Another installment to follow parts 1 and 2.

Scott recently came across an odd incident in his travels around the district.  A patron at a fairly swanky Gold Coast bar required an unusual rescue.   An enormous man passed out drunk in a rather compact toilet stall.  Just how enormous?  Try 400 lbs. or so.

When he was found, employees tried to wake him up, with no response.  You know how tight the toilet stalls are in a lot of restaurants and bars.  This one was snug enough that it was a miracle the guy could actually get in there and close the door.  They had to dismantle the stall, while someone was working to shut off the water.

That was the really fun part.  When the guy passed out, he slipped down and got wedged into the toilet bowl.  The force of so much weight at unusual angles cracked the toilet bowl, so water was gushing everywhere until the valve was finally closed.

Once they had access to him and the water was shut off, the paramedics used smelling salts to wake the guy up.  They had to get him conscious enough that he could assist them in getting him out of the toilet.  After several attempts, they extricated him and got him onto the heavy-duty gurney.  It took several guys to carry him up the stairs to get out the front door, requiring a bit of creativity to figure out how they could move him without getting injured.  

After a slow, careful trip up the stairs, they got him loaded into the ambulance, then breathed a sigh of relief.  Through good teamwork, they'd managed to avoid getting hernias.   They turned on the lights and siren to make their way through the crowded streets and get their patient to the detox unit of the nearest hospital.

Scott and his partner had their appreciation of paramedics' hard work reinforced by this Herculean effort.