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Today, while at work, I committed the ultimate EMS sin.

After a busy day of running some good calls, I was told I was moving on to the next to last phase in the out of state paramedic certification process, evaluation. I was feeling pretty good. It's was 1745, and I had one more quick chart to write. Our shift ended at 1900, and the next crew was set to relieve us at 1830. I was about to start my 4 days off. I looked up at my FTO and said, "This is great. I'm gonna get home on time tonight."

He looked at me incredulously. "Did you really just say that?"

"Oh damn," I replied. "I didn't mean to..."

I was interrupted by the tones and the dispatcher sending us to a chest pain call. My FTO was making snide comments about how his kids couldn't remember what their daddy looked like and how he hoped I was happy that I cursed us.

We marked on scene for the chest pain and it turned out to be non cardiac, a total BLS call. I was working on convincing the patient that she should go to the hospital when our tones dropped again. This time for an unresponsive.

We left the other medic to finish the paperwork, while we hopped in the fire department ambulance with the second set of ALS gear from our medic truck. As we were loading up, the dispatcher advised "CPR in progress."

More dirty looks from the FTO ensued and yeah, it was a code. PEA. No ROSC to be had, but we transported it, and the doc called it at about 1910.

Now, I'm two reports down, one of them a code... plus an full intubation packet to fill out.

I learned my lesson.

If I think I'm gonna get out early, I'm gonna keep it to myself!
 
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it probably wouldnt have changed a thing my girlfriend always asks me when she calls are we the four letter b word or the 5 letter Q word and i always tell her shhh. You take the good with the bad and live and learn. and good luck with the rest of your medic cert
 
Weird, everytime I try to jinx us, it never works :P

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The busy/quiet jinx never works for me, but every time my girlfriend is on her way to the station, or even just talks about coming to the station, we catch a fire :P
 
We don't believe in the jinx either, but it's funny how things happen, isn't it?


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fast65 said:
Weird, everytime I try to jinx us, it never works :P

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Jinxing doesn't work when done intentionally.
 
I don't believe in jinx's but I do believe in the law of averages.
 
johnrsemt said:
I wish jinxing worked.

we try it every day
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We have some calls down here you can have.

I try reverse jinxing everyday "MAN i hope its BUSY!" That doesnt work either.

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Sasha said:
We have some calls down here you can have.

I try reverse jinxing everyday "MAN i hope its BUSY!" That doesnt work either.
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Maybe because you're trying to reverse jinx is why it isn't working?

I used the q word the other day around my partner, and she threw the tv remote at my head.
 
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katgrl2003 said:
I used the q word the other day around my partner, and she threw the tv remote at my head.
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That explains a lot you know ....
 
Well, I was a freshly graduate EMT-B and went to our medical director to take protocol test. After passing the written, they wanted me to participate in five runs as "third" person in the back and submit an abbreviated PCR to them for review.

Well, my rural volunteer ambulance was going through a dry spell at the time. I went to the busiest station around to get four calls and it took me three shifts there (at the busy station) to get those calls.
 
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