mm505
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Now, I'm sure we have told rookies some stories that made them look strangely at you. Well, I told this one to a couple of them and they couldn't believe it:
One day, we got a call to Techwood Homes (a rather rough section of town) on a report of person down and we were responding without Fire as they were working a structure fire at the time. Well, it was at the far end of our zone and took us a while to get there. When we rolled up on the scene, we noticed it was a 7 story apartment building.
I got on the radio and asked dispatch "Do you have a floor and apartment number?" She radioed back "Apartment 703 on the 7th floor".
Great, I thought. Well, lets grab everything (stretcher, jump box, IV box, drug box, defib & O2) and head on up the elevator. We get inside and notice the door to the elevator is broken off and it's half way down the shaft. My partner and I look at each other and then to the stairwell. I get on my portable and call back to dispatch and ask "Is Fire still not available?" and I get the same answer "No".
My partner and I put everything on the stretcher and hump it up 7 flights of stairs. We open the door and notice that the closest apartment number is 755! We are on the wrong side of the building, but we are able to make it all the way to the other side.
We get to apartment 703 and notice that the door is partially open, but the security chain is stopping the door from being open. I look through the gap and can see a man laying on the floor. I start yelling at him as well as banging on the partially open door, but he doesn't respond. My partner gets on the radio and asks "Can you get PD here? We can't get in the door!" Radio comes back and says they have an ETA of 10 minutes! Crikes!
I look at my partner and he looks at me and we agree the door has to be broken down to get to the patient. He hits it once and about separates his shoulder in the process! I hit it once and it jars my whole body. After the both of us hitting it, the chain finally gives and we get in!
I run over to the patient who is lying there, he is very obese, open sores on his lips and drool out the side. I very carefully take my finger and feel for a carotid pulse. I get nothing. He is not breathing as there is no chest rising. I take a deep breath, bend down and speak into his ear and say:
"You going to die, sucker, cause we are leaving!"
We call the code, pack up our equipment and make our way back down the stairs.
The looks in the eyes of the rookies is a priceless as a MasterCard moment!
One day, we got a call to Techwood Homes (a rather rough section of town) on a report of person down and we were responding without Fire as they were working a structure fire at the time. Well, it was at the far end of our zone and took us a while to get there. When we rolled up on the scene, we noticed it was a 7 story apartment building.
I got on the radio and asked dispatch "Do you have a floor and apartment number?" She radioed back "Apartment 703 on the 7th floor".
Great, I thought. Well, lets grab everything (stretcher, jump box, IV box, drug box, defib & O2) and head on up the elevator. We get inside and notice the door to the elevator is broken off and it's half way down the shaft. My partner and I look at each other and then to the stairwell. I get on my portable and call back to dispatch and ask "Is Fire still not available?" and I get the same answer "No".
My partner and I put everything on the stretcher and hump it up 7 flights of stairs. We open the door and notice that the closest apartment number is 755! We are on the wrong side of the building, but we are able to make it all the way to the other side.
We get to apartment 703 and notice that the door is partially open, but the security chain is stopping the door from being open. I look through the gap and can see a man laying on the floor. I start yelling at him as well as banging on the partially open door, but he doesn't respond. My partner gets on the radio and asks "Can you get PD here? We can't get in the door!" Radio comes back and says they have an ETA of 10 minutes! Crikes!
I look at my partner and he looks at me and we agree the door has to be broken down to get to the patient. He hits it once and about separates his shoulder in the process! I hit it once and it jars my whole body. After the both of us hitting it, the chain finally gives and we get in!
I run over to the patient who is lying there, he is very obese, open sores on his lips and drool out the side. I very carefully take my finger and feel for a carotid pulse. I get nothing. He is not breathing as there is no chest rising. I take a deep breath, bend down and speak into his ear and say:
"You going to die, sucker, cause we are leaving!"
We call the code, pack up our equipment and make our way back down the stairs.
The looks in the eyes of the rookies is a priceless as a MasterCard moment!
