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beary said:I totally agree. I don't know how you folks can handle "suicide attempts" that are like 3 tylenol.
True story:
"Medic one- respond to *bad side of town* for OD"
at the scene, i had to ask which one is the patient...which is a BAD sign! A lady raises her hand and i ask if she took anything. she said yeah. I had to ask what and she said tylenol. I asked her how many she took and she said 2!!!! before i could stop myself, i asked her if she ever read the side of the bottle. i really don't know what i was thinking...we were in BFE and likely she couldn't read, but anyway, she said she was trying to kill herself. i had to walk away and let my partner handle that one. no code 3 return on that one...left her @$$ there and had her sign the waiver form. gotta love rural EMS.
i feel your pain,
streetdoc