RE: OT - Just had to share...

[Guest guest]

Jeff,

What a cool story! I can see why you're so pumped up! Nice job on saving

another life!

- AA

Fleetion Medic wrote:

>

> Hi everyone.

>

> Well, like it or not, here comes another story from the ambulance.

> I'm so pumped up right now, that I have to share with someone...and

> 's already heard it 3 times in the past hour, and threatened my

> life if I get to #4! hehehe

>

> We had a Rescue Call for a 54 year old woman in Provincetown this

> afternoon. She was running late to catch a Whale Watch Boat, and as

> she was hurrying down the pier, she had a sudden onset of chest and

> left arm pain. She immediately stopped and had someone call for an

> ambulance. She had no medical history, took no medications, but had a

> strong family history of heart problems...Dad had the " big one " at 50,

> mom not too long after that.

>

> We start up the road for the hospital (a 50 minute ride), we have her

> on Oxygen, and are trying to do a 12-Lead EKG on her. With the

> regular EKG that we had already done, we could tell that she was

> having a heart attack...doing a 12-Lead would tell us exactly what

> part of her heart it was. 6 minutes up the road, she dies.

> Boom...right there on the stretcher. We shocked her 3 times, and got

> a pulse back. I was just about to put a breathing tube in her lungs

> when she opened her eyes, saw me hovering over her about to do this,

> and she screamed...scaring the shit out of me, so I screamed...it was

> quite comical!!! :-)

>

> Anyway...to make a long story short...she had a heart attack, died, we

> brought her back. We called the hospital while we were still 45

> minutes out, they assembled the " Cath-Lab Team " , and when we arrived,

> we wheeled her straight into the Cath-Lab, and got to watch them do

> Balloon Angioplasty on her, open up her clogged artery, and stop her

> heart attack dead in it's tracks (no pun intended). It was absolutely

> awesome. From the time we arrived at the Hospital, to the time the

> balloon was openening up her clogged artery(Door-to-Balloon Time) was

> 21 minutes (we missed beating the Hospital record by 1 minute). The

> National Average of " Door-to-Balloon " time is right now somewhere

> around 80-85 minutes.

>

> Needless to say, we have been pumped up ever since. There are times,

> such as 3 in the morning, in the pouring rain, when we have to go pick

> up some drunk off the street that got in a fight with a stop sign, and

> I ponder to myself why it is exactly that I do this. Then there's

> times like this when I know I couldn't be doing anything else.

>

> I can't wait to see what it's like after I'm post-op, recovered, and

> back to work...with more energy, more ability to move around without

> problems or getting winded, etc. My surgery is in 10 days...and I'll

> be counting the minutes until I can get back to work. :-)

>

> Thanks for listening. I think I'll go tell the story for the

> 4th time. Wish me luck! hahaha

>

> Jeff

> ~It's a thankless job, but I've got a lot of Karma to burn off.~

>

>

[Guest guest]

Jeff,

What a cool story! I can see why you're so pumped up! Nice job on saving

another life!

- AA

Fleetion Medic wrote:

>

> Hi everyone.

>

> Well, like it or not, here comes another story from the ambulance.

> I'm so pumped up right now, that I have to share with someone...and

> 's already heard it 3 times in the past hour, and threatened my

> life if I get to #4! hehehe

>

> We had a Rescue Call for a 54 year old woman in Provincetown this

> afternoon. She was running late to catch a Whale Watch Boat, and as

> she was hurrying down the pier, she had a sudden onset of chest and

> left arm pain. She immediately stopped and had someone call for an

> ambulance. She had no medical history, took no medications, but had a

> strong family history of heart problems...Dad had the " big one " at 50,

> mom not too long after that.

>

> We start up the road for the hospital (a 50 minute ride), we have her

> on Oxygen, and are trying to do a 12-Lead EKG on her. With the

> regular EKG that we had already done, we could tell that she was

> having a heart attack...doing a 12-Lead would tell us exactly what

> part of her heart it was. 6 minutes up the road, she dies.

> Boom...right there on the stretcher. We shocked her 3 times, and got

> a pulse back. I was just about to put a breathing tube in her lungs

> when she opened her eyes, saw me hovering over her about to do this,

> and she screamed...scaring the shit out of me, so I screamed...it was

> quite comical!!! :-)

>

> Anyway...to make a long story short...she had a heart attack, died, we

> brought her back. We called the hospital while we were still 45

> minutes out, they assembled the " Cath-Lab Team " , and when we arrived,

> we wheeled her straight into the Cath-Lab, and got to watch them do

> Balloon Angioplasty on her, open up her clogged artery, and stop her

> heart attack dead in it's tracks (no pun intended). It was absolutely

> awesome. From the time we arrived at the Hospital, to the time the

> balloon was openening up her clogged artery(Door-to-Balloon Time) was

> 21 minutes (we missed beating the Hospital record by 1 minute). The

> National Average of " Door-to-Balloon " time is right now somewhere

> around 80-85 minutes.

