lightsandsirens5
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Christmas day???????? :wacko:
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Christmas day???????? :wacko:
mycrofft
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One of us posted a while ago about working in Canadian outback.
Wonder how he is doing?
Wonder how he is doing?
DesertMedic66
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Yeah. In a response area of 5,000 square miles we hardly ever get a slow day for 911 calls.
Anjel
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Just got dispatched to assist a unit.
Dispatched: priority 3 for an unresponsive pt.
In the notes
"per rn pt is on NRB at 5l"
"non emergent response requested"
"Dr wants ct scan"
Dispatched: priority 3 for an unresponsive pt.
In the notes
"per rn pt is on NRB at 5l"
"non emergent response requested"
"Dr wants ct scan"
fast65
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I guess we were lucky, made it through the holiday without a single arrest, MVC, or any other sort of tragedy.
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Several things do not compute here!
Anjel
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Lol I know.
We ended up canceled. The pt quit breathing, and they managed to get them in the truck before we got there.
Deaths due to natural and accidental causes are highest during Christmas through New Years.
Emphasis mine. I can see how this totally justified the request for a non-emergency response! Though I guess you were just coming in for a lift assist for the other crew?
Anjel
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Yea the pt weighed 465
Ah. That's pushing it. I might have called for a bariatric truck. Of course, when the patient then stopped breathing while I was waiting for them to show up, I would probably have done whatever was necessary to get him or her to the hospital.
Fortunately, we have a good relationship with the local fire departments, and they're always willing to help out on the rare occasion where we really can't get the patient moved ourselves.
NomadicMedic
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Third day shift... third code.
I can go weeks without an arrest and then to have three in a row. Starnge.
Worst part is, the last two were at the end of the shift, so I had to stay late for paperwork.
I can go weeks without an arrest and then to have three in a row. Starnge.
Worst part is, the last two were at the end of the shift, so I had to stay late for paperwork.
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Third day shift... third code.
I can go weeks without an arrest and then to have three in a row. Starnge.
Worst part is, the last two were at the end of the shift, so I had to stay late for paperwork.
Lo siento! That's no fun.
On a brighter note, who cleared FTO time today? This guy!
Well pending approval from the ops manager but seeing as my FTO is a supervisor as well I don't foresee any problems. *knocks on wood*- 9,736
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Yea they quit breathing because the RN suffocated them with a NRB at 5 lpm...
NomadicMedic
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On a brighter note, who cleared FTO time today? This guy!
Congrats! I hope your next shifts are not as "entertaining" as mine have been.
Anjel
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That might of had something to do with it
what do they teach these people in nursing home school.
Anjel
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The last 4 days were pretty uneventful, only nastiness we had on christmas was a neonate transfer for a premie with fetal alcohol syndrome
but the neonate team did everything, I just drove. Other than that nothing special, 10 calls in 12 hours today, 8 of which were AMAs, all BLS/ILS so I was buried up to my neck in paperwork, 1 obvious death, and 1 guy in textbook DKA, we stuck him 6 times including an EJ attempt and still couldn't get a line
I almost drilled his leg but we were only 3-4 minutes out at the point so we decided against it. People IV heroine use is not conducive to allowing people to try and help you when something bad happens!
abckidsmom
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Lo siento! That's no fun.
On a brighter note, who cleared FTO time today? This guy!
Are you still a medic student or did you finish class? Do you need to update your certs in the little sidebar thing?
Excellent news, regardless!
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Still a student, I've got my final then 6 months of clinicals and internship left, graduation is in June, then my FTO for medic when a FT spot opens up.
I cleared my FTO for my Intermediate spot at the local 911 agency
no more 3rd seat for me!