If you’ve ever been in the situation where you had to call an ambulance for a loved one, you’ll know just how stressful that is. It’s something none of us want to have to do but sometimes there’s no choice. However, what happens when a patient – even your loved one – might decided they … Read more
In a deeply engaging and viral TikTok video, EMT worker and vlogger Sunny (@sunnysideuptv) shares an impassioned narrative, via one of her recent 911 calls, about the critical importance of understanding patient rights, particularly the right to refuse medical care or transport—known as Against Medical Advice (AMA). The video, which has amassed over 708,000 views, … Read more
Hello fellow citizens of the internet! Kira here. Welcome to today’s edition of web_crawlr. Today’s top stories are about: the ‘orange peel theory’ as a symbol of true love, an EMT dispatched to the scene of an exorcism, the origin of those Vince McMahon memes, and Trump’s $1.5 billion lawsuit against news orgs that reported … Read more
A paramedic says that when attending to a patient who was experiencing a seizure, she realized that the woman had been subject to an exorcism. In a TikTok posted on Nov. 7, a paramedic who goes by @LightsSirensAction on TikTok says that she was dispatched to a house where a middle aged woman was reportedly … Read more
Medical personnel are overworked and under-respected across the board. So, when people choose to try to game the system or make their days harder, it’s tough to blame them for refusing to play. OP is an EMT who was called to an emergency “chest pain.” When they arrived, they found the woman who called out … Read more
This woman’s first experience as an off-duty EMT was pretty non-traditional, to say the least, and she took to TikTok to share her story. Source: TikTok/@miadimilano This Barbie is an EMT! Throughout the history of Barbie’s existence, women have been taught that they can do anything they set their mind to — from becoming a … Read more