Sorry that I haven't been around lately, I've just worked 88 of the last 120 hours. This is quite legal in my business, in fact very commonplace. Another reason that our interventions/skills must be "muscle memory" so we can perform them in our sleep if we have to w/o thinking, as my instructors used to say. Because a lot of the time we are half-asleep...
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clara:
A kid I knew years ago laid down in the bath tub and poured gas all over himself. He had third degree burns over 80-90% of his body and lived. I can't imagine how big a failure he must have felt after that, but he always seemed rather cheerful. I wonder what (if anything) he's doing now.
I jsut worked the worst 24 hours of my life. Too much fucked up shit to get into right now. I have to work forty hours starting tomorrow at 3pm. 
But, I got a thank you card and a nice cinnnamon-apple bread from a patient's mother yesterday. I took care of her daughter last week when she had a seizure. I never expected that kind...
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But, I got a thank you card and a nice cinnnamon-apple bread from a patient's mother yesterday. I took care of her daughter last week when she had a seizure. I never expected that kind...
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clara:
Isn't a forty hour shift illegal? 
clara:
Crikey!
What is up with all of the racism in this country? It is just as rampant as it has ever been, and we say that we are making progress as a society. Melting Pot my ass!!! From what I see on the streets everyday as a paramedic, it's worse than ever! 
I interact on a daily basis with cops, firemen, criminals, and people from all...
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I interact on a daily basis with cops, firemen, criminals, and people from all...
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clara:
My grannie's name was Clara too.
P.S. Calling soy "milk" is a travesty.
P.S. Calling soy "milk" is a travesty.
mulhollanddrive:
You must see alot of crazy stuff as a paramedic. It's a cool job. Gotta respect it. As far as racism goes, it's gonna outlast us both, I'm afraid. I've lived all over the world, and it's everywhere. It's just ignorance and fear rolled up into a big nasty ball. Have a great holiday.
I must say at first I wasn't digging this new layout and friends situation, but now that I have friends, I think it's way-cool! Plus we now get two more favorites, what more could we ask for?!
Yesterday was completely uneventful at work. It was what we call a bullshit day. All we did was give people who thought they were sick (but weren't) rides...
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Yesterday was completely uneventful at work. It was what we call a bullshit day. All we did was give people who thought they were sick (but weren't) rides...
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eva2:
I'm glad you like good music. 
Happy birthday.
Happy birthday.
kira:
yep i'm from clinton twp...don't know if you know where that is or not, but it's outside of detroit about 30 mins or so. where abouts are you from?
So Wednesday was the day that everyone wanted to kill themselves. Lucky me I got to run around all day and night working my ass of to try and save them, in vain as usual.
Well, I actually saved the 16 year-old bi-polar HS football star who was trying to slash his wrists (the wrong way) with pieces of broken glass. A police officer, my...
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Well, I actually saved the 16 year-old bi-polar HS football star who was trying to slash his wrists (the wrong way) with pieces of broken glass. A police officer, my...
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clara:
Dear god. You have the worst, most important job.
rachel:
wow, that entry totally made me emotional...
happy and sad...
happy and sad...
I'm picking up my dog from the Vet's today. He's been in the hospital for a week on IV antibiotics for Pancreatitis. He's a miniature Schnauzer named Detroit Joe. He's soooo cute, he looks like a little old man. I miss him sooo much. I can't wait to get him back. He's my little heater that keeps me warm at night. 
And it's co-o-o-o-o-ld here...
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So yesterday I had to peel an 82 year-old woman off of the floor of a disgustingly filthy apartment and take her to the hospital. Her apartment stunk to high heaven with no food in the fridge, rotten food an garbage all over the house cat food, feces and litter everywhere, and two pigeons ahd even taken-up residence with her. The place was in utter...
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