Longest Call?

[MMiz]

What was your longest call and why?

My longest call was about two years ago. We recieved a non-emergency call for an elderly man who needed transport to the hospital because he was feeling ill. It was about 2 AM, and I ended up following my GPS to the call instead of using my common sense. What should had been a 20 minute response time ended up being close to 45 minutes.

ATF ~60 male on bed AOx2. Pt was extremely diaphoretic and moaning. I can't remember vitals, but pt was short of breath and tachicardic. Vitals monitored, pt assessed, and placed on O2. The problem was that my partner and I couldn't find a way to get him down the stairs. My partner didn't feel comfortable using the stair chair on this 200lb guy, and the city didn't have a fire department. Unfortunately our EMS service was low on units and didn't want to send someone way out of our service area for this call. Eventually four fire fighters showed up, even though they had been recently booted from their jobs when the city decided to end its fire service (let that be a lesson to everyone).

Our transport time to the hospital was about 10 minutes, and I'd say our on-scene time was around 1-2 hours. It wasn't good

 

[TTLWHKR]

A local had a car accident in Northern Alaska... Four members of his family were killed. He was hospitalized there for three months, and required constant oxygen. They were unable to fly him due to oxygen, but mainly financial problems. It's one thing to use an Ambulance Plane, but that wasn't possible from Alaska back to Pennsylvania.. We had an oxygen generator installed, picked him up and drove him home.

No, I'm mistaken, it's four days to California, seven to Alaska three out, four back while loaded.

 

[Jon]

12 hour round trip to Johns hopkins for a knee replacement discharge (and traffic).

 

[Stevo]

wacker, your saying you spent 4 days in a rig with a patient?

how did you pull off meals/rooms

~S~

 

[ILemt]

I know its an old thread but anyway...

Twelve hour transfer to Chicago and back. Took several hours to sign the patient over.

 

[johnrsemt]

13hrs to Ashland WI, from Indianapolis.
13 hrs to Duluth MN to pick up pt to take back to Indianapolis

 

[johnrsemt]

9hr standby for swat/hostage situation

 

[KEVD18]

you've got to be kidding me! almost two and a half years this ones been dead, and it isnt really interesting to begin with....

 

[CFRBryan347768]

Baracade in a house. Cops took their saweeeeet time=D 3 hours.

Wow didnt realize how dead this thread was? Who dug it up LOL?

 

[KEVD18]

that would be ILemt whos 15th performance on this board was this stunning removal of this thread from the depths of the darkest hole the archives have....

 

[Hastings]

Well, while it's here...

MVA. 10 minute wait on arrival until FD. 45 minute extrication. 20 minute helicopter prep. 30 minute de-con.

 

[MMiz]

This thread is more than two years old. Lets let it rest, and you can start a new one if you'd like.