What is the most common call out in your area?

[becksdad]

Dustdevil wrote:80% of our ambo runs are for females, most with unexplained syncope.

-That's because they saw that guy over in the boot thread with size 18's.!

[altamedic]

3 words that I hear on a daily basis, that makes me cringe.

"I CANT POOP"

[AnthonyM83]

Depends where we work. EMT class had me all prepped to expect mainly geriatric calls, but then I moved areas.

I'm new, but it's been mainly TCs, SOB, pregnancy-related, seizures, syncope of some kind. They often seem to come in twos...kinda funny that way.

[itku2er]

I live in a rural area ......old coal mining town so most of ours deal with COPD .....but we do get CP CODES OD especially now that the holidays are coming that one will go up....MVCs are big here too ......nothing like those country boys 4 wheel drives and dirt roads....hey 304 thanks for reminding me yes we get the NH calls too........more if i am at work at the NH ... 8)

Oh Becksdad was that a personal attack in your comment?........shame shame shame :roll: :roll: :roll:

Terri

[tinman694]

Our Dispatchers (for the City where I work) usually page out "General Medical"

This has been everything from a "My Finger Hurts" Call to a multi car 16 patient MVC.

We see it all for a smaller (but RAPIDLY growing) town.

[snakemedic]

HBD/psych especially....male lying on grate, unknown if breathing....cell phone caller.

JM

[becksdad]

Hey, Itku2er, I just saw your post from earlier - no, it wasn't a personal attack, it was supposed to be a joke. Maybe a lame one. You know what they say about the size of the foot being in relation to the size of..... oh, nevermind.

[IslandEMS]

My personal favorite and a very common dispatch is for the "butt breathers" they are "altered LOC butt breathing" and "unconscious butt breathing". I listen for lung sounds down there but can not hear anything. I must be in need of a fancy cardiology stethoscope.

[EMS49393]

Here in southwestern Missouri we see more psych/drunk/OD/BS suicide attempt then anything else. Most of these seem to be male alcoholics with no warm place to spend a night. The second most common call I see here is the female that's sick with fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, depression, bipolar, abdominal pain call. They're all on disability, all on medicaid, and none of them have gainful (or even non-gainful employment.) My health insurance is through the roof. Maybe I have should get fibromyalgia. It could be contagious.

[Medic_Kidd]

chest pain, chest pain, chest pain........... i even had someone from out of town today (who listens to area scanners religiously) comment on "yall sure do have a lot of chest pain calls out there..."...... lol...... guess that's southern cookin for ya.... lol.....