Dispatched & Dysfunctional – Because sometimes the worst calls make the best stories.
Welcome to Dispatched & Dysfunctional — where the darkest moments become stories of resilience. These aren’t polished hero tales. They’re the raw, unfiltered truths of EMS: the calls that scar, the ones that save, and the ones we carry forever.
🚑 It was supposed to be simple — a wellness check. Knock, talk, clear the scene. Instead, the second we walked in, the smell hit us. Gas in the air, a decomposing body in the back, and before we could even process that, a family member waving a machete.
And just when we thought we had seen it all, another patient dropped into a full seizure in the middle of the chaos. Three emergencies. Zero warning. All in one call.
This wasn’t just a bad shift. It was the kind of night that reminds you EMS doesn’t follow rules — it makes its own.
⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: Graphic EMS content, decomposition, violence, seizure, and dark humor. Listener discretion advised.
Why It Matters:
Because even “routine” calls can spiral into disaster. This one proved that being BLS doesn’t mean basic — it means being first in, staying calm when everything goes sideways, and holding the line until more help gets there. It’s a reminder that in EMS, chaos doesn’t come one at a time. It comes all at once.
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