tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post7931275434936770772..comments2024-03-28T10:32:27.517+03:00Comments on Stories from the trauma bay: Stupidly obviously stupidDocBastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12224592098492491365noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-29605486281633463102017-03-10T23:39:03.835+02:002017-03-10T23:39:03.835+02:00When people tell me that the chiropractor cured th...When people tell me that the chiropractor cured them, my thought is, "the placebo effect is strong in this one!"Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10006197538234663319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-50769682096740976712017-03-09T11:27:53.611+02:002017-03-09T11:27:53.611+02:00Doc, PLEASE tell us the kids were taken away!Doc, PLEASE tell us the kids were taken away!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03470484331764244077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-15233032419966920452017-03-09T06:15:50.269+02:002017-03-09T06:15:50.269+02:00actually, the surf in Oregon is way stronger than ...actually, the surf in Oregon is way stronger than down in CA. <br />but no, I'm close enough that our local news zones overlap.Ken Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166383392696452631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-5734924807472231502017-03-09T05:19:42.975+02:002017-03-09T05:19:42.975+02:00I wanted to join the dune rescue for sand dune and...I wanted to join the dune rescue for sand dune and beach rescues because I want my toys bought, but the pre-req was own your own toys, I imagine I could have used them as a tax write off..<br />I can gander a guess but I respect anonymity.. We have surfers but wind surfing in the gorge is the most popular as our ocean up here is colder and less wavey.. lol.. I knew west coast, but I'll take a guess and fully respect you not answering if I'm correct or wrong- your state is my namesake even though my name is because Calico is my RL nicname..<br />I have been to my neighboring states many times, I love traveling as a hobby and checking out state cultures..Calihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12811805073387134251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-77770792527557362662017-03-08T21:01:10.990+02:002017-03-08T21:01:10.990+02:00wonder what happened to those twins. foster care?...wonder what happened to those twins. foster care? mom? grandma? back to awful dad? we'll never know.Joan Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377295989258923610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-55168759598587195672017-03-08T17:15:11.921+02:002017-03-08T17:15:11.921+02:00has it been so long since the bridge protest? tim...has it been so long since the bridge protest? time definitely goes faster as we get older. I remember watching that and thinking that except the dangler probably put up a fight, it would be a good chance to practice. and you certainly had more than your fair share of people falling off the edge last summer. our biggest claim to fame is our surf team. we're now at the point that we train our neighbors. though we had a rough summer at that, too, as you probably saw. (I'm not going to get precise about where we are, but I'm sure you can guess from there, being as close as we are)Ken Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166383392696452631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-63756392657358359092017-03-08T11:56:32.080+02:002017-03-08T11:56:32.080+02:00One of my guys is search and rescue, we get a lot ...One of my guys is search and rescue, we get a lot of those here on our trails.. I love news toys, here we do have a specialty team for rope rescues.. They are meant to go to mount hood and (forgive me I don't know the term) rope climb hiking rescues.. Protestors showed up and had rope rigs off the side of one of our bridges, they had to get that team out here to cut them down and bring them down to boats to be arrested.. It was back in 2013 and it was green peace doing the protesting.. I imagine we have numerous different teams because Oregon being mountains, high desert, forest, ocean, massive rivers, coast dunes.. Calihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12811805073387134251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-9030650972819498102017-03-08T03:05:53.647+02:002017-03-08T03:05:53.647+02:00I suspect the police are already handling the firs...I suspect the police are already handling the first part.Ken Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166383392696452631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-1724938424189192832017-03-08T03:05:03.281+02:002017-03-08T03:05:03.281+02:00as I tell people, what other exciting hobby can yo...as I tell people, what other exciting hobby can you find that gets somebody else to pay for all your toys. our latest big change is that we are working on integrating the coast guard into our county rope rescue team. it sounds like a win-win. they are required to have rope rescue training, and they have access to the REALLY expensive toys.Ken Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166383392696452631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-67286901581314288602017-03-07T21:31:48.852+02:002017-03-07T21:31:48.852+02:00Doc, you don't need to go to a safe place to d...Doc, you don't need to go to a safe place to deal with your anger. Call local child care services and fill them with the story and details - place your anger there. Say that the father is putting his twin boys into deadly danger. He probably won't be seeing them again, and he well deserved it. You might even preventively save the boys' lives by doing this.