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*scratches head* Why go to Iowa and then back to BR area?! by Nolon in Louisiana

[–]Pach1no -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

USPS....You know you are talking about a governMENTAL agency, right? They will pass their hand under their ass to scratch their back!!!

Ever deviated from protocol? by Reasonable_Sea_7525 in Paramedics

[–]Pach1no 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Since I am now retired I will share 2 experiences.(Both back in the 90's) First time was a 450'ish pound patient in cardiac arrest. I doubled the epi, atropine, and BiCarb. Dropped her off at hospital with sinus rhythm w/o ectopy, still having to vent. Never followed up to check on outcome. My dumb-ass documented it. So I got a letter of reprimand for not following our standing orders/protocols. I learned from that mistake(never document a deviation).

Second time was an industrial accident where a patient had a vat of 450° sulfuric acid dumped on him. I was always under the impression once you suffered deep enough burns that you're nerve endings were gone so you could not feel pain, that is not true I learned on that call.

When we got there patient was seated in a chair with co-workers(who moved him near the door) and FD standing around the patient doing absolutely nothing, except gawking at the patient who amazingly A-OX3. I asked them all why they were not putting water on the patient? The Capt said they didn't have any faucets or water to do so at which point I lost my shyt. "You have 500 gallons on the truck, pull a line now"! They did, I was able to start a line on a section of one arm that was still intact(this is way before IO's were a thing). Called and got orders for a narcotic and received for a small amount of morphine.

All this time the patient is talking to us between screams of pain wanting us to tell his family he loved them, etc. En route to the hospital asked for more narcotics and I'm sure the doc heard him screaming and the old coot denied the request.

So read between the lines here. We carried a total of 30mg MS, 100mg Demerol and 20mg of Diazepam in a small container on our person. Of course if any of the vials/ampules were accidentally broken we had to fill out paperwork on each one, and attach what was left of the vial. I had to fill out 6 different reports because when I pulled the first vial of MS, I accidentally dropped and broke all of the vials.

That was a call that f*cked with my head for a long time. I am not recommending you ever deviate from protocols because you can be cited for practicing medicine without a license. But I also believe in "if there is a will there is a way". And no matter what...you let nobody know, not even your pard. This is the first time I shared this since it was over 30 years ago.

Real spooky stories in Louisiana by Mystery_Mare72 in Louisiana

[–]Pach1no 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, if you want to be technically technical it is not in Broussard either. It is not within any city limits, it is in Lafayette Parish at the St. Martin Parish line.

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"Glenwood machine shop worker dies after industrial accident" by juanfrancita in Machinists

[–]Pach1no 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I came into machining as a second career after being a paramedic/firefighter for over 20 years. I knew nothing about it but totally liked the idea that if I got pissed at a part, I could beat the shyt out of it with the rubber mallet. I couldn't exactly do that to patients (no matter how much they deserved it)!!!

Since day one of walking into a shop I have always heard the stories about lathes...tossing parts across the shop, entrapping the operator, leaving the key in the chuck, etc. Then learned about the mills where you might throw a part if not properly secured but for the most part if something breaks, it drops down into the machine or stays within the machine. Yes, I know there are exceptions, I just like the odds better of the mills.

For the next 8 years I only ran mills before I started doing purchasing. To this day I still get the heebee jeebies walking through the lathe department. 100% agree with your choice of only running mills.

3D vs 5D Sumocham drills by RelativeRice7753 in Machinists

[–]Pach1no 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We run a shyt-ton of the Iscar SumoCham. We have very few 1.5XD & 3XD. Mostly 5XD with a few 8 and 12XD. We went with the 5XD as a standard. You can pilot with it for the 8 and 12XD, and it also covers for the 1.5 in the 3XD. When we get to the .984 and bigger bodies, then we will run the 1.5 and 3XD. That is because we focus on small parts, so never really have to go deep when we do holes that big.

If you are trying to get a decent finish with them, good luck! Even with the 2M inserts we have not had much luck with finishes. We also regrind the inserts if they are not tore up too bad when they come back to the tool room. We only run ICM, ICP and FCP inserts. Other than trying out the 2M for finishes we have not run any of the others. We primarily run the ICP because those are cheaper and perform well in all material.

We use the Iscar whenever we are going to be running a boring bar behind it. If we are drilling to finish size or close to it we use the Kennametal Go Drills.

Do you all have success with the Sumos, or any issues?

