Emergency Laughter

Hi Bob, Welcome to the city Bob! Gee Bob, you sure look like a cute girl....Bob. I bet you'll get a lot of, how you doin's......um....Bob. OK, I don't even like saying that...sorry Ash, but I had to respond to Dwayne's post. He's right though, COME ON GUYS! What are we, a bunch of horndogs? Next time a Bob joins, let's...oh I don't know, give em a bunch of "Hey dude's."

Boy, I'll never look for my lipstick in my purse again! But I would look aaaaawful pretty for my mug shot!

Hey Ash, welcome. So, tell us about being an EMT student in Kansas! Mike

I like to jump out of planes. Some times they push me out because I grab the controls and pretend I'm really flying the plane....I wanted to be a pilot but I'm color blind...so they kick me and hit me until I fall out the door. I've gained a little weight since I had a bone tumor taken out of my left femur, so now they just strap me to a pallet and slide me out the back of the plane. I don't know where they got that big-ass parachute from...but it's still a rush. I think everyone should go skydiving at least once in their life.

WHAT??? THAT WAS A CAMERA? NOBODY SAID ANYTHING ABOUT A CAMERA!!! OH GOD.......CRAP! CRAP! CRAP..

I seen something concerting that grammer day today. I did real good doing grammer at school tho, but thank you any ways!,

Hey Clutzy, I don't mean to sound indignant, but...um... I keep seeing you talk about puppies all over the place. Well.....I WANNA PUPPY!!! I love puppies....

Hi Monica, Wow, a Mom and a full time student...you're going to make a great EMT! Please let us know how things are going and when you get certified. Got any questions, this is the place to get them answered. I mean, probably not by ME! I don't know squat, but there's a lot of very smart people here who do. What does your daughter think of the whole EMT thing? Did I say Welcome? Mike Embrace the stress, embrace the challenge, if you don't know how to do something or you're not sure-say so-everybody has been there. Be aggressive in your practicals, practice skills over and over until your daughter gets worried about what Mom's doing when she's asleep. The human body is fascinating-learn to love A&P. The patient first, repeat, the patient first! Don't take yourself, or the world around you, too seriously. Have a blast!! OK, let's see...yep...that's all I got! NO WAIT....something about compassion...woop...it's gone. I'm out.

Hey welcome neighbor to our north. You are correct! This is a place of great resources. Jump on in! Mike

I was an EMT in Washington State, the State of Hawaii, the coastal and international waters of Alaska's Bering Sea, and the international waters of the Pacific Ocean. Oh, and the State of Poverty. Actually, right on the border of Poverty. Come to think of it, there were thousands of EMT's who lived in, or around Poverty. We didn't make much back in the 80's and into the 90's. Lot's of fun, lot's of great life experience, not much money.

How long is your Surgical Technologist program, and how do you like the OR? I've been a ST and then a surgeons first assist for ah...well I started in 1986. You have a lot on your plate if you're taking medic and ST classes. Vacillating a little bit on the career path?

Ooooooooo Dinosaurs down on the new guy, Admin's down on the grammer cops, Arizona's getting a hose, I don't know what that means...but...People talkin in tongues...this is better than TV! HEY NEW GUY! Welcome, welcome... ParamedicMike - THANK YOU! ...an EMT or medic.... that drives me nuts.. I HAVE A COMPLAINT THO...You people have forced me to slow my typing down...WAY down, and capitalize words and use the kings english, yes I know that should have capitals and use spell check...JUST so I don't look stupid in an intellectual zone and get pulled over. How much is that ticket anyway? Grammer Cops! How much is that ticket?

Hey to hell with it all, Thanks for taking the time to read it. I can imagine that it hits home with two girls. I'd be a basket case if I had daughters. I'm glad it was tough to read, means that I know you a little better now. Hey thank you for letting me know that it loads slow....would you know how I might rectify that problem?? Obviously it's file size, but beyond that I'm not too sure what I can do. I appreciate that feedback. Glad you liked cottage cheese, I'm all better now, I can eat it by the spoonful now. I wish I could get across to teenage drivers (I'm teaching my 15 yo nephew) how fast death happens. I've been reading the post's here...you're all good people...I know I've probably taken SOMETHING away from most of the deaths I've seen, could be as little as it's clinically interesting or "that was the biggest son of a bitch I've ever done CPR on" or I remember a neonat that we lost that was so small I was doing cpr with just my thumb and indexfinger. The ones I remember are always the ones I don't want to remember. But, such is life. I second anyone who says that the survivors - family effect you... Here today-gone to Maui...

Scotty....damn, when it rains it pours or what? I'm so glad to hear things are better for you and your family. Please let us know when the little rookie comes into the world ok? Are you keeping a journal of everything that's happening? Oprah would LOVE your story! Does anyone here know Oprah personally? We gotta get Scotty on Oprah! Women from all over the world would be sending you baby clothes and formula and defibrillators and cash for the kids college funds and sterile medical stuff......gimme a phone! I'll call Oprah myself! I sincerely wish you the best in 2013 and beyond Scotty. Sounds like your family has a lot of love going on. Mike And let's not poo-poo the whole Oprah idea......

