Whew, busy day-- did the ambulance thing today and had three calls. The third was a cancel-on-scene, but the first two were pretty interesting. An elderly lady was going down fast-- gray skin, blue lips. We got her into the ambulance and hooked her up to oxygen and albuterol, and bagged her. Short version is she came back from the brink. We got her to the hospital and hopefully she is doing better now.
The second call we had was a car accident. Now all through training I heard from people in the class that "we never use a KED". Well, "we" did today. I'll tell you, if you need no other incentive to avoid being in a car accident, imagine what being in one of those feels like. That should get all you crazed drivers out there thinking twice. >) Not a comfortable thing to be stuck in for any length of time, much less transported in on an ambulance, with the wait for check-in. Then, to get the thing off requires an evaluation from someone a few pay grades higher in the healthcare world. I'll speculate the minimum time you would be in one in most cases would be two hours. Not a pleasant experience I am sure. I had to be in one several times during training and just five minutes was too much.
I feel I am learning, but wish I could contribute more. I haven't felt this junior at anything in a long time. But I am glad to know that when the pros I am working with need extra hands, at least I can give them that.
The second call we had was a car accident. Now all through training I heard from people in the class that "we never use a KED". Well, "we" did today. I'll tell you, if you need no other incentive to avoid being in a car accident, imagine what being in one of those feels like. That should get all you crazed drivers out there thinking twice. >) Not a comfortable thing to be stuck in for any length of time, much less transported in on an ambulance, with the wait for check-in. Then, to get the thing off requires an evaluation from someone a few pay grades higher in the healthcare world. I'll speculate the minimum time you would be in one in most cases would be two hours. Not a pleasant experience I am sure. I had to be in one several times during training and just five minutes was too much.
I feel I am learning, but wish I could contribute more. I haven't felt this junior at anything in a long time. But I am glad to know that when the pros I am working with need extra hands, at least I can give them that.
posted by Matt Campbell at 9:36 PM
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How I wish I could 'contribute more'. To something specific/meaningful and to Life in general. Little contributions get me through this most of the time, but just sometimes I'd like to be doing something significant.
Whatever you are doing on your shifts, you and your crewmates, you're all contributing in your own ways.
Rock on.
Sometimes I'm am Flower and sometimes - I am a Rose. Today I am surrounded by roses. Of many shades and colours and hues. My home is filled with their Scents, some subtle, some fuller. All for Alice, my Mother, on this (our) Mothering Sunday.
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