Classic EMS pranks...

[tinman694]

MY new favorite is with the sleeping rooms at the station...the management in their brilliance has installed speakers (to the radio room) and buzzers (which activate after the station tones go off)

I found the 'secret' spot where the relay for the buzzers and the speaker patch connector has been located...and installed a 'magic remote' complete with an old Mr. Microphone...

Let the evil begin...

and give me sharks with frickin lazer beams on their heads

I am also an IT guy (where I really do for a living)

So I run the system....we have a pretty sophisticated set up for a small department--including a wonderful lil squid proxy server---

Its fun to set up a capture portal for some peoples logins!!! (Think of when you connect by wireless at the airport or a hotel--before you can surf off, you have to hit an agreement button) Now...think about the evil things you can do to someone when they cannot get off of 'insert porn site here'.com

Hopefully they won't figure it out too soon....keep chalking it up to 'bad surfing habits'

[wvwarrior]

Oooh! Offering alternatives! That is the mark of a great post!

Five bonus points for you!

Your joking right? I mean come on that thing about the girl? Or did you forget that post. The second you stripped down or allowed her to strip down you were guilty of sexual misconduct, especially if she was under your charge. Also there are a couple "extremes on here" but most of you doing the griping were/are probably the typ that can come up with come backs or take some jokes. Get over yourselves

[johnrsemtp]

how about taking everything out of the cabinets and putting it on the cot and hanging the cot from the overhead hand rails with Kerlix.

[FormerEMSLT297]

I worked at a part time sleep in ems service. We once had a supervisor we hated ,,,,, he went out on a call at like 2300 Hrs. so me and a few trouble makers moved his bed and blankets and pillows onto the peaked roof of the station.

He came back at like 0200 and couldnt find his bed because it was so dark out. ...we luckily were out on a run... when we got back ,, we denied any knowledge of where his rack had went...... He was pissed......he ranted and raved and we just steadfastly denied everything.

The oncoming shift saw his bed when they came on duty @ 0700... He threatened to call the police and have it dusted for prints....... I think the desk Sgt. told him to grow up... A group of us helped him get the bed down and he transferred out of the station soon after that,,

I guess he got the message .....

[CoyoteMedic]

Superman: While your at the hospital, take a disposable sheet, open the rear loading doors, put the sheet ontop of the roof, and have part of it hanging down in the doorway so that when they take off, it flaps like a cape.

Morning supprise: someone posted a couple versions of this one... Where I used to work each day carwas on a 12 hour rotation. you'd go back to the ops station, and swap crews. Well, you take a 1000 IV bag, and a 10 drop set. Put the bag up behind the brake. Then string the IV tubing around the center console, and have it aiming at about croch level. So when the driver goes to step on the brakes, the person in the passanger seat gets a wet supprise.

Wait for me!! I heard about this one... a new hire was riding third person during her orientation shift. Everytime the crew made it to a post, she would go inside and spend about ten minutes in the bathroom. One of the posts is at the far end of a complex. So one day she goes inside to go to the bathroom. The crew pulls the ambulance up towards the street enough to where it can't be seen when you go outside from the post, but the crew could still see the door. They called up dispatch who sent a page out. Just a test page. Well, the next thing the crew knew, someone came barreling outside, stopping dead in their tracts, ghost white and half dressed. Needless to say the trainee didn't leave the bus that often.

I actully pulled this one. When I was a EMT-B, I was working a BLS transfer rig. My partner and I were posting at a park, kicking it in the back of the rig. I was on the jump seat, and he was on the bench seat. A Wheelchair van driver, from the same company we worked for, pulled up, and started BSing with the both of us. Well, my partner distracted her, and I reached into the airway compartment and grabed a tube of KY. I gingerlly made my way outside and to the front of the rig, acting like I was getting something out of the front, and then made my way around to the otherside of the rig where she couldn't see me. I lubed up her door handle, got rid of the evidence, and went back to the rear of my rig. A few minutes later, we get sent out on a transfer. My partner knew what I had done, so we made haste to get the heck outta dodge. As we were driving off, we saw the shock on her face as she held up her hand... I couldn't quite make out what she was saying, but I knew it wasn't a thanks.

Need a hand? I have been both on the receiving end of this one... Take a latex glove... go to the passanger side, and fit it around the fish eye mirror. Or, if the rig has fog lamps, streach a glove over each fog lamp.

word for advice for those who want to throw garlic powder, or chilli powder in someones bed... it itches like crazy and leaves a nastey little rash. While funny to some, it really sucks to be the others.

Keep it real and stay safe.

[MedicAsh]

We would snap each other with tourniquets. We had wars and would go home with welts all over!! Well one night it turned into a water fight in the ER (NO there were no patients in the ER at all). It was all fun till One EMT fell. That didn't stop the water fights though. We had 2 more through out the year and would have to go home and change. LOL

One day for april fools (I was a tudent at that time) The ER doc walked out to a culture swap with this nasty looking shit on it. He was in on the prank to get me (the student), so he pulled out and licked it!!!!! I about threw up and walked out of the ER. I could hear the entire ER staff laughing. When I walked back in they informed me that it was peanut butter on the swab stick. I was not thrilled to be part of that joke but I lool back and laugh at it now. LOL

[scubanurse]

it's not assault though unless it's a verbal threat...its battery if you cause physical harm.

assault=verbal threat

battery=physical harm

if we're going to be hypercritical of these people, at least get the legal terms right

[hardpact07]

This one time somone convinced a new trainee on his first overnight shift that he had to stay wide awake the whole night.

[CoyoteMedic]

Its not EMS related, but I used to work for a Long's. When we got a new hire, I'd go to them and convince them that they'd have to shake the salad dressings because noone wanted to buy salad dressing that was layered, especially the itailian. So they'd spend hours on end shaking the bottles.

[PARAMEDIC TEC]

This is sort of a prank. i cant belive that that was so funny

I had a new partner once. Eighteen year old girl right out of high school and EMT school. She was drop dead gorgeous. About 5'11" and built like a supermodel. She was nice enough, but she was overly enthusiastic and too eager to prove herself. She would mimic anything I did in order to fit in. But since she was so eager, I figured I'd have some fun with it.

The station was a small apartment with a small, two-bunk bedroom, a living room/kitchen combo, and a bathroom. The bedroom and bathroom were separated by the living room. I knew this chick didn't have a clue what was normal for station life. And I wasn't going to stop getting comfortable to relax just because there was a girl around. So, like always, I took off my uniform shirt when we were at the station. She did too. Then that evening, after a long day in the heat, I stripped to my underwear and grabbed my bag and towel and headed for the bathroom to take a shower. When I was in the bedroom getting dressed afterwards, she walked in, stripped butt naked, tossed a towel over her shoulder, and walked to the bathroom to take a shower. I was shocked, but not unpleasantly so! Anyhow, this continues for many shifts, with her (and me) frequently walking around the station topless or in her underwear, showering with the door open, and basically living like nudists. Then finally, she worked a shift with another medic one day. The very next day, I walk into the office and the other medic grabbed me and took me into a private office. He was freaking out, haha. He was like, "Dude, that girl is a FREAK! She runs around the station naked!!'

He ended up having an affair with her and his wife found out and trashed the station. They were both fired.