I learned that, not because of the patients at the hospital I worked, but because of myself. Get set on fire? I'm fine. At work two hours later like it never happened barring some new bandages. Slip and fall at work? Arm's fucked up for weeks after and doesn't regain full mobility for over three months.
learning that the 300 pound guy picked up a car with one hand to save his friend and then called 911 and was upbeat the whole time was extraordinarily wholesome. thanks so much for making this :)
I had my share of meathead friends in life. It's weird but they were pretty much all juiced up and still they were the most gentle and cool guys around. Not to say all or even the majority of gym rats are like that. If anything, in my experience, they are either these really chill guys that believe in self improvement and are going to help people, to the point of being some of my favourite friends. Or they are the most virulent hyperindividualist type to mock people, generally being super tribal and aggressive, including making everyone feel unsafe around them. Weird thing...
@@LuizAlexPhoenix bang on. I swear gymrats are either the most helpful gracious funny polite and charismatic person or a complete and utter narcissistic dick. Luckily the guys at my gym are mostly the first and they run off the second!
I heard of mothers doing similarly impressive feats of strength, there was also that beat cop who sprinted away from a forest fire faster than Usain Bolt story I heard. Or that woman who had a rock roll onto her but she managed to push the half a ton rock off of herself.
As someone who works in a call centre, the number of times I've thought "I will never know the end of that story and that's a shame" is quite high. It's a weird feeling to get used to.
I've always figured that after the panic/fear/grief in their voices, the not knowing has to be the worst. Your job is incredibly hard, and I get stressed just thinking about it. I'm so grateful you guys are out there, doing the unimaginable, Every Day. Thank you.
I'm on the opposite end of the spectrum in oncology research. The good news is that I always get to see the end of the story, even if it takes years. The bad news is that, because most of my patients are metastatic cancer patients, the story usually ends the same way.
Thank you, for the mental stresses and horrible things you have to stay strong in dealing with, just to help protect civilians like me in our worst moments. I greatly appreciate your sacrifices. Best wishes in health and wellness to you, stranger 😊
I'd love to hear what happened with the guy who was putting up christmas decorations in April. This is a video format I didn't think I needed but am 200% up for.
I wanted to know about some of those, and one about an overdose on pills... but, uh.. maybe he didn't tell us about him for a reason - quite possibly his death. I know that's kind of morbid, but that's how overdose goes.
Man, adrenaline is no joke. That stuff can turn ordinary people into the Hulk or Captain America. People with extreme bone fractures, large wounds, etc who crawl down a mountain to get help for 2 days amd promptly pass out the moment they get to it. Lifting massive weight to save someone. Thay and the brain's ability to acknowledge the pain and then sort of mute that nerve input to get done what needs to be done to survive. The raw exhaustion after a massive hit of the stuff, the unnerving time dilation that happens, heightened senses and awareness. Thanks for every video you have done. One of the best channels on UA-cam. Amd for doing a really difficult job.
@@BF-69Except it isn't. Not according to literally 50+ years of research which you can google and read for free on dozens of medical and scientific journals if you want to get into the extremely nitty-gritty of how the hormone is metabolized and affects neuromuscular signaling receptors as well as the inner mechanics of muscle fibers themselves. But I'll save you the time. It isn't JUST adrenaline. There are 3 hormones that are released together. Epinephrine (adrenaline), Cortisol, and Endorphins. Epinephrine increases your heart and respiratory rates sending increased levels of oxygen to your entire body. Cortisol immediately allows release of emergency stores of glucose from your body into the blood stream. There's the fuel and the oxidizer mix and within mere seconds it is spreading to your entire body. This is that rush of immediate energy and shakiness you feel. It also increases perception rates in the brain and triggers numerous other responses to focus your attention and increase awareness. That "time slows down" effect. The final hormone, endorphins, literally BLOCK the pain signals from transmitting up to the brain. It essentially allows your brain to ignore pain so it and your body can keep functioning. Adrenaline also has the effect of decreasing the short-twitch muscle contraction time and increasing the rate of twitch allowing for more rapid contractions over shorter time than usual. This doesn't necessarily make you physically stronger, but is a workaround allowing the muscles to make a whole lot more contractions over shorter distances. Like a block and tackle reducing the force needed to lift something by multiplying the force over multiple pullies. This triple hit of very potent hormones rapidly and massively increases the amount of fuel/oxidizer for your cells to burn, like dumping nitro into a car's engine, and blocks pain signals that would trigger autonomic reflexes allowing you to be "stronger." The exact triggering mechanisms are not well understood though. Studies have found psychological stress alone does not have the effect. And observational studies have found that self-preservation as well as needs of others can both trigger it. There appears to be a more abstracted layer involving emotion processing here, but not always.
@@BF-69 Kinda. You always had the strength. Everyone has it. You just can't tap in it will-nilly because the stress on bones, muscles and specially tendons will definitely harm you and potential be the last thing you do, before facing lifes game-over screen. Nature might be scary sometimes but she ain't stupid.
@@ThePandoraGuyyep, there are basically several defense mechanisms which get put into this specific reaction, things such as your joints literally locking up, your muscles tensing hard instead of softening, all of that lead to your limbs being stiff and easy to break when exerting strength. Adrenaline rush removes all of that, allowing your hand to be more flexible, your elbows, in some cases, to be bendy enough to squeeze your tendons, and your muscles to be pumped with enough blood that they become spongy. To top it all off, you also get numbed down pain, a one goal mind, and a few other things thanks to adrenaline.
@@pessien8474basically if we were to ever get full access to turning adrenaline on instantly without ending up dead I can see why humans are apex predators without weapons because we literally make artificial monsters that whenever adrenaline is activated we can lift potentially
One update I'd like to see is the dude that had his leg out the window and then had that rotated 180 degrees. Also the dude that had fallen onto a pole with the police officer holding it passing out. Those are real interesting.
Had a lady who decided to shoot heroin before driving and snapped her femur. In any case, she ended up with a “no visitors” sigh on the hospital room because her friends were sneaking her drugs in the hospital
My husband was just talking about how excited he is for a new season of all the medical/fire dramas, because he wants to see more videos of you injecting yourself into them to point out the ridiculous situations!!! We love your videos, no matter what they're about! You're just hilarious..... and informative.
and really it's the power of love - as the great line from the song "Wonderful World" goes: "ppl saying 'how are you' and really they're saying 'l love you'"
Two people I would REALY like to see a follow up on! The guy who had a bone sticking out of his foot and insisted that he was okay? The guy who was impaled on a pipe and the police officer holding it feinted! (Heck, a follow up on the police officer would just be icing on the cake!)
The pancake man story is honestly such an inspiration for wanting to get into fantastic shape and strength because that entire ordeal would have absolutely ended terribly otherwise.
With enough adrenaline you can just about do anything, regardless of fitness level. My dad was changing a tyre on a lorry we had, and it slipped off and was about to crush him. He yelled for my mum, while holding it just above himself by himself. My mum came running out and helped to hold it as well. Just at that moment, I cane home. My mum yelled to me what happened, and I managed to push it back onto the brace by myself. So up and on. None of us are super athletic. It was sheer willpower. I doubt any of us could have done that without being paniced.
@@racheljensen1823 ehh you're mostly right, but still it's always good motivation to get ripped so you can save the day. Also I hope your dad's doing well now!
Agreed, some good tips to do that is; 1: start off at your base strength till it becomes light, 2: health checkup make sure your health is good(doesn't have to be the best but just rest when sick, don't over exert yourself, stuff like that), 3: figure out your metabolism and appetite, find out what helps you gain good fat while being careful if you have family history of medical issues that can be affected by diet, 4: slowly build a routine like walk once every weekend or walk a mile once a month something small, 5: figure out a sleep routine, doesn't have to be 8hrs at night but can be a few hrs at night and take 30min naps during the day. Personally I feel rested sleeping 4-6hrs at night and some days a extra 30mins-1hrs nap, I have chronic fatigue do to health issues which makes wast down exercise difficult so I crochet cause it does burn calories and strengthens my arms, instead of eating 3 big meals, I eat smaller portion and snacks in between every meal even dessert(I had a hard time getting to 86.3lb before but now I finally got to 89lb).
My daughter used to work ER trauma as a social worker. And I seriously miss those stories. There's a woman I met who wrote a book called "my so-called life" about her life as an ER nurse. It just goes to show truth is stranger than fiction.
My parents are/were in medicine and omg it’s so true. Makes my teacher stories pedestrian. One woman picked up an Rx for a bat. The bat was in her jacket. A diabetic elderly patient needed a sponge bath, so my mom took off her socks. Something was stuck in one. It was her toe. An inmate was trying to fight a cop. Cop tased him. Dude didn’t give two shits cuz he was tased so many times before and, as he said, anything’s possible with enough adrenaline. Mom just kinda had to get out of the way and hope for the best. Patient came to my dad complaining that the medication made her feel unwell in a way that, to my dad, was unexpected. He also noticed that she was requesting an Rx WAY too soon. Apparently she was taking way too much cuz she misread the instructions (that were read to her).
For reference 6'8" and 300lbs is about the size of Glenn Jacobs, known to professional wrestling fans as Kane and to current residents of Knox County, Tennessee as "Mr. Mayor." That's a big dude. Lifting a car one handed is still damn impressive, but I can at least visualize it thinking of such a large person doing it.
