911:: grumpy friday night

[Guest guest]

Just getting home from a less than pleasant friday nightwork. On thursday, while

playing basketball with my little brother (big brothers/big sisters) I threw my

back out (recurring problem due to two herniated [sp?] disks). I was confined to

bed from 1400 thursday until 1500 friday, getting up just in time to get ready

for work.

I was looking forward to getting back in there after being off for 7 days.

However, the loons were out last night. My first 6 were spent in Police Comms,

and I got hammered. I don't normally have a pending call list, usually the call

volume is handled well with the number of officers on duty. Last night there

wasn't a moment that at least 2-3 calls were pending, and that included my DWI

patrol handling complaints. An odd number of MVA's last night too. The ones that

stick out were the Pick Up vs house, and the " No Injury " mva that wound up

sending 8 people to trauma. But the kicker occurred during my back 6 while

working Fire Desk.

A PD in a neighboring county gets a guy for DWI, he is released to third

party ROR. The third party idiot in turn lets this guy drive home (Duh!) and he

puts his car head on into another on one of our busiest highways, Rt 40 heading

to Atlantic City. 3 dead and the lone survivor is an unconscious female head

trauma. Medivac down due to weather. 30 minute ground transport could have been

5 by air.

On a good note, our county and the state have a decent traffic management

diversion plan which we put into effect immediately. Traffic was managed quite

well by our county fire police and state DOT. Not a single cellular complaint.

That and my mind was on something other than the dull ache in my back. As of

0600 Rt 40 was still shut down, the MVA occurred at 0116 hrs.

Ready for bed in NJ

J. Fred Ayars

Salem County

[Guest guest]

J Fred, take care of yourself!!! Those things don't heal overnight and can

get a whole lot worse in a real big hurry!! Be easy and get well,

LYnmagik@...

911:: grumpy friday night

> Just getting home from a less than pleasant friday nightwork. On thursday,

while

> playing basketball with my little brother (big brothers/big sisters) I

threw my

> back out (recurring problem due to two herniated [sp?] disks). I was

confined to

> bed from 1400 thursday until 1500 friday, getting up just in time to get

ready

> for work.

[Guest guest]

Two thoughts collide here. a) Herniated disks + basketball ????

Release a DWI to a 3rd party only to have him kill 3 people - What's up with

that???

Rich

1010WC

" J. Fred Ayars " wrote:playing basketball with my little brother (big

brothers/big

sisters) I threw my

> back out (recurring problem due to two herniated [sp?] disks). I was confined

to

> A PD in a neighboring county gets a guy for DWI, he is released to third

> party ROR. The third party idiot in turn lets this guy drive home (Duh!) and

he

> puts his car head on into another on one of our busiest highways, Rt 40

heading

> to Atlantic City. 3 dead and the

[Guest guest]

Haha, ok smarty,... it's a managable problem. With proper lifting and moving, I

don't

normally have a problem with it. However, The day prior to playing basketball I

rearranged furniture at home, the combination of the moving and the playing

weakened

the muscles surrounding the disks. I am not going to let manageable condition

stop

me from having fun. But I do see how I could sound like a moron. Kinda like

people

who's family has history of lung cancer, and they smoke, uh,..... HELLO.

J. Fred Ayars

RJon wrote:

> Two thoughts collide here. a) Herniated disks + basketball ????