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True Life is Stranger than Fiction: July 2006
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True Life is Stranger than Fiction. True stories from the ER, and the streets of EMS. Thursday, July 20, 2006. Adventures in Emergency Medicine. This post covers multiple calls/cases from this past weekend. It will get long I'm sure. I've always said that a high level of testosterone poisoning is required to be a Marine. The worst-off Marine had a core temp of 110F. And was having seizures, totally unconscious. I'm glad I didn't have to take care of any of those poor guys. With lights and sirens. En rout...
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True Life is Stranger than Fiction: January 2006
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True Life is Stranger than Fiction. True stories from the ER, and the streets of EMS. Monday, January 30, 2006. 4 Medics=1 guaranteed code. This past Saturday, I had the pleasure and good fortune of running w/3 other Medics. Of course, as one of them (MedicJon) put it, we were doomed to run a code. Right when we sat down to eat lunch (another damning scenario in EMS), we got toned-out for an "Unconscious". Out came the patient, and it was showtime. I noticed he was not only a big guy, but he had acum...
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True Life is Stranger than Fiction: October 2006
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True Life is Stranger than Fiction. True stories from the ER, and the streets of EMS. Sunday, October 08, 2006. Too close to home. I was on my way to lunch, passing through the ER as usual on the way to the deli. I noticed a significant number of Fire/EMS personnel standing around the Nurses' Station. I know from experience that something serious was going down. I went through the doors and over to the 1st set of Trauma Bays and the entire ER staff was working on an 11-month-old girl in. And someone did&...
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True Life is Stranger than Fiction: May 2006
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True Life is Stranger than Fiction. True stories from the ER, and the streets of EMS. Tuesday, May 30, 2006. An enigma, wrapped up in a puzzle, wrapped up in a conundrum. I ran w/MedicJon ("Hazbulance") Sun. and we ran a doozy of a call (as you can surely tell by the title of this post). We dragged her out of the bathroom and loaded her up on our cot. She was with it enough to swat at us w/her arms, but not w/any accuracy. She was also, for all intents and purposes, non-communicative. Jon and I stood by/...
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True Life is Stranger than Fiction: November 2005
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True Life is Stranger than Fiction. True stories from the ER, and the streets of EMS. Monday, November 21, 2005. This happened when I was a Medic intern. I start an IV immediately, and my precepter does a 12-lead EKG. We see what we expect-an AMI. I immediately call Med Control for Dopamine orders, which they immediately deny. F-ers. Posted by S. @ 12:10 PM. Sunday, November 20, 2005. It was a cool night, late in winter, and we were toned-out for a possible structure fire. During our frenzied respons...
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True Life is Stranger than Fiction: August 2006
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True Life is Stranger than Fiction. True stories from the ER, and the streets of EMS. Friday, August 18, 2006. Happy F$cking New Year. An 18y.o. M from the neighborhood (that she knew) had waited until after dusk and walked to her place. He unscrewed her porch light so she couldn't see who was at the door before he knocked. When she opened the door, he forced his way in and raped her on the floor of the hallway just off her living room. Posted by S. @ 1:13 PM. Northern Virginia, United States.
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True Life is Stranger than Fiction: April 2006
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True Life is Stranger than Fiction. True stories from the ER, and the streets of EMS. Saturday, April 29, 2006. The hazards of multitasking. This happened a few years ago in our ED. One particular evening, "The Bat Phone" rang. EMS was bringing in a working code. They arrive with the now resuscitated man. However, they do not have him intubated. Seems the patient was at a local nudie bar, enjoying a steak, some booze, and the show. Lo and behold, he was distracted (however did. Unfortunately, the patient...
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True Life is Stranger than Fiction: February 2006
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True Life is Stranger than Fiction. True stories from the ER, and the streets of EMS. Monday, February 20, 2006. This is a call I just went on yesterday. I was running w/MedicChris and his driver, Wayne for a few hours yesterday. The day was mostly laid-back, spent mostly shooting the breeze and telling stories. Right after the start of the Daytona 500 (as Chris calls it, "the roundy-round"), we got called for seizures. She tells us the patient is upstairs. Chris and Wayne had already coordinated getting...
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True Life is Stranger than Fiction: December 2005
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True Life is Stranger than Fiction. True stories from the ER, and the streets of EMS. Wednesday, December 28, 2005. Who you gonna call? Posted by S. @ 12:24 PM. Monday, December 26, 2005. Another crackhead I coded (Alt. title: I hate my OMD.). My protocols are kinda screwy. One of the drugs I don't carry is Magnesium Sulfate. I'm sure you can see where this is going, being about another crackhead and all. En-route, I continue to shock the crap outta the guy, to no avail. Posted by S. @ 9:42 AM. It's earl...