My Grandpa and his brothers used to have races at car dealerships. The old VW Bugs/Beetles had hinged axles, and would drop the wheels when picked up. So they'd race to see who could drop the wheels on the entire line of cars the fastest. (They were young and stupid. We've all done dumb stuff at some point, and they wised up....eventually.) Lift the front end, set down, move to the next one, lift the front end, set down, hit the end of the row, and do the back ends down the line. I should note, Grandpa was 6'7", and *built.* Man looked like someone had put a pair of pants on a ladder...and then stuck a bear on top. And his brothers were put together the same way. 😂
I mean he's strong, but hes not that strong If i had to guess hes only like 6'-6'2" and 200-250lbs He's obviously no bodybuilder, but he's still got strength, not deadlifter strength though He's honestly about his strength and that he saw a significant gap between him and that guy, which makes sense
Lifting a car one handed is impressive granted it was probably half the car not the entire thing but that's still at least 600lbs or upwards to over 1000lbs depending on the vehicle.. That is indeed insane considering the world record deadlifts and such
The car crush story reminds me of when I was 31. I was scheduled to have major back surgery the next day to stabilize my lumbar spine and remove 2 badly damaged disks. I was within 6 months of being paralyzed from it and could barely walk. I was at my outpatient lab office working my last day when I heard a crash outside. A small car was upside down in a rain run-off pond (dry, thankfully that day). It was teetering, and the driver was screaming for help. The adrenaline hit me and I ran to the crash, climbed down to the car, and held it from rolling more. A child was in there with an exposed femur fracture and could have died if the car moved. Fire rescue arrived a few minutes later and took over (gave me a strong talking to about how I could have been crushed). I was shaking as I walked back to my office. Called my boss and she said "Lock up and go directly home, because in 30 minutes you won't be able to move." She was not wrong. BTW, I am 5' 3" on a good day. Munchkin to the rescue! I've never run since and that was almost 23 years ago now.
Dang that is impressive! A literal superhero for that kid. Adrenaline and a good heart are amazing superpowers. I am glad that your boss understood the situation. And I am glad you survived the situation to share your story 23 years later.
I just want to say thank you. My dad was Fire/EMT, and I've missed all his ridiculous stories so much. He passed away in 2012. ❤ Thank you for giving me back a little piece.
i swear you find one thing out and its clear that something made that happen so then you got to check that and then that things thing ... and then that and that things thing to! it never ends! depending on what it is it can be fun or horrifying lol
Are you a first responder? We just had massive flooding and are now homeless, kind of, our house needs major repairs, so we can’t live there. I am staying with my grandad who is in his mid 90s. My mother and 3 of my children are living at a friend of my mother’s. My dad is staying in my bedroom, which is a caravan in the front yard, and my last child, being a *******, I don’t know 🤷♀️ , which isn’t a bad thing, he’s been smoking pot and abusing my mother, who has custody of my child. I just hope she won’t let him back into the house when it’s been repaired. Sorry, I totally lost where I was going, which is, if you are a first responder can’t you just tell me how deep the rabbit hole goes 🕳️ also how deep is an emoji hole 🕳️? You know the answers to the real questions. Love ❤️ from Australia 🇦🇺
I hope this gets seen, but I reeeeeeeeally have to know what happened with the "Pencil in forearm for high-fiving kid" guy. That whole thing was bonkers and having a follow up to would be the best thing to start the new year.
Thank you to all the firefighters and EMTs out there. Wasn't feeling well and was going to go to bed. My wife wanted me to go to the ER. By the time I got downstairs, I needed an ambulance. Two crews came out and suggested I go in - oxygen levels were down and heart wasn't beating right... I weigh 265 and my legs don't work too well anymore. They lifted me up and got me onto a gurney and to the ER. I had emboli in both lungs and an infarction in my right lung. Multiple doctors over the next several days said I was close to death. I am still on the long road of healing, but those EMTs kept me calm and took great care of me.
Glad to hear your on the road to recovery. I lost a cousin two weeks before Christmas that most likely would still be alive today had they not ignored similar warning signs and gotten themselves checked out. Hard-headedness runs in the family, and Lord knows I've been guilty of a "rub some dirt in it" attitude when hurt, but sometimes you need to let the pros do their job.
I'm glad you got such good care and are stabilized now! I just had an ER visit myself yesterday for a very nasty ankle dislocation and break (they had to put me under to reset it). Everyone there took such good care of me and were good about explaining everything so I wouldn't be nervous.
Same. I am interested in finding out what happened to him, as I have had massive brain damage, concussions, ongoing, so now I can’t smell or taste well, can’t remember things easily. Example, someone said it was Friday. I then forgot it was Friday and walked away without my medication. All in the span of less than 3 minutes. Don’t let people hit you. If you are in a relationship with someone who has hit you once, they will do it again and again and again. Get out now. Run if you have to. Love ❤️ from Australia 🇦🇺
@@BrewedAdventures Oh no, I hope not. But I can definitely see that a brain injury like that would be far worse than what I have experienced. I hope you are wrong, but life is like that, it sucks. Love ❤️ from Australia 🇦🇺
So, what happens with an adrenaline surge is that muscles stop self-limiting. You know how if you try and lift something heavy, your muscles will protest with a pain signal? During an adrenaline surge, those signals aren't sent, allowing someone to perform feats of strength they normally couldn't.
There were stories in the 1960s, era of simple but heavy cars, where at least one woman lifted a car enough to pull her husband out from under when the car fell off the jack or the jack failed.
My grandmother was riding a Harley with her daughter on the back. She hit a patch of gravel and laid it down. She said that bike was way too heavy for her to lift, but with it on her daughter, she pulled it off her with no problem and got her out from under.
Two follow-ups I'd like to see are the following. The edibles man who thought he was a cow (and naked) and the concussion victim who wondered why there were Christmas decorations in April.
I asked for that guy too. I had assumed he had gotten shocked while putting up the decorations, but I’m more concerned about him thinking it was April.
I'm obsessed w this guy & Dr. Mike for they're both what's much needed in the medical profession as I've had the WORST experience w the providers supposed to HELP me instead as my overall health deteriorated & my numerous disabilities overcame me I have been treated shamefully & now wld rather die than go to the ER/doctor/call 911 so to both these gents I say genuinely THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, I hope their upbeat attitude spreads for I used to think jst like Dr. Mike & have been severely let dwn & these guys give & bring me hope.❤❤😊
You mean Doctor Mike, Mikhail Varshavski? Dr. Mike is Mike Israetel, a PhD of sport physiology. They did a podcast together, and half of the comments were about confusion of their UA-cam names.
I am dying to know what happens to the guy with the peanut allergy that was pouring Benadryl on a spoon of pb before being carted off to the hospital. Absolutely love the follow up on these stories!
Maybe the "pb & Benadryl sammitch guy" eventually became less & less allergic? As anticlimactic as this sounds, what he was doing is essentially Improvised Exposure Therapy.😊 And it works! (Assuming the target doesn't die during the process, or wind up brqin dead d/t severe O2 hunger).
@annep.1905 Both would be happening at the same time. In theory. While exposure therapy can work, it works in both ways. He *may* have been training his body to deal with the pb naturally... while ALSO training his body to beat out the effects of the medication. They aren't necessarily mutually exclusive outcomes. Speaking as someone who needs to take waaaaay more then recommended ibuprofen for a headache because I downed it like it was going out of style for back pain from a car accident and subsequent surgery when I was 16, after they removed me cold turkey from all forms of pain therapy and pain killers telling me I was young enough, my body would be fine. ... 37 now, still not fine.
@@macdaddymario hmm. Regarding your headaches, do you know what causes them? Some people have been able to get rid of persistent headaches by eliminating sugar from their diets for a time.
I loved finding out what happened to these guys! And since you asked, I'd love to see what happened to "Dust Bunny Dave", the guy who stuck his foot out of the car window and got a "new knee," 22 feet of brain injury/"Why are there Christmas decorations in April?" dude, and the guy who took preworkout on the job and started having back pain while his boss was yelling at him about it.
My favorite has to be the one where the guy had a bone sticking out of his foot, and he was all 'meh, it'll heal on its own'. The, what felt like, 5 seconds of you staring before saying he needs to go will always live rent free in my brain. I'm curious if you managed to make him go in the end.
Bro adrenaline is a crazy fucking drug, the fact your brain can just make you ignore pain, have super strength, and insane reaction time is wild, but when you arent in a serious situation and get that rush it sucks cuz you now have this insane amount of energy thats just chillin there not being depleted
I have to admit, I am pretty happy about the update on the guy who got stuck under the car. That's always been an irrational fear of mine (I don't work on cars, so like...very near impossible chance of it ever happening to me), so hearing those types of stories always gives me second hand anxiety, lol. I'm glad he was okay! And his friend sounds AWESOME.
My step dad instilled this fear into me as a kid. When he was a teenager he was working on his truck. He had zero clue the jack was slipping and his dad happened to see it mid slip when he came out to the garage for a beer. He jammed his hand under the car, managed to reposition the jack quietly enough that my step dad had no idea. He came back inside a few hours later and saw his dad's hand was mangled and asked what happened. This kind of accident happens way too often. It's why I bought Jack stands with my jack. It doesn't eliminate the risk but it greatly reduces it. I use them even when changing a tire, just in case. Not only can it save you but it can save your car on something like a tire rotation.
@@alyasfukename3355 Jacks are for lifting, stands are for holding. They don't eliminate a car falling, can will make it extremely unlikely assuming they are positioned correctly. Crucial, especially when working alone. I normally use a stand for a tyre simple because I don't want the car to be damaged accidentally, even just the spare under the body.
@@alyasfukename3355blows my mind that people will go under cars without jack stands. I take an extra step, I'll take the wheels off and put them under the car also.
I'd like to know if the guy you revived with Narcan then needed rescuing from his window made other escape attempts or if you actually managed to get him to the hospital. I also would like some elaboration about the diabetic emergency where two different guys were given insulin when their sugar was already low.
I imagine that at a certain point 'sir, I can't take them if they say they don't want to go or that's kidnapping' stops working and you have to strap the patient down. Lawyers probably get rich off it.
My last Grand Mall seizure I had I was taken against my will to the hospital my husband freaked out and called 911 and I was pissed the paramedics flat out told me they would call the police and have them come and force me to go. I said fine I'll go but I'm going to have my husband drive me 2 miles down the road because I have no insurance and I'm not paying the 600$ bill for the ambulance to take me which they still told me no. When I got the bill for the 2 mile 600$ ride I wrote on the bill I was kidnapped and I'm not paying this bill and sent it back...never got any other bills for that ride.
