the 100% directionless thread

[fast65]

Who are we kidding here. Freshman year of high school was last year for you

I'm just kidding Doogie. You know you are my favorite Fast65

What are you talking about, I look old for my age

I know Anjel, you're my fav too

 

[Sasha]

I don't know if I could be more impressed right now h34r:

My student was like whaaaaat!

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[Sasha]

What are you talking about, I look old for my age

I know Anjel, you're my fav too

Im anjels favorite. Youre just her favorite fast65

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[fast65]

No, I refuse to accept it, I'm her favorite!!!!!!!!!!

 

[JPINFV]

My student was like whaaaaat!

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[IRIDEZX6R]

 

[DesertMedic66]

That was an interesting call. 70 year old male throwing up x 1 day due to heavy drinking (he assumed). It came in as a BLS call. Vitals are pretty normal 130/76, pulse 68 strong/regular, 16 resperations Cl/Bl, skin signs normal, normal, warm. A&Ox4 No complaints of pain except the stomach due to throwing up. Past history of seizures (last one was 26 years ago). No allergies currently not taking any medications.

Get him to the ER and the nurse hooks him up to the monitor (the normal monitor that goes on every patient) and bam the guy is in SVT at a rate of 233. The patient is still A&Ox4 and no signs or symptoms. Patients pulse is still at a rate of 68 palpated but 231 on the monitor. Nurses try getting an IV in the right and left AC, can't get it. They go for an EJ, still can't get it. Finally they go for a femoral line and get it. 2 hours later the patients heart rate is down but still high at 154.

 

[IRIDEZX6R]

That was an interesting call. 70 year old male throwing up x 1 day due to heavy drinking (he assumed). It came in as a BLS call. Vitals are pretty normal 130/76, pulse 68 strong/regular, 16 resperations Cl/Bl, skin signs normal, normal, warm. A&Ox4 No complaints of pain except the stomach due to throwing up. Past history of seizures (last one was 26 years ago). No allergies currently not taking any medications.

Get him to the ER and the nurse hooks him up to the monitor (the normal monitor that goes on every patient) and bam the guy is in SVT at a rate of 233. The patient is still A&Ox4 and no signs or symptoms. Patients pulse is still at a rate of 68 palpated but 231 on the monitor. Nurses try getting an IV in the right and left AC, can't get it. They go for an EJ, still can't get it. Finally they go for a femoral line and get it. 2 hours later the patients heart rate is down but still high at 154.

and he was still 68 palpated?!

 

[DesertMedic66]

and he was still 68 palpated?!

That's what I got on scene, in the ambulance during transport, at the hospital, and what the nurse and doc got while palpating.

 

[JPINFV]

That was an interesting call. 70 year old male throwing up x 1 day due to heavy drinking (he assumed). It came in as a BLS call. Vitals are pretty normal 130/76, pulse 68 strong/regular, 16 resperations Cl/Bl, skin signs normal, normal, warm. A&Ox4 No complaints of pain except the stomach due to throwing up. Past history of seizures (last one was 26 years ago). No allergies currently not taking any medications.

Get him to the ER and the nurse hooks him up to the monitor (the normal monitor that goes on every patient) and bam the guy is in SVT at a rate of 233. The patient is still A&Ox4 and no signs or symptoms. Patients pulse is still at a rate of 68 palpated but 231 on the monitor. Nurses try getting an IV in the right and left AC, can't get it. They go for an EJ, still can't get it. Finally they go for a femoral line and get it. 2 hours later the patients heart rate is down but still high at 154.

Holiday heart syndrome!

 

[adamjh3]

Holiday heart syndrome!

Learn something new every day

 

[Anjel]

 

[Anjel]

And wow JP. You are one smart cookie. That's neat. Never heard of Holiday Heart Syndrome.

 

[adamjh3]

Playing marriage counselor and listening to Amon Amarth at the same time is probably not the best of ideas.

 

[fast65]

Yay, I love making extra money for all-calls, and now I'm listening to partner tell dispatch to just leave him alone

 

[Shishkabob]

I'm going from an EMS system where I hadn't had a GSW in 10 months (heck, I've NEVER had a GSW) to a system where there were atleast 4 last night,


Ha. Hello rural vs urban!

 

[fast65]

Sounds like a good time How many more people are in your coverage area with your new company vs. your old one Linuss?

It seems like stuff has been lighting up around here lately, hell, there were 3 all-calls on my last shift, yesterday there were 4 code 3 transfers out of town (and they were actually critical ), and I'm already getting texts for a 3rd rider this morning, it's not even 1000 yet :blink:

But on the plus side, I'm close to having as many OT hours as I do regular hours for this pay period

 

[Shishkabob]

Sounds like a good time How many more people are in your coverage area with your new company vs. your old one Linuss?

Rural service: In my county, we had 5-6 trucks covering 850sq mi for a population of 50,000, could get anywhere 1-10 calls per truck per day, average of about 4-5 per day.


Urban service covering 860 sq mi with a population of ~900,000. The system gets over 220 calls per day, each truck getting 8-12 in a 12hr shift. When I did my ride-outs with them back in 2008, one day we had 12 calls, the other day we had 4 and slept for most of the night with not a single truck in the system moving for 5 hours.

 

[fast65]

Hmmm, odd. How are you looking this new system?

 

[Shishkabob]

My first day isn't till next Monday, which is 2 weeks academy, week of driver training, another 2 weeks of academy, and then my FTO.


Still a few months till I'm back in my own truck again.