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He Looks Like He's About to Give Birth
Looks Like He’s About to Give Birth
Dispatched & Dysfunctional – Because sometimes the worst calls make the best stories.
🚑 A new guy, first hitch offshore. GI symptoms on arrival. His supervisor thought he was faking it.
He wasn’t.
By the time I found him, his belly was tight, distended, and he could barely breathe. IV fluids. Antibiotics. Foley. Medevac launched. Surgeons later removed two feet of necrotic bowel — and told him he was six hours from rupture.
This is what it looks like when you trust your gut — and it’s right. You don’t always get a win out here. But this time, I did. And…
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