MedicPrincess
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So one of my vol. ff buddies (we were on the same crew for that last 2 years, and can normally read each other without words) is at my house hanging out. My place is closer to the station than his and he is on call tonight. He gets a call for an "unknown problem" at a house that is only about 3 down from mine. He was obviously going to walk over since he was basically next door. Something told me to go with him so we both grab our bags out of our car and on the way there he indicated he had the same bad juju feeling.
So we get there, and the lady says her husband called her into the bedroom, said he felt bad and wanted her to call an ambulance. Now she cant get him to wake up. Now the original call came out at "Unknown Medical, Bravo Response." So my friend and I go in, and WOW, that was a neat color of bluish purple that guy is. Quick ABC's shows..No, No, oh and NO. Ok man...upgrade the Med Unit to Code in progress. He relays to dispatch, as I pull the guy onto the floor. We HEAR dispatch TELL the med unit and FD this. We HEAR the Med Unit acknowledge. They say they are "coming across the bridge now" (thats about 4 min with the Echo Response).
So here we are....seems every code we ever worked together, he does compression, I bag them. No problem..makes things go smoother...we know our roles. So anyway...back to my rant....
So we hear the Med Unit coming down the street and send the wife out to flag them down. And no FD is not there yet. They have a Minimum of 3 minutes before they even get inservice...that is the closest a person lives who can go get the engine. So anyway, wife flags down the Med Unit. And here they come.
NO Lifepack
NO Blue Bag (you know, where they keep all their stuff)
NO Suction
So what do they bring...the stretcher (no backboard) and their clipboard with the patient info sheet.
And then the first thing out of the Medics mouth..."Watcha got?"
Umm...hey dumba$$...notice the compressions...notice the girl with the bag at the head...REMEMBER acknowledging dispatch whey they told you Code in Progress.
Ok..I know this Medic...He is really hard to tell how he is going to treat the vol. ff. It is different on every call. So I decide to play nice at first.
Me - "Code, wife says he called her into the bedroom, he asked for an ambulance, she called right away, we were here in about 1 min."
Him - "You Sure"
Me - just kind of look at him like You have to be kidding me
Him- "Well is he breathing?
Me- still with the bag on the guys face, "NO"
Him- "Pulse?"
Me- again looking at him with that look "Well considering he's workin that chest pretty good, you tell me?"
Him- "You know I don't work codes. Lets call him."
WTF!!!!
Me- "How about you get over here, hook your monitor up and get your strip?"
Him- "Didn't bring it in."
WTF!!!!
Me- to his EMT, "Go get it."
EMT scrambles to the Med Unit, on his way out Medic tells him to cancel Fire.
Him- "I'm not working him."
Me- "Unless you want me to have our Chief talk with your Med Director you'll get your F-ing A$$ over here and do your magic. And ALL of it."
Him- "Aren't you JUST a vol. ff?"
Me- "Yep. Now get your a$$ over here! Don't tempt me tonight."
EMT comes in with Lifepack, blue bag containing all the right drugs and a tube, tells the Medic he isn't loosing his GD job, now get to F-ing work.
So they hook him up, guy is shockable. Tube him. Shock him. Drugs. Load him, and luckily the EMT did not cancel fire...took a FF with them to the hospital. Before they left, he made a point to tell me he will be talking to my Chief about my refusal to stop CPR when he wanted to call the guy and boy wont I regret it when I am suspened from the FD because he wont stop until he has it that way...blah blah blah blah. You know what...bring it on. B/C I can guarantee you the FD Chief WILL be talking to the Med Director first thing tomorrow.
Oh and the REALLY funny thing...this guy is the SAFETY director for the Ambulance service in our county.
So we get there, and the lady says her husband called her into the bedroom, said he felt bad and wanted her to call an ambulance. Now she cant get him to wake up. Now the original call came out at "Unknown Medical, Bravo Response." So my friend and I go in, and WOW, that was a neat color of bluish purple that guy is. Quick ABC's shows..No, No, oh and NO. Ok man...upgrade the Med Unit to Code in progress. He relays to dispatch, as I pull the guy onto the floor. We HEAR dispatch TELL the med unit and FD this. We HEAR the Med Unit acknowledge. They say they are "coming across the bridge now" (thats about 4 min with the Echo Response).
So here we are....seems every code we ever worked together, he does compression, I bag them. No problem..makes things go smoother...we know our roles. So anyway...back to my rant....
So we hear the Med Unit coming down the street and send the wife out to flag them down. And no FD is not there yet. They have a Minimum of 3 minutes before they even get inservice...that is the closest a person lives who can go get the engine. So anyway, wife flags down the Med Unit. And here they come.
NO Lifepack
NO Blue Bag (you know, where they keep all their stuff)
NO Suction
So what do they bring...the stretcher (no backboard) and their clipboard with the patient info sheet.
And then the first thing out of the Medics mouth..."Watcha got?"
Umm...hey dumba$$...notice the compressions...notice the girl with the bag at the head...REMEMBER acknowledging dispatch whey they told you Code in Progress.
Ok..I know this Medic...He is really hard to tell how he is going to treat the vol. ff. It is different on every call. So I decide to play nice at first.
Me - "Code, wife says he called her into the bedroom, he asked for an ambulance, she called right away, we were here in about 1 min."
Him - "You Sure"
Me - just kind of look at him like You have to be kidding me
Him- "Well is he breathing?
Me- still with the bag on the guys face, "NO"
Him- "Pulse?"
Me- again looking at him with that look "Well considering he's workin that chest pretty good, you tell me?"
Him- "You know I don't work codes. Lets call him."
WTF!!!!
Me- "How about you get over here, hook your monitor up and get your strip?"
Him- "Didn't bring it in."
WTF!!!!
Me- to his EMT, "Go get it."
EMT scrambles to the Med Unit, on his way out Medic tells him to cancel Fire.
Him- "I'm not working him."
Me- "Unless you want me to have our Chief talk with your Med Director you'll get your F-ing A$$ over here and do your magic. And ALL of it."
Him- "Aren't you JUST a vol. ff?"
Me- "Yep. Now get your a$$ over here! Don't tempt me tonight."
EMT comes in with Lifepack, blue bag containing all the right drugs and a tube, tells the Medic he isn't loosing his GD job, now get to F-ing work.
So they hook him up, guy is shockable. Tube him. Shock him. Drugs. Load him, and luckily the EMT did not cancel fire...took a FF with them to the hospital. Before they left, he made a point to tell me he will be talking to my Chief about my refusal to stop CPR when he wanted to call the guy and boy wont I regret it when I am suspened from the FD because he wont stop until he has it that way...blah blah blah blah. You know what...bring it on. B/C I can guarantee you the FD Chief WILL be talking to the Med Director first thing tomorrow.
Oh and the REALLY funny thing...this guy is the SAFETY director for the Ambulance service in our county.