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(Message started by: E-Double on Feb 14^th, 2006, 7:25am)

Title: F-ed up
Post by E-Double on Feb 14^th, 2006, 7:25am

So I drain my E-tank during an attack and I had not fully aborted so I grab a new tank that I have sitting besides it.......

I rip off the tape and hook it up.

It was F-cking empty!!!!!!!!!

The supplier gave me an empty tank!!!!!!!!

That bastard came right back and bit me in the ass!

So pissed.

Did the tango in my driveway running for another one in the garage.

Can't wait to give them a piece of my mind.

What if it were someone who needed it for survival and not pain relief?

E

Title: Re: F-ed up
Post by Kate in Oz on Feb 14^th, 2006, 7:39am

:-X that is f-ed

lucky you had another one out in the garage

really sorry to hear that E hope you're feeling better now

I'm sitting here shadowing, its nearly midnight - spose to be writing an essay for philosophy on the meaning of life ha!! think I'll be taking your advice and getting my 02 set up real soon!

take it easy now but give em heaps! that's just outrageous.

Kate

Title: Re: F-ed up
Post by BobG on Feb 14^th, 2006, 7:41am

We use gases at my job and it's not unusual to get an empty tank now and then. When we have a delivery of cylinders it is standard practice to connect a gauge and check the pressure before the cylinder is stored.

Sorry to hear it happened to you.

Title: Re: F-ed up
Post by E-Double on Feb 14^th, 2006, 7:59am

It just hit me what a putz I am [smiley=laugh.gif]
I had a full tank all hooked up and ready to go in my car and just ignored that one. I guess thinking was not really an option
http://www.poster.net/simpsons-the/simpsons-the-doh-4001439.jpg

Title: Re: F-ed up
Post by Dragnlance on Feb 14^th, 2006, 8:45am

Quote:

I had a full tank all hooked up and ready to go in my car

*Chuckles*

Been there and Done that.

CH will scramble the brains, and when your eyes clear, the reaction is always the same... DOH!

Hope you are feeling better E!!!

Dragn

Title: Re: F-ed up
Post by karrie35 on Feb 14^th, 2006, 9:34am

And I thought I had a bad night? ha!
Sorry to hear about that ridiculous episode my friend.
May it never happen again!

karrie

Title: Re: F-ed up
Post by chewy on Feb 14^th, 2006, 10:36am

If it makes you feel any better. I was raced 15 miles home in an open convertable, with a KIP 9, to get to my imitrex once.

There was an injection ready to go in the glove. DOH!

Title: Re: F-ed up
Post by LeLimey on Feb 14^th, 2006, 10:43am

Just goes to show we cannot think straight when getting hit :'( Sorry it happend to you honeybun, I hope it means we all learn from it. I shall check all my tanks from now on.
love to you
Helen X

Title: Re: F-ed up
Post by maffumatt on Feb 14^th, 2006, 10:57am

give'm hell anyway Eric, they deserve it

Title: Re: F-ed up
Post by mcf69 on Feb 14^th, 2006, 1:53pm

Seems to be a thing with O2 supply companies to save on costs, I went through 3 tanks, all sealed, that were empty the other day while trying to replace one in the back of the rescue. I'll be a little ticked if I'm the one that grabs a spare during a code or something serious and it's empty. It's a conspiracy, I swear!!!!!!!!!! :o
Anyway, hang in there Eric bro, and tell the company you want free O2 for life for their screw up!!!!!!!!!! [smiley=laugh.gif]

Title: Re: F-ed up
Post by Jasmyn on Feb 14^th, 2006, 3:57pm

Well, that sucks!

Now keep on sucking Eric, keep those lips puckered and take deep breaths.

Title: Tough one bro!
Post by Richr8 on Feb 14^th, 2006, 4:41pm

Glad to hear you had some back-up not too far away, although I'm sure that at the time it seemed like way too far away.

It's a little disturbing that quality control is not way up on the priority list with a company that supplies medical gases that could make the difference between life and death. One error in this arena is too many as far as I am concerned. Odds are, that bottle could easily wound up with someone who needed that gas to survive.

Title: Re: F-ed up
Post by BlueMeanie on Feb 14^th, 2006, 7:28pm

That really blows. Sorry to hear that EE. When you're getting hit, it's very hard to think. Panic attacks are common when you've lost your ~~mind~~ meds.

Title: Re: F-ed up
Post by lionsound on Feb 15^th, 2006, 8:34am

Hey E,

do you know which tank it was?

you might want to mark it so that the supplier knows which it is in case the tank was filled and is defective it won't happen to someone else, or you, if they use it.

Title: Re: F-ed up
Post by E-Double on Feb 15^th, 2006, 8:37am

on 02/15/06 at 08:34:02, lionsound wrote:

You are so smart and considerate my sister.
Yaley ;)