>

> Needless to say, we have been pumped up ever since. There are times,

> such as 3 in the morning, in the pouring rain, when we have to go pick

> up some drunk off the street that got in a fight with a stop sign, and

> I ponder to myself why it is exactly that I do this. Then there's

> times like this when I know I couldn't be doing anything else.

>

> I can't wait to see what it's like after I'm post-op, recovered, and

> back to work...with more energy, more ability to move around without

> problems or getting winded, etc. My surgery is in 10 days...and I'll

> be counting the minutes until I can get back to work. :-)

>

> Thanks for listening. I think I'll go tell the story for the

> 4th time. Wish me luck! hahaha

>

> Jeff

> ~It's a thankless job, but I've got a lot of Karma to burn off.~

>

>

[Guest guest]

Jeff,

What a cool story! I can see why you're so pumped up! Nice job on saving

another life!

- AA

Fleetion Medic wrote:

>

> Hi everyone.

>

> Well, like it or not, here comes another story from the ambulance.

> I'm so pumped up right now, that I have to share with someone...and

> 's already heard it 3 times in the past hour, and threatened my

> life if I get to #4! hehehe

>

> We had a Rescue Call for a 54 year old woman in Provincetown this

> afternoon. She was running late to catch a Whale Watch Boat, and as

> she was hurrying down the pier, she had a sudden onset of chest and

> left arm pain. She immediately stopped and had someone call for an

> ambulance. She had no medical history, took no medications, but had a

> strong family history of heart problems...Dad had the " big one " at 50,

> mom not too long after that.

>

> We start up the road for the hospital (a 50 minute ride), we have her

> on Oxygen, and are trying to do a 12-Lead EKG on her. With the

> regular EKG that we had already done, we could tell that she was

> having a heart attack...doing a 12-Lead would tell us exactly what

> part of her heart it was. 6 minutes up the road, she dies.

> Boom...right there on the stretcher. We shocked her 3 times, and got

> a pulse back. I was just about to put a breathing tube in her lungs

> when she opened her eyes, saw me hovering over her about to do this,

> and she screamed...scaring the shit out of me, so I screamed...it was

> quite comical!!! :-)

>

> Anyway...to make a long story short...she had a heart attack, died, we

> brought her back. We called the hospital while we were still 45

> minutes out, they assembled the " Cath-Lab Team " , and when we arrived,

> we wheeled her straight into the Cath-Lab, and got to watch them do

> Balloon Angioplasty on her, open up her clogged artery, and stop her

> heart attack dead in it's tracks (no pun intended). It was absolutely

> awesome. From the time we arrived at the Hospital, to the time the

> balloon was openening up her clogged artery(Door-to-Balloon Time) was

> 21 minutes (we missed beating the Hospital record by 1 minute). The

> National Average of " Door-to-Balloon " time is right now somewhere

> around 80-85 minutes.

>

> Needless to say, we have been pumped up ever since. There are times,

> such as 3 in the morning, in the pouring rain, when we have to go pick

> up some drunk off the street that got in a fight with a stop sign, and

> I ponder to myself why it is exactly that I do this. Then there's

> times like this when I know I couldn't be doing anything else.

>

> I can't wait to see what it's like after I'm post-op, recovered, and

> back to work...with more energy, more ability to move around without

> problems or getting winded, etc. My surgery is in 10 days...and I'll

> be counting the minutes until I can get back to work. :-)

>

> Thanks for listening. I think I'll go tell the story for the

> 4th time. Wish me luck! hahaha

>

> Jeff

> ~It's a thankless job, but I've got a lot of Karma to burn off.~

>

>

[Guest guest]

Geez, Jeff, that's one hell of a story. You should consider writing these things

down in a book or something. it's like I've said a hundred times. They can't pay

you guys and nurses enough money. You are all true lifesavers. Too bad, you

can't make it to the meeting but when you get your operation, you will have more

damn energy than you know what to do with LOL.

Don

[Guest guest]

Geez, Jeff, that's one hell of a story. You should consider writing these things

down in a book or something. it's like I've said a hundred times. They can't pay

you guys and nurses enough money. You are all true lifesavers. Too bad, you

can't make it to the meeting but when you get your operation, you will have more

damn energy than you know what to do with LOL.