Who gives a shit what they are....are they a good EMT or Paramedic? Do they give the best patient care possible? Do they truely care about the patient and put them above all else? Do they lose the keys to the rig in their purse? OH WAIT....that's my wife...where was I? Oh yea...the only type of person I won't work with is a racist bigot #!**@!!er People come in all shapes, sizes and flavors...you have to take each one on an individual basis, hell I worked a couple shifts with this little green man who flew around the back of the ambulance and cauterized bleeders with his finger.....no wait.....sorry, that was an acid trip I took back in 85....forget I said that.....sorry....

Death in EMS....here's a short story I wrote way back when about two young girls I lost in a drowning. http://home.earthlink.net/~medicalhumor/mikecyra/id21.html Get used to death, it's never very far away.

Hi Clutzy, Is it last call yet? I'll take you up on a rum & coke. Nice to hear from someone else who started in the 80's. My first run was in 1980. I like your Mountain Dew Star of Life! I had a partner that drank so much mountain dew he had a holster on his belt for a can....dude was wired. Seems you're a known entity around here...I look forward to reading more of your prose. To SAR dogs and another round! Mike

Welcome, Looking forward to hearing about EMS in MN. God I miss good thunderstorms!

Welcome, How are your classes going? Does EMS still feel like a comfortable fit? There's a lot of great information here. Take advantage of it. Mike

Welcome, I'll tell you one thing, working in EMS is one of the greatest life experiences you can have, for anything you do, for the rest of your life. Mike

Welcome to one of the best EMT sites on the web. Congratulations on your nremt! I bet they got some monster air conditioners on the rigs in Arizona....I used to work in Seattle, where we had, ah...monster windshield wipers....sorry, that's all I got... Hope you find work soon. Mike Why can't you have a puppy?

Hi Kate, May I suggest a visual aid for their impressionable teenage minds. Something light and friendly that will help them remember what happens to people when two cars collide at high speed. If I was you....I'd get a dozen cornish game hens, let them thaw in the sun for 3 days, then squirt catsup and tabasco sauce inside them, and fill balloons with a raunchy Maddog 20/20 wine & stuff those inside the bird carcass. To simulate a windshield, set up some panes of glass, right in front of the kids. If they seem to be drifting off, or you just wanna make a point, throw one of those birds, and I mean a rocket, right through the glass. Throw some stinky wine balloons at the kids too. I find that yelling, "This is what happens when you and your underage shit for brains friends get drunk and get behind the wheel of a car!" makes some kids vomit....which is better than applause. A loud audio of babies screaming really adds something special to the presentation. That's what I'd do......just a suggestion..... Send me your email address and I might be able to send you a more conventional story of drunk driving.

Dwayne, Glad you're OK! The cause of the tachycardia that the second doctor discovered, the "dangerous medication interaction," after correcting that situation, did it resolve the tachycardia episodes? Doczilla speaks legal truth. First year med students...no license, no touchy da patient. In surgery, we usually put first years against a wall, "Don't move, don't touch anything, don't talk and if you feel like your going to pass out, don't hit anything sterile on your way down." I could very well have been miscommunication between lazydoc and Imnotadoc but if it walks like a fraud and quacks like a fraud.... Be careful in the jungle my friend.

A celeb? Isn't that some kind of celery? Are you insinuating that I'm a vegetable? I mean, you wouldn't be far off, but, HEY, what's the hardest thing about eating a vegetable?.......getting them out of the wheelchair! Sorry everyone....Take note Harrison, that's the kind of sick, twisted humor/mind that working in EMS for years will get you...

Hey Harrison, Welcome, nice to see a fellow Seattleite here. I was just at the UofW Medical Center yesterday. If I read you correctly, you said, " My mom said if I wanted to live off their money for schooling, I had to get a degree before I did anything." Lucky you! I guess you need to be steppin up to the plate, and getting some degrees then, wouldn't you say? First off, why do you want to go into emergency medicine? Do you REALLY care about helping people? You need to....forget about saving lives for now, it's mostly about compassion and simply helping people. But if it's really calling to you....you can get your EMT-B through North Seattle Community College, also Edmonds and Everett Comm. College's have course work. You're not going to like the paychecks, neither is your Mom. King, Snohomish and surrounding counties all incorporate the EMS system into the fire departments, so most of the paramedic programs are geared toward the FD's. The private sector: AMR pretty much has a monopoly on private ambulance service and co-responce with a few smaller companies like Rural Metro. Check out the Medex PA program at the UofW, hard to get in though, you're Chem degree will help. I don't know, what's your passion in life? Everyone here gives exceptional advice because they are exceptional people. Keep asking questions and keep listening. Mike