Welcome back to my world friends. I must say, the last evening at my job was one of the most tiring I have had. I was left worn and weary at the end of my shift that saw nearly a quarter of the fleet shuttered for the night. I was fortunate to have the same good partner I had the previous night.As usual as soon as I got to work there was a run waiting for me. Where should I start? off to a 50 y/o with sob....well, the patient really just needed her Advair filled and wanted a breathing treatment but was too lazy to take care of it herself. My compassionate partner put together her updraft which would not work due to the nebulizer being green with fungus and moss from one year of use with out cleaning.With provisions made for her rx. of Advair to be filled in the a.m., we left the patient with a new nebulizer as she felt fine and did not want to go to the hospital.

It seems the rest of our night would be busy and with every run there would be a angry young male who lacked the mastery of the Queens English and seemed to be angry.A young lady of 18 happened to poison herself several hours earlier. She drove to another location where she vomited. The possibility of bleach mixed with ammonia. Heart rate over 150 , decreased pulsox and elevated resps this young lady would be a code 1 with oxygen and an i.v. Her young brother met me in the yard angry in my face over the EMS response . The young man said glad no one is shot up in here. A brief exchange and care progressed. Mind you there was a driveway full of cars and their loved one could have been to the hospitals hours ago. Of course he wanted to know why our monitor did not work ....... mind you it was working fine... SINUS TACH. This guy kept telling me how to do my job.... His GED was suspect and watching E.R. reruns do not make you a medical professional. With the exception of one elderly man rolling out of bed striking his eye, the remainder of my shift would filled with patients of a median age of 20 , alcohol and weed.
The pole is down and the crowd is walking across the downed PLD powerline. There are damaged cars and a ETOH male who fled scared the crowd was going to beat him down. We could not get a scout for sometime. The crowd did not beat this man down, but there were a few close moments. Lots of yelling and tempers....I did not have popcorn, but I did munch on potato chips.The grease has not dried from my fingers and we pull up to a young lady having an asthma attack. I am met with an angry young man as soon as I exit my truck, bitching about EMS response, angry. The house is full of drunks from teens to 50 y/o occupants. The unclothed Blubbering gut shaking while lying flat , exposed. An anxiety attack due to a confrontation. Tensions are still high in the residence. With all Vitals monitored and good, the young lady was calmed, we departed flagging the address due to hostilites. At approx. 0400hrs. we are called to another loud residence full of drunks and twenty year olds acting loud and wild. This young lady , 18 smoked too much weed and there was a fight at the party and now she is emotional causing all the young men to get angry. I did not see a Golden Globe in her future, but perhaps a bit part in the highschool theatrical production. Our closer for the night was another 20 y/o female who awoke at 0430 hrs. with non traumatic back pain.This lady cried the whole time i cared for her and really wore me out. Her man packed her a sandwich and said see ya...lol.... I put Sinatra to the test yesterday trying to maintain my sanity. After midnight the only run that actually merited a Medic unit was the elderly male who fell out of bed. The rest of the night and resources were wasted on twenty year old drunks, that were high , and theatrical. Tomorrows leaders..... Whew..... we are in trouble. Peace and love JB