Why are they always upstair!!!

[FFnj]

Listen, have you ever noticed they(I mean sick people) are always on the top floor of a building with no elevator, or if there is an elevator, it's one of those small one that reminds us of the smallest closet in our home. And they(I mean sick people that live on the top floor) are always at the end of this hallway that even a marothon runner would have to stop to catch his or her breath. And the kicker! (After making it up 8 stories with all this magic life saving stuff ,2 albuterol treatments later and one medical control consult to see if self administration of fluid and Dex 50% can be done for your dehydration and hunger because it's now 5:00pm and that lunch you have waiting for you in the bus is now 5 hours old!) the sick person out weighs me my partner and the two EMTs on scene combined.... That is just part of this call I had the other day!!

[Medic_QT]

I had one a few weeks ago where the place was absolutely trashed. I honestly don't think trash had ever been taken out of there... EVER.

We were called on a personal assst, and we get there and it's a guy who's 400+ lbs stuck between the bed and the wall of the trailer. How did he get there you might ask? Well, he had a king sized mattress on a queen sized frame. He got too close to the edge and whoops! Fat man stuck in a little space.

So, we had to take the mattress and take it out to the living room, take apart the bed frame, and then try to get him up. No big deal, right? He was naked. 400+ pound fat man in a little space who's naked. You have no belt or pants or anything to grab onto (I really wouldn't want to grab onto anything in this case...). So, we tried the sheet trick. Nope. We ended up getting 8 people to heave his ass up, and help (read: max assit) him to a chair.



Then this week I had an elderly ball of cancer guy who was having hemiparesis d/t a brain tumor. My Lt says no to the stair chair, we're going to walk him. Seriously??? Down the stairs??? So, Lt says "Hey Beth, help him move that foot forwards." I put down the kits, and bend down to move the foot forwards, and the patient goes "I'M POOPIN!!!!" I was bent down, with my ear near his ass, and I could hear the ppppbbbbtttttttttt of him pooping. Then we had to carry him down the stairs.

[cwl3gemt]

yah, but when gnats swarm pretty much everywhere in the house...

[fireball]

Originally Posted by FFnj

Listen, have you ever noticed they(I mean sick people) are always on the top floor of a building with no elevator, or if there is an elevator, it's one of those small one that reminds us of the smallest closet in our home. And they(I mean sick people that live on the top floor) are always at the end of this hallway that even a marothon runner would have to stop to catch his or her breath. And the kicker! (After making it up 8 stories with all this magic life saving stuff ,2 albuterol treatments later and one medical control consult to see if self administration of fluid and Dex 50% can be done for your dehydration and hunger because it's now 5:00pm and that lunch you have waiting for you in the bus is now 5 hours old!) the sick person out weighs me my partner and the two EMTs on scene combined.... That is just part of this call I had the other day!!

here they have the same problem,it's international!!!

[FranklinCountyVFF]

I'm still pretty new to the EMS field so i'm sure i'll be running into some of this. Good thing is we only have two apartment complexes in our call area, only two stories but the steps seem to be a pain. Go up about ten steps to a landing turn a 90 then up the rest of the steps.

[jester1965]

We don't run EMS calls (do the happy dance), but we do get called often to assist the ambulance crew for the same reasons. We had a call back in the summer where this guy, 350+ had been run over by his tractor in the barn. He was laying partially under it, with one leg still up on it and his xxl sized melon wedged in a triangular wall support. We ended up cutting the wall support away from him, then rolled his rather big self onto the back board, and finally got him pulled out from under it. It took 10 of us to lug his ass to the ambulance.

And QT, I have been stuck in very close quarters with an elderly man who hadn't pooped in a week, until I was holding him up so the medic could get the stretcher under him to transport him out of the family room. He said "I gotta make poops" and one of the family members slapped a potty chair under him (lukemia patient) and away he went. I was stuck between the furniture and the stretcher with the poor old guy (one of our former fire chiefs, so I couldn't just bail out over the guy) and one of the most horrific dumps I ever had the misfortune to be near. Everyone else just kind of backed away with faces covered, bastards.