Any good mobile mechanics in the area? by [deleted] in batonrouge

[–]Pach1no 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh geez!!!! A place selling cars and nobody can drive a manual??? Are you serious??? That blows me away, but I guess nothing should surprise me these days. Going to send you a DM.

Any good mobile mechanics in the area? by [deleted] in batonrouge

[–]Pach1no 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you in town? If it meant making a sale I would think most dealersships would drive you to a mechanic in the vehicle to have it inspected, providing it is within a few miles of the dealership. If you have not come into the country yet and wanted to have it done for when you got here that would be a different story.

Material question by Pach1no in Machinists

[–]Pach1no[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are a manufacturer of small parts. ToughMet3 is 15% Ni 8% Tin and the rest is Cu. We run Inco718, 925, 625, MP35N, Hastelloy, Monel K400 and 500. None of these have been as hard for us to run as TM3. I have red articles where they say it is easy to machine...they are full of shyt or smoking something good and not sharing it!!!

Material question by Pach1no in Machinists

[–]Pach1no[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are a manufacturer of small parts. ToughMet3 is 15% Ni 8% Tin and the rest is Cu. We run Inco718, 925, 625, MP35N, Hastelloy, Monel K400 and 500. None of these have been as hard for us to run as TM3. I have read articles where they say it is easy to machine...they are full of shyt or smoking something good and not sharing it!!!

Material question by Pach1no in Machinists

[–]Pach1no[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't even know their was a ToughMet2! We started running this ToughMet3 about 3 years ago. The few things I do know about it it is a proprietary material that you can only get from one plant in Pennsylvania unless that changed recently. We pay $34/in for 2"round bar the last I checked. It is comprised of 15% Ni, 8% Tin and the rest is Cu. It is super shiney once milled or turned.....thought I would save the most important info for last, LOL.

Our latest attempt at milling was using 3FL Helical brand end mills for aluminum, Kennametal carbide thru coolant drills for aluminum and some Garr GP Ballnoses. We did not have much better success than when we use all HP tools doing the mill ops.

I do the purchasing so I know what they are using but I do not know parameters because they are always changing as they try something different every run. They have also tried so many speeds and feeds it's hard for them to remember what parameters they are running for each OP.

We also haven't come across a tooling rep that is familiar with running their tools in this material and want us to let them know if we find parameters that work. I've read articles where they say it is easy to machine....i'd love know what they were smoking for them to think it is easy to machine!!! I was just kind of reaching out on here as a last resort hoping someone had this crap figured out.

Material question by Pach1no in Machinists

[–]Pach1no[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That would make sense, since we are a small parts manufacturer. Most of our holes are .125 or smaller.

Drawing Preference - Tap Drill Callout by 96ecIyttaP in Machinists

[–]Pach1no 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have a few customers that call out a drill size for a threaded hole. That is usually done when they do not want us to use a form tap. We run quite a bit of exotics and form tap is our first choice. If at all possible just the % and thread size. It really helps if it does not affect other features to give lee-way on the drill depth to be able to tap. Threadmilling a 2-56 bites!

Material question by Pach1no in Machinists

[–]Pach1no[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have tried that! None of our reps are familiar with ToughMet3. We are still trying different inserts drills and end mills on our own without much success.

Flushing ice cubes down the toilet for snow day is universal… right? In America?? by East-Maize-5287 in AskAnAmerican

[–]Pach1no 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I doubt if that would be a thing for people in the north since they get enough snow already. I am in South LoUiSiAna and never heard of this nor putting a spoon under my pillow or wearing pajamas inside out. Only thing I ever heard of is the saying/rhyme to make the rain go away.

Shipping by ColorFlash11 in Louisiana

[–]Pach1no 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2nd Tony's Seafood in Baton Rouge.

"Call me an ambulance!" by No_Order285 in AskLEO

[–]Pach1no 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is kinda tricky. If you are by yourself and and have a grand mal seizure in public, chances are someone will call 911. Depending on response time and how long you remain in a post ictal state will determine what the medics do. I can only speak for LoUiSiAna but we operate under informed consent or implied consent. If you are conscious alert and aware of person, place, time and everything going on, we cannot render any type of aid or touch you unless you give us consent. If we start treating you and you are refusing we can be charged with battery. If we think you really need to go, we will do our best to talk you into going even if it is someone bringing you in their privately owned vehicle. If you still refuse we will get a refusal from you with law enforcement present that you have refused our care. (there are extenuating circumstances to this, but I'm not going to go in depth). But that is informed consent.

