Recent content by rescue_dog

I was starting to get fed up with BS calls till one woke me up-literally and figuratively. We got called at 0330 for a "sick person" way out in the boondocks. Every call I'd ever run out that way was BS, so I didn't expect much. We get on scene to find a woman with terminal melanoma who was...

Mine was a Thursday afternoon fire standby. Pretty much meant that I was playing waterboy for the people having the real fun. The only thing that makes it memorable is that one of the firefighters got his first save. A Ving Rhames look-alike came out the door with his O2 tank, crowbar and a...

Here's something that helped me: take your own BP. It's kind of awkward trying to hold the stethoscope on your own arm and pump too, but it works really well. When you're getting your blood pressure taken, you can usually feel each beat. It will at least give you an idea of how to pick out...

Fire standby. I watched one of the firefighters get his first save--A pomeranian that could have just been an oversized squirell. Seeing this guy (who could have been a stunt double for Michael Clarke Duncan) busting out of the doorway in full turnout gear, mask and tank, holding this 10 lb...