[Medic_QT]

Originally Posted by jester1965

And QT, I have been stuck in very close quarters with an elderly man who hadn't pooped in a week, until I was holding him up so the medic could get the stretcher under him to transport him out of the family room. He said "I gotta make poops" and one of the family members slapped a potty chair under him (lukemia patient) and away he went. I was stuck between the furniture and the stretcher with the poor old guy (one of our former fire chiefs, so I couldn't just bail out over the guy) and one of the most horrific dumps I ever had the misfortune to be near. Everyone else just kind of backed away with faces covered, bastards.

I sympathize. I work in an ER. I clean up poop and start IV's for the most part. Sometimes, if I'm lucky, I'll get to inflict electricity on people. Try cleaning lower GI bleed. I'm pretty good at keeping chunks down, but I had to run out of the room before I vomited. I sat there gagging in the trashcan for a good 30 seconds.

[FFnj]

I have a good poop poop story. My son was born May 19 2006, 9Lbs, 6oz. BIG BOY!!!. I am convinced my wife is a freak of nature to deliver such a big kid in the ways of old!! Anyway back to the story. My son had to spend time in the NIC-U. He was there for about a week and a half. He had trouble maintaining his sugar levels. NO fear he's a ok now!! But like all good parents everyday to the hospital to see our new bundle of joy. So one day we show up and start doing our thing, reading, feeding, holding. As attentive parents we smell the sweet joy that is in his pamper! GROSS!!! So we ask the RN if we can change him. And with the biggest smile I have ever seen, she says go for it.(I think the nurses get a kick out of watching loving parents with no clue). My wife undoes the pamper and lifts his little legs and says to me, I don't think he done? And I say, ya he is just change the pamper(I'm grossed out shielding myself behind my wife). As soon as my wife went to wipe my boys booty he projectiled a liquid poop that covered my wifes hand and hit the wall about a foot away. I have never heard such a loud NIC-U. Every person in this room saw and was laughing!! I don't know if you think this was funny, but wow I sure did!!
Oh got to go they are calling my number!

[fireball]

Originally Posted by FFnj

I have a good poop poop story. My son was born May 19 2006, 9Lbs, 6oz. BIG BOY!!!. I am convinced my wife is a freak of nature to deliver such a big kid in the ways of old!! Anyway back to the story. My son had to spend time in the NIC-U. He was there for about a week and a half. He had trouble maintaining his sugar levels. NO fear he's a ok now!! But like all good parents everyday to the hospital to see our new bundle of joy. So one day we show up and start doing our thing, reading, feeding, holding. As attentive parents we smell the sweet joy that is in his pamper! GROSS!!! So we ask the RN if we can change him. And with the biggest smile I have ever seen, she says go for it.(I think the nurses get a kick out of watching loving parents with no clue). My wife undoes the pamper and lifts his little legs and says to me, I don't think he done? And I say, ya he is just change the pamper(I'm grossed out shielding myself behind my wife). As soon as my wife went to wipe my boys booty he projectiled a liquid poop that covered my wifes hand and hit the wall about a foot away. I have never heard such a loud NIC-U. Every person in this room saw and was laughing!! I don't know if you think this was funny, but wow I sure did!!
Oh got to go they are calling my number!

that is funny and sometiems when little kids fart it is so loud,lol.

[Medic_QT]

I laughed, not gonna lie. I probably would have peed myself laughing if I were one of the nurses. I'm like that though.. Sorry..

[jester1965]

I'm proud of ya NJ, you did what any normal guy in your situation would do, used the wife as a human dookey shield and stayed out of the blast zone.
Besides, none of us ever really do it right anyway.

And another thing, my freak of nature gave birth to our son 10 and a half pounds naturally. She demanded a c-section many times, and after the birth the doctor apologized to her and said if he had any idea my son was so big he would have. Now he's the tallest in my family at 17.

