I have had discussions with EMS personnel who advocate a "3 times rule." If you OD on drugs and require EMS, we will help you 3 times. But if you ever drink or drug again to the point of needing EMS after 3 times, we will refuse to help you. 

After all, there are SO many innocent people who require EMS because of natural health issues, why should we continue to render aid to combative drug addicts who don't even value their OWN lives, let alone yours?

What's your opinion?

Rules: Use the 1st letter of your name to answer each of the

following... They MUST be real places, names, things...NOTHING made

up! If you can't think of anything, skip it. Try to use different

answers if the person before you had the same 1st initial.

You CAN'T use your name for the boy/girl name question. .

Now Go!

Your Name:Teri

1. Famous singer/band: twisted sister

2. 4 letter word: tank

3. Street name: turner hill

4. Color: tangerine

5. Gifts/presents: tank top

6. Vehicle: tanker truck

7. Items on a menu: turnip greens

8. Girl Name: tammy

9. Boy Name: thomas

10. Movie Title: the turning point

11. Drink: tea (unsweetened)

12. Occupation: taxi driver

13. Flower: tulip

14. Famous Person: terry hatcher

15. Magazine: TIME

16. US City: tampa bay

17. Famous Sports Team: The dallas cowboys........(well the starts with a T!!!)

18. Reason for Being Late for Work: thinking

19. Something U Throw Away: the trash

20. Things You Shout: THANKS

21. Cartoon Character: Tweety Bird

SAVE ME

2. oops wrong drug

3. its okay your my first patient

4. ive never done this before, lets give it a try

5. *starting a 14 ga IV* little poke on 3

6. hmmm that doesnt look right

7. what the f*ck

8. oh Sh*t

9. oops

anyone care to add

One of my most significant memories happened many years ago. I was a green paramedic working a shift with a seasoned old medic. We got a call for a baby choking on chicken bones, while en route the baby became unresponsive. Upon arrival at the scene the plan was for me to grab the jump bag and monitor so we could get to him as quickly as possible. My partner was driving. So we get to the scene and I jump out and jump into the patient compartment to grab the stuff, when I am ready to get out I notice that my partner is RUNNING beside the patient compartment door. After a few seconds of pondering how that was possible I realized the truck was rolling towards a steep embankment as it wasn't in park. Luckily my partner was able to jump in and throw the truck in park in time. We went into the house and did our job. The kid was fine. Afterwards my partner swore he had put the truck in park and it slipped out of park. I think he was panicking and didn't pay attention.

Lesson learned? ALWAYS USE THE PARKING BRAKE! 

No, I am NOT going to spend my money to relive that series, or if available, "Rescue 77", "Trauma Center", or, no matter how I like Mark Harmon, "240 Robert"!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xum6C4QqocM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xum6C4QqocM

*puts in a quarter*

"Is your bet still good?", asks the Irishman.

The Texan says yes and asks the bartender to line up 10 pints of Guinness. Immediately the Irishman tears into all 10 of the pint glasses drinking them all back-to-back. The other pub patrons cheer as the Texan sits in amazement.

The Texan gives the Irishman the $500 and says, "If ya don't mind me askin', where did you go for that 30 minutes you were gone?"

The Irishman replies, "Oh...I had to go to the pub down the street to see if I could do it first."

Not only did I laugh way too hard at this, this guy is having too much fun.

Just as a warning it's kind of risque.

Here's the video as a preview. Please try to contain yourself.

I could not watch more than that as so much horse crap.

TWO COWS ~{Matthias Varga} - This one's for Kiwi - see last three lines.

SOCIALISM
You have 2 cows.
You give one to your neighbour

As I was getting my pt's history, I discovered that she was allergic to many things such as bee stings, penicillin, ASA, Advil, acetaminophen (yes, she said acetaminophen) and some others. I held back a chuckle as she recited the list of things to which she was allergic because I had the inside scoop. Since she was coming from a hospice house, I had her MAR. I could see exactly what medications she had been prescribed. So, restraining my laughter, I said, "Ma'am, it says here that you take Tylenol-3, is that right?"

She said "Yes, I have to have that number three for pain." :

Oh, ok," I said. Then I asked her, "what happens when you take acetaminophen?"

She said, "I tried that acetaminophen once and they had to rush me to the hospital and put a tube in my throat so I could breath. Then they kept me in the hospital all day with that tube in my throat."

"Oh, okay," I said, "don't worry, I won't give you any of that. Why are are you going to the hospital today."

She answered, "Some dumb@#$ nurse thought she saw me sucking on a ink pen and now they want me to go pee in a cup so I can stay."

As she went on ranting about how that nurse didn't like her anyway, I politely said, "I'm gonna sit right behind you for a few minutes, let me know if you need anything."

So, this cancer patient is prescribed MS and tylenol 3 for pain. With cancer, I get that. She was also prescribed Methadone. Hmmm. And she's not allergic to "Tylenol-3" but is allergic to acetaminophen. Getting the picture? The hospice people thought they saw her smoking crack. So, when all was said and done, our PARAMEDIC ambulance was out of service for three hours so this granny could go get a positive on her pee test.

HELLO - with all she's taking by prescription, she ain't gonna pass no drug test. Why bother?!?!

If this weren't such a colossal waste of time, resources and taxpayer money, I'd laugh. More importantly, that is potentially three hours of napping I will never get back. But, seriously, here is an end-of-life woman who has every appearance of a serial drug abuser, who takes numerous opiates for various reasons. WHO CARES IF SHE'S DOING A LITTLE CRACK ON THE SIDE AND WHY ARE WE THE PEOPLE PAYING FOR A TEST WE KNOW SHE WILL FAIL???