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EMS 20/20

This Call is Baulder's Dash

EMS 20/20

Christopher M Pfingsten

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4.6775 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2026

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Summary

Chris finds the effects button on the mixer as Spencer relays a call that shows everything that can go wrong when systemic, cultural apathy sets in deep in a system.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Yeah, no, we, we both got, got crushed.

0:05.9

So I'm at a new base now.

0:08.0

I was working on the coast for a while at a rotor wing base, and then I took an assignment

0:11.7

and a base that opened up seven minutes from my house.

0:15.4

And that's hard to say no to.

0:17.7

So I didn't say no to it, and I did it.

0:20.6

And it's been great. But it is a,

0:24.0

it's a dual aircraft base. So we have both fixed wing and rotor wing, which means we say no to

0:29.8

very little. And last night we said yes to a call that started off like we get the page information, which this is actually

0:39.8

fairly common amongst flight agency, the flight agencies, though it's not with all flight

0:43.7

agencies.

0:44.4

We actually don't get a lot of patient information.

0:47.5

Yeah.

0:47.7

And there's a multitude of reasons for that.

0:49.8

But generally speaking, if it's an interfacility, we get like a category and then some demographics to make sure we got the right patient, and then that's it. And the other big thing is if they're ventilated or not. And so is if there's something wild going on, dispatch will call us, and they'll be like, yeah, they've got a floppy flupensmicker in there. And you got to know how to use a floppy flupin smicker. and I'm like, oh shit, did you look at the floppy flupensmicker PCG and you got to know how to use a floppy flupensmicker and I'm like oh shit

1:11.7

did you look at the floppy flupensmicker PCG and you know anyway so that'll happen and so this one comes

1:18.1

over and has all the indicators of like uh yeah Q15 vitals no worries right just kind of looking at it

1:26.4

and I'm like oh oh, sweet, sweet.

1:28.6

I mean, it's a 3 a.m. call, but like, whatever, it's going to be great.

1:31.1

Then we get a text, all caps, intubating now.

1:36.8

Oh, no.

1:38.0

That's fantastic.

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