<br /><br />Please don't object with "obligation to secrecy" blabla. The lives of the boys is a higher good than that. And he very clearly and deliberately risked their death.<br /><br />Second, go to the guy and let him feel your anger. Say you find it appalling as a father. I always found that if one speaks directly from the heart, it makes most of an impression on people. Only heartfelt messages will shake them awake. Mention that you don't want his twin sons to die one day on your operation table because he just wouldn't switch on his brain. Remind him that his wife spent a lot of pain, suffering, energy and sleepless nights into giving them life, and he all values that ZERO. He was about to crush all this in one single moment. He doesn't value life at all: not his, not his sons'.<br /><br />In short: Go chew his a**. <br /><br />For sure anger management is a good thing, but maybe today we've taken it too far. Anger, expressed reasonable, is a social reaction and can open many eyes. karahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04266805163985171286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-51395567270974557662017-03-07T20:46:03.263+02:002017-03-07T20:46:03.263+02:00I have fortunately only gotten one life or death c...I have fortunately only gotten one life or death call to assist life flight.. Women's car went off highway 26, I call it the death highway- picked up a bunch of fatalities off of it over the summer.. Woman's car went off the road not sure if it hit another car first, flipped, went between two trees and got stuck. The roof caved in, it was on its roof and the doors were blocked from being opened by the two trees, it had caught fire and they were trying to get her out, no where to rip parts off with the jaws/saws of life.. We have permission to expedite of all expedites, we can push our trucks to about 110 and we get a police escort and we get to defy logic/physics/man's laws.. She lived, a little worse for wear, but she lived, those handy dandy seatbelts come in handy.. <br /><br />The typical time we see life or death is a little place by our work that doesn't have safety rails and people decided drowning in their car in the Columbia River is the best way to go.. They fly down that busy road and swerve right over the embakemt and off in to the river they go.. Our mediums get sent out for water recoveries because of the weight of the vehicle due to water saturation and the mediums don't go 110, but our big boys get pushed to save the person.. We had two water recoveries in one night on my shift and two more for suicides that they had just found a few days later when the water levels dropped.. <br /><br />Oh yes the crumple zones, I seen a car turn in to the middle of a truck sammich, ford focus self peeled the 4 major zones and I couldn't figure out if the people lived or not by the images, they did because those 4 zones gave way and took full impact.. So it looked split down the center both ways.. <br /><br />First responders have my respect on all levels, I just take the call and dispatch, I rarely get in to a truck and I'm a little blonde chick so it's hilarious watching me throw around dollies.. I see people at their worse at times, scared and alone in an accident, I turned one of my tow trucks in to an ambulance once. Woman was in a low impact accident but she was older, driver looked over at her because she was being discombobulated and seen her eyes were dialated wonky and my driver was a volunteer firefighter, search and rescue and a Marine. He told me he thought she should go in and she wasn't having no part of it so he took her in anyways because she was trying to go to sleep on him in the truck.. She was bleeding on the brain and she called to thank him later for making her go.. <br />We aren't all bad in my profession, we don't do the PPIs or I would quit..<br /><br />Ken just Incase no one has told you lately, thank you for what you do..Calihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12811805073387134251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-84237568643441851382017-03-07T16:39:41.358+02:002017-03-07T16:39:41.358+02:00I'm a first due rescuer, but technically not a...I'm a first due rescuer, but technically not a medical responder. the ones that are bad on you folks are when we get an entrapped DRT. usually we will call for a tow to deliver the wreck to someplace easier to do the extrication. fortunately, with modern cars, those are becoming less common, as long as people wear their seatbelts and don't do the stupid.Ken Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166383392696452631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-49144761035547933732017-03-07T11:35:12.641+02:002017-03-07T11:35:12.641+02:00A body*
And at times they aren't covered and I...A body*<br />And at times they aren't covered and I learn if my guys have it or not.. and not having it is okay, and I keep them away from those calls as much as possible..Calihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12811805073387134251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-41380004857334113932017-03-07T11:33:41.427+02:002017-03-07T11:33:41.427+02:00Lol, the Uber driver that decided to high center h...Lol, the Uber driver that decided to high center his car on a medium/jersey barrier with his passengers heading to the airport. Oh those calls are the easiest.. The fatalities make me cry especially the fatalities that involve an innocent getting killed by a drunk driver. I watched my driver fall apart having to pick up a car of a DUII that hit and killed an 8 month pregnant woman.. My driver is a grandma (young one) that hides her humanity well and she is a biker, first time I seen her show her human side.. <br /><br />I wish we could outlaw stupidity.. <br />Ken aren't you a medic, so you get to deal first hand, every once in a while a busy won't be cleared before we get on scene and I'm the crisis person for my team..Calihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12811805073387134251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-24191660689360098952017-03-07T08:07:12.344+02:002017-03-07T08:07:12.344+02:00Every once in a while it gets interesting. the on...Every once in a while it gets interesting. the one you can probably appreciate is the ones who drive over concrete medians and strip important bits off the underside of their cars.