EMS humor #EMSLife

Frustrating #EMSlife a collision last shift with a 4 yo in the front seat with just the lap belt on.
Hit be another car that ran the light.
Car seat in the back.
Asked the parent why the kid was not in the car seat: “if I knew I was going to be in an accident I would have”.

Snake bite tonight
Met 5 of the 7 T’s
Teen
Truck
Teeth, missing
Tattoo’s
Tank top
Testosterone
Tequila
Almost had two but we stopped the friends from catching the snake.
#EMSlife

Louisville Metro EMS field blood program continues to be a success!
They live up to their motto: Always In Service!
#EMSlife

Just returned from a call, I don’t thing they teach defensive driving any more.
But the offensive driving course seems to be going strong.
Yeah the big red truck with flashing lights and siren means pull right. Not pull left and slam on the breaks.
#EMSlife

Rural EMS vs Suburban EMS
Rural, farmer gets run over by tractor, fractured femur, finished chores, can’t work the clutch, apologizes for calling
SU, adult drops object on foot. It hurts with no visual injury can hold weight, insists we carry down stairs and pack a bag for them.
#EMSlife

I love #EMSlife
You never can predict what you get.
A naked lady, attacking a parked car with a watermelon.
Overdose victim found in a cemetery.
A cat scratch that did not draw blood.
Kid having problems breathing.
Adult with leg cramps.
All in the first 8 hours. 8 more to go.

Tonight’s #EMSLife WTF call: middle age person calling at 9pm (2100) to have their urinary catheter changed

Had skipped their doc appointment today

Got mad we would not do it, that we only go to the Emergency Department (and don’t bring them back home)

Left them cussing out us and the Triage nurse in the ED crowded waiting area.

#EMSlife call for tree down on wires over car possible person inside
2min later major rain
4 min later another tree down possible injury
4 more min and person wants EMS to get their wheelchair out of their car so they won’t get wet
Angry at the wait

#EMSLife Call the Ambulance because who else is going to come to a public restroom in a park because you pooped your pants
Then get mad because the ambulance does not have spare cloths, and threaten the crew for not stopping at your home on the way to the hospital

Two outstanding providers!

Just what you expect from the biggest, busiest and best service in the county!

Always in Service!
#EMSlife

Amazing work by #LouisvilleMetro EMS!
Less than 24 hours after they started carrying blood products, they saved a life!
#EMSlife These dedicated over worked under resourced under paid providers care about the people of Louisville.
Their motto is “Always In Service”

Louisville Metro EMS is now carrying blood products to protect the citizens. First agency to do so in the state!
If you want to work for a progressive agency, EMT’s start at $21 and paramedics at $28.
LMEMS Always In Service!
#EMSlife

#EMSlife
Had a patient who “had not been feeling well the last two days”
After playing 50 questions came to “my chest aches”
Vitals got worse on the way to the hospital. Just before we arrived they turned and said “I going to die”
I got the pads on just before they crashed
Patients know

#EMSlife It’s funny because it is true!

Was turned down for an internal teaching position at a job.
I was not “ consistently positive and encouraging”
The same place before rejected my app to be a FTO.
I was too “angry and bitter”
I guess that was improvement.
(But every MD/RN doing a ride along was put in my squad)
#EMSLife

#EMSLife long busy night. Cold, very cold.
16 hour shift, no breaks.
By the end of shift I was having trouble writing the reports. Kept dozing off.
No problem with PT care, plenty of adrenaline for that.

#EMSLife
Cold, wet, slightly icee in spots.
So of course people did not want to go to the ER on their own.
11 transports to the ER, only two did not get put in the overcrowded waiting room.

#EMSLife when the Governor, Mayor, and County Sheriff says stay home.
We get slammed with calls.
But then this is a job that’s hard to work from home in.

#EMSLife #SuperBowl
I am convinced that 95% of all 911 medical calls are not emergencies.
The SuperBowl proves it.
We normally have an average of 18 calls an hour, but in the game time there were 8 for the entire game. (Then 28 in 30 min)