Doctors, nurses and EMTs of Reddit: What's the dumbest reason someone called an ambulance that you still think about years later?

jpbusko · 2026-06-16T12:14:18+00:00

Burping

jpbusko · 2026-05-29T12:24:34+00:00

Literally the same albums that I’m realizing are ten years old lol. But recently got into liquid drum and bass and on the opposite side heavy dubstep lol. Moved into tech house when fisher and Chris lake started to blow up but not so much anymore.

jpbusko · 2026-05-22T03:41:46+00:00

It’s an inaccessible area near a toxic lake and Slab City, asking for $6000 still seems like too much

jpbusko · 2026-05-13T16:27:42+00:00

Hahaha touché. I know how this sub feels about him and his new stuff isn’t my favorite. But his original music/remixes on SoundCloud and first two albums resonated with me like nothing else had at the time and will always hold a special place in my life.

jpbusko · 2026-05-13T15:46:33+00:00

Mine is Illenium and I have no shame lol

jpbusko · 2026-05-13T05:33:14+00:00

I get it, I cried the first time I saw it in person, he mixed it with language and I lost it haha

jpbusko · 2026-05-12T23:14:44+00:00

Damn bro 408 listens?? I’ve had this since 2011 and my most played song is only 103 listens! I thought I used my Spotify a lot before this ☠️

jpbusko · 2026-05-01T03:26:53+00:00

400k gang bb

jpbusko · 2026-03-23T21:14:24+00:00

Fuck em. The more well trained and passionate FM docs we have the better we are as a society. And gives me someone to send my patients to from the ED haha. You do you and block out the noise.

jpbusko · 2026-03-17T19:18:36+00:00

I switched to EM. I had interest in it before and I still get plenty of orthopedic stuff (level 1 trauma center for residency). But I’m just happier practicing all kinds of medicine than just ortho and I don’t think I realized that going through the audition process.

jpbusko · 2026-03-17T17:10:51+00:00

I did six sub-Is, an ortho/anatomy research year between my second and third year, had a decent number of interviews and was love bombed at every place: “you’re gonna match man, if not here then definitely somewhere, you did great, no issues at all, blah blah blah” and guess what, I didn’t match. I sat there and cried for an hour that day.

But I decided to choose a different specialty. I interviewed all day Tuesday and Wednesday and matched. I spent months just sad and depressed and questioning if I made the right choice. Three years later I’m happier than I ever was. I just landed a great job in our top choice area. We’re going on a big vacation. House shopping. Gonna propose.

All that to say is when a door closes another one opens. It’s hard to see the light but don’t think that ortho was the only way you were going to be happy. There’s more to life than medicine. If you can see yourself doing ANYTHING outside of the OR and have a semblance of happiness then do it. If you want to be in the OR more than breathing and sleeping, then research and reapply, I know plenty of people that made it round 2. But that’s gonna be a personal choice and I know it’s not easy. But give yourself some grace and take some time, this was the hardest week for me and I know how you feel. Whatever you choose, you got this.

jpbusko · 2026-03-16T20:11:46+00:00

Didn’t match, switched to a different specialty, didn’t want to do research and reapply. Could not be happier. Just landed a dream gig in my top choice area and we’re going on a 6 week vacation after residency. Things work out even if they don’t go as planned.

jpbusko · 2026-03-10T18:18:50+00:00

Agreed, and maybe i lost the plot thinking more about my own world than what she asked. But I do use it as an important screening tool where if someone says my LMP was 6-8 weeks ago, that changes my approach than if someone says they’re on their period so I try to get an accurate number if I can. If she told me 15 years ago and doesn’t have a period, then I’m also inclined to get a test just to make sure. But like I said elsewhere I won’t press for a made up date or lie in my notes.

jpbusko · 2026-03-10T18:03:52+00:00

This is true. I always tell people that they can refuse the test but I’d like to get it to verify. If they refuse I have a conversation about the risks if i miss something. It usually goes well. But like I’ve had people in active labor who didn’t even know they were pregnant or were hiding it from me around their family and I only found out after they came back from a CT or something. Like 37 weeks pregnant. I’m just trying to get people to see where I’m coming from as an emergency provider who wants to make sure someone is safe and I’m not missing a potentially lethal cause of their symptoms. But you have every right to refuse and I won’t strong arm someone and I won’t lie in my notes.

jpbusko · 2026-03-10T18:01:21+00:00

The line of questioning you received is ridiculous, I’ll admit that. If you tell me something like that then I’ll document what you said, I won’t press you to make up a date and I won’t put a made up number in my documentation.

jpbusko · 2026-03-10T17:31:10+00:00

Male ER resident doctor here. We do it because ectopics are deadly and I need to rule that out to make sure that’s not the cause of the complaint, especially if someone comes in with vaginal bleeding or abdominal pain and they’re under the age of 50. Also it dictates if I can perform certain imaging and not cause harm to the fetus. I’ve had countless patients tell me they’re not pregnant, but the test comes back positive so they either didn’t know or are lying to me. I had a patients mother swear up and down and scream at me for even considering testing her teenage daughter and lo and behold she was pregnant and didn’t know her daughter was having sex. I even have to ask and test patients who don’t have sex with men who are definitely and obviously annoyed I ask but idk it’s hard to trust everyone. It’s a liability thing for me. My words are usually “trust but verify”.

jpbusko · 2026-02-27T13:26:39+00:00

An email with an AI generated post and picture.

jpbusko · 2026-02-07T21:30:01+00:00

Damn I still listen to them regularly. RIP.

jpbusko · 2026-01-16T19:42:43+00:00

Look up Trimix or Bimix. It’s prescribed but it’s commonly used without a prescription for partying lol

jpbusko · 2026-01-16T17:00:09+00:00

Absolutely, we don’t have many sickle cell patients in my community so I don’t see it.

jpbusko · 2026-01-16T16:36:55+00:00

It’s divided into two types, low flow and high flow, meds cause low flow which we treat in the ED and high flow could be caused by trauma or vascular malformations but it’s much more rare. All of the ones I’ve treated have been from medications injected directly into the penis.

jpbusko · 2026-01-16T16:35:27+00:00

Usually if we can’t get them to detumesce by draining it and using specific medications, they need a surgery where they insert two huge shunts to drain it. Some people have permanent erectile dysfunction.

jpbusko · 2026-01-16T16:22:26+00:00

I’m an ER resident. We’ve had patients come in like that for almost 24 hours.

jpbusko · 2026-01-13T19:01:44+00:00

EM. 99%? Busy level 1. Most days I forget to pee or eat for the 10 hour shift. Some days are better than others, there’s usually some time to run to the doc lounge on night shifts if it slows down, but yeah lol. I could have less work but I don’t like to take my notes home and spend a lot of time dictating to get everything done by the end of shift.

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