@@tinapuddin9923 So did you call an ambulance or not? Did they help you or did they just take you to the hospital after the fact? If they helped you, shouldn't you at least pay for their trip to you?
@@InfiniteDarkMass No I did not call 911 how am I going to make a phone call or do anything for that matter while having a Grand Mal seizure. I said in my comment that someone called 911 while I was in the middle of having a seizure. I can not control what other people do while I'm having a seizure. The paramedics showed up because someone called them not me I did not call them. There was no reason for me to seek medical help after this seizure that I am speaking of because I did not hit my head I came out of it in less than 5 minutes I think I got the year wrong when they were asking me questions which is very normal for someone who has just had a Grand Mal seizure because it does take a couple of days for your brain too reboot. I was very adamant to the paramedics that I did not need to seek medical help I did not hit my head so there's nothing the emergency room is going to do for me there's nothing they can do. The paramedics that showed up refused to let me go to the hospital on my own they threatened me with calling the police to come and slap me with a Baker act which would have landed me in a psychiatric facility for up to 72 hours. So so far I did not call the paramedics when they did arrive and I came around I told them I was fine and did not need to go I let them check my head and they found nowhere that I have any bumps because I did not bang my head against the ground. So to answer your question no I did not call them and no they did nothing for me but give me a hard time and forced me to go to the hospital in the ambulance 600$ for a 2 mile ride. That's all they did for me traumatized me and threaten me with calling the police if I did not go with them. So why do you think I should at least paid for them to come to me maybe they should have sent the bill to the person that called 911 in the first place... so thisso their ya go I answered your question. So I would appreciate if you could let me know if you still think I should have paid the ambulance bill after the reading the details of that day.
I am a firefighter in Selb (Town) near Nürmberg in Germany. I have to tell you that what he shows is funny, but we also experience some bizarre things here in Germany, when we are on the Way to help someone XD I had to laugh hard at some of the things and thought, yo, you had something like that on one or another Rescue operations, where you, as a professional rescuer, are faced with the challenge of not laughing out loud, but to help the casualty in a serious and focussed manner, no matter how bizarre the accident was and how they probably got into it. But always remember that a colleague should flash a grin or a brief suppressed fit of laughter, firefighters are also normal people who may sometimes have to concentrate first. This is the same for you in the USA as it is for us in good old Germany ;). When you call, we come and help :) Cheers to you comrade ;)
My dad got his personal training certification in California, the 'Sue Everyone' state. So he had to get quite a bit of medical training for it. One class shy of EMT certification to be exact and he had a classmate who was a re-certifying EMT. That man told my father a story that begins with two roommates, a lot of alcohol and their pet rattlesnake. The story was told to my dad's friend by, lets call him idiot 1 as they drove to the hospital which was a fair distance. The story begins with idiot 1 and 2 getting drunk and deciding to tease their pet rattlesnake. As a test of courage and skill, they would bang on the glass and yell at it before putting their fingers under the lid to his enclosure and yanking them back when he struck. Then they'd laugh at the snake who got dazed from striking the glass. Well these 'sportsmen' decided after a while that this wasn't challenging enough, so idiot 2 thought it would be fun to do the same thing, but with his *tongue.* Not hard to guess what happened next, yup, it got his tongue. Idiot 1 explained to the EMT that they had heard of the whole, 'cut up the wound and suck out the poison' thing (which is 100% false by the way, don't do that). They figured he could suck it out himself since the bite was on his tongue, but they needed to cut it up, so they got their box cutter. After slicing up the guy's tongue a bunch, he sucked and spit until they figured it was enough, but they had another problem. (that they realized I mean). His tongue wouldn't stop bleeding. Idiot 1 got the brilliant idea, to cauterize the wound...with his blow torch. Next thing they knew, his freaking tongue fell off. (I wonder why) That was when idiot 1 *finally* decided to call 911. He explained all of this on the ride to the hospital then when they finally got there, he proudly strutted up to the doctor and announced that he read an article about how doctors could reattach severed body parts if the part was kept cold and got to the hospital. He further said that he remembered that the human tongue was one that was relatively easy to reattach, and he presented the tongue to the doctor. The doctor looked at it and sighed heavily. He explained that even if they *hadn't* cut it all the hell then taken a freaking *blow torch* to it, the acids in the *pickle juice* would have killed any potential viability it would have otherwise had...yes, he put the tongue in a still full jar of pickles to keep it cold on the ride to the hospital. I guess the guy made it to the hospital in time to get an antidote, so he lived but, there was nothing they could do for his or his friend's stupidity, or his tongue.
Jesus Christ that was a horrifying story! Also thanks for the educational bit about not cutting out the wound to suck the poison out. I actually believed that until now, but I don't live anywhere near poisonous snakes.
Given that this particular video flashed through my mind last night when I fell on my stairs and ended up with my left foot pointing 90 degrees in a direction it was NEVER intended for, I too would like an update! (I'm doing okay, luckily my husband can lift me and got me to the ER super quick. They had it splinted less than an hour after my fall. God bless good medical professionals, they took such good care of me ♥️)
my buddies brother just died recently, surprisingly from natural causes.. but one time he was in a high speed drunken crash.. going like 120mph and running into a parked car.. the medics and police on scene had concluded he was dead and they covered him up .. not 15 minutes later he sat up and didnt know where he was.. wtf lol
@Silveriumx well hitting a parked car I'm guessing didn't result in an immediate dead stop, I'd imagine there'd be some amount if travel distance involved. Because you're right 120 to nothing in a moment is.... particularly forceful.
This video makes me appreciate the mental strength of EMS and Doctors a hell of a lot more. Being able to see all that and walk away from it and still have a smile on their faces is amazing
They are remarkable. Years ago I was in the ER and had a long wait; we had heard that a victim from a very bad car accident had come in so didn’t mind waiting. When the doctor eventually came in he apologized, and my husband and I said no problem, we just hoped everyone was okay. As casual as can be he said, “No, he died. So what’s going on with you?”
Thank you so much for your Service and for this content. I hadn't realized how much closure this has offered to those who've been watching your videos! These stories are certainly miraculous!
Oh and I would also love an update on the bleach and Vaseline guy who called for choking! Also the low blood sugar insulin duo, the guy who could tell what the bottom of his shoe looked like since he had his leg out the window of a moving car, and the guy with the pole and other person who fainted while holding it
I have seen some gnarly injuries in my time as a medical professional, so when I saw the car skit I was like I absolutely have to know how he survived. Well, looks like we all need to find a freakishly large and strong friend like that guy had.
this reads like an comment generated by AI after it was fed the transcript of the video if this was written by a real person, i am very sorry but you write like a robot if this *was* written by an AI, just copy a random comment like a normal bot
Adrenaline and fatherly vigilance/love/despair also helped my great grandfather flip a cart when my grandfather (then something around 6 years old) got meat pancaked under its wheel. He got away only with hearing problems from that, so was pretty lucky!
I am SO grateful for this update! Please make this an annual thing! (also, obviously, thank you for your work, and being such a smart(*ss) man! We love your efforts and your humor!)
I am a EMR that has been blessed with a lot of medical problems. When I first Started to pass out last year, my EMT buddies came to the rescue. I only just recently found your channel and love it. If I could drink coffee I would order some. Take care and be safe.
Same here! Sadly I had to leave the field because of it 🥲 this guy makes me miss it and reminds me why I loved it. So this channel is a little bit of my happy place lol
I hope you do more follow ups. I've always liked seeing the calls in the screen at the station and talking to the medics after the fact to find out how it all went down. Medical stuff is just so interesting!
Though I don’t know your name, and doubt you will see this in a wave of 2k comments, I wanted to say thank you. Thank you for bringing a sense of peace and safety to some of peoples scariest experiences. As a girl with over 10 years of seizures and who passes out daily, I’ve woken up lots of times scared, your videos bring a sense of calm when I haven’t received the care I need from the broken systems. It could also be partly that your personality reminds me of my dad, funny and educational 🙏
I’m so sorry hon. I wish I could say something to help. Never give up on you and always know we’re stronger then we ever believe. When scared think of your dad and times he made you laugh. Peace and health.
Hey there, love. I have seizures and fall out sometimes too, and I know just how scary and helpless it feels. I'm sending you love and hugs, baby-girl!❤😊🫂
@@MikiTheKat...InaHatsometimes I wish the best to both you and the OP, have either of you ever tried CBD? I've seen several stories of children with dozens of seizures per day dropping to none with a few drops.
The human body is lesson in contradictions, a papercut will leave us crying from pain, but falling from several stories and getting up like nothing happened is crazy.
Love hear these stories. Can not make this up. I worked 21 years with Houston Fire Department and love hearing your stories and can so relate to them. Thanks Brother!!!
So good to see more from this guy! This is one of my favorite channels. I'm an emergency veterinarian and I'm shocked at how similar the shit we see is. Holy God! Fantastic!
In 2015 I had a double saddle pulmonary embolism, and while I SOMEHOW managed to hit the jackpot and still be here, I have absolutely zero recollection of anything that happened that day
I love this guy. Even if he talks all about the yip yap of cool dispatch stories, he does it in such an entertaining manner. Keep doing what you do man! Edit: I’ve always watched your vids and wandered what the heck happened to this guys. Thanks
I love you! I even feel like I know you, a little. A friend of mine is a firefighter medic and there is no group of people, outside of actual combat medics, that see the worst of what humans do to ourselves and each other. I wasn't kidding. I love you for being able to continue to do your job at a high level. It's impressive as fuck.
I'm working now as a paramedic and I really enjoy all your stories and the way you tell them! It's so easy for so many of us in this field to become curmudgeonly and cynical. We really need to have a good sense of humor in this job and never lose our sense of wonder and amazement. I really wish we had a better mechanism for following our patients once we've transferred care, I think it would make us better providers. Keep up the great work and thank you.
Finally another video, man you don’t post often enough and i watch every single one when it drops. Me and every single other first responder I’ve talked to know who you are and love you. You’ve made a massive impact on the first responder community and we all support you and love ya. Keep up the good work and don’t let me catch you howlin at the moon.
