How EMTs enter the ER pt.2

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#911 #emergency #ems #humor

[thomasjohannesen]

“On everything but rollerblades” is a new one for me. That’s hilarious

[estherruth]

“Why didn’t you say that?” Lol as a nurse, this is so accurate

[bendystrawz]

Ah, the ol' "I have no medical history until we get to who you need to report to; then I have ALL the medical history." Classic.

[annie]

I literally just brought in someone who decided to reveal as he was being triaged that he died twice on the table earlier this year

[brennan-the-python]

Hey, props to the college kid for not lying. I know a lot of people are scared to tell medical personnel what they're taking, especially if it's something illegal, but this kid was honest and told them everything

[spencerblalock]

I had a guy the other night who forgot to mention that he wears at-home oxygen and has metastatic spinal cancer until after he had already been admitted. Like, dude was triaged, treated, placed on oxygen after he desatted to the 60s, and went through the ENTIRE admission process and then only decided to mention like half his medical history. It was wild.

[thawgy]

"Everyone's wearing scrubs, no one's hot!" Speak for yourself bro

[nurogetolayo]

Self-driving car is the new druken driver, huh?

[wildcat]

One of my favorite interactions I've ever had with EMS was the paramedic asking me to go over what POTS/EDS/MCAS stood for one more time as we pulled up so he could, and I quote "sound like I know what I'm doing. I wanna impress the nurse." He got them all right at hand off. I was so proud.

That was the same ride I showed the baby EMT how to get my blood pressure back to readable after he lost it on the ride. That was a trick I had learned from a combat medic I worked with responding to the 2011 Japanese earthquake.

That was one of my best trips ever. Good times all around.

[icarusbinns]

“Anything we need to know?”
“All on bracelet!” >raises wrong arm<

I was not wearing my bracelet, but I was lucid enough to answer all the questions.

[lilbatz]

People in the drop off line are beyond cray. I saw one parent bite another parent for pulling ahead of them in the car line.

[KorokHaze]

"Everyone's wearing scrubs, nobodies hot."

Sir, I will leave you outside.

[jjkk]

"why didn't you say that????" Oh man

[sergel]

As a school nurse I have definitely seen a fight or two between parents in the drop off line. It’s like they take on the tempers of kindergartners.

[corgikay]

“on everything but rollerblades” made me spit out my lemonade 😭😭😭

[nunally]

I’d love to know if you’ve ever had to work with an interpreter, I work for hospitals as a remote interpreter and it’s always so interesting hearing the reasons why people go to the ER and it’s so real!!! lmao
“any medical history?”
“no”
“no diabetes, asthma, high blood pressure?”
“no, I only have high blood sugar and I take medication for *proceeds to list medical history”* 😂

[Hahaha-pxep]

I still loath the patient who told me it took an hour for his headache to reach peak, and then told the resident that his headache was immediate full force onset. I even clearly asked the man if the headache took seconds, minutes or hours to develop 😭

[DelightingalePlays]

When I had an accident a few months ago I learned that yes, they really do say “Pedestrian vs motor vehicle!”

[Brntoaurus]

I'm convinced that medical assistants and paramedics need to ask about medical history twice, 5 minutes apart. Say it's a repeat question to check for brain injuries or something. I swear, it's like when you're doing a crossword and you put it down for a few hours and it suddenly comes to you because your brain was working on it in the background.

[Verdugo_Arulaq]

“Why didn’t you say that?”

YEP
LOVE IT WHEN THAT HAPPENS
LIKE BRO
I THOUGHT WE HAD SOMETHING