Picking up " famous " patient?

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Has anyone ever had this happen? I wont say what time this happened or whom, for obvious reasons.

SOmetime within the past two years, we picked up said " famous person" who was traveling across the USA on tour. This person was very inebriated, ANd of course, DEMANDING special treatment, and was pretty rude. ( No, we are not taking this ambulance thru a drive-thru before we take you to the hospital)

But anyways, has anyone else picked up a "celebrity" or " musician" of any sort?
 
Nope, never had, wouldn't treat them any different if I did.

Had many patients act like you described though.
 
Veneficus said:
Nope, never had, wouldn't treat them any different if I did.

Had many patients act like you described though.
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this person would not let us take vitals.. or even examine them. We wernt allowed to touch them, look at them longer then a few seconds...etc


I mean iv gotten this behavior from some of the homeless folk that get 911 called on them from worried people who think they are dead on the side of the road, when they are actually sleeping - but typically not from people who call us on their own free will....
 
I spent my early career in a very wealthy suburb.

Never again...

Anybody making more than 50K a year can call somebody else.

*edit: personal friends excluded.
 
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I've transported a very famous former political figure. He was very kind and gracious. No issues. He and his family related in a letter that they were appreciative of of the care we gave him.
 
I transported a "famous person" once. The patient was very nice, and we even had pd ride along. We had to park in some hidden back entrance, to avoid all the reporters and camera crews. Which didn't work. It was actually pretty cool.:cool:
 
I have as well. Couldn't figure out why my partner was kissing my pt's butt until we got at the hospital and I heard my pt speak with less outside noise. HIPAA loves me.
 
If you count people who race professionally, I've come across a couple at the track. Never had anything but a pleasant experience, all down to Earth, very nice adrenaline junkies..
In the rig with them they ask, "What happened?"
me: "You laid your bike down, and hit your head."
Them: "Well, that sucks."

*15 seconds later*

"What happened?"
"You crashed your bike."
"That sucks.... What just happened?"
"You wrecked your bike."
"I wrecked my bike? Bummer."
"Yea, you hit your head."
"Why am I in an ambulance?"
"You crashed your bike."
 
I've transported a couple of famous singers on 5150 holds :wacko:
 
Precisely one famous patient. Not a negative experience, they were pretty average.
One locally-famous guy who was very, very sick. We got drunken accolades from the crowd for Mega-movering him out with haste, offers of free beers and a standing ovation. That was cool.

I'm not a huge fan of entitled wealthy folks.
 
Haley124 said:
this person would not let us take vitals.. or even examine them. We wernt allowed to touch them, look at them longer then a few seconds...etc


I mean iv gotten this behavior from some of the homeless folk that get 911 called on them from worried people who think they are dead on the side of the road, when they are actually sleeping - but typically not from people who call us on their own free will....
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In that case, they're getting educated in who runs the truck and/or signing a nonconsent form.
 
MSDeltaFlt said:
I have as well. Couldn't figure out why my partner was kissing my pt's butt until we got at the hospital and I heard my pt speak with less outside noise. HIPAA loves me.
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Was it a snakebite case on the backside?:rofl:
 
Treated one of Ozzy Osbourne's roadies in 86. They partied at a waterslide park, they were trying to surf down the slides rather than lie down, and he landed on both feet from 3 stories up. Bilat fx ankles, cashiered out and "Sayonara, Dude!". But he could pay cash, so, not so bad.
 
Having worked in Central and South Florida....have encountered celebrities many times of all variety...athletic, literary, music and film. All experiences were positive and unique and nothing bad to report although the athletes tend to have more elaborate homes and do have higher expectations but no unreasonable demands that I can recall.

Not all of these were patients themselves but involved family or someone within their inner sanctum. So kind of weird working on someone while having a celebrity look on.

One of my most favorite was an aging author whose books I had actually read. When I realized it was him and expressed that, he took one from his shelf, signed it and gave it to me...was quite nice and well appreciated.
 
During a paramedic rotation inside an ICU unit, I treated an athlete. It was a NY Ranger who was injured in a playoff game at MSG back in 2008. The next morning, the media reported the player died. I read the story and everything in the story was wrong except for the player's name and hospital. The player made a full recovery. He plays good hockey for a dead person.

The correction story quotes the player's mother who revealed everything I knew about the patient/ I guess it public now.
 
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I've never had anyone famous as a patient, but once I transported the young child of an athlete. He was very gracious and polite. I wish I could say the same for his wife....
 
mycrofft said:
Was it a snakebite case on the backside?:rofl:
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The first responders told me his name. I thought, "Hell, his first name is pretty common. And you can't throw a rock without hitting 10 of this clan. What are he odds that this guys is THE guy?" Apparently pretty freaking good.
 
I transported the Empress of Atlantis once. Very demanding for being physically and chemically restrained.

I transported a member of a pretty well known choir once. He had suffered a CVA, he couldn't speak any words, but could sing notes. It was very odd.
 
I was the medic for a presidential canidates wife. I rode with all my gear in a secret service vehicle. None of it made sense, as I was told that if I was needed, I would ride in the limo and treat enroute to the hospital. I was eventually told that the spouse did not want an ambulance as part of he motorcade.
 
I've only dealt with one celebrity in a professional situation, but it wasn't medical. I was working in a grocery store in Bangor, and everyone in Bangor knows that Stephen King lives there. He also does NOT like special attention. The first time I waited on him in the grocery store I didn't even realize it was him. I treated him just like I would anyone else, and then got a 'good job' from my boss afterwards for doing just that.
 
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