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Posted by: rocksy1826

Responded to a car wreck. Get there, the driver is injured, 8 months pregnant and contracting. In the car, she has her 13 month old, her 8 years old and her adult sister.

We had to take them all with us, so we've got the 13 month old, in his car seat, strapped into the tech seat in the back. The 8 year old is sitting on the bench seat (by his mom's head) and the sister rides up front because she says she doesn't want to be in the back. (um, ok?)

Mechanism of injury = lights/sirens priority 1 to closest hospital with an OB department. Mom's hurt ad Mom's giving birth.

I'm in the back with my patient and the two kids.

My partner is up front driving. The sister is sitting next to him.

We get there well before Mom delivers.

while triaging, the sister gets all huffy because there is poor cell service in the ER and she's fighting with her boyfriend. (it's an er. get off the phone) and storms out, leaving me and my partner in care of Mom and the two kids.

Mom is settled in her room. The sister is nowhere to be found. Mom has me call her husband.

phone conversation
Me: Hi is this Mr. _____? This is Valerie. I'm an EMT with blah-blah-blah. I'm calling on your wife's behalf. There was a car accident earlier tonight. Your wife's water broke during the accident and she's now in labor at _______ hospital. Your two sons are here and everyone is fine save for minor injuries.
Husband: oh, ok. thanks how much will this cost?
Me: um, you'll have to talk to billing but i believe your insurance should pick up almost all of it (he had a ppo)
Husband: *sigh* ok. great.

wow, sounds like he cares

Me: Your wife is being examined by the doctor right now but would you like me to pass her a message? Will you be coming down?
Husband: ummm..... maybe later. I don't know. We'll see. She doesn't really need me, right?

his son is tugging my sleeve asking to talk to his Dad.

Me: I have your son here. He's asking to speak to you. Would you like to?
Husband: no *hangs up*


nice.

Still have no clue where the Mom's sister is since she ran off to fight on her cell and my partner and I are still in care of the two small children of the Mom. We get them settled with a nurse because, despite how cute they are, we aren't babysitters and have to get back in service.

after we clear up, my partner tells me that the sister not only talked on the phone the entire ride from the scene to the hospital, she even asked my partner to turn off the siren so she could hear better. When he ignored her? She started slapping at his arm and told him to pull over a minute and turn off the siren because she was in the middle of a fight with her boyfriend.


yeah, Mom was fine. Minor injuries. But she was in labor. The Dad didn't care. The sister didn't care.


I was just flat out appalled by this. She's in labor. I don't have kids myself, but I'd think that the Father would want to be there. I'd think the sister would show some concern for her her sister's situation as well. Yeah, she's 8 months which is late enough to produce a healthy kid, but she's still not full term. There was a significant car accident prior to the water breaking... maybe i'm nuts, but i'd be worried about my sister!


this call just pissed me off all over.

</end rant>

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Posted by: rocksy1826

sketchy details so not to violate the great and powerful HIPAA

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Posted by: Barbrady

Its sad. The poor kids will grow up to be just as ignorant. BTW, love the avatar, reminds of that seen from indiana jones.

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Posted by: justanotherparatrooper

Christ, some people just demand to be bitchslapped!

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Posted by: JoninNH

Yikes. I guess I'll stop bitching about my bad night!!!

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Posted by: Sniper

I'd LOVEEEE to know where these fine people are from.......... LOL

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Posted by: kwflatbed

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Originally Posted by Sniper I'd LOVEEEE to know where these fine people are from.......... LOL

Don't you mean which trailer park ???

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Posted by: JoninNH

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Don't you mean which trailer park ???

Some trailers are high class!

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Posted by: Barbrady

Classy tindominium. Aint nothing wrong with them mobile mansions.

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Posted by: justanotherparatrooper

theyll be on springer next week

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Posted by: JoninNH

Remind me to set my VCR.

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Posted by: kwflatbed

The boyfriend was probaly the husband . LOL

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Posted by: PBiddy35

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Originally Posted by rocksy1826 sketchy details so not to violate the great and powerful HIPAA

I duno if that would be vague enough for the HIPAA police.

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Posted by: rocksy1826

fuck em. there's no identification of where or who. therefore it conforms

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Posted by: Officer Dunngeon

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Originally Posted by kwflatbed Don't you mean which trailer park ???

LOL, that was my first thought too, Harry!

This story is just really sad. What a bunch of sensitive human beings, especially the husband.

I feel sorry for the Mom, but she chose to be married to an asshole. The sister sounds like a total dingbat and if I were the driver I would have liked to have grabbed her cell phone and tossed it out the window. My heart bleeds for those children... they are the true victims in all of this.

It's people like THAT that make me thankful for the family that I have and all the caring people in my life.

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Posted by: CJIS

wonder what they are doing for Thanksgiving?

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Posted by: kwflatbed

Making Dinner Possum Stew

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Posted by: CJIS

aww its cute

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Posted by: justanotherparatrooper

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Originally Posted by npd_323 aww its cute

hasnt been hit by the truck ..yet

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Posted by: Andy0921

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Originally Posted by Officer Dunngeon It's people like THAT that make me thankful for the family that I have and all the caring people in my life.

Yeah me too...and when you go into houses with DCF and take kids away from there crack head parents who don't give a shit about them...I think what a good childhood I had.

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Posted by: justanotherparatrooper

youre wrong andy...they care about those kids every month around the 5th.

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Posted by: SOT

Damn you guys sure have crappy jobs...more power to you for being there for these shitbirds.

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Posted by: USMCMP5811

Un F'in believable.

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