above the knee and a sizable chunk out of the right leg. Close call, kid nearly bled out but we managed go get him to a facility in time and he's doing well
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Every time I go into the ocean I feel like I have joined the food chain. Never get that feeling when walking in a forest.
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Diabetic refusal (he treated himself) in the northern end of our district. And then to a 15 foot fall from ladder to driveway. Did not end well.
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first 24 hours shift
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second 24 hour shift
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-diabetic issue
second 24 hour shift
-suicidal ideations
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This was about a week or so ago but....Full arrest, CPR in progress, by an LAFD dual medic ambulance. Address was reported as the cross streets of the freeway and a main road, that was about a block away from the city line....on the LA County line, opposite side of town from the LA City line. Definitely not a usual call lol, but before we get on scene we get cancelled because they're transporting, but we see one of their BLS ambulances still on scene as we drive by a few minutes later with a bunch of Sheriffs Deputies. (We have our own PD). This was all about 2 blocks from the main hospital in that part of town btw so we figure they were in the area clearing a call but a little unsure how they got the call in the first place, but we continue about our day.
About an hour or so later while enroute to the hospital with an unrelated call, they tone out a STEMI transfer from that hospital. Well we get there and our patient goes into the bed right next to the STEMI patient so we cancel the dispatched ambulance since we're on scene already..turns out the STEMI patient is the full arrest patient from earlier. So we take the STEMI downtown to the Cath Lab, and afterwards, as we're cleaning up the rig getting ready to go back available, that same initial Rescue shows up! So we take a bit of time and ask them what on earth happened. Turns out, they "Still Alarmed" the call (happen across it by chance). As they were driving down the hill, they saw a van pull over and stop next to a bicyclist on the ground, so they called it in figuring it was an auto vs. ped, but the van driver said they merely saw the guy just up and fall off his bike out of no where, and lo and behold, he was in cardiac arrest, so we were initially dispatched for manpower but coincidentally, the BLS ambulance out of their station was close enough that when they heard the call they responded (you know what? I just realized typing it out that it *almost* sounds like LAFD Buffed a call from us lol), and with ROSC and the hospital so close the medics took their BLS guys and transported immediately rather than wait for us (not that I can blame them for this call).
About an hour or so later while enroute to the hospital with an unrelated call, they tone out a STEMI transfer from that hospital. Well we get there and our patient goes into the bed right next to the STEMI patient so we cancel the dispatched ambulance since we're on scene already..turns out the STEMI patient is the full arrest patient from earlier. So we take the STEMI downtown to the Cath Lab, and afterwards, as we're cleaning up the rig getting ready to go back available, that same initial Rescue shows up! So we take a bit of time and ask them what on earth happened. Turns out, they "Still Alarmed" the call (happen across it by chance). As they were driving down the hill, they saw a van pull over and stop next to a bicyclist on the ground, so they called it in figuring it was an auto vs. ped, but the van driver said they merely saw the guy just up and fall off his bike out of no where, and lo and behold, he was in cardiac arrest, so we were initially dispatched for manpower but coincidentally, the BLS ambulance out of their station was close enough that when they heard the call they responded (you know what? I just realized typing it out that it *almost* sounds like LAFD Buffed a call from us lol), and with ROSC and the hospital so close the medics took their BLS guys and transported immediately rather than wait for us (not that I can blame them for this call).
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Teenage girl called out as seizure. Get there and she is shaking and hyperventilating. Numbness/tingling, muscle spasms. No actual seizure described before we got there. Looked a lot like a typical anxiety attack, but gut was saying something else may be going on. Pt had been swimming in one of our nasty lakes yesterday and woke up with a HA, so went to children's hospital to be safe. Could not coach her breathing down at all. 10min from hospital she had a grand-mal seizure.
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Your gonna regret saying that12 and a half hours in.... We had a cancel as soon as we started our unit, haven't turned wheels yet
Nah, I took an uninterrupted 4 hour nap earlier.. I'm good.
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Guy locks keys in car. What did he do? Use his fist to break the window, of course. This results in a much more expensive trip to the ED, rather than calling a locksmith, calling a cab, calling an uber, calling a friend, walking home, etc.
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Yesterday it was a pt going in for heart cath
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First call of the day, second day of internship, was a GSW to the head, chest, and arm that got flown out.
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I think yesterday my 1st patient had a skin rash... last patient had a migraine. The 16 patients in between? Rash, cellulitis, foreign embedded object (glass in foot), the usual stuff.
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New job, eh?
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Convoy Ops out here in the desert (I'm on my Army Reserve Annual Training). Even though the route was supposed to stay on paved roads the entire time, during the return trip, after passing another unit that was set up alongside the only paved road in the desert for miles around, the convoy commander got convinced we were lost, apparently simply because they werent there that morning). Instead of stopping to do a map check he more or less said, "I think we're supposed to go that-a way!" And took off down a dirt road. Didn't even stop when the dirt road ended aND we were literally just driving out in the middle of the desert, until we managed to more or less blindly stumble into another units assembly area that just so happened to be (relatively speaking) next to ours....-_-