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Went on a call last night for chest pain..

The house WAS CLEAN... It smelled clean, there was no dog poop on the porch or nasty ash trays everywhere. The garbage had been taken out, dishes were done.

Even the patient's bedding was clean and fluffy.. That never happens.:glare:
 
Household6 said:
Went on a call last night for chest pain..

The house WAS CLEAN... It smelled clean, there was no dog poop on the porch or nasty ash trays everywhere. The garbage had been taken out, dishes were done.

Even the patient's bedding was clean and fluffy.. That never happens.:glare:
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That's fairly common for us. Gotta love when your response area covers many multi-million dollar houses.
 
Household6 said:
Went on a call last night for chest pain..



The house WAS CLEAN... It smelled clean, there was no dog poop on the porch or nasty ash trays everywhere. The garbage had been taken out, dishes were done.



Even the patient's bedding was clean and fluffy.. That never happens.:glare:
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We had a rather wealthy patient who had the nicest, single room, LTAC in their home with a live in critical care nurse, on call physicians, the whole nine yards. Vent dependent, I'm told they were a very nice person prior to becoming sick. They passed away a while back.

Was way weird walking in there for the first time. Usually it was a transport for a procedure that couldn't be done in house or they were really really sick. Generally all we'd do is provide a ride and some prehospital tips and tricks while the physician and nurse did all the care.
 
DesertEMT66 said:
That's fairly common for us. Gotta love when your response area covers many multi-million dollar houses.
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Yeah, that's not my side of town. :rofl:

I get the trailer houses that have 20 cats inside, numerous dogs chained up to rusted out junk cars, toddlers running around in saggy diapers with sippy cups of Pepsi, and never a shoveled driveway..
 
Household6 said:
Yeah, that's not my side of town. :rofl:



I get the trailer houses that have 20 cats inside, numerous dogs chained up to rusted out junk cars, toddlers running around in saggy diapers with sippy cups of Pepsi, and never a shoveled driveway..
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DEmedic said:
Sounds like Sussex county DE
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Which one the nice houses or trailer with 20 cats and saggy diapers?

That's the best part about working here. I've been in the nastiest, smelliest, smallest home in one of the lower income areas of the city, the next call was in a multimillion dollar mansion overlooking the whole city and after that we were in one of the outlying valleys in the middle of a pasture on a ranch. Every now and again you'll get to go to a ski resort for a call or if I was working my shift this bid if be posted at the resort every Monday from 0900-1630. A little bit of everything.
 
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Robb said:
Which one the nice houses or trailer with 20 cats and saggy diapers?

That's the best part about working here. I've been in the nastiest, smelliest, smallest home in one of the lower income areas of the city, the next call was in a multimillion dollar mansion overlooking the whole city and after that we were in one of the outlying valleys in the middle of a pasture on a ranch. Every now and again you'll get to go to a ski resort for a call or if I was working my shift this bid if be posted at the resort every Monday from 0900-1630. A little bit of everything.
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That's the same way here (minus the ski resort)
 
Robb said:
Which one the nice houses or trailer with 20 cats and saggy diapers?
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Definitely the trailers. Add free running chickens to the 20 cats though. Makes for an interesting dynamic between the feral cats and flocks of poultry. It is a good way to teach the kids about the circle of life!

I've probably been in 5 or 6 exceptionally nice houses in my year in Sussex County. There's plenty of them in wealthy areas along the beach, but they aren't the ones calling EMS most of the time. Easier to have your private physician make a house call or have your chauffeur warm up the Rolls Royce and arrive at the ED in style. I've been in plenty more well kept modest homes, and more god awful trailers and roach dens than I can count. In my current district, I'd say 95% of the addresses are trailers. Some are okay of course, but many are sadly derelict.
 
Yeah, lots of janky trailers, houses built out of pallets and cardboard and more chickens than you've ever seen.

An interesting story, many of the chickens that people have at home are chickens that have fallen off of a poultry transport truck. They were on their way to become McNuggets, now they're living in a trailer park in Sussex County. Talk about lucky chickens.

And if they don't have the money to fix the floor, to keep the paramedics from falling through… How do they have enough money to buy 10 packs of cigarettes a day?
 
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Just got to backboard another ambulance (get it towed in). Overheated unit and no oil pressure.
 
Household6 said:
Went on a call last night for chest pain..

The house WAS CLEAN... It smelled clean, there was no dog poop on the porch or nasty ash trays everywhere. The garbage had been taken out, dishes were done.

Even the patient's bedding was clean and fluffy.. That never happens.:glare:
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Once, ONCE, I went to a trailer, and it was clean, sturdy, with well built, even stairs, easy access to the patient and a large driveway to park the rig in.

As this was 48 hours into a balls to the wall shift, I'm not 100% sure I didn't hallucinate the whole thing.
 
What's this? Signing out after final formation for Drill and it's still daylight? Bwahh??
 
Took the day off to take care of my sick wife and sick kid. I'm ready to go back to work so I can relax.
 
NCLEX-RN review is hard. :mellow:
 
Better than being sick yourself.

Another note, I have some griping to do right now. I hate how people feel they have to play games in a relationship. I finally got sick of saying I was a 19 year old that had never been on a date (hell... never even had a kiss lmao), so I ask a girl out I knew was interested.
Have a great time, get a text the next day saying she wants to go out again Tues and then bails. Then hits me up yesterday and does the same thing :huh:
Now I know why I chose to never date...
 
9D4 said:
Better than being sick yourself.

Another note, I have some griping to do right now. I hate how people feel they have to play games in a relationship. I finally got sick of saying I was a 19 year old that had never been on a date (hell... never even had a kiss lmao), so I ask a girl out I knew was interested.
Have a great time, get a text the next day saying she wants to go out again Tues and then bails. Then hits me up yesterday and does the same thing :huh:
Now I know why I chose to never date...
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You're just dating the wrong chick buddy.. If she likes you, she'll make a schedule to fit you right into hers.
 
I'm dating a south American girl right now And i had to explain what A turkey was with the waiter standing right there
 
EMT x 626 said:
You're just dating the wrong chick buddy.. If she likes you, she'll make a schedule to fit you right into hers.
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I was thinking the same thing.

My girl is so damn busy between work, racing, being a mom and everything else she does but she still finds time to spend with me. Hell she was the one that chased me rather than the opposite for once.
 
9D4 said:
Better than being sick yourself.

Another note, I have some griping to do right now. I hate how people feel they have to play games in a relationship. I finally got sick of saying I was a 19 year old that had never been on a date (hell... never even had a kiss lmao), so I ask a girl out I knew was interested.
Have a great time, get a text the next day saying she wants to go out again Tues and then bails. Then hits me up yesterday and does the same thing :huh:
Now I know why I chose to never date...
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This is your first date???

I wouldn't pursue it pretty hard, theres a million other women out there to take out on dates. or get more involved with.
 
unleashedfury said:
This is your first date???

I wouldn't pursue it pretty hard, theres a million other women out there to take out on dates. or get more involved with.
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Plus the more you ignore them the more interested they get. That's how I got mine to chase me ;) Never even acknowledged her and now I couldn't imagine going back to life without her.
 
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