Recent content by Jim37F

It was right about the time in the afternoon when we were finishing our workout and starting to grab dinner our Captian likes to grab a bowl and go eat out on the bay and watch the sunset, so we all kind of started doing that too haha) so we were just chilling and watching them going "...?"...

That moment when the cops (like 4 or 5 patrol cars) roll up to the apartment directly across the street in front of your station...

Anyone in the Raleigh or Fayetteville area of North Carolina? Gonna be out that side next weekend (and then to see the family in Los Angeles the week after)

WTF....

Whew, so the other guy on my crew just came back from vacation (interestingly enough, he was on nearly the exact same cruise, same Ship, just on the northern Japan route instead of the southern route I did). He was (lightly) complaining of being a bit of a white cloud (the first shift he was...

Meanwhile, just finished rounds of skills Assessments and Interviews for promotion within my Dept... talk about a stressful couple of weeks

Think I just saw my first case of CPR induced consciousness (possibly)... eyes tracking, can squeeze fingers when asked... for all of about a min before losing it again

This whole past cycle got to use my BLS skills for bleeding control/bandaging wounds (as opposed to taking a BP or asking SAMPLE or Basic Lifting Services) on one singular patient.... Me, I is the Pt who stupidly tried to pry a can lid open in the kitchen lol

That moment when you're in the middle of your Vector Solutions CPR course, and get dispatched to a reported Cardiac Arrest.... (Only to find an awake and breathing Pt complaining of Fever, headache, and nausea... I guess the language barrier is to blame, and luckily the granddaughter was on the...

#MemorialDay

The mechanic says I need a new, well, reman engine for my pickup. Quoted $10+k 😵 And maybe in a "this should've been obvious at the start bruh", I mentioned my current engine is already a reman, and he's like "Oooh, hang on let's check another fault reason"

Well there's your problem for not knowing enough material to pass the final... you haven't actually been taught the material yet! Most courses don't expect you to walk in the door on day 1 knowing everything and being able to immediately sit for the final, I mean, that's literally the entire...

https://www.khon2.com/top-stories/oahu-gets-ems-overhaul-with-new-fleet-of-life-saving-vehicles/

Yup. Actually this is the third.... The first one was a couple years ago, August 2022. That was the bad one, while they were unloading at the hospital, they believe there was a fault with the oxygen system. The Patient died and one of our Medics were burned pretty badly (but he's since...

😶 https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/05/18/ambulance-bursts-into-flames-crews-respond-patient-wailupe/