Maybe possibly could we hear the backstory on the dude who had a compound fracture and didn’t want to go to that hospital. Also an update on the rookie that you showed face planting when he saw the fracture
Bro your facial language and body language is just beyond everything. I´d been constantly willing you to give you hugs. You´re such a great person. Thank you and your team for this content, your time and what you´re doing. ❤❤❤
HELL YES! This video is exactly what i needed after seeing some of your shorts. And your send-off before the outro was perfect, unexpected. I would love to see a video like this done for all the Real Things I've Seen!
Can I just take a moment to say how impressed I am that of all the shorts this man has posted that only 16 of them have garnered less than 1 million views! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations! You are both entertaining and educational! A hard combination to come by sometimes😊
Aaaaah?! I'm so glad you made this video, and yet so frustrated we never got to the bottom of whatever ailment Samwise Gamgee's brother in taters was suffering from. Also the dude lifting the car to pull out his friend from underneath it is Metal as fuck.
As someone who routinely faceplanted into my food as a child via momentary fainting as depicted in the Taters McGee video, i suspect it was Vasovagal Syncope. The reason it happened to me was i'd get overly excited about whatever it was i was about to eat; it didn't happen if i wasn't as enthusiastic about it. That being said, Vasovagal Syncope has many triggers besides being really jazzed up about your meal 🤣
@@disodosidI know about a woman who had that issue! In her case, vagus nerve got stimulated with swallowing moves, and mistakengly "turned off" her heart for couple of seconds. I think it will be nice if you'll write your comment right under video, so many could see it 😊
@@chloris6349 Exactly! That's how it works, regardless of what the trigger is; your heart turns off for a couple seconds, which cuts off oxygen to your brain juuust long enough to make you faint for a moment. As for your suggestion to comment directly, i certainly can, but i can't guarantee it'll be seen 🤣
@@Laiinkyree I remembered where this story came from: S08 E01 | Medical Documentary, second half. They call it "swallowing syncope." The woman received this, possibly as a complication after pregnancy. The vagus nerve acted up when she swallowed food (her heart stopped every time (!), but sometimes for so long that she lost consciousness). Since the constant lack of oxygen was dangerous for the woman, a pacemaker was installed on her, and the problem was solved.
I love your long form videos. Not many short form creators can do long form videos. It's not an easy transition. Thank you for being a great entertainer and informative. Great work. Keep it up.
“Adrenaline and friendship are the strongest things in the world” I know this is sort of unrelated, but as an angst writer, this is officially my new favorite phrase 😂
You really do bring so much light and laughter into this world, Jason. We definitely need more human's like you in the world for certain. Thank you for all that you do and for being genuinely awesome. 🙂👏🏼🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Wow, I cant wait to have my own stories like you. I am curious about that dude who was impaled by that pvc pipe and the cop who was holding it. Maybe once i get into EMS i could see the same awful call and get my answer
I don't know if this was based on a real thing or no, but I remember in one of your very short films, called "What" *(SPOILER ALERT),* a man was being rushed in an ambulance and a paramedic found a finger which didn't actually belong to the patient. If that was based on a real event, I wonder if it was ever determined whose finger that was??? 😬
My respect for first responders and front line emergency room personal has increased ten fold after watching your videos. Your videos make my work as a call center tech feel like a walk in the park. Granted, a park with a few landmines but a walk in the park nevertheless.
With how many wild cases you show cased with your shorts as well as show us how wild the events of being a medical professional to help others is a good support, as well as an wild experience to know so much crazy happens with the most unique of people. Keep doing your services and will brace ourselves for the next odd ball ones this year.
Knew a guy like Gigantor in college. He drunkenly walked into a street sign one night and proceeded to yank said sign, concrete and all, out of the ground and throw it. He also left an arm shaped imprint in the roof of his buddy's car they flipped... From the inside... The roof crunched, his arm held them up. He fractured, not broke fractured, 1 bone. Guy was a tank.
Your comedy towards your job is amazing love your both channels and as well as learning about the emergency services and what happens on some of your rounds , I get to see how you deal with it and what it takes . Love your passion for your job.
There’s this one time a few months ago that we got called for a lady who fell four days ago and now wants to be seen. I thought to myself “why would you wait 4 days to call 911 for a fall injury”. Great question! Arrived on scene and the next thing I saw made me question every life decision I’ve ever made up to that point…
Not sure if you'll see this, but you're an inspiration. Hilarious, informational, polite and intelligent. Thanks for all that you do, I admire your passion.
Being in a medical field probably (I’m assuming) makes you learn 2 things: 1. Humans are very fragile, and 2. Humans are freakishly sturdy.
And 3 - Some humans are incredibly stupid. ; )
@FireDeptCoffee There’s absolutely no way for this SLOW and QUIET shift to get ANY worse.
a Doc here, can confirm
I learned that, not because of the patients at the hospital I worked, but because of myself. Get set on fire? I'm fine. At work two hours later like it never happened barring some new bandages. Slip and fall at work? Arm's fucked up for weeks after and doesn't regain full mobility for over three months.
Number 3: humans are incredibly dumb
learning that the 300 pound guy picked up a car with one hand to save his friend and then called 911 and was upbeat the whole time was extraordinarily wholesome. thanks so much for making this :)
I had my share of meathead friends in life. It's weird but they were pretty much all juiced up and still they were the most gentle and cool guys around. Not to say all or even the majority of gym rats are like that. If anything, in my experience, they are either these really chill guys that believe in self improvement and are going to help people, to the point of being some of my favourite friends. Or they are the most virulent hyperindividualist type to mock people, generally being super tribal and aggressive, including making everyone feel unsafe around them. Weird thing...
Literally the power of friendship.
... And also being a mountain of muscle both hopped up on adrenaline and optimistic to the point of insanity.
@@LuizAlexPhoenix bang on. I swear gymrats are either the most helpful gracious funny polite and charismatic person or a complete and utter narcissistic dick. Luckily the guys at my gym are mostly the first and they run off the second!
the guy who fell 22 feet?
I heard of mothers doing similarly impressive feats of strength, there was also that beat cop who sprinted away from a forest fire faster than Usain Bolt story I heard. Or that woman who had a rock roll onto her but she managed to push the half a ton rock off of herself.
“Adrenaline and friendship are the strongest things in the world” why did that make me tear up a little
aw frr ❤
I'd move countries, if that would save my homie
@@yonakakurai1737 move to an other country or literally move countries?
@@aramisortsbottcher8201 Literally
Combine My Little Pony and the WWE, and you'll have an unstoppable force.
Honestly, big boy saving his friend is heartwarming.
Wow, thanks for having the bravery to be honest.
AND KINDA METAL!
I wish that was me (the big man)
of mice and men reincarnated lol
@@Heavy_Weponsguy.TF2.Honestly, extremely fitting with the Heavy profile picture
As someone who works in a call centre, the number of times I've thought "I will never know the end of that story and that's a shame" is quite high. It's a weird feeling to get used to.
I've always figured that after the panic/fear/grief in their voices, the not knowing has to be the worst. Your job is incredibly hard, and I get stressed just thinking about it. I'm so grateful you guys are out there, doing the unimaginable, Every Day. Thank you.
I'm on the opposite end of the spectrum in oncology research. The good news is that I always get to see the end of the story, even if it takes years. The bad news is that, because most of my patients are metastatic cancer patients, the story usually ends the same way.
Thank you for holding the Thin Golden Line for us❤
Thank you, for the mental stresses and horrible things you have to stay strong in dealing with, just to help protect civilians like me in our worst moments.
I greatly appreciate your sacrifices. Best wishes in health and wellness to you, stranger 😊
@@CompletelyNormal:(
I'd love to hear what happened with the guy who was putting up christmas decorations in April. This is a video format I didn't think I needed but am 200% up for.
Who THOUGHT it was April because he fell and forgot half a year. And yes, I would very much like that story, too
probably pepsi
I don’t think I want to know what happened to that guy. I have a bad feeling about that TBI.
@@WillemPenn he diededed probably
Right up there with ya on the 200% wanna KNOW. And was it April? Or did he in fact scramble his brains like eggs?
Honestly, I want a follow up on everyone involved with the "Can you teach my kid to use an epipen" incident.
Does the kid still blow up like a balloon when he has peanuts? We gotta know!
I was about to comment the same thing when I read your comment
i was about to say the same thing! can you also answer the question as to which emergency responder you were? 😂 i love that one!
I wanted to know about some of those, and one about an overdose on pills... but, uh.. maybe he didn't tell us about him for a reason - quite possibly his death.
I know that's kind of morbid, but that's how overdose goes.
We need an answer as to which paramedic he was...
Man, adrenaline is no joke. That stuff can turn ordinary people into the Hulk or Captain America. People with extreme bone fractures, large wounds, etc who crawl down a mountain to get help for 2 days amd promptly pass out the moment they get to it. Lifting massive weight to save someone. Thay and the brain's ability to acknowledge the pain and then sort of mute that nerve input to get done what needs to be done to survive. The raw exhaustion after a massive hit of the stuff, the unnerving time dilation that happens, heightened senses and awareness.
Thanks for every video you have done. One of the best channels on UA-cam. Amd for doing a really difficult job.
Hysterical Strength is a myth
@@BF-69Except it isn't. Not according to literally 50+ years of research which you can google and read for free on dozens of medical and scientific journals if you want to get into the extremely nitty-gritty of how the hormone is metabolized and affects neuromuscular signaling receptors as well as the inner mechanics of muscle fibers themselves. But I'll save you the time. It isn't JUST adrenaline. There are 3 hormones that are released together. Epinephrine (adrenaline), Cortisol, and Endorphins.
