divinewind_007

ok..patient 1 is going to live..however hes going to be in the hospital for several months...patient 2 is still critical. they are not expecting him to live. i didnt mean to start a riot on here. and heres the thing...like i stated the meth lab wasnt suspected until the next day by the cops. The immeadite first resonders(fire men) didnt suspect meth. the men reeked of the smell of diesel and they brought them up from the cabin. We never saw the cabin, the only info we had was what we were told from the patients and fireman., and the initial cops on scene. At the time of our arrival the scene was declared safe. one of the fireman there is also one of the volunteers on the hasmat team. you guyz on this scene might have seen it differently, however this is how we inital perceived the scene. however nextday we were notified they were investigating as a meth lab.

well..heres the scene. there was 3 cops...20 bystanders and a fire crew. the cabin was down the hill about 100 yds from where they had the patients. they had already brought them up from the cabin.fire crew was a volunteer dept. Hasmat team is all volunteers from all over the county. they would have to be called in.probably take 45mins to a hour to get them assembled and out there. then they would have to get set up. all fire crews around here are volunteer except for the city fire dept. which is a combination. even they only keep one fire man on duty at a time. the scene was basically a mess. we had wifes and mothers screaming and yelling for their loved ones and going nuts over the whole incident. we got the patients in our trucks. locked the doors cause the cops at first couldnt get the family from trying to get in the truck to see their loved ones. we treated them and got them out of their as fast as we could. frankly, by the time the hasmat team got there i think the most critical patient would have definetely been dead. and the other one would have been lucky to survive. should it have been deconed yes it should have, but we really lack the resources to succesfully decon a area and be able to save the lives of the people in it too. unfortunately our county oficaials aint going to spend the money to protect this county and its people. we took a risk, but hopefully these men will live and change their lives around. It was confirmed today that it was a meth lab. what your saying is right i just wanted you to know why we did what we did. 8)

oh im fine xselerate. we have the counseling down here if we need it. and as far as not using the IOs, his arms from about wrist to shoulder were not burnt....so we got lines in the AC. and know they werent decontaminated cause the people on the scene didnt think of it till afterwards. the cops and fireman that got their first never thought of it. on the way to the scene we heard one of the cops get on the radio. he was extremely excited and he said: I dont know if i have the authority or not, but please launch the bird. we knew then it was going to be a rough one. and our hazmat team is a joke. they have never even done any training. we'll just have to wait and see if it was or not.

I was working at my county service the other night when the call came. it had been a pretty boring shift..just the normal nursing home shuffle. a few minutes after midnight we went to lay down for the night. i had just got my shoes off when they called us. All the info. our dispatcher had was the address...and explosion of some sort...and 2 patients. We get a chopper put on standby on the way to the scene. Then we got there and saw our patients...and the pucker factor kicked in. Luckily our second truck was a few minutes behind us. patient number 1 was 26 year old with 60% of body burned, 2nd degree and 3 degree burns. patient number 2 was 40 year old and had 80-90% of body burnt...2nd and 3rd degree burns. It looked like a horror movie. Their skin was melting like plastic. It is the worst burn call i have ever been on. They were in a cabin behind their house trying to resart the fire in their stove. The poured diesel on it. It didnt ignite at first and they started to do it again and it exploded. What they were doing in the cabin at midnight is under investigation. It is susspected they had a meth lab in their too. I do believe that they poured diesel on a fire. What few pieces of clothes that were left were soaked in it. The back of my truck had the smell of burnt flesh and diesel fuel. Patient number 2 must have been in the direct line of the blast cause his injurys were worst then his friend. His throat was black. He got RSI'ed, plus 2 large bore iv's running fluids. His friend got the large bores along with some demerol as well as phentol. And then we flew them out to the nearest burn center. I hope i never have to work one of these again but the way these meth labs are popping up i'm sure to see more. Moral of the story....dont put flammable liquids in your stove. BTW, patient number 2 was celebrating his 40th birthday when he blew himself up.