Most Embarrassing Moment in EMS
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My most embarrassing call
I responded to a chest pain call to one of the local dialysis centers. U/A found a 56 yo f c/o chestpain shortness of breath. She was very pale diaphoretic and per the staff had been unresponsive for a short period of time.
As I was talking trying to gather her LOC i asked her what day it was!
She looked at me and then the nurses and said omg they sent me a darned paramedic that dont even know what day it is! I was redfaced and everyone else was laughing .
I responded to a chest pain call to one of the local dialysis centers. U/A found a 56 yo f c/o chestpain shortness of breath. She was very pale diaphoretic and per the staff had been unresponsive for a short period of time.
As I was talking trying to gather her LOC i asked her what day it was!
She looked at me and then the nurses and said omg they sent me a darned paramedic that dont even know what day it is! I was redfaced and everyone else was laughing .
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My pants split open as I bent down to help a patient on Saturday night. A few months ago, the right leg split open. This time it was the LEFT leg that split open, wide enough to reveal my oh-so-sexy South Park boxers.
Great.
Thank god my girlfriend was awake when I got home and was willing to sew my pants back together.
Great.
Thank god my girlfriend was awake when I got home and was willing to sew my pants back together.
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Those are good ones!
Once we got called to take a lady home who had an appointment with the wheelchair van, but the van was too busy.
We get there, cart the cot into the double hospital room, and explain that we'll only be charging for the wheelchair transport fee. This lady was a sassy one, and doing the transports all day gets old, so I tried to spice it up a bit.
I was trying to show her how to get into the cot, and told her I wanted to see her 1..2.. step. Then I started doing
Let me see you 1,2 step
I love it when you 1,2 step
Everybody 1,2 step
We about to get it on
She had no clue, but she started moving her legs.. it went on for a while. I then got her on the cot and she asked for a blanket. I said "Who the heck do you think we are? AM- (that national EMS service)? She laughed again.
I went to cart her out into the hall when I realized half the floor's nurses were behind the curtain laughing at me.
At least I had fun!
Once we got called to take a lady home who had an appointment with the wheelchair van, but the van was too busy.
We get there, cart the cot into the double hospital room, and explain that we'll only be charging for the wheelchair transport fee. This lady was a sassy one, and doing the transports all day gets old, so I tried to spice it up a bit.
I was trying to show her how to get into the cot, and told her I wanted to see her 1..2.. step. Then I started doing
Let me see you 1,2 step
I love it when you 1,2 step
Everybody 1,2 step
We about to get it on
She had no clue, but she started moving her legs.. it went on for a while. I then got her on the cot and she asked for a blanket. I said "Who the heck do you think we are? AM- (that national EMS service)? She laughed again.
I went to cart her out into the hall when I realized half the floor's nurses were behind the curtain laughing at me.
At least I had fun!
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MMiz said:
You need to take your ativan.
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MMiz said:
Mmiz, you probably made that woman's week.
And Jon, LOL
Oopsies!
Well I was on my typical night shift on the BLS with my crew tonight. I just got back to college and everyone is just getting to know me real well...
well...somebody did that night lol - so we were driving back from dinner and one of the higher ranked members was driving behind us on an empty road, so the guys in the rig tell me "moon him moon him! hes riding our *** do it!"
so what do i do?, i turn all the lights off, pull my pants down to my ankles and the driver says "ok hold im im turning in somewhere, hes going to follow...wait for it, and when i say go, open the door and turn the lights on!!
so for some reason...i agree..
Well no one told me we were turning into the municipal lot...and as we turn all the lights on, me bending over wiht my BDU's to my ankles, and trying to grab a hold of something because the other EMT opend the door...we realize that the police chief was driving past watching the entire thing...
SO!
here's the police chief, driving away from his office in the municipal lot...and passes a bus, moving at 25 mph, with the doors wide open...and then, this big white *** hanging out watchin an EMT struggling to pull up his BDU's.
Yeah I'll catch :censored::censored::censored::censored: for it tomorrow.... lol oops?
Nothing is better than having a little fun and boosting morale with your crew - just as long as the general public doesnt see...but hm...chief of police count as GP?
