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Brutal Reality Of Being A Paramedic #shorts

May 30, 2025 / 00:59

This episode covers emergency response, critical patient care, and the challenges faced by first responders. The discussion includes a specific incident in Helensville involving an unconscious patient.

The speaker recounts a harrowing experience responding to a call on a Saturday night. Upon arrival, they found a person unconscious in a pool of blood, with bystanders unwilling to provide information.

Despite being alone, the responder had to assess the situation and manage the critically unwell patient without immediate assistance. The lack of cooperation from witnesses added to the urgency of the situation.

The speaker emphasizes the importance of self-awareness and self-regulation in high-pressure scenarios, highlighting the risks faced by first responders when they are not prepared for the unexpected.

TL;DR

A first responder shares a critical incident in Helensville involving an unconscious patient and the challenges faced during the emergency response.

Video

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I remember going to a job working in
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Helensville and and at the time you
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would work single crude. Ended up down
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this long driveway, drove nose down,
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which you never do. You always reverse
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down in case you don't know what you're
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going into at 2:00 on a Saturday night
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and there was a person on the ground
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unconscious in a pool of blood and there
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was a whole bunch of people standing
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around. So, you know, you walk in, you
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want to get a little bit of history of
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what's going on. No one would talk, but
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one guy said, um, they've fallen down
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the stairs. There was no stairs
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anywhere, so you can read between the
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lines. patient was critically unwell and
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needed to be in hospital, but I couldn't
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get the patient off the ground onto the
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stretcher without the help of someone
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giving me a lift. So then this guy
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turned on me and he said, "Well, where's
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the person you're working with?" And he
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said, "Man, if you don't get this person
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out of here, we're basically going to up
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type thing, you know." And so in the
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end, I just had to bend down and like
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just wrestle this person onto the
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stretcher and then getting the stretcher
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up and into the back of the truck and I
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had this person following me the whole
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way. There was certain things, you know,
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like if you don't have good
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self-awareness and self-regulation in
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those moments on those jobs, you can
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find yourself in a really bad situation.

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Episode Highlights

  • A Critical Night Shift
    An emergency call leads to a shocking scene and a struggle to save a life.
    “You always reverse down in case you don’t know what you’re going into.”
    @ 00m 08s
    May 30, 2025
  • The Unconscious Patient
    Faced with a critically unwell patient, the urgency escalates as help is needed.
    “Patient was critically unwell and needed to be in hospital.”
    @ 00m 24s
    May 30, 2025

Episode Quotes

Key Moments

  • Critical Situation00:24
  • Self-Awareness00:53

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