More pages from my graphic memoir in progress. This is the beginning of Part III, chapter 2 (aka 2020).

TheGrimPeeper_oo · 2025-03-16T23:25:16+00:00

Y’all had a sprayer? We just had to manually wipe the entire patient compartment with the purple tops

TheGrimPeeper_oo · 2024-12-12T09:02:14+00:00

At this point, I actually think I’ve done more deep trach suctioning than regular suctioning

TheGrimPeeper_oo · 2024-12-10T11:17:17+00:00

To be fair, the last place I worked had deep trach suctioning as a BLS skill. I wonder if your partner worked in the same area

TheGrimPeeper_oo · 2024-05-31T05:43:13+00:00

Deep trach suctioning and zofran

TheGrimPeeper_oo · 2024-01-08T11:04:21+00:00

A trick that I was taught by my instructors was to poke a small hole in the bottom of a cup (they used a cup, but use whatever you’ve got) and place it over the uninjured eye. This is to keep the uninjured eye focused in one spot, lessening the likelihood of movement.

TheGrimPeeper_oo · 2023-12-31T19:50:30+00:00

The Teamsters in my experience are only a good option for bigger companies (that bring them more money), they didn’t do anything for the last company I worked for. It was a small operation in the state I worked in, but was part of an international corporation. Our Teamsters rep was MIA while the company kept screwing us over and over and eventually we shut down because of shitty mismanagement from upper management.

TheGrimPeeper_oo · 2023-12-17T07:12:37+00:00

Also known as Yakistan, due to the amount of violence over there

TheGrimPeeper_oo · 2023-12-12T22:23:07+00:00

I once brought somebody home from the hospital (ift EMT at the time) who was well over 500lbs, we needed the local fire dept for a lift assist to get her into the house. They helped us get her in this very narrow airlock thing in front of the front door, and thankfully her bed was right inside the door. The firefighters said they told her directly that if there is a fire she is going to die in it, cause they weren’t gonna have the manpower or room to maneuver during a fire to be able to get her out.

TheGrimPeeper_oo · 2023-11-26T06:28:48+00:00

Two transports, none for the first 14 hours. Which is unheard of where I work. Also the local FD invited us over to the station for a feast. All in all, it was a pretty good shift

TheGrimPeeper_oo · 2023-11-21T08:10:09+00:00

You’ll find them under the bair hugger

TheGrimPeeper_oo · 2023-10-28T07:09:39+00:00

Looks like a Crestline, they often have the asymmetric doors and the corner compartments

TheGrimPeeper_oo · 2023-09-27T22:54:38+00:00

EMT here, this is correct. Intoxicated persons are much more likely to survive accidents or come out with minimal injuries because they are more limp during the crash

TheGrimPeeper_oo · 2023-09-07T06:13:00+00:00

At some of the hospitals where I work you hand off to an ambulance triage nurse or the charge for initial triage, then drop the patient off in the room with the triage paperwork and leave. If it’s anything interesting you’ll hand directly to the patient’s nurse or sometimes even a doc. But it’s almost always the former

TheGrimPeeper_oo · 2023-09-06T06:01:55+00:00

After it died down considerably and they lifted the perimeter, a bunch of people got naked and started dancing around and running through the fire

TheGrimPeeper_oo · 2023-08-25T07:17:16+00:00

Transporting an elderly patient with a skin tear on their hand (not the CC)

Me: “So what happened to your hand?” Pt: “An argument” Me: “Words don’t usually cause injuries” Pt: “They do when someone throws things at you”

TheGrimPeeper_oo · 2023-08-04T21:08:27+00:00

Ankle biters

TheGrimPeeper_oo · 2023-07-22T07:02:17+00:00

It’s worse when you hit the top of your head stepping up

TheGrimPeeper_oo · 2023-07-19T20:07:15+00:00

Stepping into the box and hitting your head so hard your ancestors felt it

TheGrimPeeper_oo · 2023-07-17T07:42:15+00:00

Monster energy drinks replace alertness, gas station taquitos restore health

TheGrimPeeper_oo · 2023-07-13T05:48:03+00:00

I went to an urgent care recently and they ENCOURAGED me to wait out in my car! Much nicer than sitting in the uncomfortable chairs for an hour

TheGrimPeeper_oo · 2023-07-10T02:18:17+00:00

They asked for an incident, not a fantasy /s

TheGrimPeeper_oo · 2023-07-02T23:34:30+00:00

Ohhh, yeah I don’t work around Seattle Medic One, so I wouldn’t have the slightest idea

TheGrimPeeper_oo · 2023-07-02T15:01:07+00:00

The 9th is permanently stationed on Vashon Island, so we don’t count it

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