Don

[Guest guest]

Geez, Jeff, that's one hell of a story. You should consider writing these things

down in a book or something. it's like I've said a hundred times. They can't pay

you guys and nurses enough money. You are all true lifesavers. Too bad, you

can't make it to the meeting but when you get your operation, you will have more

damn energy than you know what to do with LOL.

Don

[Guest guest]

Jeff!

OMG! I almost died just reading your post about how you screamed!

I'm so glad for her sake that it was someone like you caring for her. This

is why helping people can be SO rewarding! I'm thankful for the equipment

that is out there these days to help submit immediate medical care to those

in need, and so glad we have people like you to help them along the way!

Great job!

BEST WISHES ON YOUR UPCOMING SURGERY!!!!

Dawn

OT - Just had to share...

Hi everyone.

Well, like it or not, here comes another story from the ambulance. I'm so

pumped up right now, that I have to share with someone...and 's

already heard it 3 times in the past hour, and threatened my life if I get

to #4! hehehe

We had a Rescue Call for a 54 year old woman in Provincetown this afternoon.

She was running late to catch a Whale Watch Boat, and as she was hurrying

down the pier, she had a sudden onset of chest and left arm pain. She

immediately stopped and had someone call for an ambulance. She had no

medical history, took no medications, but had a strong family history of

heart problems...Dad had the " big one " at 50, mom not too long after that.

We start up the road for the hospital (a 50 minute ride), we have her on

Oxygen, and are trying to do a 12-Lead EKG on her. With the regular EKG

that we had already done, we could tell that she was having a heart

attack...doing a 12-Lead would tell us exactly what part of her heart it

was. 6 minutes up the road, she dies. Boom...right there on the stretcher.

We shocked her 3 times, and got a pulse back. I was just about to put a

breathing tube in her lungs when she opened her eyes, saw me hovering over

her about to do this, and she screamed...scaring the shit out of me, so I

screamed...it was quite comical!!! :-)

Anyway...to make a long story short...she had a heart attack, died, we

brought her back. We called the hospital while we were still 45 minutes

out, they assembled the " Cath-Lab Team " , and when we arrived, we wheeled her

straight into the Cath-Lab, and got to watch them do Balloon Angioplasty on

her, open up her clogged artery, and stop her heart attack dead in it's

tracks (no pun intended). It was absolutely awesome. From the time we

arrived at the Hospital, to the time the balloon was openening up her

clogged artery(Door-to-Balloon Time) was 21 minutes (we missed beating the

Hospital record by 1 minute). The National Average of " Door-to-Balloon "

time is right now somewhere around 80-85 minutes.

Needless to say, we have been pumped up ever since. There are times, such

as 3 in the morning, in the pouring rain, when we have to go pick up some

drunk off the street that got in a fight with a stop sign, and I ponder to

myself why it is exactly that I do this. Then there's times like this when

I know I couldn't be doing anything else.

I can't wait to see what it's like after I'm post-op, recovered, and back to

work...with more energy, more ability to move around without problems or

getting winded, etc. My surgery is in 10 days...and I'll be counting the

minutes until I can get back to work. :-)

Thanks for listening. I think I'll go tell the story for the 4th

time. Wish me luck! hahaha

Jeff

~It's a thankless job, but I've got a lot of Karma to burn off.~

[Guest guest]

Jeff,

That is a terrific story!! I am so thankful we have people like you out there

to help us1 Keep up the great work!!

Cheryl L

[Guest guest]

Jeff,

That is a terrific story!! I am so thankful we have people like you out there

to help us1 Keep up the great work!!

Cheryl L

[Guest guest]

Jeff,

That is a terrific story!! I am so thankful we have people like you out there

to help us1 Keep up the great work!!

Cheryl L

[Guest guest]

DEAR SOMEONE

I AM LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO GO TO THE MEETING WITH TONIGHT. I LIVE IN PELHAM

NH AND COULD MEET SOMEONE AT A CERTAIN SPOT. IF ANYONE IS GOING FROM THIS

AREA LET ME KNOW. RAYNA

I LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO SALEM NH.

[Guest guest]

DEAR SOMEONE

I AM LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO GO TO THE MEETING WITH TONIGHT. I LIVE IN PELHAM

NH AND COULD MEET SOMEONE AT A CERTAIN SPOT. IF ANYONE IS GOING FROM THIS

AREA LET ME KNOW. RAYNA

I LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO SALEM NH.