Most calls?

[HERBIE1]

No rhyme or reason, but obviously a hot summer night does NOT make for a quiet night in the ghettos. The top 15 busiest rigs do 20-25 or more calls in 24 hours or about a 7100 run per year average. A better question would be "What percentage of your calls are actually emergencies in any sense of the word?"

Busiest shift I ever had- 35 calls in 24 hours. Maybe 50% total BS, 50% horribly sick and/or injured. (There seems to be no "in between" in the ghetto.) Took 2 days to recover. LOL

[tom5706]

here in rural NY, its usually waking up time.. say between 5 and 7 a.m.

[Richard B the EMT]

here in rural NY, its usually waking up time. say between 5 and 7 a.m.

I'll go you one better on that, Tom. Your 5 to 7 AM is when folks discover that they can't wake up Grandma or Grandpa, as they expired during the night.

Also, and I wish I could recall my source of the information, due to the strain of elimination, many morning calls ending in finding a dead patient, are in the toilet.

I'll qualify that it ain't just rural, nor New York State.

Edited September 13, 2009 by Richard B the EMT

[funkytomtom]

I've honestly found most of my calls to work very conveniently for me. IE-just finished eating, pooping, or showering. Generally most of our calls are at night, especially if there is inclement weather. Most roll-overs seem to happen between 0300 and 0500. Last weekend was terribly slow, and I actually said "it sure is quiet," to no affect. I have yet to find any one thing that guarantees calls.