How about a Believe it or Not stories!!

Tink · 04-14-2007, 11:48 PM

Awwwwwwwwwwww poor chickie!

When I was working on the ambulance service, things were still done the old fashioned way. We were on-call from our homes and rushed to the ambulance as needed. When we did CPR it was mouth to mouth without masks or appliances of any kind. More often than not, when you do CPR, the patient ends up losing the contents of their stomach from the strenuous chest compressions; so the person doing the respirations ended up getting a taste of their last meal.

On one occassion I was called and told since the patient was located between my house and the ambulance, I should go directly to the scene and the ambulance would meet me there. I beat the ambulance by several minutes, and found a lady whose family had dropped in for a visit and found her dead in bed. I pulled her onto the floor and started CPR with her family members standing over us wide eyed and frantic.

She'd obviously gotten up and had strawberries and cream for breakfast, then gone back to bed; probably because she didn't feel well. So there I was, doing CPR by myself when her breakfast decided to come back up directly into my mouth just as my partners came running in. The family members never even noticed as I spit out her breakfast and continued CPR while the other EMTs scooped her onto the stretcher and rolled her away.
When we got to the hospital, one of the nurses met me with a bottle of mouthwash, so obviously one of my partners had noticed. LOL
BLECH!

Believe it or Not!

Janet · 04-15-2007, 02:49 AM

Oh Tink, my stomach is just rolling! Time for me to move to another thread.

blowry · 04-15-2007, 04:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tink

Awwwwwwwwwwww poor chickie!

When I was working on the ambulance service, things were still done the old fashioned way. We were on-call from our homes and rushed to the ambulance as needed. When we did CPR it was mouth to mouth without masks or appliances of any kind. More often than not, when you do CPR, the patient ends up losing the contents of their stomach from the strenuous chest compressions; so the person doing the respirations ended up getting a taste of their last meal.

On one occassion I was called and told since the patient was located between my house and the ambulance, I should go directly to the scene and the ambulance would meet me there. I beat the ambulance by several minutes, and found a lady whose family had dropped in for a visit and found her dead in bed. I pulled her onto the floor and started CPR with her family members standing over us wide eyed and frantic.

She'd obviously gotten up and had strawberries and cream for breakfast, then gone back to bed; probably because she didn't feel well. So there I was, doing CPR by myself when her breakfast decided to come back up directly into my mouth just as my partners came running in. The family members never even noticed as I spit out her breakfast and continued CPR while the other EMTs scooped her onto the stretcher and rolled her away.
When we got to the hospital, one of the nurses met me with a bottle of mouthwash, so obviously one of my partners had noticed. LOL
BLECH!

Believe it or Not!

EWWWW! Did she survive?

Tink · 04-15-2007, 10:51 AM

Sorry Janet, obviously I don't tell that story often. It just isn't good party conversation.

No Brenda, sadly she didn't.

DianaB · 04-15-2007, 10:52 AM

I can handle a lot of nasty things, but Tink, I couldn't do that!

Forgivenmom5 · 04-15-2007, 11:00 AM

I admire you, Tink. That is TRUELY putting someone else before yourself.

Gina · 04-15-2007, 11:16 AM

Tink you are one special lady I will say. Not many including myself could do that

Chandra Amaya · 04-16-2007, 06:12 AM

I know alot of you have said you couldn't do it but when you are faced with the situation & know what you should do, you react first & think later. I think the hardest part of the medical field is holding someone's hand & being strong while they die. You do it without thinking but after they are gone & you have cleaned & prepared the body, that's when you lose it. I would go outside & cry everytime. I thought you would lose this as you got more used to it. I only did it for about 6 yrs but I never did. Every death still affected me that way. I'm sorry she didn't make it Tink. I hope you know you did everything you could & tried your best.

Ponyup · 04-16-2007, 07:08 AM

When my mom was little, 4 or 5 she was out playing in the play house (actually build out of wood not a plastic one) & stepped on a nail (she was wearing shoes). It went through the shoe, through her foot & out the top. My grandma heard her screaming & had to go pull her off the board. Believe it or not.

04-14-2007, 11:48 PM	#1
Tink Donating 4WT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Rural Wisconsin Posts: 3,707	Awwwwwwwwwwww poor chickie! When I was working on the ambulance service, things were still done the old fashioned way. We were on-call from our homes and rushed to the ambulance as needed. When we did CPR it was mouth to mouth without masks or appliances of any kind. More often than not, when you do CPR, the patient ends up losing the contents of their stomach from the strenuous chest compressions; so the person doing the respirations ended up getting a taste of their last meal. On one occassion I was called and told since the patient was located between my house and the ambulance, I should go directly to the scene and the ambulance would meet me there. I beat the ambulance by several minutes, and found a lady whose family had dropped in for a visit and found her dead in bed. I pulled her onto the floor and started CPR with her family members standing over us wide eyed and frantic. She'd obviously gotten up and had strawberries and cream for breakfast, then gone back to bed; probably because she didn't feel well. So there I was, doing CPR by myself when her breakfast decided to come back up directly into my mouth just as my partners came running in. The family members never even noticed as I spit out her breakfast and continued CPR while the other EMTs scooped her onto the stretcher and rolled her away. When we got to the hospital, one of the nurses met me with a bottle of mouthwash, so obviously one of my partners had noticed. LOL BLECH! Believe it or Not! __________________ 'A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.' England 's Prime Minister Tony Blair'

04-15-2007, 02:49 AM	#2
Janet Moderator Donating 4WT 18K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: INDIANA Posts: 21,625	Oh Tink, my stomach is just rolling! Time for me to move to another thread. __________________ To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. ECCLESIASTES 3:1

04-15-2007, 10:51 AM	#4
Tink Donating 4WT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Rural Wisconsin Posts: 3,707	Sorry Janet, obviously I don't tell that story often. It just isn't good party conversation. No Brenda, sadly she didn't. __________________ 'A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.' England 's Prime Minister Tony Blair'

04-15-2007, 10:52 AM	#5
DianaB Moderator Donating 4WT 13K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kansas Posts: 16,069	I can handle a lot of nasty things, but Tink, I couldn't do that! __________________ ´¨) ¸.•´¸.•´¨) ¸.•*¨) (¸.•´ (¸.•` ¤ Diana Baker ✞ You and I are friends....... Always remember that if you fall I will pick you up...... After I stop laughing!!!

04-15-2007, 11:00 AM	#6
Forgivenmom5 4WT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,409	I admire you, Tink. That is TRUELY putting someone else before yourself. __________________ ~Debbie~

04-15-2007, 11:16 AM	#7
Gina Donating 4WT 500 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 6,025	Tink you are one special lady I will say. Not many including myself could do that

04-16-2007, 06:12 AM	#8
Chandra Amaya 4WT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tn Posts: 1,646	I know alot of you have said you couldn't do it but when you are faced with the situation & know what you should do, you react first & think later. I think the hardest part of the medical field is holding someone's hand & being strong while they die. You do it without thinking but after they are gone & you have cleaned & prepared the body, that's when you lose it. I would go outside & cry everytime. I thought you would lose this as you got more used to it. I only did it for about 6 yrs but I never did. Every death still affected me that way. I'm sorry she didn't make it Tink. I hope you know you did everything you could & tried your best. __________________ Traci

04-16-2007, 07:08 AM	#9
Ponyup Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 659	When my mom was little, 4 or 5 she was out playing in the play house (actually build out of wood not a plastic one) & stepped on a nail (she was wearing shoes). It went through the shoe, through her foot & out the top. My grandma heard her screaming & had to go pull her off the board. Believe it or not.

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