OT: Jaded: Thoughts of a Rookie Cop - December 26th, 2004

Jaded: Thoughts of a Rookie Cop:

"...So, I get a sick case call, thinkin' it's not big deal. I get over there, and there's this dead guy in the back of an ambulance. Literally, if the paramedics weren't pumping oxygen into his lungs with this bag valve mask thing, he would be dead. Full respiratory failure. He did this by taking too much herion.

The cool thing is that the paramedics have this cool drug, I have no idea the name of it, that counteracts the effects of all narcotics, narcotics being the key word. Not Zanax, not antibiotics, not alcohol, just narcotics, like cocaine, crack, herion, stuff like that. Usually, 2cc of this stuff wakes any dead person straight away. Well, this guy needed twice that, 4cc's. Here's the killer thing. This guy, literally dead not 2 minutes ago, wakes right up and gets mad that the medicine screwed up his buzz. Ain't that a kick in the ass? On top of that, he's refusing medical treatment. He literally is trying to rip the IV out of his arm to get inside his house. Remember, he was dead two minutes before hand. Amazing what ya see in this job. The funny thing is, he tries to claim that it's from alcohol and Zanax. "

Where's Darwin when you need him? I guess he's taking a break, but I'm sure he'll be back for this guy soon enough...