Honorary Stories are stories that happened to someone else at work. Since they didn't happen to me I wasn't going to post them but some of the stories are just too funny not to post.
A pair of our EMTs responded to a in call Santa Monica for a woman with nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. She was too weak to walk down the stairs herself so they got out the stair chair (the stair chair is a collapsible chair with handles designed to make it easier for EMS personal to carry a person down stairs). Just as they had descended about a third of the way the patient had an explosive bout of diarrhea. This might not have been as bad as it sounds if she was wearing pants. Unfortunately for the EMT on the bottom, she was wearing a miniskirt. Unable to move for fear of dropping the patient the EMT got covered in liquefied fecal matter from his chest down to his boots. Once down on the street he quickly stripped off all his clothes.
One of the interesting things about relating this story are peoples reactions. Most people ave commented that they feel sorry for the young woman that just had the most embarrassing moment in her life. I don't feel half as bad for her as I do for him.
my reaction? :barf: after that, yeah i feel sorry for her. You feel sorry for the EMT because you feel the cold boney finger of fate pointing at you.
ReplyDeletechances of this happening to you at work? 70%
chances of this happening to me at work? .00001%
I'll keep this mind next time i feel like complaining.
That is why I always take the top when lowering a patient down stairs.
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