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We just had this call this morning around 1100. "Squad 7, you have a run to such and such address in reference to a gentleman complaining of the shakes and needing beer". The dispatcher could hardly keep from laughing. Turns out it was a frequent flyer who is a major alcoholic and was...

I just thought of something else. My husband's brother is a FF/Medic and was riding in the squad when the chief's son hit a deer. The kicker is that my husband, who works for an auto body shop, was the one who ended up having to fix the damage since the company he works for had the lowest...

I haven't hit anything with the squad yet but that is because the one guy on my crew does a full out sprint to get into the drivers seat! I have managed to hit a bird with the radio antenna of my car! It was partially impaled so after looking like one of those little balls things that you put...

We have a "frequent flyer" who broke her back many years ago and became addicted to pain pills. When she needs her fix, she calls us. On my first run to her house her husband, who just got out of jail, met us at the door and proceeded to show us how he took a chainsaw to the doorway so that...

Welcome Newbie! This is a great place to ask questions so fire away!

I work with student's with special needs for my "real" job and have seen just about any tupe of seizure you can think of. From Grand Mal to them stripping their clothes off and running into things. If you have never seen someone having a seizure it can be a little scary, but after you know...

One of EMT-I's was going to start and IV on a pt. and went to pull the cap off with his teeth. Forgot he had a bloody glove on and got a mouth full. To top it off he said, "Man, I was just able to give blood again!" Turns out a few months prior he put a used glucose testing needle on the...

Love the racoon one! Sounds like something my friends would do only it would gave the racoon drinking a beer!

You have a call to a pt. who fell and presents with obviouse hip deformity. What have you found to be the best method to use in stabilizing the hip?

We had a 12 year old boy hang himself with his shoestrings over the weekend. Although the call was in another town, it was a student I work with during my day job at school. The student was in a classroom for students with emotional issues but was such a sweet kid. How do you go about...

I understand if the move them for a minor fall but they are moving them when the pt. has obvious hip deformity or obvious head trauma.

Does anybody else have an issue with nursing homes moving a pt. that has fallen? Our communities nursing home is notorious for taking a patient that has fallen with obvious injury and moving them back into bed. I guess they have never heard of C-spine! We always make sure that we document...