[utfd701]

I got a fatty story,
We respond to a full arrest, a known druggie. Since we only run MFR, had to wait a while for EMS druing this time we discover he is not in full arrest, rather he has OD'd and does have a pulse. EMS arrives, wants him on the rig before they will work him. We decide best way to get this guy down the stairs is on a back board. So he is boarded, and as the last strap goes on, everyone bails save two, me and my then Asst Chief. We manage to lift Mr. 375 and start down the stairway (which is just barely wider than my shoulders). I am at the foot of the backboard, heading down the stairs when my man looses his footing and lists slightly forward before losing his grip. The list was just enough for me to loose my balance, attempt to set the patient down only to loose my grip, get taken out just below the knees, fall forward onto the patient as we both took a ride down the rest of the stairs on the backboard/sled.

[Medic_QT]

OMG. That HAD to have been a sight to see! I hope you guys weren't hurt TOO bad, and it's a good thing he didn't get narcan'd before you brought him down!!!

[Fire Chick]

Originally Posted by utfd701

I got a fatty story,
We respond to a full arrest, a known druggie. Since we only run MFR, had to wait a while for EMS druing this time we discover he is not in full arrest, rather he has OD'd and does have a pulse. EMS arrives, wants him on the rig before they will work him. We decide best way to get this guy down the stairs is on a back board. So he is boarded, and as the last strap goes on, everyone bails save two, me and my then Asst Chief. We manage to lift Mr. 375 and start down the stairway (which is just barely wider than my shoulders). I am at the foot of the backboard, heading down the stairs when my man looses his footing and lists slightly forward before losing his grip. The list was just enough for me to loose my balance, attempt to set the patient down only to loose my grip, get taken out just below the knees, fall forward onto the patient as we both took a ride down the rest of the stairs on the backboard/sled.

You just took the express way down!

[fireball]

Originally Posted by jester1965

I'm proud of ya NJ, you did what any normal guy in your situation would do, used the wife as a human dookey shield and stayed out of the blast zone.
Besides, none of us ever really do it right anyway.

And another thing, my freak of nature gave birth to our son 10 and a half pounds naturally. She demanded a c-section many times, and after the birth the doctor apologized to her and said if he had any idea my son was so big he would have. Now he's the tallest in my family at 17.

you have a tall son,that is a great new,after a difficult birth.

[utfd701]

Originally Posted by Medic_QT

OMG. That HAD to have been a sight to see! I hope you guys weren't hurt TOO bad, and it's a good thing he didn't get narcan'd before you brought him down!!!

Nobody hurt in the ensuing crash. Guy got narcan in the rig after being tied down. He did eventually do himself in a few weeks later.

[FranklinCountyVFF]

I ran a DOA call the other day, three of us on the truck so I sat in the back with the body. Lean up front to ask if they could turn up the radio, and wouldn't you know it the song "another one bites the dust" just came on. I couldn't help myself but to laugh, what are the chances of that ever happening again.

[Medic_QT]

Originally Posted by utfd701

Nobody hurt in the ensuing crash. Guy got narcan in the rig after being tied down. He did eventually do himself in a few weeks later.

Nice.. I'll push enough in 0.4 increments til they start breathing well enough and holding their own airway, I don't usually tie them down. I'm scared to death of sending someone into withdrawl and having them seize on me or something.

Around here they actually had dealers holding up medics for their narcan so they could save their business. And for a while, there were a lot of people committing suicide by heroin. I know it's way off topic from the original post, but I thought it was interesting.

[cwl3gemt]

Originally Posted by FranklinCountyVFF

I ran a DOA call the other day, three of us on the truck so I sat in the back with the body. Lean up front to ask if they could turn up the radio, and wouldn't you know it the song "another one bites the dust" just came on. I couldn't help myself but to laugh, what are the chances of that ever happening again.

nice.

just dont hum another one bites the dust when a paitents family is around and your doin CPR...

[aklontz]

Originally Posted by cwl3gemt

nice.

just dont hum another one bites the dust when a paitents family is around and your doin CPR...

Yeah... that doesn't get very good reactions.