PapaBear434
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Yesterday, we had a 19 year old trainee with me and my partner, on her first shift after certification and on her way to release. We had 13 calls, and only two of them where of the BS "My foot hurts a little" variety.
It started out simple enough. The previously mentioned "foot pain." But the shift started at 0600, and by 0930 we had a massive stroke at a movie theater with a janitor, a cardiac arrest of a 40 year old male, a partial amputation below the elbow at a tree nursery, and a three car crash with a two car confirmed pin.
And that was just the start. Throughout the day, we had another stroke, an industrial explosion (some solvent went up in a train yard, no one actually hurt) a working fire at a nursing home with multiple inhalation injuries, and ended the day three hours late with a 7 year old boy who was involved in a hit-and-run with a pickup truck (broken femur, fibula and tibia on the right leg, CNS intact).
This was just one of those days where it never stopped. We managed a few seconds to buy lunch at Blimpie's, and before we could even open the bags we got another call. We tried to explain to her that this was unusual, that although we are usually busy we weren't usually full of this many calls, let alone of the "Ohmyfreakinggodwhat'sgoingon!" variety. But I don't think she bought it.
She had a good time, it seemed, and actually got three pages of her checkout book done in one shift, but I'm afraid she might not come back after a first shift like that. But, then, people that get into EMS aren't the usual, normal sort of folks. This might have been the best first day ever.
It started out simple enough. The previously mentioned "foot pain." But the shift started at 0600, and by 0930 we had a massive stroke at a movie theater with a janitor, a cardiac arrest of a 40 year old male, a partial amputation below the elbow at a tree nursery, and a three car crash with a two car confirmed pin.
And that was just the start. Throughout the day, we had another stroke, an industrial explosion (some solvent went up in a train yard, no one actually hurt) a working fire at a nursing home with multiple inhalation injuries, and ended the day three hours late with a 7 year old boy who was involved in a hit-and-run with a pickup truck (broken femur, fibula and tibia on the right leg, CNS intact).
This was just one of those days where it never stopped. We managed a few seconds to buy lunch at Blimpie's, and before we could even open the bags we got another call. We tried to explain to her that this was unusual, that although we are usually busy we weren't usually full of this many calls, let alone of the "Ohmyfreakinggodwhat'sgoingon!" variety. But I don't think she bought it.
She had a good time, it seemed, and actually got three pages of her checkout book done in one shift, but I'm afraid she might not come back after a first shift like that. But, then, people that get into EMS aren't the usual, normal sort of folks. This might have been the best first day ever.
