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    Xmas calls?

    i wasnt working this past xmas, but i did last year, and we had an interesting call. had a kid who opened up a gift, i think it was a game console of some kind, and he was so excited taht he was waving it around in the air. accidentally let go and it flew into his dad's face... wasnt anything...
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    palpating fetal heart rate

    so the other day i had the honor of being present at my friend giving birth to her son. everything was fine until the very end, when the baby's heart rate started dropping. the doc told her to "push now" and the baby was out, fortunately they got him to pink right up. now they used a...
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    scene safety-- what not to do

    a very sad and preventable death http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvDEVhR7u4U
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    NREMT Alaska reciprocity

    ok so i've been thinking about relocating to AK from cali because their economy seems to be doing MUCH better, and i alwasy loved visiting AK when i was younger. im single so moving isnt a problem. i saw that they do not accept nremt. also they use a weird system for different lvls of...
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    Accidentally dispatched to Unsafe Scene

    ok so one of my firemedic friends told me this story from when he did BLS 911 backup, like me. it really got me thinking and im not sure what i would do in this situation. someone calls 911 and reports an argument next door, which included a woman yelling "stop hitting me". obviously a...
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    odd call...

    dispatched to SNF the other day for "sick unknown". turns out to be a patient with pain and mild bleeding from the rectum. 92 yo female, hx of mild dementia, type 2 diabetes mellitus, bowel incontience. rn says that another nurse attempted to give pt an enema because she hadn't gone in four...
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    CRAZY call i went on

    hey everyone, i've been lurking for a while but registered bcause i have a call i wish to discuss. i work IFT in Cali so usually nothing big. It was just a routine transfer from dialisis center back to the nursing home with one of our frequent fliers. everything was going as usual till bam...
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