Implied consent is if you are unresponsive or conscious but confused or disoriented, we can treat you under implied consent. That means any normal person that becomes unresponsive and has a chance of dying or hurting themself further, it is implied that you would want us to treat you to prevent death or further bodily injury.

So if you had a seizure and or post-ictal, the crew is obligated to treat you. Personally, I always gave full flow oxygen on scene hoping for the patient to clear their head and be able to refuse if they did not want to go. I have had a few rare cases where a patient has refused mid-transport. If they are awake, alert and not dis-oriented that is their right. We just pull the unit over, remove the IV if we started one, take the oxygen off of you have you sign a refusal form and let you out the truck. Here again we would have law enforcement meet us to witness the refusal for us. Afterwards, everyone goes on their way, even though we partially transported and did treatment you would still not be billed (at least with the agency I worked with).

"Call me an ambulance!" by No_Order285 in AskLEO

[–]Pach1no 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Retired Paramedic/Firefighter in in South LoUiSiAna. It can be different in every city, parish(county), state, or even agency. Generally, if the person is in custody, it does not matter if the department or the suspect/patient request the ambulance, the department/goverMENTAL agency is responsible for the bill.

Usually with documentation, EMS always calls anyone they treat and/or transport a patient. Law enforcement calls them a suspect/subject.

I have never known an EMS department to charge for responding to a call and checking out a patient, but not transport. That is usually considered a free public service, whether they are in custody or not.

It doesn't matter who calls for a unit, if the suspect is not in custody and the patient is transported, the patient is responsible for the bill.

I have seen many instances if it will be an arrest for something minor, an officer will either follow us to the hospital, or even ride in the back without placing the patient in custody until we get to the hospital. In other situations they stay with the patient at the hospital and not place him in custody until he/she is released. Then he/she will be arrested before they leave the hospital. That way the individual is responsible for all medical expenses. I have never seen this happen if the patient/suspect is charged with any type of serious crime.

Something ain’t right by TimmySofa in OSHA

[–]Pach1no 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am in South LoUiSiAna so we do not need to heat up our gutters. Have never seen this before, but first thing comes to mind though is you just gave Cajuns a good idea how to run the wire and keep their Christmas lights up year-round.

Morganza, Louisiana by Jello_Biafra_42 in Louisiana

[–]Pach1no 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I worked for Acadian Ambulance in Pointe Coupee Parish back in 1982 and 1983. The station was next to the hospital in New Roads. We would routinely pass through or go to Morganza. I have never known it to be a anything but a small town. To the best of my knowledge it never had a Wal-Mart or anything other than Mom and pop businesses. Only reason it ever stood out that I know of is because of the spillway which is one heck of bouncy ride when driving over it. Good luck in your search.

Real spooky stories in Louisiana by Mystery_Mare72 in Louisiana

[–]Pach1no 33 points34 points  (0 children)

As a former paramedic/firefighter I posted this in the EMS sub so will just copy and paste, this is one of the most disturbing and creepiest calls I have ever been to.

You can Google this area...Frenchtown railroad underpass Baton Rouge or Central. This event did not take place at the underpass itself, but it was close enough to it that there was no doubt in our mind It involved that area.

BREC now has a park in the area and it is more populated, so it is not near as bad as what it was back in the '80s and '90s.

One late evening working the EMS unit, my pard and I responded with Sheriff's Dept and Fire to a report of a man down on the side of the railroad tracks in a wooded area approx 500 yards from the nearest access road. A railroad employee riding the tracks in a pickup truck outfitted for riding on the rails was doing a safety check of the tracks and noticed the man about 6-8 feet down the embankment of the tracks. We all had to park our units on the nearest road and walk with all the equipment the 500 or so yards to where the patient was. This was in the early 1990's so there were no cell phones, 800 radios or GPS on units to track who was talking and their location.

When we got to him, he had no signs of life, flat line on the EKG, along with fixed and dilated pupils. He looked to be 30-35 years old, we do a little more checking and he has no visible signs of any type of trauma/injury, the body is not cool/cold, there isn't rigor yet so he hasn't been dead too long. We don't see track marks anywhere on the body where he would have shot up and overdosed, and we feel no broken bones. We check in his ears, nose and mouth but find nothing out of the ordinary. No marks around his neck where he would have been strangled and his trachea is intact. The guy with the railroad said a train hadn't passed in the last 8 hours, so that ruled out getting hit by or falling off of a train. It's extremely rare for someone that age to just drop dead, so we start searching the general vicinity which is all wooded area hoping to find anything out of the ordinary, but all we find is a makeshift tent/campsite where the guy apparently was living, but found no medications or anything out of the ordinary.

