Chapter 1: What stories do first responders share in this episode?
welcome welcome welcome to armchair anonymous i'm dan shepherd i'm joined by monica mouse hello today we have first responders part two or do it's a good one yeah i have on top of the sheet of paper it says trigger warning so the last story there's there's four of course in the last one it's graphic it's graphic and penile. It's going to stay with you. It'll stay with you.
The trigger warning is you were going to repeat this story.
Chapter 2: What is the significance of the trigger warning mentioned?
Probably not for kids. Yeah, probably not for kids. Although I told mine. Okay. And I also want to say what the upcoming prompts are. We love hearing from armchairs. So if you have a story on any one of these four, please submit on our website, armchairexpertpod.com. Tell us about a crazy spring break disaster. Tell us about a bad date. Tell us a
crazy twin story tell us about a time you've been scammed so spring break bad date twin story or a scamming please enjoy first responders part two hard times come and go good times take them slow Hi. What fake name should we go with? I figured you could pick one for me. Okay. Well, again, you're our second exceedingly handsome caller today. We need a handsome name. I think Chris. Oh, Chris.
Yeah, Chris. Okay, Chris. I'm going to write that down. Remember it. I like that. You would have liked Duke though, right? That's kind of a strong. Oh, yeah. Yeah. I don't think I could live up to the name Duke if I had it. I mean, it's not that different than Dax. Well, Dax is kind of goofy too. It could go either way. It's like, what is that? A tech product or something? Is that a German?
Right. But Duke, that's the Duke boys. Oh, wow. Chris knows. Where are you at, Chris? I'm in Canada. I almost did it again. I felt like just from the hello, I got it. Yeah. I got a guy on like the third word on the last interview. I tried not to say a too much. Yeah. He let one slip. Yeah. Yeah.
You could be in any number of first responder positions, but I'm going to guess from the mustache, we're a firefighter. Is that accurate? That is correct. I was going to go EMT. Oh, no. They kick you right out of the firefighting if you're not wearing a mustache. That's exactly right. Which is kind of funny, right? Because you're wearing like a regulator sometimes.
It can't be the most helpful for keeping a seal. Well, that's why you can only have a mustache. If you have any of this, I'm on days off right now, so I got a little scruff. But this is where the seal goes. It's kind of along the jawline. So you're only allowed a mustache. Oh, that explains it. That's why they all have them. Because like, this is all I can have.
And you know, the mustache is also very prominent in the gay community. Do you guys talk about that at all, you firefighters? Like, we also look like we could be in West Hollywood. We don't talk about that, but I love it. It's amazing. Yeah. Okay, great. Yeah, our friend Jess is wearing a very proud mustache these days. Well, his is also because he used to have to be clean shaven for his job.
And when he didn't have that job anymore, he was like, I'm going nuts with the facial hair. Mustache time. Anytime we're on vacation, we all grow beards. Yeah. All right. So, Chris, please tell us one of what I'm sure is hundreds of crazy stories you have. This particular story happened two years ago, October. It was Halloween, actually. It was during the daytime.
So we're hanging out at our hall when the tones go off and we have what we call a voice lady. And so she tells us what the calls are. It's like a robotic voice. Could be an alarms call, stroke or a structure fire. So the tones go off and the voice lady says that it's trapped. That's all we get. So we hop in the truck. I'm driving that day. We go off to our call. It's only like two minutes away.
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Chapter 3: What happens during a first responder call for a trapped individual?
Sure. Even if you saw that. Sometimes they do have like witchy legs. I've seen that. Bill timed for this accident. The garage door was closed, so in their defense, they didn't see anything. So we go back to the station, and during the ride back to the hall, we're going over the whole call, and we're thinking... We did the best we could. We gave this person the best chance of survival.
We were all very proud of what we did and the quick response and getting the pulse back. We were very proud of what we did, but whatever the outcome, we drove back to the hall. We backed the trucks in. Then like a couple hours later, that paramedic comes to pick up his vehicle. And we're kind of like, hey, any word on this guy? How's he doing? And he's like, well...
Unfortunately, the intracranial pressure was so high that even if he does survive, like he'll have major brain damage. It's not looking good. So his head too, not just his arm, his head had been under a lot of pressure. It's because of all the pressure from the vehicle, like actually crushing him. And so then he wasn't getting any oxygen and shoved all the blood up into his head. Yeah.
So it was all just really bad. Okay, sorry, one more question. You hadn't observed around this classic car that there was like a jack out or anything? It was up on four jacks, but the jacks were very precarious. They were up on rollers, probably so he could move it around easier. Bad idea. I would not recommend doing that. Yes, yes, okay. So the paramedic comes, tells us this bad news.
I have some friends that work in the hospital that this guy went to. So I was like, I'll just message and see what they have to say. They messaged me back. They say, yeah, he went for a CT scan, came back clear, but he's still in pretty bad condition. We kind of leave it at that. Four or five days later, he walks up to the hall and gives us the thank you card and some treats. Wow. Oh, my God.
Oh, my God. So he was fine? Fine as you could be. He was able to walk. So there was some pretty good closure. And another crazy part about this story is that when he works on his vehicles, I guess he puts his phone up on the windowsill about eight feet away. And that's how he was able to call 911. He used Siri. Oh, my God.
