What is this? No, we’re not calling anyone stupid. So many accidents and medical issues are caused by, simply stated, the stupid things people do everyday to themselves and others. We acknowledge it’s your job to save them, even when they’re, well…just plain stupid. We’ve heard some pretty funny stories from our customers and witnessed some ourselves as emergency response professionals. This field is filled with frightening and sometimes heartbreaking outcomes everyday... and we all just need to laugh sometimes.

 

Save The Stupid was created as a way to share stories we’ve come across that make us laugh out loud. Each month we will read your stories, laugh out loud, and choose the one that makes the tears flow like Niagra Falls. A prize pack will be awarded each month to the best Save the Stupid story. Be sure to check our website often for some hilarity and to see if you or someone you know is our winner!

 

Send us your best Save the Stupid stories by email to savethestupid@seequip.com to win the cool prizes shown below.

 

 

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Saved by A Mule?
An intoxicated . . . man in a wheelchair had a fight with his wife and drove his electronic scooter into the wooded area behind his house.  After she could not find him, she called 911.  As part of our emergency response for a "lost person," the Sheriff also responds.  EMT's and Firemen were all in the woods looking for this drunk, handicapped gentleman calling his name over and over.
 
The Sheriff asks the Assistant Fire Chief if he wants a helicopter to do a fly over to use spot lights to find the impaired man.  The Chief replies that one of the firemen will just go to the station and get our mule.  The Sheriff was astonished and (he was a city boy vs. our rural department) said, "You guys really have a mule?"  The Chief replied "well sure."  The Sheriff proceeded to get on his radio and attempt to call Animal Control to help maintain our "MULE" when he was politely informed that although we have a mule, we are not so backwoods that we have a “real mule” . . . but a four wheeler called a “mule.”  Boy, did he have a story to take back to the city!

Congratulations to:
MKS
Mesopotamia Fire Department

As our winner, you’ll be receiving the Save The Stupid prize pack containing a duffel bag with Southeastern Emergency Equipment (SEE) logo, a SEE baseball cap, a Save The Stupid T-shirt, a SEE flashlight, and fun things to help pass the time between calls such as a heart-shaped stress reliever, a “flashy ball,” an 8-in-1 casino game, a Magic 8 ball, i-pod compact speakers and a MP3/MP4 player! 

 

Enjoy . . . and thank you for serving your community . . . even if you do sometimes have to Save The Stupid!
 

 

 

A Penny For Your Thoughts?
It was lunch time in our Northeastern Ohio township (between Pittsburgh and Ohio), when the crew was dispatched to a rather unusual response....

The call came in for a female with her arm struck underneath the front passenger seat of her vehicle, the same seat she was also sitting on!  The duty crew responded with the Ambulance to the scene to access the situation.... and what a situation it sure was!

We walked up the passenger side of the vehicle to see a female with her left arm pinned underneath the seat, it was stuck up to her arm pit!  

The crew came up with Plan A... get every packet of Lube and attempt to coat the patient’s arm and attempt to extricate it... Plan A failed.

Plan B . . .  unbolt the seat and lift up on it so the patient could remove her arm.... Plan B failed.

Then Plan C was devised... use the department’s newly purchased cutter/spreader combi tool and use it to lift the seat with the patient on it enough to release the pressure off the seat so she could slide her arm free.  Plan C WORKED... after just a few inches of lift, the seat was high enough and the female pulled her arm free... just a little dirty and with NO injuries or paralysis . . .  also no damage to the seat!

Her story... "I was trying to get change from underneath the seat."

Submitted by:
FF/EMT
Ohio