Epinephrine increases your heart and respiratory rates sending increased levels of oxygen to your entire body. Cortisol immediately allows release of emergency stores of glucose from your body into the blood stream. There's the fuel and the oxidizer mix and within mere seconds it is spreading to your entire body. This is that rush of immediate energy and shakiness you feel. It also increases perception rates in the brain and triggers numerous other responses to focus your attention and increase awareness. That "time slows down" effect. The final hormone, endorphins, literally BLOCK the pain signals from transmitting up to the brain. It essentially allows your brain to ignore pain so it and your body can keep functioning.
Adrenaline also has the effect of decreasing the short-twitch muscle contraction time and increasing the rate of twitch allowing for more rapid contractions over shorter time than usual. This doesn't necessarily make you physically stronger, but is a workaround allowing the muscles to make a whole lot more contractions over shorter distances. Like a block and tackle reducing the force needed to lift something by multiplying the force over multiple pullies.
This triple hit of very potent hormones rapidly and massively increases the amount of fuel/oxidizer for your cells to burn, like dumping nitro into a car's engine, and blocks pain signals that would trigger autonomic reflexes allowing you to be "stronger." The exact triggering mechanisms are not well understood though. Studies have found psychological stress alone does not have the effect. And observational studies have found that self-preservation as well as needs of others can both trigger it. There appears to be a more abstracted layer involving emotion processing here, but not always.
@@BF-69 Kinda. You always had the strength. Everyone has it. You just can't tap in it will-nilly because the stress on bones, muscles and specially tendons will definitely harm you and potential be the last thing you do, before facing lifes game-over screen. Nature might be scary sometimes but she ain't stupid.
@@ThePandoraGuyyep, there are basically several defense mechanisms which get put into this specific reaction, things such as your joints literally locking up, your muscles tensing hard instead of softening, all of that lead to your limbs being stiff and easy to break when exerting strength.
Adrenaline rush removes all of that, allowing your hand to be more flexible, your elbows, in some cases, to be bendy enough to squeeze your tendons, and your muscles to be pumped with enough blood that they become spongy.
To top it all off, you also get numbed down pain, a one goal mind, and a few other things thanks to adrenaline.
@@pessien8474basically if we were to ever get full access to turning adrenaline on instantly without ending up dead I can see why humans are apex predators without weapons because we literally make artificial monsters that whenever adrenaline is activated we can lift potentially
Adrenaline and friendship are truly the strongest forces in the world 😅
The force of gravity of a black holes singularity would like a word with you
@@polakrodak8538 Don't there is one of those things on earth.
@@polakrodak8538 Gravity, it's not just a good idea, it's the law.🤣
@@Ontarianmm ah I guess that's true
Giganto is a friggin' hero
One update I'd like to see is the dude that had his leg out the window and then had that rotated 180 degrees. Also the dude that had fallen onto a pole with the police officer holding it passing out. Those are real interesting.
Also the guy who was hanging Christmas lights and took an 22 foot fall straight onto his head.
@@Mystic-Alchemist1Why are there Christmas decorations in April?
that will be tough one because it wasn't life threatening but 12 month project for orthopedy surgeons
Had a lady who decided to shoot heroin before driving and snapped her femur.
In any case, she ended up with a “no visitors” sigh on the hospital room because her friends were sneaking her drugs in the hospital
@@SYH653some people leave them up all year lol
My husband was just talking about how excited he is for a new season of all the medical/fire dramas, because he wants to see more videos of you injecting yourself into them to point out the ridiculous situations!!! We love your videos, no matter what they're about! You're just hilarious..... and informative.
I'm hoping he does something from the Good Doctor next lol
This is why I love these videos too! Humans, so smart, so dumb.
Please, all of them. Your skits are top tier, and knowing the story behind this just icing on the cake.
Ps: keep up the great work!
+1
I agree
That big guy lifting a car and pulling his friends out is a real life example of power of friendship.
"I gotchu, bro !!"
*And indeed, he got him.*
and really it's the power of love - as the great line from the song "Wonderful World" goes: "ppl saying 'how are you' and really they're saying 'l love you'"
"I...would like...to RAGE! In a good way!"
Two people I would REALY like to see a follow up on!
The guy who had a bone sticking out of his foot and insisted that he was okay?
The guy who was impaled on a pipe and the police officer holding it feinted! (Heck, a follow up on the police officer would just be icing on the cake!)
don't forget the soap bottle guy!
I'd like to know about those AND the kids who had darts stuck in them!
* fainted
The guy who walked in on his gf giving birth to another man's child.
The pancake man story is honestly such an inspiration for wanting to get into fantastic shape and strength because that entire ordeal would have absolutely ended terribly otherwise.
With enough adrenaline you can just about do anything, regardless of fitness level.
My dad was changing a tyre on a lorry we had, and it slipped off and was about to crush him. He yelled for my mum, while holding it just above himself by himself. My mum came running out and helped to hold it as well. Just at that moment, I cane home. My mum yelled to me what happened, and I managed to push it back onto the brace by myself. So up and on.
None of us are super athletic. It was sheer willpower. I doubt any of us could have done that without being paniced.
@@racheljensen1823 ehh you're mostly right, but still it's always good motivation to get ripped so you can save the day.
Also I hope your dad's doing well now!
@@APerson-ws4cw That is very true :)
Yep, he's fine, thankfully. It happened about 10 years ago
saido chesto
Agreed, some good tips to do that is; 1: start off at your base strength till it becomes light, 2: health checkup make sure your health is good(doesn't have to be the best but just rest when sick, don't over exert yourself, stuff like that), 3: figure out your metabolism and appetite, find out what helps you gain good fat while being careful if you have family history of medical issues that can be affected by diet, 4: slowly build a routine like walk once every weekend or walk a mile once a month something small, 5: figure out a sleep routine, doesn't have to be 8hrs at night but can be a few hrs at night and take 30min naps during the day. Personally I feel rested sleeping 4-6hrs at night and some days a extra 30mins-1hrs nap, I have chronic fatigue do to health issues which makes wast down exercise difficult so I crochet cause it does burn calories and strengthens my arms, instead of eating 3 big meals, I eat smaller portion and snacks in between every meal even dessert(I had a hard time getting to 86.3lb before but now I finally got to 89lb).
I wouldnt mind this becoming a series honestly cause some of these stories are just too wild to even consider they actually happened.
For real, follow up on all of them thus far please!
Sometimes I find myself hoping for the patient's sake he's fudging how real they are....but deep down I know he's not.
0:07 I also went "aaaaaa", looked left, and there was my cat, yawning. This is what we call "a magical moment" :P
😂
lol nice
My daughter used to work ER trauma as a social worker. And I seriously miss those stories. There's a woman I met who wrote a book called "my so-called life" about her life as an ER nurse. It just goes to show truth is stranger than fiction.
What's that woman's name? There are tons of books with that same name unfortunately, and I can't seem to find that book.
@@poofballoon I wish I could remember. I read it about 15 years ago.
@@ellasmommy9278well, if you DO remember, come back in here & tell us, because I want to know, too!
For sure
My parents are/were in medicine and omg it’s so true. Makes my teacher stories pedestrian.
One woman picked up an Rx for a bat. The bat was in her jacket.
A diabetic elderly patient needed a sponge bath, so my mom took off her socks. Something was stuck in one. It was her toe.
An inmate was trying to fight a cop. Cop tased him. Dude didn’t give two shits cuz he was tased so many times before and, as he said, anything’s possible with enough adrenaline. Mom just kinda had to get out of the way and hope for the best.
Patient came to my dad complaining that the medication made her feel unwell in a way that, to my dad, was unexpected. He also noticed that she was requesting an Rx WAY too soon. Apparently she was taking way too much cuz she misread the instructions (that were read to her).
Imagining a guy that was so strong and buff not even THIS GUY could properly represent him is really something.
For reference 6'8" and 300lbs is about the size of Glenn Jacobs, known to professional wrestling fans as Kane and to current residents of Knox County, Tennessee as "Mr. Mayor." That's a big dude. Lifting a car one handed is still damn impressive, but I can at least visualize it thinking of such a large person doing it.
My Grandpa and his brothers used to have races at car dealerships. The old VW Bugs/Beetles had hinged axles, and would drop the wheels when picked up. So they'd race to see who could drop the wheels on the entire line of cars the fastest. (They were young and stupid. We've all done dumb stuff at some point, and they wised up....eventually.) Lift the front end, set down, move to the next one, lift the front end, set down, hit the end of the row, and do the back ends down the line.
I should note, Grandpa was 6'7", and *built.* Man looked like someone had put a pair of pants on a ladder...and then stuck a bear on top. And his brothers were put together the same way. 😂
Back in the '70s, a mother made news when she lifted a car off her son. Love and adrenalin, baby.
I mean he's strong, but hes not that strong
If i had to guess hes only like 6'-6'2" and 200-250lbs
He's obviously no bodybuilder, but he's still got strength, not deadlifter strength though
He's honestly about his strength and that he saw a significant gap between him and that guy, which makes sense
Lifting a car one handed is impressive granted it was probably half the car not the entire thing but that's still at least 600lbs or upwards to over 1000lbs depending on the vehicle..
That is indeed insane considering the world record deadlifts and such
The car crush story reminds me of when I was 31. I was scheduled to have major back surgery the next day to stabilize my lumbar spine and remove 2 badly damaged disks. I was within 6 months of being paralyzed from it and could barely walk.
I was at my outpatient lab office working my last day when I heard a crash outside. A small car was upside down in a rain run-off pond (dry, thankfully that day). It was teetering, and the driver was screaming for help.
The adrenaline hit me and I ran to the crash, climbed down to the car, and held it from rolling more. A child was in there with an exposed femur fracture and could have died if the car moved. Fire rescue arrived a few minutes later and took over (gave me a strong talking to about how I could have been crushed).
I was shaking as I walked back to my office. Called my boss and she said "Lock up and go directly home, because in 30 minutes you won't be able to move."
She was not wrong.
BTW, I am 5' 3" on a good day. Munchkin to the rescue!
I've never run since and that was almost 23 years ago now.
