DISQUS

A Day In The Life Of An Ambulance Driver: Vignettes From The ER

  • Medic 61 · 1 year ago
    Loved this post so much. Thanks for helping to make a terrible weekend a little bit more bearable :)
  • Medic 61 · 1 year ago
    Loved this post so much. Thanks for helping to make a terrible weekend a little bit more bearable :)
  • Old Woman that lived in a shoe · 1 year ago
    I've been MIA but stopped in to catch up. You are just as funny as you've always been. You brighten my day. < />< />I love these posts and these conversations..ROTLMFAO
  • Old Woman that lived in a shoe · 1 year ago
    I've been MIA but stopped in to catch up. You are just as funny as you've always been. You brighten my day. < />< />I love these posts and these conversations..ROTLMFAO
  • Stretcher Jockey · 1 year ago
    That was frickin' funny....
  • Stretcher Jockey · 1 year ago
    That was frickin' funny....
  • Kirsten · 1 year ago
    THIS is the best thing I have read all day. Thank you. Thank you.
  • Kirsten · 1 year ago
    THIS is the best thing I have read all day. Thank you. Thank you.
  • HollyB · 1 year ago
    Great Work, just freaking Superb!
  • HollyB · 1 year ago
    Great Work, just freaking Superb!
  • LL · 1 year ago
    Damn, did the Ditzy Ward Clerk go in and kick Mr. Johnson's ass afterwards?? Just the thought of all the weird disease tests I'd want done on me after something like that happening....
  • LL · 1 year ago
    Damn, did the Ditzy Ward Clerk go in and kick Mr. Johnson's ass afterwards?? Just the thought of all the weird disease tests I'd want done on me after something like that happening....
  • Holly · 1 year ago
    oh. my. word.< />< />laughed till I cried. Almost sucked a swig of coffee down into my lungs with the piss cup story. < />< />funny funny funny. < />< />Loved the drunk little old lady story too!
  • Holly · 1 year ago
    oh. my. word.< />< />laughed till I cried. Almost sucked a swig of coffee down into my lungs with the piss cup story. < />< />funny funny funny. < />< />Loved the drunk little old lady story too!
  • momster · 1 year ago
    You always make my day!
  • momster · 1 year ago
    You always make my day!
  • EE · 1 year ago
    Hahahahahahahaha.
  • EE · 1 year ago
    Hahahahahahahaha.
  • EDNurseasauras · 1 year ago
    Come work with me, please! We need you here above the Arctic Circle.< />< />Oh, and just how drunk IS a boiled owl?
  • EDNurseasauras · 1 year ago
    Come work with me, please! We need you here above the Arctic Circle.< />< />Oh, and just how drunk IS a boiled owl?
  • julie · 1 year ago
    I'm so glad I wasn't drinking coffee just then, AD.
  • julie · 1 year ago
    I'm so glad I wasn't drinking coffee just then, AD.
  • bob@thenest · 1 year ago
    With stories like these we'll never get concealed carry approved in hospitals. Just too tempting to use it to cleanse the gene pool.< />< />I'd pay BIG bucks to get a recording of grandma and her friend the next day as friend recounts the events of the previous evening.
  • bob@thenest · 1 year ago
    With stories like these we'll never get concealed carry approved in hospitals. Just too tempting to use it to cleanse the gene pool.< />< />I'd pay BIG bucks to get a recording of grandma and her friend the next day as friend recounts the events of the previous evening.
  • Big Bad Wolf · 1 year ago
    I think my highest blood alcohol was a .28, 2 hours after I'd stopped drinking and after I'd emptied my stomach. < />< />I woke up in the Portsmouth Naval Hospital ER next morning, sans clothes and in 4 point restraints because I tried to murder the orderly who was attempting to put in the catheter.< />< />I don't recall singing tho...< />< />My wife, who is an MA and will be going back to school to become an LPN has dreams of working in an ER. I'll be making her read 'Vignettes' as a precautioary tale. Got any more?
  • Big Bad Wolf · 1 year ago
    I think my highest blood alcohol was a .28, 2 hours after I'd stopped drinking and after I'd emptied my stomach. < />< />I woke up in the Portsmouth Naval Hospital ER next morning, sans clothes and in 4 point restraints because I tried to murder the orderly who was attempting to put in the catheter.< />< />I don't recall singing tho...< />< />My wife, who is an MA and will be going back to school to become an LPN has dreams of working in an ER. I'll be making her read 'Vignettes' as a precautioary tale. Got any more?
  • RT · 1 year ago
    < />< />HA!< />< />Eighty-three years old....God bless her!
  • RT · 1 year ago
    < />< />HA!< />< />Eighty-three years old....God bless her!
  • Ben · 1 year ago
    draven:< />< />Nirvana - Smell like teen spirit.< />< />hell yeah.< />< />AD: Nice post!!! You made my day!!
  • Ben · 1 year ago
    draven:< />< />Nirvana - Smell like teen spirit.< />< />hell yeah.< />< />AD: Nice post!!! You made my day!!
  • phlegmfatale · 1 year ago
    This is one for the "favorites" file. I lurves me some Miss Marion, poor old gal. The fudgey finish was *ahem* memorable. I can picture it all, but I'm glad I'm hearing about it second-hand! Well done.
