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ski patrol 15

EMS 20

Fire 28

Kevin Bacon to Julia Roberts in Flatliners

Julia Roberts to Ned Beatty in Charlie Wilson's War

Ned Beatty to George Burns in Radioland Murders

George Burns to Jessica Dragonette in The Big Broadcast of 1936

Jessica Dragonette to Sam Parker the first in Gulliver's Travels

Kevin Bacon to Lucielle Ball

thanks LS!

Happy Birthday, Beautiful!

after doing my clinical field work, I am no longer allowed to eat string cheese. Every time I opened a string cheese, we got a suck-o call.

Sorry if this is a repeat...

"I Wanna Be Sedated" by the Ramones

LOLLOL or LOLx2 = Little Old Lady Lying On Linoeum

FDGB = Fall Down, Go Boom

PUHA = Pick Up, Haul Ass

DNR = Doesn't Need a Rig

FDSTW = Found Dead, Stayed That Way

Some of my favs... I have lots.

J

I make maps. There's more to it than that, but saying "I make maps" is the easiest way to make me not sound like a total geek... oh wait....

the call still bothers me. first shift ever as an EMT, first call - suicide. PD had to force the door, guy lying prone, barely breathing, etc. we worked him until the ED. the crew chief wanted me to watch what the ER docs did to him. I also read the note he left. apparently wife left him, kids left for college and he felt he had nothing to live for. He took two bottles of pills and waited to die. Not sure how we got the call (who called 911). he lived. not sure what kind of life he had afterward. that was 12 years ago. i remember it like yesterday.

I write in a journal to try to purge my memories. its like closing the book on a call. i know it doesn't work for everyone and I'm sure some psychologist out there probably thinks I'm nuts for doing it, but its my way to achieve "closure". if i don't write this stuff down, it eats at me, even after CISD and talking to every tom, dick and harry. writing seems to be the only thing that works for me. i'm glad i found it early in my career.

like i said, hope this helps. i'd be happy to pass on any of my entries. they are very detailed.

our state is 92% volunteer. our dept is so small that once you take FF1, EVOC and haz-mat awareness, you are turned loose.

my first call was a suicide. it was tough. i write in a journal to help with my feelings. hope this helps.

nice to meet everyone.

FF2/EMT-B here.