things not to say....

[chaser]

I thought about posting this under education....pay attention boys!!

Edited October 24, 2009 by EMT City Administrator
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[itku2er]

well if he told me my shoes were lame he would find it upside his head......

That was funny as hell, I loved it!

+1

[Dustdevil]

I thought about posting this under education...

ROFL!

[NickD]

Great vid, he's very talented . . .

I thought this thread was going to be about things not to say on scene so rather than waste a story here goes.

This is one of those rock and a hard place positions we sometimes find ourselves in. We were staged out when we heard fire being called out along with another ambulance from our company. But fire happened to roll by our position and the engineer motioned for us to follow him. Of course we knew there was another ambulance already responding but fire never seems to pay much attention to our unit numbers. For instance when they call us about something en route, it's never by unit number, it always "Unit responding with truck 21 . . ." And there was a dust up over this kind of thing some months earlier so thinking better safe than sorry we fired up and followed.

The incident that happened earlier drove home the point to me that to our company nothing is more paramount than their contract with fire. And the company will, and has, thrown EMTs overboard in order to placate fire no matter if it's a legitimate gripe or not. Hence the rock and a hard place for us.

When we arrived on scene the other ambulance was already there and our guys were inside with the fire paramedics that arrived before the engine. We then got a radio call from fire that we were canceled, but policy is not to take radio cancellations on scene. We have to physically go inside and confirm it. It's like in the movie Failsafe. After a certain point you can't use the radio to recall your bombers.

So my partner and I go inside the residence and find it's a code. I'm standing in the hallway with a very distraught daughter while my partner goes into the room where the fire medics are working on the pt. And instead of just standing there I was calming the daughter down (she was big girl and and already hyperventilating), "Try not to worry," I offer, "Mom's getting the best care possible."

Just then my partner pokes his head out the door. Fire has confirmed we weren't needed. Now my partner is a great guy, he's a caring, quiet, and modest fellow. And he's all of nineteen years old. And once in a while he does or says something without thinking it through. So instead of pulling me aside he shoots me the universal sign for canceled. The cut-throat signal.

Of course the daughter thinks it means Mom is gone and her already weak knees buckle and she goes down like an old Vegas casino. I tried to catch her but she bangs her head on the corner of a doorway. It gave her a good lac and yes we transported her for stitches. The end result (Mom pulled through) is we were commended for doing what we should have done policy wise, and of course we didn't offer up we were a casual factor in the whole second event.

That same partner did something similar a month or so later. We'd had a hard time convincing an elderly Pt to go to the hospital as she was suffering with Roach Motel Syndrome. "If I go into the hospital," she said, "I'm sure I'll never come out again!" And enroute she kept repeating, "I'm gonna die, I'm gonna be dead, I'm gonna die in the hospital," over and over again.

We had just come from the same ED an hour or so earlier and it had been very busy. So we fully expected to hold up the wall for awhile. But when we came through the doors it was very quiet and there was no line-up at all. I was on the foot end of the gurney when my partner said, "Man, it's dead in here." And I lost it. You know how you get deep into a busy 12-hour shift and you get the giggles? I wanted badly to turn and give him the look but I just couldn't. When I finally composed myself and managed to look back our patient's mouth and eyes were big as saucers. And my young partner's face was the same. He knew, albeit too late, he'd again said or done totally the wrong thing.

[FireMedic65]

"Things not to say to your WIFE

I am not married, so I am clear to say them.

Edited October 23, 2009 by FireMedic65

[Mateo_1387]

Just then my partner pokes his head out the door. Fire has confirmed we weren't needed. Now my partner is a great guy, he's a caring, quiet, and modest fellow. And he's all of nineteen years old. And once in a while he does or says something without thinking it through. So instead of pulling me aside he shoots me the universal sign for canceled. The cut-throat signal.

Of course the daughter thinks it means Mom is gone and her already weak knees buckle and she goes down like an old Vegas casino. I tried to catch her but she bangs her head on the corner of a doorway. It gave her a good lac and yes we transported her for stitches. The end result (Mom pulled through) is we were commended for doing what we should have done policy wise, and of course we didn't offer up we were a casual factor in the whole second event.

That same partner did something similar a month or so later. We'd had a hard time convincing an elderly Pt to go to the hospital as she was suffering with Roach Motel Syndrome. "If I go into the hospital," she said, "I'm sure I'll never come out again!" And enroute she kept repeating, "I'm gonna die, I'm gonna be dead, I'm gonna die in the hospital," over and over again.

Funny story man, awkward moments like that are fun to hear about, even thought they may not be the best of situations. I love how you tell your 19 year old coworker's embarrassing stories that put you in a hard spot, but what about 52 year old Nick's stories? I am sure there has to be a good story about an awkward situation you have put your partner in.

[Richard B the EMT]

"Things not to say to your WIFE

I am not married, so I am clear to say them.

Actually, no, I don't believe you are.

My girlfriend, Lady J, and I have an arrangement:

I don't say anything similar to that, and she lets me live!

(She's a purple belt in sho-go-tan karate, so I never want to get on her 100 pound, 5 foot 3 inch bad side)

This is kind of funny, in a different way, as, while late night channel surfing, I have caught that song being performed (immaterial, perhaps by the same singer, or not) on a religious broadcast station!