I guess i'll find out tomorrow, wish me luck!
Well I was on my typical night shift on the BLS with my crew tonight. I just got back to college and everyone is just getting to know me real well...
well...somebody did that night lol - so we were driving back from dinner and one of the higher ranked members was driving behind us on an empty road, so the guys in the rig tell me "moon him moon him! hes riding our *** do it!"
so what do i do?, i turn all the lights off, pull my pants down to my ankles and the driver says "ok hold im im turning in somewhere, hes going to follow...wait for it, and when i say go, open the door and turn the lights on!!
so for some reason...i agree..
Well no one told me we were turning into the municipal lot...and as we turn all the lights on, me bending over wiht my BDU's to my ankles, and trying to grab a hold of something because the other EMT opend the door...we realize that the police chief was driving past watching the entire thing...
SO!
here's the police chief, driving away from his office in the municipal lot...and passes a bus, moving at 25 mph, with the doors wide open...and then, this big white *** hanging out watchin an EMT struggling to pull up his BDU's.
Yeah I'll catch :censored::censored::censored::censored: for it tomorrow.... lol oops?
Nothing is better than having a little fun and boosting morale with your crew - just as long as the general public doesnt see...but hm...chief of police count as GP?
I guess i'll find out tomorrow, wish me luck!
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Nah, you just need some Vitamin F....MMiz said:
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It was near midnight at the scene of a multi-vehicle MVA (flatbed full of rolled steel vs. station wagon). Multiple stations had been dispatched, but there really wasn't a whole lot to do until the coroner arrived. We were standing by the engine when my Lt. pointed out an older, white haired woman standing near the carnage that was the driver of the wagon. She was dressed in a blue windbreaker and snooping around the scene. "Tell her to beat it, dude; tell her to go home and read about it in the paper tomorrow morning" It was hardly my first experience with Lookie-Loos, but, being new to this jurisdiction, I was amazed at her audacity. I approached her out of the dark amid the still-smoldering debris and cleared my throat. "Ma'am, you need to get back a bit please, this is no place for you". She turned and glared at me; piercing blue eyes, white hair, about 70 or so years old. "I will not leave, young man; mind your own business!" This woman was really a piece of work!! "Uh, Ma'am?...You really need to step back behind that Highway Patrol car or we'll have to have the sheriff's deputies remove you" Her look shot through me like an arrow; "Young man, I'll have you know that I've been filling body bags since you've been filling diapers and as long as the voters keep re-electing me I plan to do so!!" I looked back at the engine, only to see the crew convulsed in laughter over the fenders and step-bumper. I knew I had been "had" in a major way, and returned to the truck with a glowing red face from my "introduction" to the chief coroner for the county :blush:. It was many years and many scenes ago, but we still laugh about it today.
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Tincanfireman,
Great story and welcome to the community! I hope you stick around a while and continue to post.
Take care,
Great story and welcome to the community! I hope you stick around a while and continue to post.
Take care,
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Ok, so this was not particularly embarrassing for me and my partner, but the pt. and Campus Safety officer sure were.
About 5am on my 19th birthday, we get a call to a girl who is not feeling well. (It was one of the rare occassions where the pt. was actually sober.) When we get there, she asks us if we can take her temperature because, being the responsible 22 y.o. she was, she didn't have one. When we told her that we could not and that she would, instead, have to go to the Health Center, the Campus Saftey officer piped up, saying "Oh, I thought you guys could do that."
Moral of the story: As much cleaning up we do after stupid drunks while on scene, we are not your parents and neither have the time (or sleep in this case) to coddle you. :blink:
About 5am on my 19th birthday, we get a call to a girl who is not feeling well. (It was one of the rare occassions where the pt. was actually sober.) When we get there, she asks us if we can take her temperature because, being the responsible 22 y.o. she was, she didn't have one. When we told her that we could not and that she would, instead, have to go to the Health Center, the Campus Saftey officer piped up, saying "Oh, I thought you guys could do that."
Moral of the story: As much cleaning up we do after stupid drunks while on scene, we are not your parents and neither have the time (or sleep in this case) to coddle you. :blink: