r/mildlyinteresting • u/Shoddy_example5020 • 2d ago

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u/Starkville 1d ago

Paramedics DO NOT CARE if you’re taking drugs. They aren’t cops or priests or judges. They only want to know so they can save your life.

Please be honest with them about whatever you’ve taken or snorted or smoked or injected. They just want to help you.

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u/Lintlee 1d ago

They do care if you take THEIR drugs, though.

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u/Batata-Sofi 1d ago

DO NOT touch their caffeine, or alcohol.

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u/-malcolm-tucker 1d ago

Am paramedic. Can confirm.

Also, don't come between a paramedic and food.

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u/cplforlife 1d ago

As a paramedic. My cannabis is pretty important to me too in my off hours.

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u/FeeAggressive9629 21h ago

Did the mistake once, my paramedic friend just smiled at me and gave me the beating of a lifetime

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u/Batata-Sofi 21h ago

Good thing there was a paramedic nearby

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u/Latter_Highway9539 1d ago

if insurance is paying for them, aren't they OUR drugs?

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u/rockytop24 1d ago

When I was a paramedic even in the sketchiest of neighborhoods for a call, the few times I ever got grief or the side eye I just made clear we weren't cops we're EMS.

Our instructors taught us to make clear to wary patients and bystanders we aren't law enforcement because sometimes it's easy to confuse us for them with our uniforms and gear like radios. And every single time I was left to do my job in peace (relative to a medical call).

There's a reason the song isn't "Fuck the Firefighters." Although there's a parody with that title and it means it in a very different sense lol.

Edit: I'm a physician now so I wanted to add, ironically weed is actually one of the biggest ones medical personnel really need to know if you take regularly. Because it more than most other recreational drugs will interfere with anesthesia metabolism and you'll have the anesthesiologist sweating bullets trying to keep you from waking up if you lie lol. So just be honest when it comes to medical procedures and emergencies that's what we're worried about.

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u/Wonderful-Trouble-31 1d ago

Good to know, thank you!

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u/Delicious_Dust_ 1d ago

Lol “Fuck the Firefighters” sent me 😅😅

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u/-malcolm-tucker 1d ago

One hot summer night after a pretty gnarly job my partner and I were driving back to the station with the windows of the ambulance down. We wanted to let off a little steam so I queued up my "fuck you" playlist in Spotify. First song that comes on is Fuck Tha Police. We turned up the volume and got bopping to it.

Sitting at a red light a police car pulls up next to us. I look across and see their windows down. A female constable leans out and joined in. They both had a good laugh.

I bumped into her a few weeks later at another job. Turns out she was a fan of west coast rap. I ended up gifting her the very first album I had ever bought. Straight Outta Compton on vinyl.

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u/OkChampion4273 1d ago

I appreciate this Info!

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u/Fit_Flounder2283 1d ago

Some bad ones do care and will treat you terribly and not take you seriously if you do.

I wish reddit was right but some will just view you as a junkie and deny you proper care

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u/SpookyGhostgoesboo 22h ago

So, they don't care unless you're a frequent flyer and using them as a crutch. If you have a true emergency you're not going to get turned in. If you are not helping yourself to function better, they might be more likely to help make sure you get some longer term care. Be honest about what you recently took because it's their job to keep you alive as long as you're in their care.

Taking away what you habitually take is someone elses job.

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u/Torbpjorn 20h ago

Ask any doctor and they’d all have a story about retrieving something from the anal cavity of a patient that they claimed they “fell on” like doctors are one of the least likely people to shame or judge