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shfd739 said:
After 7 months of having a winch on my Land Cruiser I finally got to use it tonight....to get an ambulance out of the sand. Not the crews fault they got stuck. Driveway fell out from under them.

Wrecker sent to them out got stuck and told the crew once the wrecker was out they weren't gonna get us out. FD winched their truck out and wouldn't help our crew.

So I got to go help lol. Pulled winch cable 3 times and then wound up dragging the unit back to the road with a tow strap. Then went back and pulled out a sheriff Tahoe.

And when I left the 2 wreckers were still stuck......but they had quit
laughing about my Toyota.
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I hope you left the wreckers stuck. That's ridiculous.

Narrowly avoided ending my work week with a late call pedi arrest :-/ Glad I did but at the same time I almost wish they had called the 10 minutes earlier...who knows, maybe it would've been the difference. When these new moms going to learn to STOP SLEEPING WITH THE NEWBORN! God I hate people sometimes. 12 days old, tore my old partner up :( Rest In Peace.

Random thought. I think the CLs should delete this Rob fellow's account since he isn't active and hasn't been for a long time so I can get rid of this NV in front of my screen name.
 
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NVRob said:
I hope you left the wreckers stuck. That's ridiculous.

Narrowly avoided ending my work week with a late call pedi arrest :-/ Glad I did but at the same time I almost wish they had called the 10 minutes earlier...who knows, maybe it would've been the difference. When these new moms going to learn to STOP SLEEPING WITH THE NEWBORN! I hate people sometimes. 12 days old, tore my old partner up :( Rest In Peace.
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Yeah the wreckers were on their own. I would've had to snatch block my winch cable to get the capacity up higher and anchor the back of my truck to have a chance at moving them. When I left an FD was pulling up with their dozer to help them.

Sucks about the pedi arrest. I have had 2 where the parents were sleeping with the baby. Both had been down too long. So sad and preventable. Thoughts to y'all.
 
NVRob said:
I hope you left the wreckers stuck. That's ridiculous.

Narrowly avoided ending my work week with a late call pedi arrest :-/ Glad I did but at the same time I almost wish they had called the 10 minutes earlier...who knows, maybe it would've been the difference. When these new moms going to learn to STOP SLEEPING WITH THE NEWBORN! God I hate people sometimes. 12 days old, tore my old partner up :( Rest In Peace.

Random thought. I think the CLs should delete this Rob fellow's account since he isn't active and hasn't been for a long time so I can get rid of this NV in front of my screen name.
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I really feel when baby's are killed because they aren't in a fricken crib or bassinet, that is negligent homicide.

And I say that to people, and mothers are like "oh we get so tired and fall asleep feeding the baby" or whatever. IDC. Sit in a chair if you can't stay awake. Your baby's life depends on it.
 
shfd739 said:
Yeah the wreckers were on their own. I would've had to snatch block my winch cable to get the capacity up higher and anchor the back of my truck to have a chance at moving them. When I left an FD was pulling up with their dozer to help them.

Sucks about the pedi arrest. I have had 2 where the parents were sleeping with the baby. Both had been down too long. So sad and preventable. Thoughts to y'all.
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Psh, I would've told fire to make them deal with it on their own, but I'm an *** like that.

I've had three, had they called 10 minutes earlier it would've been 4.

Two medical one trauma. All were down too long. I feel for the crew. First call of their first day of the week on their 16 hour shift. Not a good way to start a work week. Terrible call, I feel for anyone who has to run one. I will pass your condolences along.

I will say to everyone on here and I tell the same to my coworkers: if you ever run one and need someone to talk to I'm always around. Please, don't bottle it up. I haven't been in EMS for that long, and been a medic for an even shorter period to time, but it's one of the things I can say I have experience in, more than a lot of medics who've been around much longer than me.
 
Anjel said:
I really feel when baby's are killed because they aren't in a fricken crib or bassinet, that is negligent homicide.
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That mother is going to have to live with that for the rest of her life. I think that is punishment enough and prosecuting them isn't going to do anyone any good. Anyone know the suicide and divorce rates after losing a child like that? I assume quite high.
 
