paramedichopeful
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Ok, so this morning I went down to the station to ask my instructor some questions about my class material. I got there at around 7 and went inside to see what was up. He showed up around 7:30 and we sat down and went over the class material that I was having trouble with. By the time we got done it was almost 9. I decided to hang around for a little bit and catch up on the latest news around town. So here I am sitting here drinking coffee and gabbing with the Medics and the director when the tones drop. It's a BLS transfer. No emergency. So the director goes, "Take the Braun SCXL and take the schoolboy here with you. I was shocked- me, a student, getting to go on an interstate transfer to Barnes-Jewish in STL. Anyway, 2 Medics went and pulled out the rig and I did a quick check before I hopped in the back and said, "Let's roll". We went to the sending hospital and got our pt., got the info, and took off. I called shotgun for the trip down there, and I had my laptop out doing stuff for class, taking notes for school, etc. etc. We get down by Litchfield, ILL on the Interstate and things went to hell in about 5 secs.
Pulseox drops like a dead cow, BP goes waaaayyyy down, and monitor starts freaking out. I slid back into the back to see if I could be of assistance. The Driving Medic snatches the radio and asks for assistance if any is available. He sets up a rendezvous and we pick up an EMT-I about 5 mile down the road. The EMT drives while the 2 Medics work on getting the pt. stabalized; I go back up front as it is too crowded in the back. ISP (Illinois State Police) gave us an escort unit, a Ford expedition with command package. He came on the radio and said dispatch put him on the road to clear a path for us.
So anyway I am up front with the EMT, and the 2 Medics are in the back. The ISP unit is in front of us with l/s, as it went to a priority 1 when the :censored::censored::censored::censored: hit the fan. We are in the left lane of the interstate, and the other vehicles on the road were trying to get into the right lane to get out of the cop's (and our) way. We were now doing about 75 in the left lane; things were clear for about 2 mile out. It was fine until all of a sudden some inattentive tramp in her big SUV swerves out in front of us. My heart stopped instantly when that big black tahoe jumped out in front of us. Scared the hell outta me! The EMT starts slowing down, while I'm laying on the squawker trying to get her attention. When she finally does figure it out, she does this little number and jumps over into the median, almost spinning out in the process. I'm sitting over there going, "OMG. We just missed death. She almost got killed. Holy crap." Then here comes the state cop on the radio, asking what in the hell happened. We told hi mwhat happened and he siad he would get another ISP unit out there to bust her ***. Sure enough. When we get to the hospital and go in to drop the pt., he gives us details about how another unit came on scene to deal with the grim reaper in an SUV. Apparently she was texting, saw the ISP unit, got over, then got back into our lane after he passed her and didn't see us until I laid on the squawker. Just goes to show you how many morons there are out there with license to drive (i mean kill). Also, wear those seatbelts!!! An unrestrained Medic becomes projectile in the event of a sudden stop or crash. Thank God for safety nets or we woulda been treating 1 of our own today. Stay safe out there; you never know when some idiot is goign to miss out on seeing flaming red lights and squawling sirens of death and pull out in front of you.
Pulseox drops like a dead cow, BP goes waaaayyyy down, and monitor starts freaking out. I slid back into the back to see if I could be of assistance. The Driving Medic snatches the radio and asks for assistance if any is available. He sets up a rendezvous and we pick up an EMT-I about 5 mile down the road. The EMT drives while the 2 Medics work on getting the pt. stabalized; I go back up front as it is too crowded in the back. ISP (Illinois State Police) gave us an escort unit, a Ford expedition with command package. He came on the radio and said dispatch put him on the road to clear a path for us.
So anyway I am up front with the EMT, and the 2 Medics are in the back. The ISP unit is in front of us with l/s, as it went to a priority 1 when the :censored::censored::censored::censored: hit the fan. We are in the left lane of the interstate, and the other vehicles on the road were trying to get into the right lane to get out of the cop's (and our) way. We were now doing about 75 in the left lane; things were clear for about 2 mile out. It was fine until all of a sudden some inattentive tramp in her big SUV swerves out in front of us. My heart stopped instantly when that big black tahoe jumped out in front of us. Scared the hell outta me! The EMT starts slowing down, while I'm laying on the squawker trying to get her attention. When she finally does figure it out, she does this little number and jumps over into the median, almost spinning out in the process. I'm sitting over there going, "OMG. We just missed death. She almost got killed. Holy crap." Then here comes the state cop on the radio, asking what in the hell happened. We told hi mwhat happened and he siad he would get another ISP unit out there to bust her ***. Sure enough. When we get to the hospital and go in to drop the pt., he gives us details about how another unit came on scene to deal with the grim reaper in an SUV. Apparently she was texting, saw the ISP unit, got over, then got back into our lane after he passed her and didn't see us until I laid on the squawker. Just goes to show you how many morons there are out there with license to drive (i mean kill). Also, wear those seatbelts!!! An unrestrained Medic becomes projectile in the event of a sudden stop or crash. Thank God for safety nets or we woulda been treating 1 of our own today. Stay safe out there; you never know when some idiot is goign to miss out on seeing flaming red lights and squawling sirens of death and pull out in front of you.
