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Being in a EMS is very stressful. There are people who don’t know that the flashing light in their rearview (red or blue) means you need to get out of the way and let the volunteer member respond to a call.
There are people who will refuse to pull over and let a volunteer respond and I personally know how agrivating it is to be behind some one who won’t move their ass out of the way so I can get to the station. Next time it might be a loved one of theirs who didn’t receive rapid response and the cost was more than anyone would want to bear.
Some don’t realize that you ARE indeed required to yeild right of way to the responding emergency vehicle.
I know all emergency serive providers have a great respect for the people they are bound to protect and serve. I also know they suffer from burnout, depression and hit emotional overload on many calls they respond to. Using humor, no matter how macabre can help deal with nasty calls, the ones that would give your average neighbor nightmares for a month. Humor is also helpful in releiving the stress that comes with being on duty with the same group of people, in the same tiny house for twelve, twenty, thirty-six (+) hours at a stretch.
Each responding unit (fire, ambulance, police) have acronyms they use on their official reports. The following is a list that while very useful and frequently used, you will never find them on official reports:
1. ADASTW – Arrived Dead And Stayed That Way
2. AQR – Ain’t Quite Right
3. CPR – Can’t Possibly Recover
4. DPS – Dumb Parent Syndrome
5. GRAHOB – Grim Reaper At Head Of Bed
6. MAD – Met At Door
7. PPA – Practicing Professional Alcoholic
8. TBC – Total Body Crunch
9. TSL – Too Stupid to Live
10. DFO – Done Fell Out
11. TVR – CPR performed on television, usually involves improper technique and miraculous results.
12. AIDS – Ambulance Induced Divorce Syndrome
13. GOMA : Get out of my ambulance
14. AND my favorite: DILLIGAF – Do I Look Like I Give A F***
Then there is the one that every service knows all to well:
FFF - Frequent-Flyer Fred. Each one of you have one. I know you do. Am I wrong when I say your FFF usually calls about the same time EVERY week/shift?
I know it's not Thursday but I’m leaving town and won’t be back until Monday so I decided to get mine in early. Hope you enjoyed this list and next time you see them, give an extra smile to the people who are always there when you need them.
See you all next week! Be well. May you not end up an acronym.
Huggles,
Donica
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1 comment:
Hey, babe. I've been swamped, but WILL e-mail you about tag lines. I haven't blown you off!! You're too good for that!
Now, in PA, you do NOT have to pull over for a blue-light (as we call volunteers). I've only not pulled over once, when I was in an area where someone was mis-using the light and assaulting women who pulled over... and yes, I reported the guy to the cops, to see if he was cool or not (apparently, he was).
I have friends who were NYC paramedics. Anyone in that branch of services -- police, fire, EMS -- gets my utter respect and admiration. You guys do more for the public than most people realize.
Travel safe. Don't be an acronym.
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