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Too funny about the chick.

The other night, we had roughly an 8 hour wait to be seen. A guy coming in with something fairly minor (cold symptoms or something like that), decided he was bored. Went out to the parking lot and dropped acid.

He started tripping after they had already gotten him in a medical room.

Much hilarity ensued.

Life in the ER is always educational. Sometimes fun, sometimes heartbreaking, but always a learning experience.

Well I had an interesting drive home this morning, after work.

I live out of the city, so I have to do a 20min drive up the highway. I get to about 1km from my turn-off, crest the rise and before me is a car crash.
One car had hit another while changing lanes, then travelled across the traffic island and into on coming traffic, hitting another car.
Add to that, the Council Workers who were mowing the grass on the Traffic Island in the middle of the highway.

All I see is a woman sitting in the front seat of her car and everyone else standing around scratching their heads and doing nothing.

Checked the lady in the car first. She seems ok, and said she didn't have any pain any where, she insisted on getting out and walking around, I got her to sit in the shade next to her car and got one of the people standing around to wait with her and watch her, until the Ambulances arrived.
Checked the other two drivers and they seemed to be well enough, as well. Woot for airbags and plain good luck.
I got them to also sit next to their cars and had people watch them as well.

One of the Council Workers was hit and knocked over by the car, that caused the accident. He was sitting in the long grass holding his ankle and his head. His mate were standing around him talking.
I went over and got him to lie down on the grass and stablized his neck and spine. I asked him to stay still and checked him for any wounds.
His right anle was swallen, so either broken or nicely sprained. He had a nice bump on his head and was a little dazed, but able to answer question.
I told him the Ambulance was on the way and explained to him why i wanted him to stay still and not move his neck and spine and generally chatted with him and reasured him, while we waited for the Ambulance.

Anyway... after another few minutes the police, ambulance and fire and rescue arrive and everyone is treated and looked after.
The Council Worker got taken to hospital.

I went home feeling great. The lady and the Council Worker both thanked me for helping, as did some of the people who were standing around, when I first pulled up.
The Paramedics thanked me for doing a good job and doing the basics for the Council Worker.
Was nice to get a slap on the back and a little praise, for what I had done.


Edited, Sat Jan 15 02:59:05 2005 by lagduff

That's supposed to be a "funny" post?

Honestly ?

Boring, repetitive sh*t far outweighs the "bad stuff" that I've seen, and that in itself can be horribly funny.

Like the woman who's seen 5-6 times a day for "migraines" because she was backed into in the hospital parking garage. She comes in with a "migraine and cold symptoms" or "migraine and constipation" trying to get the auto insurance to pay for her "clinic visits."

The bad stuff, though, is really, really bad.

Rarely gory, but pretty damn bad.

Maybe it was this guy.

http://www.compfused.com/directlink/575/

I here by declare January to be "Injure Your *****" month.

We had the "I poured hot tea on my dick" guy a few weeks ago.

Last Friday we met "My dick is caught in my zipper and is torn to pieces" guy... was nasty! <shiver> Who knew a harmless zipper could do so much damage.

Then Sunday we met "I put a home made stainless steel, figure 8 shaped 'cock ring' around my meat and two veg and now my parts are swollen and I can't get the damn thing off" guy.
We tried using the jewelry cutter, but it didn't even scratch it.
We tried bolt cutters, but they didn't work.
We ended up having to wait until the Hospital Engineers opened at 8am the next morning, knock the guy out, put a piece of flat metal between his privates and the ring and cut it in four places with a diamond bladed saw. Had to keep pouring water over it all so the heat from the friction wouldn't burn him.



Edited, Thu Jan 20 04:22:00 2005 by lagduff