the 100% directionless thread

abckidsmom said:
1.5 mile long driveway. 7 feet across.
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Reminds me of a lot of calls we get... "go back the dirt road 3 miles, hang a left at the stream where Billy Bob fell in 3 summers ago, past the green house, right at the Smiths house, and we're in the fourth trailer behind the second house, but you have to use the driveway between the 5th and 6th house."
 
EMDispatch said:
Reminds me of a lot of calls we get... "go back the dirt road 3 miles, hang a left at the stream where Billy Bob fell in 3 summers ago, past the green house, right at the Smiths house, and we're in the fourth trailer behind the second house, but you have to use the driveway between the 5th and 6th house."
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Story of my life. Everything is addressed now, so we look at the satellite view on google maps to see exactly where the house is. Very few places aren't covered. The key is to pull it up before you leave the main road so you have cell service.
 
abckidsmom said:
Congratulations! (I assume.)
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Thank you thank you! Was happy to finally get my diploma after a couple months of waiting and to celebrate with the family!

Our area is super rural too but last year like you everything finally got an address. I lookup everything on google earth before we get in the truck so at least I have a general idea of where we are going. Our map books are accurate but take forever to actually use.
 
I love that. Dispatch will say something like, "are you familiar with the Johnson residence?"

I usually just reply with, "seriously?"
 
abckidsmom said:
Story of my life. Everything is addressed now, so we look at the satellite view on google maps to see exactly where the house is. Very few places aren't covered. The key is to pull it up before you leave the main road so you have cell service.
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The house I grew up in didn't get a street address until I was 22. It was not unusual to dispatch locations based on a road name and the last name of the family. What is bad is that generally that was all you needed to find a place! Even with the street addresses in place I've still heard dispatch give a family name for the house. We would also get instructions like "turn left at the big tree, 3rd house on the right. Green roof, red truck."
 
Aidey said:
The house I grew up in didn't get a street address until I was 22. It was not unusual to dispatch locations based on a road name and the last name of the family. What is bad is that generally that was all you needed to find a place! Even with the street addresses in place I've still heard dispatch give a family name for the house. We would also get instructions like "turn left at the big tree, 3rd house on the right. Green roof, red truck."
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We still get instructions like that - even worse, the callers are usually speaking Spanish when they call in to our comm center.
 
DEmedic said:
I love that. Dispatch will say something like, "are you familiar with the Johnson residence?"

I usually just reply with, "seriously?"
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People in the extremely remote parts of our county are notorious for giving the names of families that used to live at an address... Especially unpleasant for us new transplants that have no clue. Our maps get updated, and everything has a 911 address, but it will still be 6 miles off the road behind 6 different properties
 
Officially graduated from high school :D
Now, on to getting that ED tech job! hahaha
 
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31 yom, sudden onset cp, 100% occlusion LAD, 14 min door to balloon.

And I was feeling whiny about going for a 31 yo with chest pain after bedtime.
 
I just saved myself from certain disaster. The Minitor base speaker/charger is right by my bunk (and head) at this station. It's always kept on minimum volume since that's already plenty loud to wake us up. Someone on the previous shift figured it'd be funny to max it out before they left though, which would have had me startled awake and crazy in a few hours. Fortunately, I checked it before I went to bed. D-Shift=1, A-Shift=0.
 
chaz90 said:
I just saved myself from certain disaster. The Minitor base speaker/charger is right by my bunk (and head) at this station. It's always kept on minimum volume since that's already plenty loud to wake us up. Someone on the previous shift figured it'd be funny to max it out before they left though, which would have had me startled awake and crazy in a few hours. Fortunately, I checked it before I went to bed. D-Shift=1, A-Shift=0.
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I put that kind of behavior down as a safety thing- like blowing the air horn when someone's right in front of the truck. That's the kind of stuff that makes you just wake up in vtach.
 
Spent the first 2 days of my 7 days off at the river.

Really considering going back for day 3 today and taking my water loving choco lab along.
 
chaz90 said:
I just saved myself from certain disaster. The Minitor base speaker/charger is right by my bunk (and head) at this station. It's always kept on minimum volume since that's already plenty loud to wake us up. Someone on the previous shift figured it'd be funny to max it out before they left though, which would have had me startled awake and crazy in a few hours. Fortunately, I checked it before I went to bed. D-Shift=1, A-Shift=0.
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I'm a heavy sleeper usually so when I first started 24s I was worried about missing the tones in the overhead speakers. I put a portable next to my bed and foolishly turned it up all the way. My first overnight call had me shaking so much I could barely get dressed much less put the keys in the ignition.
 
Waiting for a late run.........80 minutes left
 
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Half way through a 48. Luckily I got a decent amount of sleep least night. Hopefully I can finish it off with a smooth day today.
 
Woke up to a phone call from the supe asking me to cover tonight. Instinctively said yes, and then remembered my car's check engine light is on and is running quite rough. Time to find a shop with a loaner, quick.
 
Yay

This weekend Arrested Development is being released on Netflix.:)

Something about Tigger made me think of that.
 
16 hour OT shift...not sure why I agreed to this. Usually they treat us nice but we've been central since we started...gonna be a long day of SSM.
 
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