That weird EMS sense of humor??

[paraloco]

It can be more fun to whisper something in your partner's ear, and watch them almost herniate trying to suppress their laughter. Years ago, went to a self-inflicted gsw to the head. Guy used a .38. He was dead but had not yet been informed officially, so he continued to breath (albeit sporadically) . His cranium was in pieces, blood everywhere. We opted to fly him, but we still had to package him. We got him intubated, got 2 lines going, etc. We put a collar on him, and it seemed like there was something we should do to prevent all the blood from getting all over our cot, ourselves, the back of the truck, so we can get in service faster. Now. Have you ever taken a class, or discussed as length a new technique, only to apply the new knowledge several times shortly thereafter? Like taking ABLS, then having a few bad burn patients? Or maybe talking about how you can use the bag that the BVM came in (the kind with a drawstring) to put around an intubated head trauma patient's head to contain blood? I leaned down to my partner, who had just put a multi-drama dressing on the guy's head, and whispered in his ear "Sir, would you like a bag for that head?" I have to admit that he contained himself well. I know. I'm gonna fry in hell.

[firedoc5]

I like what one doc said one time. He said that sometimes cracking a joke is all you can do to open your mouth without crying.

[JPINFV]