Dang that is impressive! A literal superhero for that kid. Adrenaline and a good heart are amazing superpowers. I am glad that your boss understood the situation. And I am glad you survived the situation to share your story 23 years later.
1:42 there can only be one McGee, and that one’s me
Ok Snapping Turtle MacGallagher
YOO OVERSIMPLIFIED
I just want to say thank you. My dad was Fire/EMT, and I've missed all his ridiculous stories so much. He passed away in 2012. ❤ Thank you for giving me back a little piece.
Sorry to hear that. My ckndolence
Condolences.
Aww, what a sweet comment. Your Pops sounds like a good guy -- my condolences to you & your family.
Meatbro saving his friend by the power of SWOLE is really what friendship is all about.
Being a first responder, you will discover just how deep the rabbit hole goes.
i swear you find one thing out and its clear that something made that happen so then you got to check that and then that things thing ... and then that and that things thing to!
it never ends!
depending on what it is it can be fun or horrifying lol
Are you a first responder? We just had massive flooding and are now homeless, kind of, our house needs major repairs, so we can’t live there. I am staying with my grandad who is in his mid 90s. My mother and 3 of my children are living at a friend of my mother’s. My dad is staying in my bedroom, which is a caravan in the front yard, and my last child, being a *******, I don’t know 🤷♀️ , which isn’t a bad thing, he’s been smoking pot and abusing my mother, who has custody of my child. I just hope she won’t let him back into the house when it’s been repaired. Sorry, I totally lost where I was going, which is, if you are a first responder can’t you just tell me how deep the rabbit hole goes 🕳️ also how deep is an emoji hole 🕳️? You know the answers to the real questions. Love ❤️ from Australia 🇦🇺
😆@@kerrynicholls6683
Not just rabbit hole.
Nurse: "Do you feel like Alice? Tumbling down the rabbit hole?"
My brother is a paramedic in Australia. He loves your series! You have such a great presence and way of bringing these moments to life!
I hope this gets seen, but I reeeeeeeeally have to know what happened with the "Pencil in forearm for high-fiving kid" guy. That whole thing was bonkers and having a follow up to would be the best thing to start the new year.
I suspect it would work better to ask the kid's school counselor.
^ THIS ONE PLZ ^
@@Asongbook Or therapist
yeah the scene can pass as a side story of Puple Fiction
Probably alive
This is an update video I didn't realize I needed, but really glad that now exists. Thank you for doing this! 😁😂
Seconded, can we get a 3rd and pass this thread of videos into required production by Jason please?
Thank you to all the firefighters and EMTs out there. Wasn't feeling well and was going to go to bed. My wife wanted me to go to the ER. By the time I got downstairs, I needed an ambulance. Two crews came out and suggested I go in - oxygen levels were down and heart wasn't beating right... I weigh 265 and my legs don't work too well anymore. They lifted me up and got me onto a gurney and to the ER. I had emboli in both lungs and an infarction in my right lung. Multiple doctors over the next several days said I was close to death. I am still on the long road of healing, but those EMTs kept me calm and took great care of me.
Glad to hear your on the road to recovery. I lost a cousin two weeks before Christmas that most likely would still be alive today had they not ignored similar warning signs and gotten themselves checked out. Hard-headedness runs in the family, and Lord knows I've been guilty of a "rub some dirt in it" attitude when hurt, but sometimes you need to let the pros do their job.
I'm glad you got such good care and are stabilized now! I just had an ER visit myself yesterday for a very nasty ankle dislocation and break (they had to put me under to reset it). Everyone there took such good care of me and were good about explaining everything so I wouldn't be nervous.
I wanted to know about these 3 people, so thank you for updating! I'm so glad they lived!
I really want an update on the "why are there christmas decorations in April?" guy!
I thought I read in the comments a comment from the son? I thought he passed away but I'm not sure
Same. I am interested in finding out what happened to him, as I have had massive brain damage, concussions, ongoing, so now I can’t smell or taste well, can’t remember things easily. Example, someone said it was Friday. I then forgot it was Friday and walked away without my medication. All in the span of less than 3 minutes. Don’t let people hit you. If you are in a relationship with someone who has hit you once, they will do it again and again and again. Get out now. Run if you have to. Love ❤️ from Australia 🇦🇺
@@BrewedAdventures Oh no, I hope not. But I can definitely see that a brain injury like that would be far worse than what I have experienced. I hope you are wrong, but life is like that, it sucks. Love ❤️ from Australia 🇦🇺
@@BrewedAdventures oh no! I didn't see that! :(
I saw in the comments that he sadly passed away
Adrenaline is one hell of a kicker if Giganto was able to lift a car with one arm and drag his friend out!
It definitely is
So, what happens with an adrenaline surge is that muscles stop self-limiting. You know how if you try and lift something heavy, your muscles will protest with a pain signal? During an adrenaline surge, those signals aren't sent, allowing someone to perform feats of strength they normally couldn't.
There were stories in the 1960s, era of simple but heavy cars, where at least one woman lifted a car enough to pull her husband out from under when the car fell off the jack or the jack failed.
My grandmother was riding a Harley with her daughter on the back. She hit a patch of gravel and laid it down. She said that bike was way too heavy for her to lift, but with it on her daughter, she pulled it off her with no problem and got her out from under.
It would seem that Giganto is undefeatable.
Two follow-ups I'd like to see are the following. The edibles man who thought he was a cow (and naked) and the concussion victim who wondered why there were Christmas decorations in April.
Seconding the Christmas decorations guy
I asked for that guy too. I had assumed he had gotten shocked while putting up the decorations, but I’m more concerned about him thinking it was April.
Please, please, the Christmas decorations guy!
The cow guy, probably got dropped in the psychiatric care unit and was told to sober up
I'm obsessed w this guy & Dr. Mike for they're both what's much needed in the medical profession as I've had the WORST experience w the providers supposed to HELP me instead as my overall health deteriorated & my numerous disabilities overcame me I have been treated shamefully & now wld rather die than go to the ER/doctor/call 911 so to both these gents I say genuinely THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH, I hope their upbeat attitude spreads for I used to think jst like Dr. Mike & have been severely let dwn & these guys give & bring me hope.❤❤😊
You mean Doctor Mike, Mikhail Varshavski? Dr. Mike is Mike Israetel, a PhD of sport physiology. They did a podcast together, and half of the comments were about confusion of their UA-cam names.
I am dying to know what happens to the guy with the peanut allergy that was pouring Benadryl on a spoon of pb before being carted off to the hospital. Absolutely love the follow up on these stories!
Maybe the "pb & Benadryl sammitch guy" eventually became less & less allergic? As anticlimactic as this sounds, what he was doing is essentially Improvised Exposure Therapy.😊 And it works! (Assuming the target doesn't die during the process, or wind up brqin dead d/t severe O2 hunger).
@@NotAStanAccount Isn't the reverse also possible - that the medicine works less and less well over time until it no longer works at all?
@@NotAStanAccountHuh. I was always told that repeated exposure makes it worse. I’ll have to read up on this later.
@annep.1905 Both would be happening at the same time. In theory. While exposure therapy can work, it works in both ways.
He *may* have been training his body to deal with the pb naturally... while ALSO training his body to beat out the effects of the medication. They aren't necessarily mutually exclusive outcomes.
Speaking as someone who needs to take waaaaay more then recommended ibuprofen for a headache because I downed it like it was going out of style for back pain from a car accident and subsequent surgery when I was 16, after they removed me cold turkey from all forms of pain therapy and pain killers telling me I was young enough, my body would be fine. ... 37 now, still not fine.
@@macdaddymario hmm.
Regarding your headaches, do you know what causes them? Some people have been able to get rid of persistent headaches by eliminating sugar from their diets for a time.
I loved finding out what happened to these guys! And since you asked, I'd love to see what happened to "Dust Bunny Dave", the guy who stuck his foot out of the car window and got a "new knee," 22 feet of brain injury/"Why are there Christmas decorations in April?" dude, and the guy who took preworkout on the job and started having back pain while his boss was yelling at him about it.
My favorite has to be the one where the guy had a bone sticking out of his foot, and he was all 'meh, it'll heal on its own'. The, what felt like, 5 seconds of you staring before saying he needs to go will always live rent free in my brain. I'm curious if you managed to make him go in the end.
He probably could do a whole video on feet/leg incidents... Like they guy in the car who suddenly saw the bottom of his own foot...
1:23 since it was his friend probably was because adrenaline and a guy once saved his friend when his friend fell underneath his snowmobile.
Bro adrenaline is a crazy fucking drug, the fact your brain can just make you ignore pain, have super strength, and insane reaction time is wild, but when you arent in a serious situation and get that rush it sucks cuz you now have this insane amount of energy thats just chillin there not being depleted
I have to admit, I am pretty happy about the update on the guy who got stuck under the car. That's always been an irrational fear of mine (I don't work on cars, so like...very near impossible chance of it ever happening to me), so hearing those types of stories always gives me second hand anxiety, lol. I'm glad he was okay! And his friend sounds AWESOME.
My step dad instilled this fear into me as a kid. When he was a teenager he was working on his truck. He had zero clue the jack was slipping and his dad happened to see it mid slip when he came out to the garage for a beer. He jammed his hand under the car, managed to reposition the jack quietly enough that my step dad had no idea. He came back inside a few hours later and saw his dad's hand was mangled and asked what happened. This kind of accident happens way too often. It's why I bought Jack stands with my jack. It doesn't eliminate the risk but it greatly reduces it. I use them even when changing a tire, just in case. Not only can it save you but it can save your car on something like a tire rotation.
@@alyasfukename3355 Jacks are for lifting, stands are for holding.
They don't eliminate a car falling, can will make it extremely unlikely assuming they are positioned correctly.
Crucial, especially when working alone.
I normally use a stand for a tyre simple because I don't want the car to be damaged accidentally, even just the spare under the body.
I have to wonder if any of the people you portray recognize themselves!! And if so, what there reaction is!!
@@alyasfukename3355blows my mind that people will go under cars without jack stands. I take an extra step, I'll take the wheels off and put them under the car also.
