Guilty Pleasures on Duty.

Haha, my buddy will give my number to cute nurses, so I don't mind that
 
Remi said:
Fill the AC vents with baby powder

Turn the sirens and lights on and put the radio at full blast

Suspend the stretcher from the ambulance ceiling with straps

Rub the forehead area of the flight helmet with black shoe polish

Remove their (XL) flight helmet from their bag and replace it with a small one

Remove their (XL) flight suit from its hanger and replace it with a small one

Wake them up at 2am, tell them "we have a flight, I'll be right out there"

Give your partner's phone number to everyone you meet

Cover the steering wheel with KY

Put a note in the drug pack where the sux is supposed to be, telling them where else in the pack to find it. When they look there, make sure they find another note giving them another location to look.

Replace the 10cc and 20cc syringes in the RSI kit with 3cc syringes.

I could go on and on, but I've probly already said too much.
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I hope to god you're not serious.
 
Handsome Robb said:
I hope to god you're not serious.
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Well, these certainly aren't all everyday occurrences.

But if we're talking about pranks, sure, you only live once.
 
Back in the day, defib gel on the windshield wipers was a common occurrence, along with powder in the vents.
 
DEmedic said:
Back in the day, defib gel on the windshield wipers was a common occurrence, along with powder in the vents.
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Ha ha, forgot about that one....
 
Before they got all tight because of the shortage a liter bag taped to the top of the wheel with the tubing running up into the cab and pointed at one of the seats. Free shower!!
 
Handsome Robb said:
Before they got all tight because of the shortage a liter bag taped to the top of the wheel with the tubing running up into the cab and pointed at one of the seats. Free shower!!
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I used to rig it up on the bunk bed so that when they laid on the mattress, they would get a little squirt on their head
 
Remi said:
Fill the AC vents with baby powder

Turn the sirens and lights on and put the radio at full blast

Suspend the stretcher from the ambulance ceiling with straps

Rub the forehead area of the flight helmet with black shoe polish

Remove their (XL) flight helmet from their bag and replace it with a small one

Remove their (XL) flight suit from its hanger and replace it with a small one

Wake them up at 2am, tell them "we have a flight, I'll be right out there"

Give your partner's phone number to everyone you meet

Cover the steering wheel with KY

Put a note in the drug pack where the sux is supposed to be, telling them where else in the pack to find it. When they look there, make sure they find another note giving them another location to look.

Replace the 10cc and 20cc syringes in the RSI kit with 3cc syringes.

I could go on and on, but I've probly already said too much.
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Handsome Robb said:
I hope to god you're not serious.
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I concur w/ Robb. If any of these resulted in a delayed response, corrective action would be issued, harshly.
 
I will say I'm guilty of hanging the stretcher. We always left the back doors and side doors open so the "open compartment" light with flash in the cab and they'd usually notice on their way out and it's about a 10 second fix.

If someone put shoe polish in my extrication helmet I'd be an angry panda. The KY jelly is what caused me to turn down the arrest. It was literally everywhere. Steering wheel, gear shift, radio, switches, monitor, radio handset in the back, every door handle.

I had someone tape smelling salts to my brake pedal and color the tape black. I wasn't amused by that either seeing as they didn't pop until we were coming off the freeway code.
 
I thought sux was supposed to be kept refrigerated?

Deep poopoo would happen here if you messed with meds. Otherwise not so much.

We had a spate of jellying when I drove the detox van, people would take jelly packets from the hospital, open em, and then stick them subtly under the windshield wipers.
 
We do the lights and sirens on trick. Also when we used to use the foam head beads, we'd stick them on tires, all quick and easy fixes. KY can be fun, but only one one thing, not F****** everywhere!!!
 
I once went to Goodwill and bought the creepiest looking portrait I could find, then spent a few weeks entertaining myself by hiding in various places around the base where people would look at it unexpectedly.
 
KY on the locking bar handle is good. They take in a patient, come back to load their up their empty cot, then freeze in horror..."I don't remember that patient leaking, do you?"

I've had someone turn on my lights without me noticing. Start the truck up, drive off, then wonder why everyone is pulling over. "Gee, they're polite in this town!"
 
KY on the locking bar handle is good. They take in a patient, come back to load their up their empty cot, then freeze in horror..."I don't remember that patient leaking, do you?"

I've had someone turn on my lights without me noticing. Start the truck up, drive off, then wonder why everyone is pulling over. "Gee, they're polite in this town!"
 
Remi said:
Fill the AC vents with baby powder

Turn the sirens and lights on and put the radio at full blast

Suspend the stretcher from the ambulance ceiling with straps

Rub the forehead area of the flight helmet with black shoe polish

Remove their (XL) flight helmet from their bag and replace it with a small one

Remove their (XL) flight suit from its hanger and replace it with a small one

Wake them up at 2am, tell them "we have a flight, I'll be right out there"

Give your partner's phone number to everyone you meet

Cover the steering wheel with KY

Put a note in the drug pack where the sux is supposed to be, telling them where else in the pack to find it. When they look there, make sure they find another note giving them another location to look.

Replace the 10cc and 20cc syringes in the RSI kit with 3cc syringes.

I could go on and on, but I've probly already said too much.
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Gear has always been off limits, always. I'm concerned for the safety culture of your flight program where messing with someone's helmet is considered funny.

Your RSI kit antics aren't funny at all and can result in harm to the patient.
 
In the center we all have a few guilty pleasures:
-Books and TV
-Playing Cards Against Humanity in down periods.
-Throwing Paper Airplanes, foam balls, sauce packets
-Learning how to discreetly repeat everything in the ridiculous call you're taking out loud, so everyone in the room can hear it and enjoy.
 
I'll take a nap and go play "big spoon / little spoon " with my nurses.
 
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