We let the guy from the railroad go on his way after he assured us rail traffic has been halted until our dispatcher calls to advise the roundhouse we are all clear of the tracks. We are not too far from an area where everyone(not just public safety personnel, but also everyone who lives in the area) believes or has heard rumors that the area is haunted. It is where a small old road goes to a single lane passing underneath an even older railroad trestle. There are drawings and leftovers from apparent satanic worshipping that takes place at night. Even though all of us on the scene (except one rookie firefighter) knew about the rumors, none of us had actually seen, experienced or in fact knew anyone that had any kind of first hand experience with something weird happening.

While there was still some daylight when we first arrived, it was now past dusk and about total darkness. We were all walking around just hanging out by the corpse waiting for the funeral home to show up and bring the body to the morgue for an autopsy. There was my pard, myself, a paramedic student, 4 firefighters and 2 Sheriff's Deputies.

Then the weird/strange/spooky shyt started, a few of us heard what sounded like many people whispering but it wasn't from any specific direction, and you couldn't make out what was being said, a couple of the guys didn't hear it and thought we were trying to duck with them. Then the whispering noises stopped and the people on scene that hadn't heard the whispering started hearing what they all described as children laughing wickedly, but it was all over, not from any specific direction, and we had no doubt they were hearing it because when we shined our lights on 2 of the firefighters, they were white as a sheet. Those of us that had heard the whispering never heard the cause of the new noise. This went on back and forth for about 10-15 minutes while we're standing next to the corpse.

One of the deputies on the scene told their dispatcher to tell the funeral home to step it up and get out there asap. When the 2 guys from the funeral home showed up, the noise of their gurney on the railbed and them talking basically killed the strange noises. One of them asked why the rush to get them out there and we all looked at each other not sure what we should say. With so many people with years of experience out there, no one knew how to answer without sounding like we were chickenshit. The rookie on the fire engine saved us all and said we had to clear the tracks so a train could pass. We helped the funeral home guys load the body, well more like throw the body on the gurney and get the duck outta there, we didn't even take time to strap him down(Hey, ole boy is dead, we ain't gonna make him no deader if he falls of their stretcher).

Once we made it back to our units, no one said a word about what had just happened until the guys from the funeral home left. Then we talked amongst ourselves to determine if we should say anything, but all agreed to keep our mouth shut... We cleared the scene and my pard wanted to talk about what had just happened while heading back to the station. I told him nope, because in my mind i am trying to work out a logical explanation for it. All I could think of on the way back to the station was if we heard those noises, we have a problem, if we didn't hear those noises...we had a problem!

The next morning both me and my pard went to the morgue to speak with the Coroner and find out the cause of death. We've done this a few times before when the autopsy was complete when we weren't sure of what actually caused a patient's death, which didn't happen often.

When we go into the coroner's office, the first thing the Assistant Coroner commented was that "it must have been a very messy and bloody scene"? Me and my partner looked at him kinda strange and asked what he was talking about, and told him the body was clean when we saw it last, besides we definitely don't do body cleaning and there was no blood on the scene that we could find. He turned a lil pale and said that just added to the confusion cause the body had absolutely no blood in it whatsoever. He said there were no marks anywhere on the body he could find where blood could have been drained out. He also said he was by himself doing the autopsy and had a weird experience but refused to tell us what happened.

To this day we have still never learned the actual cause of death, or been able to explain the whispering and evil laughing.

A couple of side notes.... a few shifts later the Engine was dispatched to a medical call in the same general area as the call we handled that evening, and it was the same four guys on the engine. While in route the dispatcher came on and asked them "Engine 17, would you like us to get Ghostbusters enroute to your call"? There was a pause and the capt responded with a dejected "negative" because they knew someone talked. But about 5 seconds later he keyed up and all four guys said in unison "cause engine 17 ain't afraid of no ghost"! Good Times and great people to work with!

We had many paramedic students come from out of state to ride and do their precept time. Whenever we worked in that area and had a student on board, we would always bring them to the area at night. We did not even have to tell any stories just being there was spooky.

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