Paramedic Pieces

We respond to an Alpha level call for an elderly lady who is feeling sick.The triage program dispatch uses helps to determine the level of response and resources needed to handle the 911 call. The cards go from Omega to Echo with six levels of response, Omega level being someone with no injuries they just need help. Like they slipped and fell but have no injuries they just need help getting up off the floor, an engine company would respond. An Echo level call would be a full cardiac arrest. In o

Is that the Smell of Oxygen in Use?

Published on 2010-12-24 12:23:00

As we pull up to the assisted living center with lights flashing and anticipation for the smell that seems so common as you walk in the door, we breathe a sigh of relief. There is oxygen in the air and friendly people to greet us. The call is for breathing problems and a possible stroke and we are taken to a room and find an elderly germen man sitting up in a soft chair with two care workers, a family friend and the patient’s wife all in a small room. My paramedic partn

A Doll Falls Through the Window.

Published on 2010-07-10 23:12:00

The neighbor said as she looked out her window across the complex she saw a doll falling from a window. She looked again and the doll was moving on the ground and she heard crying. She ran out and found a child on the ground below the second story window. The child’s dad called 911.The call is toned out at the station; a toddler has fallen from a second story window. Here comes the anxiety again. Of course it’s on the other side of town on a busy afternoon with plenty of traffic.What’s goi

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