Monthly Archives: June 2010

Listen to your wise friends

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

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Be nice, asshole

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

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Downtime

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

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Ice Ice Baby

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

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EZ-IO

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? Other Posts: Armando Galarraga has class Thermometer Oh … Continue reading

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