And that's why all the information was so vague because they could barely hear him because A, he was under a car and B, his phone was eight feet away. And his wife was inside the house. And didn't hear anything. Oh. God makes me want to enact Siri, but I don't want Siri to be able to listen to me. Put it on. Maybe I'll just enact it when I work on shit. Okay. Yeah. Oh, wow. That's wild.
Smart thinking. All right. Now I got a couple of personal questions. Cause you drive the engine. Have you blasted through anyone's front end? Every time I'm watching them negotiate here in LA intersections. And it's like, it generally goes well, but I'm also like, I'm sure it doesn't always go well. I have never. got in an accident or had to like move anybody aside or anything like that.
Usually people are pretty good. OK, that's OK. Have you ever seen him respond in New York? That's about the most exciting thing you can see because they got no choice. They just blow through cabs. They do all kinds of stuff. Oh, yeah. Once in a while, we'll throw that up on the TV just on YouTube. It's pretty entertaining to watch. Yeah, I was there one time.
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Chapter 4: How do first responders handle unexpected medical emergencies?
Have a good day. All right, take care. They're so beautiful. She looked like Elle Fanning. Uh-huh. And he just looked really hot. He looked just really, really hot. He looked like the shirtless for the listener. You got to picture Hugh Jackman in Wolverine. I mean, it's that caliber of physique. The stereotype of hot firemen is just real. It's almost like they must only hire. I know.
And they haven't gotten sued yet. Guys aren't going to sue over that. That's not even going to occur to them. Well, they just tell them like, you weren't fast enough. They lie. Yeah, yeah, of course. But you should be able to look at the group and go like, well, I think something else is going on. Everyone's a 10 and I'm not. And I didn't get hired.
And they're saying it's because I can't wind the hose well. Or that I don't have enough hose. No, we said you don't have enough hose. Not that you can't wind the hose. We just interviewed a firefighter that, honest to God, we were sweating. He was so attractive.
Chapter 5: What challenges arise when responding to a serious injury?
Oh, man. So hot. Is he single? No. He has a beautiful wife and a beautiful child. Beautiful little baby. He was actually on the front page of the calendar this year. Oh, wow. Okay. Yeah, yeah. Okay, anyways, enough about him, Kendall.
Chapter 6: How does the team react to a critical situation involving CPR?
How are you? I'm great. How are you guys? Wonderful. Where are you? I am in southeastern PA. That's Pennsylvania? Yes, Pennsylvania. That's how you talk about it. You're like, I'm from the PA. And you're close to what, Maryland? How far away is Maryland? Maryland's probably an hour and a half, probably like closer to Philly. We're like an hour away from Philly. Okay, great.
Do you go into the city? Yeah, it's a lot of fun. What type of first responder are you? Okay, so I am a volunteer firefighter as well as an EMT. You don't have a mustache. I couldn't guess that because you didn't have the mustache. I love that you're a volunteer firefighter and an EMT. Thank you. So you have the light that you can at some point put on your dash and get going? Yeah, a blue light.
And have you ever abused that? We have a strict rule not to, although I've definitely thought about it. Especially when people are driving slow in front of you. I got to get places. I can tell you're a rule follower though. You could not trust me with one of those blue lights. That's why you're not. We know. We know. It's a lot of power to have. Yes. Oh, my God.
I'm doing bad enough without a blue light. It comes with great responsibility, and you're not prepared for that. And have you been in southeastern Pennsylvania the whole ride, or did you relocate there? I've been here the whole time. It was mom or dad in a firefighter? No, but actually my older brother is, and I have a twin sister, and she is also a firefighter EMT. What? That's so cool.
Fraternal twin? You would have said identical, right? Identical. Wow. I love that. And you have the same profession. Did you hear our twins episode by chance? The expert, yes. She's studied twins her whole career. Yeah, she was interesting. Yeah. What's the freakiest moment? You got itchy. Your sister was getting poison ivy a thousand miles away. Anything like that?
I don't think we've had that, but she works at a bar, too. She's a bartender. And every time I come in, it's almost like I'm a celebrity. People are, like, whispering to each other, like, she looks like the bartender. That's fun. That's kind of what we get a lot, a local celebrity vibe. I would be a little robbed if I hadn't had the, like, she cut her leg on vacation. I felt it.
But we don't even know if it's real. Maybe we should do an experiment and see if it's real. Okay, yeah. It's going to be double blind. We'll torture her. Yeah, bring her our way. Monica will smack her. Okay, Kendall, tell us your crazy first response story. This story takes place about three years ago. I had been a firefighter for about four years at this point and an EMT for about three.
So I kind of know what I'm doing, but still a little new at things. So this story takes place in rural Pennsylvania, where I'm from. It happened on a Friday night in the wintertime. And you guys have shitty winters, right? You get the eerie effect. Yeah, it was definitely really cold and not a nice night for everybody involved.
So around 7 p.m., we get dispatched from the fire company for what we call a wires down call. It's going to be anything involving a power line. So think power lines on the road. low hanging wires, anything like that. And they dispatch the fire company first so we can mitigate the hazards before the electric company can get there.
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