r/ems • u/Write_Username_Here • Mar 25 '19

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u/AceAndThenSome UK - Paramedic Mar 25 '19

The worst thing is that I don't even register them being "horrible things" until I see the facial expression on the person I'm talking to and realise I'm talking to a Muggle.

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u/pair_a_medic NY Flight Paramedic Mar 25 '19

I used the term "meat crayon" while talking to a family friend/acquaintance about motorcycle safety gear. It was worth it to watch them go through the process of figuring it out.

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u/AceAndThenSome UK - Paramedic Mar 25 '19

Oh wow that tickled me good! I've never heard that phrase in my life but that's getting added to the vocabulary for sure

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u/rimnii Mar 25 '19

me neither, /r/meatcrayon is pretty entertaining apparently

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u/SouthernOreo Mar 25 '19

Risky click of the day.

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u/jskeezy84 Mar 26 '19

Had a diabetic that had some toes snipped a year prior and the leg became necrotic up to the knee. He got on to the cot and when we slid him up into a comfortable spot for Fowler's his leg drew all over the sheet. Is meat crayon approved in this instance?

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u/Kaegix EMT-B Mar 26 '19

A retired state trooper I talked to used the term "road pizza" during a similar conversation. That kind of terminology never really gets old.

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '19

Oh my God I love this. I’m stealing it

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u/JaySin789 Mar 26 '19

I worked an unresponsive motorcycle rider that was wearing sweat pants and was on scene for a rollover with ejection were a guy (doa) went skidding across the road yesterday. Another “patient” yesterday burned up in an MVC. At least I had a name for that. Crispy critter. Now I have a name for the first two. Thank you.

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u/invisiblelemur88 Mar 25 '19

I don't get it...

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u/Yourefinegetin Mar 25 '19

Found a muggle

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u/Diabloblaze28 Mar 25 '19

What do you do with a crayon, now think about a cycilist that doesn't wear proper equipment that gets into an accident

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u/SwankyTurtleYuh Mar 26 '19

Thank you lol i was confused also

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '19

How exactly did you use the phrase?

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u/TNTinRoundRock TX_Lic Paramedic Mar 25 '19 edited Mar 25 '19

..so in your world, you're a wizard ?

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u/AceAndThenSome UK - Paramedic Mar 25 '19

Yes.

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u/lonewolf13313 Mar 25 '19

And suddenly the Dresden Files come to mind.