I love this job!!

[James_ffemt]

Ok, so last Saturday night my partner and I were awakened by the phone ringing. I answer and it's my supervisor telling us to get in the truck and head to the Bestwestern hotel for a triple shooting. We get dressed and take off. We are about 15 miles away from this location. While we are enroute the first crew gets on scene and states that there is a very large crowd and PD is on scene. Well about 2 minutes later they come across the radio and say they are enrout to the hospital with their patient and shots were being fired while they were on scene. They also stated that the other two victims had gone by POV and the supervisor cancelled us. We continued to head to the hospital knowing that our little ER would need help. Well the supervisor calls back and tells us we have another shooting victim at the scene. We get on scene and there is about 300 people in the parking lot of this hotel/club, police, sherriff, FD, Troopers and Tribal Police. We get out and start to our victim wich we learn is not a gunshot but having a siezure. Pt. was siezing when we came into contact with her. The crowd is hitting us and cussing us and would not get out of the way. PD is no where to be found so we just start pushing our way through. We get her in the back of the ambulance and I lock the door and the Firefighters surround our truck. Pt. still siezing and complaing she can't breath. ETOH on board and she stated between siezures she took zanax. We head towards hospital and the above mentioned law enforcement pass us code 3. We get to ER and there is another three hundred or more people there fighting inside and outside the ER. We are escorted in, moving another OD pt. out of the way so we can get ours in and FD is takeing care of her. Bird was on the ground when we get there and they take 2 pts. Another bird drops in and takes 3rd GSW. The OD outside goes unresponsive so we grab her and put her in the ER and our pt. starts siezing so hard she is coming past the bed rails. Dr. puts her down and intubates her and calls another bird to come in. So we had a triple shooting double overdose plus they had a patient waiting to be seen that had been stabbed in the head with a rust screwdriver by his wife. GOD I LOVE MY JOB!!! Everybody survived!!!!

[Acosell]

Pt. still siezing and complaing she can't breath.

Eh?

Sounds like quite the night... You must be pooped.

[akflightmedic]

LOL....

I caught that one as well.

Plus in between seziures she is able to give history...no post ictal state for her I guess.

No cops to be found so you decide to enter a scene where there are hundreds of angry people with mob mentality plus patients that had already been removed with gunshot wounds..hmmmm, lemme thin about that one.

I thought about it and the short of it is there is no patient worth my ass getting hurt over. I will wait for police thank you. I believe we teach that one the first week of EMT school....

Very good details my friend, heck of a night...you must be pooped.

[Laker08]

The crowd is hitting us and cussing us and would not get out of the way. PD is no where to be found so we just start pushing our way through.

So this what they mean by the term 'scene safety'

On second thought....I think someone just lost their <credibility> lol

[akflightmedic]

Sorry I just cant leave this one alone. That many people on scene and they all piled in their cars and went to the hospital as well??? Or this is just a different set of 300 people at the ER???

I got my boots on....

[Kountess]

wow James.. amazing it didn't make the news.. got a link from the Tulsa News or anything,, I would love to read more about this case.

[Happiness]

Ya know James it's always great to be someone that can help others but two points you should learn about this call is that you and your partner could have become pts. and that please always remember saftey never takes a holiday

[mtnsldr]

I belive we teach that one the first week of EMT school....

First night actually (it was last night.)

[Ridryder 911]

Yeah, hmm didn,t see any or hear of state news either... snifff. ... sniff I smell b..s....oh by the way it's spelled xanax..and what bird was flying last Sat. when most was (yellow or red) grounded for weather?

R/r 911

[Just Plain Ruff]

You are gonna catch hell from this post.

you entered that scene, remind me not to be your partner especially when your supervisor said that there were shots fired. You are living on borrowed time. Before Dust says anything, naaahhhh I won't touch it, I'll let Dust tell ya

But to be blunt and honest - you entered the scene with 300 people a history of a triple shooting, an angry crowd, no pd to be found. I find you to be irresponsible, not credible and incredibly Stupid.

There is no scene nor no patient that I would EVER EVER EVER EVER risk my life for and that my friend sounds like what you did.

And whats the deal with you getting called on the phone by your supervisor. Don't you have a radio or pager? Or is it easier to get called on the phone

I'm gonna have to agree with everyone else so far - I smell a really embellished and possibly cock and bull story with this. I'm from Missouri, show me a link to a news paper article or something.

This is something that would have made any paper especially a small town's paper since all your patients in your story were critical. Come clean and give us the real story.