On emergencies, differing definitions of

[para_cynic]

So we got a call this weekend for the Lifecall alert, you know, the "I've fallen and I can't get up" buttons that the elderly or infirm can wear that automatically call help if you press it

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soooooo

[ladywind]

Didja help him find the phone?

Re: soooooo

[para_cynic]

Actually, yeah, we did.

I called it on my cell phone and we played Marco Polo with the ringing.

Thank God I'm a highly trained medical professional. Days like this makes paying those Paramedic School loans worthwhile.

[archangelbeth]

*pats you consolingly*
On the plus side... Um... You didn't show up and have him be dead?
*pats you consolingly again*

[wolfychan]

A friend of mine got called for a skeleton. Not even, like, a "hasn't answered the door in weeks" skeleton in a home. A skeleton someone had dug up.

"What do you want me to do, resuscitate?"
"Well, we thought maybe you could find out if it was foul play or the time of death or something."
"I'm not an archaeologist."

[droolingfanboy]

people watch "Bones" and they think thats how it works in real life. Oy!

[wolfychan]

It can, to some degree; William Maples' Dead Men Do Tell Tales is a fascinating account of the cases of a forensic anthropologist who could analyze bones in that way. However, his cases generally are either historically significant or involve recent murders. They don't put every random skeleton that might've died peacefully a hundred years ago through that treatment.

And anyway it isn't done by paramedics, for chrissake.

[fierce_rabbit]

Living with my Mother is making me realize how much old age sucks. Being old and living alone must suck even more.

[webgodd_s]

Yeah, I suspect a "Lonely 911" call there.