Comments on: You Know You Work Rural EMS When… (#12234)

By: Pascal

Pascal — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:16:47 +0000

Usually if an animal needs to be put down here the sheriff does it with a 40 cal. sedation.

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The EMT Spot » The June EMS Roundup — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:29:25 +0000

[...] made me want to send her a silent amen from the choir. Chris Kaiser went all Jeff Foxworthy with “You know you work rural EMS when.” (Chris, I’m still waiting for my deer meat.) Never one to shy away from a fight, Rogue Medic [...]

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led street lights — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 08:04:00 +0000

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By: Totwtytr

Totwtytr — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:07:02 +0000

It's not just rural. Well the part about taking the carcass home is. A few years ago one of units was sent for a pedestrian struck. The update was that it was a dog, not a human. The dispatcher actually had to think about it when the crew asked if that meant they were canceled. Really.

OTOH, I know of two instances where are units were sent to assist the PD and Animal Control when animals had to be put down. One was a horse where the crew used all of their morphine and all of their valium to sedate the animal. The other was a deer that crashed through a window and had to be put down. That one was funny because both medics were hunters which spawned a lot of jokes. Management did not find my suggestion that one of them be sent home to get a rifle funny. Probably because it made way too much sense. Apparently the police in sort of big city are not authorized to shoot animals that are injured. Animal control is not armed and the state game wardens won't come into the city to do it. Which, as with every shit job that no one else wants, leaves EMS.

By: Ambulance_Driver

Ambulance_Driver — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 07:11:51 +0000

I've been known to wet a line while on duty, yes.

And duck hunt.

And squirrel hunt.

Shoot deer with bows from the roof of the ambulance station...

Prowl the local cemetery at night with flashlight and pellet gun, shooting rabbits...

By: Ckemtp

Ckemtp — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 05:07:16 +0000

Hell yea I fish on post. I'm in Wisconsin and it's the law

By: Thehappymedic

Thehappymedic — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 05:06:08 +0000

Aren't you and CK the ones who fish on post as well?

By: SKC Observer

SKC Observer — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 04:05:33 +0000

Aw, nuts, no deer jerky and deer steaks and…

By: Ambulance_Driver

Ambulance_Driver — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 03:48:11 +0000

Hauled more than a few deer carcasses in body bags, strapped to the ambulance cot…

…including a few that I shot while on duty.

Gotta love rural EMS.