@@Cheepchipsable same. I know changing a tire isn't a risk to yourself but I don't want my rotors and assembly getting wrecked due to a slip either.
You absolutely need to do more of these, it's just as fascinating learning where they ended up going as watching them
I'd like to know if the guy you revived with Narcan then needed rescuing from his window made other escape attempts or if you actually managed to get him to the hospital.
I also would like some elaboration about the diabetic emergency where two different guys were given insulin when their sugar was already low.
I imagine that at a certain point 'sir, I can't take them if they say they don't want to go or that's kidnapping' stops working and you have to strap the patient down. Lawyers probably get rich off it.
My last Grand Mall seizure I had I was taken against my will to the hospital my husband freaked out and called 911 and I was pissed the paramedics flat out told me they would call the police and have them come and force me to go. I said fine I'll go but I'm going to have my husband drive me 2 miles down the road because I have no insurance and I'm not paying the 600$ bill for the ambulance to take me which they still told me no. When I got the bill for the 2 mile 600$ ride I wrote on the bill I was kidnapped and I'm not paying this bill and sent it back...never got any other bills for that ride.
@@tinapuddin9923 So did you call an ambulance or not? Did they help you or did they just take you to the hospital after the fact? If they helped you, shouldn't you at least pay for their trip to you?
@@InfiniteDarkMass No I did not call 911 how am I going to make a phone call or do anything for that matter while having a Grand Mal seizure. I said in my comment that someone called 911 while I was in the middle of having a seizure. I can not control what other people do while I'm having a seizure. The paramedics showed up because someone called them not me I did not call them. There was no reason for me to seek medical help after this seizure that I am speaking of because I did not hit my head I came out of it in less than 5 minutes I think I got the year wrong when they were asking me questions which is very normal for someone who has just had a Grand Mal seizure because it does take a couple of days for your brain too reboot. I was very adamant to the paramedics that I did not need to seek medical help I did not hit my head so there's nothing the emergency room is going to do for me there's nothing they can do. The paramedics that showed up refused to let me go to the hospital on my own they threatened me with calling the police to come and slap me with a Baker act which would have landed me in a psychiatric facility for up to 72 hours. So so far I did not call the paramedics when they did arrive and I came around I told them I was fine and did not need to go I let them check my head and they found nowhere that I have any bumps because I did not bang my head against the ground. So to answer your question no I did not call them and no they did nothing for me but give me a hard time and forced me to go to the hospital in the ambulance 600$ for a 2 mile ride. That's all they did for me traumatized me and threaten me with calling the police if I did not go with them. So why do you think I should at least paid for them to come to me maybe they should have sent the bill to the person that called 911 in the first place... so thisso their ya go I answered your question. So I would appreciate if you could let me know if you still think I should have paid the ambulance bill after the reading the details of that day.
I am a firefighter in Selb (Town) near Nürmberg in Germany. I have to tell you that what he shows is funny, but we also experience some bizarre things here in Germany, when we are on the Way to help someone XD
I had to laugh hard at some of the things and thought, yo, you had something like that on one or another Rescue operations,
where you, as a professional rescuer, are faced with the challenge of not laughing out loud, but to help the casualty in a serious and focussed manner, no matter how bizarre the accident was and how they probably got into it.
But always remember that a colleague should flash a grin or a brief suppressed fit of laughter, firefighters are also normal people who may sometimes have to concentrate first. This is the same for you in the USA as it is for us in good old Germany ;). When you call, we come and help :)
Cheers to you comrade ;)
My dad got his personal training certification in California, the 'Sue Everyone' state. So he had to get quite a bit of medical training for it. One class shy of EMT certification to be exact and he had a classmate who was a re-certifying EMT. That man told my father a story that begins with two roommates, a lot of alcohol and their pet rattlesnake.
The story was told to my dad's friend by, lets call him idiot 1 as they drove to the hospital which was a fair distance. The story begins with idiot 1 and 2 getting drunk and deciding to tease their pet rattlesnake. As a test of courage and skill, they would bang on the glass and yell at it before putting their fingers under the lid to his enclosure and yanking them back when he struck. Then they'd laugh at the snake who got dazed from striking the glass.
Well these 'sportsmen' decided after a while that this wasn't challenging enough, so idiot 2 thought it would be fun to do the same thing, but with his *tongue.* Not hard to guess what happened next, yup, it got his tongue.
Idiot 1 explained to the EMT that they had heard of the whole, 'cut up the wound and suck out the poison' thing (which is 100% false by the way, don't do that). They figured he could suck it out himself since the bite was on his tongue, but they needed to cut it up, so they got their box cutter. After slicing up the guy's tongue a bunch, he sucked and spit until they figured it was enough, but they had another problem. (that they realized I mean). His tongue wouldn't stop bleeding.
Idiot 1 got the brilliant idea, to cauterize the wound...with his blow torch.
Next thing they knew, his freaking tongue fell off. (I wonder why) That was when idiot 1 *finally* decided to call 911. He explained all of this on the ride to the hospital then when they finally got there, he proudly strutted up to the doctor and announced that he read an article about how doctors could reattach severed body parts if the part was kept cold and got to the hospital. He further said that he remembered that the human tongue was one that was relatively easy to reattach, and he presented the tongue to the doctor.
The doctor looked at it and sighed heavily. He explained that even if they *hadn't* cut it all the hell then taken a freaking *blow torch* to it, the acids in the *pickle juice* would have killed any potential viability it would have otherwise had...yes, he put the tongue in a still full jar of pickles to keep it cold on the ride to the hospital. I guess the guy made it to the hospital in time to get an antidote, so he lived but, there was nothing they could do for his or his friend's stupidity, or his tongue.
😱
...and that year's *'Almost* Darwin Award' goes to.... 😂
Sincerely hope the rattlesnake now has a better home.
Jesus Christ that was a horrifying story! Also thanks for the educational bit about not cutting out the wound to suck the poison out. I actually believed that until now, but I don't live anywhere near poisonous snakes.
If this story was any LESS wild, I'd have called fake....but it's JUST mad enough to be real.
1:25 every anime protagonist ever.
Yes
Glad I'm not the only one who had that thought 😅
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is it?
I know some anime protag's that aren't that way.
Why is that whenever person says 'all' or 'every', it's usually not 'every'?
@@iamerror1699🤓☝️hmm actually
I want to know what happened to the guy who got his leg rearranged. When you can make a seasoned paramedic hurl, you’ve really done something special.
Me too.
Given that this particular video flashed through my mind last night when I fell on my stairs and ended up with my left foot pointing 90 degrees in a direction it was NEVER intended for, I too would like an update!
(I'm doing okay, luckily my husband can lift me and got me to the ER super quick. They had it splinted less than an hour after my fall. God bless good medical professionals, they took such good care of me ♥️)
@ 1:17 if anime has thought me something is that you can do anything with the power of friendship 😂😂😂
valid
my buddies brother just died recently, surprisingly from natural causes.. but one time he was in a high speed drunken crash.. going like 120mph and running into a parked car.. the medics and police on scene had concluded he was dead and they covered him up .. not 15 minutes later he sat up and didnt know where he was.. wtf lol
Interesting thing is: the drunk in a crash has the highest chance of surviving because he doesn't tense up. I'm guessing that happened.
@@donovandelozier7156 120 mph to a dead stop is a lot of speed to walk away from, even if you're as limp as a wacky inflatable tube man.
@@SilverionX he had I-frames, he's good
@Silveriumx well hitting a parked car I'm guessing didn't result in an immediate dead stop, I'd imagine there'd be some amount if travel distance involved. Because you're right 120 to nothing in a moment is.... particularly forceful.
@@donovandelozier7156 yeah, that's fair enough.
This video makes me appreciate the mental strength of EMS and Doctors a hell of a lot more. Being able to see all that and walk away from it and still have a smile on their faces is amazing
and nurses and techs
They are remarkable. Years ago I was in the ER and had a long wait; we had heard that a victim from a very bad car accident had come in so didn’t mind waiting. When the doctor eventually came in he apologized, and my husband and I said no problem, we just hoped everyone was okay. As casual as can be he said, “No, he died. So what’s going on with you?”
Thanks for this update on these poor patients.
Thank you so much for your Service and for this content.
I hadn't realized how much closure this has offered to those who've been watching your videos!
These stories are certainly miraculous!
Oh and I would also love an update on the bleach and Vaseline guy who called for choking! Also the low blood sugar insulin duo, the guy who could tell what the bottom of his shoe looked like since he had his leg out the window of a moving car, and the guy with the pole and other person who fainted while holding it
And the kids with the darts in their head and shoulder
😂😂 omg I remember that one
@@duckyzozoe I remember specifically the part where the kid with the dart in the shoulder tried to lick the dart! XD
Ik he looked like such a ding ding 😭😭😂@@Six_the_Dragon
I have seen some gnarly injuries in my time as a medical professional, so when I saw the car skit I was like I absolutely have to know how he survived. Well, looks like we all need to find a freakishly large and strong friend like that guy had.
Really appreciate these updates, it adds another layer to the stories you've shared. Adrenaline and friendship are indeed powerful.
this reads like an comment generated by AI after it was fed the transcript of the video
if this was written by a real person, i am very sorry but you write like a robot
if this *was* written by an AI, just copy a random comment like a normal bot
1:10 what an absolute Unit 😂
Dude runs in a direction nothing except a solid wall stops him
@@Freedmoon44bro busts through the wall 💀
@@lnventor1 wooden wall perhaps, but when i say solid wall i say concrete wall which is heeeeh bit tougher lol
Adrenaline and fatherly vigilance/love/despair also helped my great grandfather flip a cart when my grandfather (then something around 6 years old) got meat pancaked under its wheel. He got away only with hearing problems from that, so was pretty lucky!
I am SO grateful for this update! Please make this an annual thing! (also, obviously, thank you for your work, and being such a smart(*ss) man! We love your efforts and your humor!)
