When paramedics go bad

[MillCreek]

http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/former-paramedics-upcharge-fraud-leads-audit-evere/nj7cq/

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20150210/BLOG41/150219864/Everett-Fire's-problems-bigger-than-billing

I had occasion to work with Assistant Chief Viers over the years and he had racked up a number of disciplinary violations.  He was fired from the Department and lost his paramedic license after being arrested for responding to a Craigslist ad to have sex with a 16 year old woman.  The 16 year old turned out to be an undercover Seattle police detective.   When arrested, he had Viagra, condoms, lube and a vibrator on his person.  I don't remember carrying those in my jump bag back when I was a paramedic.

[Monkeyleg]

I don't remember carrying those in my jump bag back when I was a paramedic

You just must have been a boring paramedic.

[MillCreek]

^^^Snort.  Although we did carry tiny single-use packets of KY jelly to lubricate NG tubes, catheters or ET tubes.

[freakazoid]

[KD5NRH]

He was fired from the Department and lost his paramedic license after being arrested for responding to a Craigslist ad to have sex with a 16 year old woman.  The 16 year old turned out to be an undercover Seattle police detective.   When arrested, he had Viagra, condoms, lube and a vibrator on his person.  I don't remember carrying those in my jump bag back when I was a paramedic.

Our previous fire chief was busted for trying to solicit a 14 year old in a chat room that turned out to be a detective from a neighboring county.  When the Rangers walked into his office, he still had the chat window open.

[MechAg94]

Several years ago we had an engineer out on the West Coast not show up for a few days.  The cops showed up with a warrant to search his office and took a bunch of stuff.  All we heard was that he had soliticed a minor online and was arrested.  He no longer works for us.

[SADShooter]

http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/former-paramedics-upcharge-fraud-leads-audit-evere/nj7cq/

http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20150210/BLOG41/150219864/Everett-Fire's-problems-bigger-than-billing

I had occasion to work with Assistant Chief Viers over the years and he had racked up a number of disciplinary violations.  He was fired from the Department and lost his paramedic license after being arrested for responding to a Craigslist ad to have sex with a 16 year old woman.  The 16 year old turned out to be an undercover Seattle police detective.   When arrested, he had Viagra, condoms, lube and a vibrator on his person.  I don't remember carrying those in my jump bag back when I was a paramedic.

I have abiding faith that this crowd could find legitimate, if not appropriate, clinical applications for all the listed items.

We have the boring cases. Guy in a leadership role at an EMS agency here got shown the door after dosing with narcon in response to OD'ing on stuff he lifted from the drug cabinet.

[Firethorn]

I have abiding faith that this crowd could find legitimate, if not appropriate, clinical applications for all the listed items.

Viagra - it was originally supposed to be a heart medication, wasn't it?  Googles - supposed to treat angina, "chest pains due to poor circulation to the heart"
Condoms - Improvised water container! 
Lube - as already stated, it's good for putting on the tube you're about to shove up a person's nose or down their throat.  Or wherever else it's going.
Vibrator - good for massages!   

[BobR]

Actually the lube will come in handy when using the vibrator to perform rectal stimulation on somebody in supra-ventricular tachycardia. Much better than shoving a dry finger up into those unmentionable places!!!      


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