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Chase said:
That mother is going to have to live with that for the rest of her life. I think that is punishment enough and prosecuting them isn't going to do anyone any good. Anyone know the suicide and divorce rates after losing a child like it? I assume quite high.
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Last I remember looking into this, the rates were high.
 
Chase said:
That mother is going to have to live with that for the rest of her life. I think that is punishment enough and prosecuting them isn't going to do anyone any good. Anyone know the suicide and divorce rates after losing a child like it? I assume quite high.
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So should we not prosecute parents who drink and drive with their kids, and kill them?

Both situations you know that you have a possibility of hurting your child.

It just happens a lot. And people know better.
 
NVRob said:
Psh, I would've told fire to make them deal with it on their own, but I'm an *** like that.

I've had three, had they called 10 minutes earlier it would've been 4.

Two medical one trauma. All were down too long. I feel for the crew. First call of their first day of the week on their 16 hour shift. Not a good way to start a work week. Terrible call, I feel for anyone who has to run one. I will pass your condolences along.

I will say to everyone on here and I tell the same to my coworkers: if you ever run one and need someone to talk to I'm always around. Please, don't bottle it up. I haven't been in EMS for that long, and been a medic for an even shorter period to time, but it's one of the things I can say I have experience in, more than a lot of medics who've been around much longer than me.
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I told onscene fire that but the dozer was on the way already. Course they were willing to help the wreckers when they wouldn't help us. Whatever. I got our guys and SO out. The towing company tied up 2 wreckers for 4+ hours and wound up not being able to bill anyone in the end. That will hurt them bad. After watching them trying to recover their trucks I'm glad I did ours. They wouldve broke ours.

What Rob said. I've had more than my share of pedi and baby arrests. I'm available if anyone needs help after one of these calls.
 
Anjel said:
So should we not prosecute parents who drink and drive with their kids, and kill them?

Both situations you know that you have a possibility of hurting your child.

It just happens a lot. And people know better.
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Ehh that's a tough one but I think there is a distinction. There is more of a known risk with drinking and driving and it violates a law. Even though you should know its unsafe to sleep with your infant may people do not know and are totally ignorant.
 
A call was just dispatched for

"Workable arrest. Not breathing"

Ummm.... Yea.
 
shfd739 said:
After 7 months of having a winch on my Land Cruiser I finally got to use it tonight....to get an ambulance out of the sand. Not the crews fault they got stuck. Driveway fell out from under them.

Wrecker sent to them out got stuck and told the crew once the wrecker was out they weren't gonna get us out. FD winched their truck out and wouldn't help our crew.

So I got to go help lol. Pulled winch cable 3 times and then wound up dragging the unit back to the road with a tow strap. Then went back and pulled out a sheriff Tahoe.

And when I left the 2 wreckers were still stuck......but they had quit
laughing about my Toyota.
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Nice.
 
shfd739 said:
I told onscene fire that but the dozer was on the way already. Course they were willing to help the wreckers when they wouldn't help us. Whatever. I got our guys and SO out. The towing company tied up 2 wreckers for 4+ hours and wound up not being able to bill anyone in the end. That will hurt them bad. After watching them trying to recover their trucks I'm glad I did ours. They wouldve broke ours.

What Rob said. I've had more than my share of pedi and baby arrests. I'm available if anyone needs help after one of these calls.
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Is it a bad apple in the fire crew or ?
 
Since this thread is totally directionless, I think it's fair for me to say that I had leftover linguine and white clam sauce for breakfast this morning. :)
 
Backblast said:
Since this thread is totally directionless, I think it's fair for me to say that I had leftover linguine and white clam sauce for breakfast this morning. :)
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Yum.
 
So, I just refreshed my tapatalk... All 8 new posts on different topics showed mycrofft's picture... again... :ph34r: :rofl:
 
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Found out yesterday I will be finding out my permanent slot soon so its goodbye relief forever!

Will it be red watch, blue, brown or green? This is almost like the colour lottery :D
 
Part Time Supervisor position just opened...

I meet everything except the experience...short by 6 months... To apply or not to apply, that is the question.

They'd be nuts to hire me as a supe...I'm the youngest medic in the company. That wouldn't go over well with the rest of the field staff, at all.
 
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