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usalsfyre said:
Hey, I'd love to go back in time to prevent some painful episodes I've had too. I think I'd prefer to do it this way though
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Ha!

Vodafone has a bunch of commercials on here that take the piss from Back to the Future because we are getting 4G mobile service.

I said tonight to the off-going shift that I would like a Dolorean as time travel might come in handy now and then.
 
usalsfyre said:
Hey, I'd love to go back in time to prevent some painful episodes I've had too. I think I'd prefer to do it this way though

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Meh, Delores are cooler.
 
adamjh3 said:
Probably the only time I'll ever be quicker on the draw than him.

This little gem made my night
"Ma'am, what do you normally take for your pain?"
"Delorean"
"... Dilaudid?"
"No, I'm pretty sure it's Delorean"
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Grandfather paradox.
 
Home by 5, I'm really liking this new schedule.
 
The main fire apparatus (ladder 62) in rescue me apparently has a stretcher in it...? (never really watched the show)
 
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NYMedic828 said:
The main fire apparatus (ladder 62) in rescue me apparently has a stretcher in it...? (never really watched the show)
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Been long enough since I've watched that I don't remember.

I do recall some of the apparatus builders offer cabs that can handle a stretcher and function as a transport unit. Presumably as a last resort type thing.
 
shfd739 said:
I'm jealous. I can't wait to move to days later this month.
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I love my 2000 to 0800 shift Monday Wednesday and every other Friday Saturday and Sunday.
 
NYMedic828 said:
The main fire apparatus (ladder 62) in rescue me apparently has a stretcher in it...? (never really watched the show)
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It also has like a 12 man crew apparently...

There doesn't appear to be enough seats for the number of guys that get out half the time.
 
Tigger said:
It also has like a 12 man crew apparently...

There doesn't appear to be enough seats for the number of guys that get out half the time.
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Don't they have an engine and a ladder truck, though? Plus a battalion chief?

Per the show..."Engine...Laddah...Battallion..."
So, say, 4 FF + 1 officer on the engine, 5 FF + 1 officer on the laddah, and the battalion chief. That's 12 guys, no?
But this is per a Google of how many FFs are on an engine, laddah, etc.
So, I dunno.
 
Anjel said:
I love my 2000 to 0800 shift Monday Wednesday and every other Friday Saturday and Sunday.
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Sounds similar to mine but we are alternating 2 days on/2 off mon-thurs.

1730-0530. Can't wait to flip to 0530-1730 instead. 3 1/2 years has been enough.
 
VF cardiac arrest, resuscitation unsuccessful.

The patient was found by his wife and was .... 31, yes, 31 with no known heart disease

... and we are really short staffed so um yeah awesome night so far
 
shfd739 said:
Sounds similar to mine but we are alternating 2 days on/2 off mon-thurs.

1730-0530. Can't wait to flip to 0530-1730 instead. 3 1/2 years has been enough.
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Lol and i thought my year and a half was long, I loved nights when i first started because we would be able to get a few hours of shut eye. But now they're busier than days now and they don't pay us enough to run all night and have screwed up sleep schedules.
 
New onset AF ? 2° to fever (39 C) ? avenue of infection, and a second patient with "palpitations" and tachycardia ? 2° to gastro/hypokalaemia

It's a cardiac kinda night ...
 
Finished off the shift with an apnoeic heroin OD that came around with ventilation and a poor lady with an inferior stemi w / complete heart block.

1 month off!
 
Mate, WTF? Looks like cardiac problems have jumped across the ditch!

Month off? bloody hell ... jealous much?! I can only dream
 
Clare said:
New onset AF ? 2° to fever (39 C) ? avenue of infection, and a second patient with "palpitations" and tachycardia ? 2° to gastro/hypokalaemia

It's a cardiac kinda night ...
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Our first 4 dispatches tonight were for chest pain. Young guy with PVCs, disregard by fire, panic attack, and a pregnant lady in SVT. It was a cardiac night for us too... just not as bad as yours apparently.
 
katgrl2003 said:
Our first 4 dispatches tonight were for chest pain. Young guy with PVCs, disregard by fire, panic attack, and a pregnant lady in SVT. It was a cardiac night for us too... just not as bad as yours apparently.
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The guy in AF wasn't even "good AF" ... no cardioversion and no amiodarone!

PVC and panic attack you can more than likely leave at home, pregnant lady possibly too depending on how she checks out, my threshold for transporting pregnant people who are unwell is not very high, and the chest pain guy ... eh, unless there is a very clear cause that is not myocardial iscahemia and he has a completely normal 12 lead ECG then he is getting transported.

I had a guy the other day who called because he had trouble sleeping; his baseline ECG was sinus bradycardia with a couple of conducted PAC and maybe one or two PVC without ischaemic changes; I said to the nurse that I didn't like the look of his ECG, why she asks, well I pointed out what it was and she just goes "hmmm" (I am nor sure if her ECG interpretation skills were all that flash) and I tried to make her feel better by saying "well, guess that is the result of a bum ticker" she laughed .... it was slightly awkward.

I'm going to bed shortly, it would be greatly appreciated if I am allowed to sleep uninterrupted until the day shift comes on ...

I am pretty sure that shouldn't be a problem ... it's been quite slow since about 10.

Night everyone!
 
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