daemonicusxx
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Had one of those weeks. Monday with my regular partner, we meet up with another unit for a few minuites of down time at post. we are at a park, a place they picked out, so im not sure of my exact location. we chat with them for a while. they catch a call and leave, we go back to our unit and wait for a few. dispatch comes over the radio with a call for us. just as my partner is looking down to copy the information, i look across the park and see two teens on a 4wheeler ATV. theyre doing about 45mph, prolly faster. they get some air off a hill and when they come back down, smack right into a tree. I work for a 3rd party service, so im not too used to the trauma crap. the driver, not wearing a helmet, hits the tree over the handle bars. i get my partners attention with a few cuss words. I should mention his driving is not my favorite, sorta grandma-ish most of the time. he is over the curb and into the park. im seeing grass comin off the back tires in the side mirrors. reminded me of a scene from the die hard movies. "through the park". get to the guy, he is unconcious. about two minuites later, he comes around. very violent. get him on the ground and immobilized. through asking him questions i find some retrograde amnesia. FD transports. end of call for me.
Next day. on shif with someone ive not worked with before, seeing as my partner found it fit to take a day off without me. we're sitting in the ambulance drive at an ED, watch three people walking back towards the hospital from the smoking area, and one of the guys starts having a seizure. we get out to go help, i send my partner into the ED for more help. while he is in there the guy starts turning blue. after a sec, starts breathing again and pinks back up. ED paramedic comes out and does his "my male organ is bigger than your male organ" routine. I ask if they need anything from us, he says no, so we go back in service.
My question is not related to those two incidents. Its more of an electronic's question. For those of you with laptops, do you plug them into the inverter of the ambulance? seems i have burnt up two system boards on my personal laptop by just plugging it into the inverter. I dont think there is anything wrong with my laptop, or the power cable. the ambulance is barely 6 mos old. brand new, so i dont think there is anything wrong with it. am i plugging the laptop in "backwards" wrong polarization. i dont know anything about electrical stuff. help me out here.
Next day. on shif with someone ive not worked with before, seeing as my partner found it fit to take a day off without me. we're sitting in the ambulance drive at an ED, watch three people walking back towards the hospital from the smoking area, and one of the guys starts having a seizure. we get out to go help, i send my partner into the ED for more help. while he is in there the guy starts turning blue. after a sec, starts breathing again and pinks back up. ED paramedic comes out and does his "my male organ is bigger than your male organ" routine. I ask if they need anything from us, he says no, so we go back in service.
My question is not related to those two incidents. Its more of an electronic's question. For those of you with laptops, do you plug them into the inverter of the ambulance? seems i have burnt up two system boards on my personal laptop by just plugging it into the inverter. I dont think there is anything wrong with my laptop, or the power cable. the ambulance is barely 6 mos old. brand new, so i dont think there is anything wrong with it. am i plugging the laptop in "backwards" wrong polarization. i dont know anything about electrical stuff. help me out here.