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Monthly Archives: June 2010
Listen to your wise friends
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Loading ...Code 3 for shortness of breath. In the Walgreens parking lot. In a parked Toyota Corolla. Great. Sounds stupid. Four minutes later we pull into the empty Walgreens parking lot. Sure enough, there is a Corolla parked right next to … Continue reading
Be nice, asshole
(2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...So last night we go to this guy lying on someone’s front lawn. Well, actually, 4am. Despite what you may have read here at this blog, I’m nice to patients, even the jackasses, and those folks are – bless them … Continue reading
Downtime
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Every now and then we get some downtime during the shift. Downtime is a very misunderstood portion of our work – to the outsider, it seems strange and inefficient that we’re getting paid to do nothing, which is why when … Continue reading
Ice Ice Baby
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Code 2 for someone who punched a wall. It’s drywall. “He punched the wall! We were arguing! You need to check his vital signs!” “O…K…” “I’m fine. I don’t know why they called.” “You wanna go to the hospital?” “No, … Continue reading
EZ-IO
(2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Michelle Fox, Vidacare’s Director of Professional Affiliations, gets an EZ-IO placed in the proximal humerus during a company meeting. Well, great, now how am I going to threaten the next misbehaving teenager? Random old posts: New medications Is this really … Continue reading