  • phlegmfatale · 1 year ago
    This is one for the "favorites" file. I lurves me some Miss Marion, poor old gal. The fudgey finish was *ahem* memorable. I can picture it all, but I'm glad I'm hearing about it second-hand! Well done.
  • MarlaQuack · 1 year ago
    Thanks for the laughs!
  • MarlaQuack · 1 year ago
    Thanks for the laughs!
  • shooter · 1 year ago
    I'm going out singing "All My Ex's Live In Texas" and ZZ Top's entire catalog.< />< />I have to admit, AD, that this is the first time I have laughed myself to tears. Just woke my wife up with all that *gigglesnorting*
  • shooter · 1 year ago
    I'm going out singing "All My Ex's Live In Texas" and ZZ Top's entire catalog.< />< />I have to admit, AD, that this is the first time I have laughed myself to tears. Just woke my wife up with all that *gigglesnorting*
  • Anonymous · 1 year ago
    Loved the stories, AD. My 91-year-old grandmother got tanked at my brother's wedding and fell over. One too many manhattans (my damn uncle kept bringing her drinks, because she asked for 'em). 'Sparky' just passed away at age 98, fiesty till the end. God bless her soul.
  • Anonymous · 1 year ago
    Loved the stories, AD. My 91-year-old grandmother got tanked at my brother's wedding and fell over. One too many manhattans (my damn uncle kept bringing her drinks, because she asked for 'em). 'Sparky' just passed away at age 98, fiesty till the end. God bless her soul.
  • kvegas911 · 1 year ago
    AD, you just made our night. This post was fabulous-brought back memories of working in the trauma center before I crossed over to the other, darker side. *snort*
  • kvegas911 · 1 year ago
    AD, you just made our night. This post was fabulous-brought back memories of working in the trauma center before I crossed over to the other, darker side. *snort*
  • Katie · 1 year ago
    This has got to be one of the most humorous blogs ever.
  • Katie · 1 year ago
    This has got to be one of the most humorous blogs ever.
  • Joeymom · 1 year ago
    My grandmother used to swear by Coke when anyone was nauseated. Needless to say, if we felt sick at Grandma's, we usually kept our mouth shut.
  • Joeymom · 1 year ago
    My grandmother used to swear by Coke when anyone was nauseated. Needless to say, if we felt sick at Grandma's, we usually kept our mouth shut.
  • X-ray Rocks! · 1 year ago
    Ewwwwwwww hahahahah! Too funny! Do more of these! They're too funny!
  • X-ray Rocks! · 1 year ago
    Ewwwwwwww hahahahah! Too funny! Do more of these! They're too funny!
  • Beth · 1 year ago
    I'm laughing so hard I'm crying over here. Nice work yet again!
  • Beth · 1 year ago
    I'm laughing so hard I'm crying over here. Nice work yet again!
  • Scott · 1 year ago
    Tequila shits, eh? Those are the worst!
  • Scott · 1 year ago
    Tequila shits, eh? Those are the worst!
  • Hammer · 1 year ago
    Oh man lol my stomach hurts.
  • Hammer · 1 year ago
    Oh man lol my stomach hurts.
  • TheRedHead Who Reads · 1 year ago
    ROFL over this one ... however, I've heard nothing but Elvis singing "Suspicious Minds" in my head for two days straight!! (LOL) Personally, I think in that ER you all ought to be getting hazardous duty pay - don't know how you all do it. Too funny though - after working at hospitals for 25+ years, nothing and I mean nothing surprises me any more! :D
  • TheRedHead Who Reads · 1 year ago
    ROFL over this one ... however, I've heard nothing but Elvis singing "Suspicious Minds" in my head for two days straight!! (LOL) Personally, I think in that ER you all ought to be getting hazardous duty pay - don't know how you all do it. Too funny though - after working at hospitals for 25+ years, nothing and I mean nothing surprises me any more! :D
  • Krimpet · 1 year ago
    GREAT stuff, AD! Thanks for the much needed laughs.< />< />BTW, God bless you for all you put up with!
  • Krimpet · 1 year ago
    GREAT stuff, AD! Thanks for the much needed laughs.< />< />BTW, God bless you for all you put up with!
  • puddle · 1 year ago
    Awesome. Much more fun than learning fat metabolism!< />thanks muchly!
  • puddle · 1 year ago
    Awesome. Much more fun than learning fat metabolism!< />thanks muchly!
  • noethsusieq · 1 year ago
    ohmygosh, ad, you outdid yourself this time. thanks for the laughs!
  • noethsusieq · 1 year ago
    ohmygosh, ad, you outdid yourself this time. thanks for the laughs!
  • Ariadne · 1 year ago
    Oh my. I am addicted to your blog - I'm an official AD-junkie. < />I'm going to try and get my classmates addicted too; you're a fantastic medic and I've learned a lot from reading your stuff. Plus, you're hilarious. Everyone needs a little hilarity in their lives.< />< />By the way, the Sunday shirt article made me shoot Moutain Dew out of my nose. Congratulations, that's never happened before!
  • Ariadne · 1 year ago
    Oh my. I am addicted to your blog - I'm an official AD-junkie. < />I'm going to try and get my classmates addicted too; you're a fantastic medic and I've learned a lot from reading your stuff. Plus, you're hilarious. Everyone needs a little hilarity in their lives.< />< />By the way, the Sunday shirt article made me shoot Moutain Dew out of my nose. Congratulations, that's never happened before!