I am a EMR that has been blessed with a lot of medical problems. When I first Started to pass out last year, my EMT buddies came to the rescue. I only just recently found your channel and love it. If I could drink coffee I would order some. Take care and be safe.
Order it for your buddies and take good care of yourself - we need people like you!
Same here! Sadly I had to leave the field because of it 🥲 this guy makes me miss it and reminds me why I loved it. So this channel is a little bit of my happy place lol
What's emr?
@@Ihatesid-bj7tv pretty sure they meant EMT
OMG! You're so funny. Few people are truly funny while being totally serious, but you are. Thanks for all you put out. 🥰
I hope you do more follow ups. I've always liked seeing the calls in the screen at the station and talking to the medics after the fact to find out how it all went down. Medical stuff is just so interesting!
Though I don’t know your name, and doubt you will see this in a wave of 2k comments, I wanted to say thank you. Thank you for bringing a sense of peace and safety to some of peoples scariest experiences. As a girl with over 10 years of seizures and who passes out daily, I’ve woken up lots of times scared, your videos bring a sense of calm when I haven’t received the care I need from the broken systems. It could also be partly that your personality reminds me of my dad, funny and educational 🙏
He is Jason Patton, and hugs to you!
I’m so sorry hon. I wish I could say something to help. Never give up on you and always know we’re stronger then we ever believe. When scared think of your dad and times he made you laugh. Peace and health.
Hey there, love. I have seizures and fall out sometimes too, and I know just how scary and helpless it feels. I'm sending you love and hugs, baby-girl!❤😊🫂
@@MikiTheKat...InaHatsometimes I wish the best to both you and the OP, have either of you ever tried CBD?
I've seen several stories of children with dozens of seizures per day dropping to none with a few drops.
The human body is lesson in contradictions, a papercut will leave us crying from pain, but falling from several stories and getting up like nothing happened is crazy.
Adrenaline is a hell of a drug
Love hear these stories. Can not make this up. I worked 21 years with Houston Fire Department and love hearing your stories and can so relate to them.
Thanks Brother!!!
As an EMT, id love to see more videos like this as well as how you treated some of the crazier patients during transport
Man I love the" real things I've seen" series!
What happened to falling on a shampoo bottle guy, the "nose beers" guy, the ice rectum overdose recovery, and Dust Bunny Dave?
2:00 My best guess is POTS, fainting is pretty common in most POTS patients.
I suppose in this context it does not mean Plain Old Telephone System.
Fantastic! Gigantor's tale was incredible!!! The fact that we get updates on any of these cases is amazing, thank you!
So good to see more from this guy! This is one of my favorite channels. I'm an emergency veterinarian and I'm shocked at how similar the shit we see is. Holy God! Fantastic!
Ah, God bless you. As a pet sitter, foster mom and pet mom, I've had to use your services far too often. You guys are my heros, too.
In 2015 I had a double saddle pulmonary embolism, and while I SOMEHOW managed to hit the jackpot and still be here, I have absolutely zero recollection of anything that happened that day
I love this guy. Even if he talks all about the yip yap of cool dispatch stories, he does it in such an entertaining manner. Keep doing what you do man!
Edit: I’ve always watched your vids and wandered what the heck happened to this guys. Thanks
When you work in EMS the words "I've seen worse" takes on a whole new meaning. Love the videos.👍
I love you!
I even feel like I know you, a little.
A friend of mine is a firefighter medic and there is no group of people, outside of actual combat medics, that see the worst of what humans do to ourselves and each other.
I wasn't kidding.
I love you for being able to continue to do your job at a high level.
It's impressive as fuck.
Your sense of humor NEVER fails to brighten me up. 🤣
I'm working now as a paramedic and I really enjoy all your stories and the way you tell them! It's so easy for so many of us in this field to become curmudgeonly and cynical. We really need to have a good sense of humor in this job and never lose our sense of wonder and amazement. I really wish we had a better mechanism for following our patients once we've transferred care, I think it would make us better providers. Keep up the great work and thank you.
Finally another video, man you don’t post often enough and i watch every single one when it drops. Me and every single other first responder I’ve talked to know who you are and love you. You’ve made a massive impact on the first responder community and we all support you and love ya. Keep up the good work and don’t let me catch you howlin at the moon.
Just curious: What happens to someone howlin' at the moon? A bucket of cold water? A net?
He's just so animated, it makes this stuff so much funnier
Maybe possibly could we hear the backstory on the dude who had a compound fracture and didn’t want to go to that hospital. Also an update on the rookie that you showed face planting when he saw the fracture
That's cool, I'm glad he did an update. I hope he does others in the future!
Bro your facial language and body language is just beyond everything. I´d been constantly willing you to give you hugs. You´re such a great person. Thank you and your team for this content, your time and what you´re doing. ❤❤❤
HELL YES! This video is exactly what i needed after seeing some of your shorts. And your send-off before the outro was perfect, unexpected. I would love to see a video like this done for all the Real Things I've Seen!
Can I just take a moment to say how impressed I am that of all the shorts this man has posted that only 16 of them have garnered less than 1 million views!
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Congratulations! You are both entertaining and educational! A hard combination to come by sometimes😊
I am genuinely curious about the guy who fell 22 feet and got horrid brain trauma, I'm hoping he made it.
Someone was saying his son said he died
@@robyndrake1975 ...shit
Aaaaah?! I'm so glad you made this video, and yet so frustrated we never got to the bottom of whatever ailment Samwise Gamgee's brother in taters was suffering from. Also the dude lifting the car to pull out his friend from underneath it is Metal as fuck.
As someone who routinely faceplanted into my food as a child via momentary fainting as depicted in the Taters McGee video, i suspect it was Vasovagal Syncope. The reason it happened to me was i'd get overly excited about whatever it was i was about to eat; it didn't happen if i wasn't as enthusiastic about it. That being said, Vasovagal Syncope has many triggers besides being really jazzed up about your meal 🤣
@@disodosidI know about a woman who had that issue! In her case, vagus nerve got stimulated with swallowing moves, and mistakengly "turned off" her heart for couple of seconds.
I think it will be nice if you'll write your comment right under video, so many could see it 😊
@@chloris6349 Exactly! That's how it works, regardless of what the trigger is; your heart turns off for a couple seconds, which cuts off oxygen to your brain juuust long enough to make you faint for a moment. As for your suggestion to comment directly, i certainly can, but i can't guarantee it'll be seen 🤣
@@chloris6349 Okay that trigger is a little hard to avoid LOL. What did they do for her?
@@Laiinkyree I remembered where this story came from: S08 E01 | Medical Documentary, second half.
They call it "swallowing syncope." The woman received this, possibly as a complication after pregnancy. The vagus nerve acted up when she swallowed food (her heart stopped every time (!), but sometimes for so long that she lost consciousness). Since the constant lack of oxygen was dangerous for the woman, a pacemaker was installed on her, and the problem was solved.
I love your long form videos. Not many short form creators can do long form videos. It's not an easy transition. Thank you for being a great entertainer and informative. Great work. Keep it up.
“Adrenaline and friendship are the strongest things in the world” I know this is sort of unrelated, but as an angst writer, this is officially my new favorite phrase 😂
You really do bring so much light and laughter into this world, Jason. We definitely need more human's like you in the world for certain.
Thank you for all that you do and for being genuinely awesome. 🙂👏🏼🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Wow, I cant wait to have my own stories like you. I am curious about that dude who was impaled by that pvc pipe and the cop who was holding it. Maybe once i get into EMS i could see the same awful call and get my answer
Glad to hear the people are doing better. It’s amazing what the human body can withstand
Shout to the Pensacola FD for getting me into FDCoffee. Genuinely some of the best I've ever had n your videos make my day every time they're posted
I don't know if this was based on a real thing or no, but I remember in one of your very short films, called "What" *(SPOILER ALERT),* a man was being rushed in an ambulance and a paramedic found a finger which didn't actually belong to the patient. If that was based on a real event, I wonder if it was ever determined whose finger that was??? 😬
My respect for first responders and front line emergency room personal has increased ten fold after watching your videos. Your videos make my work as a call center tech feel like a walk in the park. Granted, a park with a few landmines but a walk in the park nevertheless.
I'm impressed you were able to get the skinny on even two of the cases, because, yeah, I wouldn't expect the EMTs to get the chance to find out.
This is to good. Djisses. I fall off my chair from every single video. 10 years in Red Cross makes me feel it.
With how many wild cases you show cased with your shorts as well as show us how wild the events of being a medical professional to help others is a good support, as well as an wild experience to know so much crazy happens with the most unique of people.
Keep doing your services and will brace ourselves for the next odd ball ones this year.
Knew a guy like Gigantor in college. He drunkenly walked into a street sign one night and proceeded to yank said sign, concrete and all, out of the ground and throw it. He also left an arm shaped imprint in the roof of his buddy's car they flipped... From the inside... The roof crunched, his arm held them up. He fractured, not broke fractured, 1 bone. Guy was a tank.
What happened to the guy who had fallen down, and had massive head trauma? I have had a lot of brain damage, so this one interests me a lot.
I heard another person say his son said he died
If there’s anything I’ve learned in my time on Earth it’s to never underestimate the power of adrenaline.
The only thing on this green Earth stronger than adrenalin and friendship is the force holding together 2 stacked buckets
Your comedy towards your job is amazing love your both channels and as well as learning about the emergency services and what happens on some of your rounds ,
I get to see how you deal with it and what it takes .
Love your passion for your job.
There’s this one time a few months ago that we got called for a lady who fell four days ago and now wants to be seen.
I thought to myself “why would you wait 4 days to call 911 for a fall injury”. Great question! Arrived on scene and the next thing I saw made me question every life decision I’ve ever made up to that point…
SIR YOU CAN'T JUST STOP THERE
you need to telll us the rest, even if it traumatises us
please finish the story mannn
Not sure if you'll see this, but you're an inspiration. Hilarious, informational, polite and intelligent. Thanks for all that you do, I admire your passion.
The guy that fell 22ft off of a ladder.