What was your First Run

clibb said:
You said you're Paramedic students when you were an EMT-B follow around? :P
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No matter how many times I told the ER nurses and docs I was an EMT-B student, they usually referred to me as a paramedic student, I guess they dont know or care about the distinction.

There was one nurse though who when a patient asked if I was a doctor, snickered then said no hes nothing, just an emt student or something.

Oh yeah and my first call was a drunk shoplifter who faked passing out after being caught. Not the last time I encountered that patient either.
 
My first shift as a fully released/checked-off field EMT was with my good friend/mentor. I couldn't have been in better hands. It was a Friday night, 1800-0600.

Our first call was at 1820 while we were getting chow to go. It was for a 40-ish umpire at a litlle league field. He was lying on the field in front of at least a hundred fans. He was really dehydrated and thought he was having heart palpiations. We rolled onto the field. My Medic/friend looked at me and said: "Don't f*** up."

Finally got to eat that chow a good 2-3hrs later.
 
I had someone who didn't speak any English with really vague symptoms involving generalized foot pain, far as we could tell. Never did find out what happened to him, or even what language he was speaking. I'm usually really good with pantomime and languages, but it just wasn't clicking somehow. Frustrating.
 
First call finally! It was pretty cool because on my way to the base I pulled over for fire to pass me. They were driving at a normal rate of speed so I could see where they were going and they pulled into an apartment complex directly across from HQ. I was bummed at first because I didn't think I'd be able to go. I walked in to the driver looking at me and asking me if I was ready to go which caught me off guard. So, I grabbed my pen light and took off, which at this point makes no sense because who needs a pen light in the middle of a bright sunny day? Heat of the moment I suppose.

Anyway, the call was for a guy who was thought to have a stroke. It was a typical transport other than it being a crew share. Other than that it was fairly routine. I'm glad it was relatively smooth sailing first call.
 
vienessewaltzer said:
First call finally! It was pretty cool because on my way to the base I pulled over for fire to pass me. They were driving at a normal rate of speed so I could see where they were going and they pulled into an apartment complex directly across from HQ. I was bummed at first because I didn't think I'd be able to go. I walked in to the driver looking at me and asking me if I was ready to go which caught me off guard. So, I grabbed my pen light and took off, which at this point makes no sense because who needs a pen light in the middle of a bright sunny day? Heat of the moment I suppose.

Anyway, the call was for a guy who was thought to have a stroke. It was a typical transport other than it being a crew share. Other than that it was fairly routine. I'm glad it was relatively smooth sailing first call.
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I always got my pen light it may get dark really quick!
 
vienessewaltzer said:
Well, my shift was from 1200-1500, so there was no way it was gonna get dark. Weather was clear haha. Good habit to get into though I would imagine!
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Always a good habit.....it may get dark inside the pt house.......just messing with you !:P And damn I need a job with just 3 hours to work....!!!!
 
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1badassEMT-I said:
Always a good habit.....it may get dark inside the pt house.......just messing with you !:P And damn I need a job with just 3 hours to work....!!!!
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Ahhh, I hate to say this due to the negative connotation that volunteer ambulances seem to have on this site, but I'm volunteer and thus can have three hours shifts. I wish I had more time on the rig though. There are never training shifts open at the ambulance I work for! I was pumped to be on it and three hours went by incredibly quickly. Oh well, I'm working on making friends with the dispatchers who have more access on the schedule. So, hopefully they can bump me up on the priority list and get me hooked up with many more shifts!
 
vienessewaltzer said:
Ahhh, I hate to say this due to the negative connotation that volunteer ambulances seem to have on this site, but I'm volunteer and thus can have three hours shifts. I wish I had more time on the rig though. There are never training shifts open at the ambulance I work for! I was pumped to be on it and three hours went by incredibly quickly. Oh well, I'm working on making friends with the dispatchers who have more access on the schedule. So, hopefully they can bump me up on the priority list and get me hooked up with many more shifts!
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I have volunteer for different services fire and ems so no worries with that.....if it wasnt for the volunteers then there would be alot burnt houses and alot of dead people......
 
My first run was for a cardiac arrest, right at shift change. We ended up not working it, no code no vitals.
 
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