<br /><br />but sometimes it's dead as a rock, and others, it's as soon as I get settled back in. we've got one guy who is now forbidden to use the phrase "hope I don't see you again, tonight"Ken Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166383392696452631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-17011789318428972152017-03-07T06:50:37.082+02:002017-03-07T06:50:37.082+02:00I bet you get weekend crazies, Ken aren't you ...I bet you get weekend crazies, Ken aren't you on the west coast?Calihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12811805073387134251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-84059539784122612652017-03-07T03:08:36.965+02:002017-03-07T03:08:36.965+02:00my normal friday starts at 8 and rolls to fire dut...my normal friday starts at 8 and rolls to fire duty at 5, officially ending at 8 in the morning. but I normally have my pager on around the clock. Ken Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166383392696452631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-85815953801021009922017-03-07T02:31:51.514+02:002017-03-07T02:31:51.514+02:00Yasss, the new words are always fun! Plus, CALVIN ...Yasss, the new words are always fun! Plus, CALVIN & HOBBES!RChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06521226146675369276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-47060463954099982712017-03-07T02:05:32.647+02:002017-03-07T02:05:32.647+02:00If only we could slap away stupidity!If only we could slap away stupidity!Nurse Deehttp://practicalnursetorn.blogspot.ca/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-293042911709704982017-03-06T23:16:00.161+02:002017-03-06T23:16:00.161+02:00So you understand the doubles.. Worse we got was a...So you understand the doubles.. Worse we got was a fiver after a layer of snow got us.. It was snowing here off and on all morning, I made it home in time to get out and ahead of it.. Fri/Sat I have 14 hour graves and Sunday is my 12 hour grave.. I get the weekend graveyard madness.. Calihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12811805073387134251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-34239165354110095242017-03-06T20:21:11.335+02:002017-03-06T20:21:11.335+02:00I vote you continue with the post call sleep depri...I vote you continue with the post call sleep deprived writing. it is much more entertaining, not to mention the benefits to our vocabulary.Ken Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166383392696452631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-71749823946010703112017-03-06T20:20:07.662+02:002017-03-06T20:20:07.662+02:00we just had snow over the weekend. not sure if an...we just had snow over the weekend. not sure if any of the calls were duplicates, but we had 6 in 12 hours. (only one in my response area and I was out of area for that one, so I missed them all.)Ken Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15166383392696452631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-71455073566079160172017-03-06T19:54:52.357+02:002017-03-06T19:54:52.357+02:00Sigh, sounds like my Saturday night..
The D and ...Sigh, sounds like my Saturday night..<br /> <br />The D and A are district and area.. Double header means two cars, more could have been involved, and in the case of the A I know more were involved..<br />D5 double header- drunk driver vs non-drunk driver..<br />D8 double header- no drunks thankfully.<br />A4- double header- drunk driver vs multiple cars.<br />D8- single car accident- drunk driver<br />D8- drunk driver ran over a person in a motorized wheelchair, person in wheelchair was in critical condition last we heard.<br />D8- drunk driver plowed in to a street of cars and ran from the scene..<br />Like your all God's, we have the similar thing, and we run in themes for the night, that happened to be my double header drunk driver caused accidents..<br />Last night drunk driver got violent with the police and the police won..<br />Two words you don't say in our dispatch- quiet and snow.. <br />Saturday night two calls we didn't get, a woman jumped off a bridge on to one of our major freeways and one of my drivers unfortunately had to see it, he was horrified because someone ran her over after she hit the ground.. and a drunk driver plowed in to a telephone pole, wrapped his car and caught on fire.. <br /><br />Rough weekend for us all this weekend..Calihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12811805073387134251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1809371631407381115.post-61166972531789941622017-03-06T17:59:09.479+02:002017-03-06T17:59:09.479+02:00I discovered recently that child car seats are onl...I discovered recently that child car seats are only tested to 30mph!(in the UK at least) This doesn't fill me with confidence when it's routinely necessary to drive childrent at 70 on the motorway under normal circumstances but doing nearly twice that while steaming drunk is just madness.<br /><br />Some people do not deserve children.<br /><br />UgiUgihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00453326095140897474noreply@blogger.com