Tubing

Did a call for a 3yr old on a vent to go to his weekly chemo treatment. Also took him and mom back home a couple of calls later. I would venture to say that most EMS folks would agree that peds patients make us the most apphensive. And its just a matter of exposure. We dont get peds patients a lot so when we do get them, its a really new scenario each time it seems.
Did a call for a stat transfer from one hospital to another due to location of his cardiologist. He was on Heparin and Nitro drips, stable with chest pain still at a 3/10 after multi-doses of morpheine. My partner and I got him loaded and the trip was fine. We talked, yada yada yada... We're pulling into the place, and I'm disconnecting him from my monitor and I notice that his tubing is filled with blood. Not a completely unusal site except for the fact that both of his drips were on pumps. I happen to look down and sure as shit notice about 30cc all over the floor. My partner opens the back doors with this priceless "What'd you DO?" expression on his face. Apparently the tubing had gotten crimped in between the pump and the frame of the cot and had gotten sheared in half. What a mess. There was no way to avoid the wheels of the cot going through the mess.
Later on, my partner was in the back and almost the same thing happened. It was just a saline drip but this time the tubing got all wound up in the wheels and was spliced in half. Jeesh.
Helped another crew with a lift assist. Guy post-mva a week earlier still complaining of neck pain going from TCU to MRI. We see a c-collar just sitting on his bed. No one can tell us if his neck has or has not been cleared. The guy took it off himself because it was uncomfortable. We put it back on him. He wasnt a happy camper to begin with and my partners' "its my way or you're not going with me" presentation was enough to make him sulk. Funny.

Hockey practice went well. I only did drills, didnt stay for the scrimmage. Ankle was killing me and its been tight all day today. We have 3 games this weekend. One Friday and 2 back-to-back on Saturday. Hope we have a good end to the season and stay alive through the play-offs.