First Night Back

This was written Sunday night and continued Monday morning.

Today is my first day back to the rescue squad. Last night was their banquet (which I did not attend), so there is a lot of gossip about what went down. Everyone here knows everyone pretty well, so being a newbie, its kind of awkward.

My shift is from 7pm-7am like normal. It is 8:30 with no calls yet. We'll see what happens tonight.

8:55pm- We were called to follow to a chimney fire which once on scene was called off. So nothing important....

9:30pm- Dispatched for a fall, possible broken bone. We arrive on scene to a woman who had fallen in her home with leg pain. It was a normal call; placed her on the cot and transported to the hospital. She was a chatter in the ambulance as well, except for she had no teeth so it was quite hard to understand.

11:30- Dispatched for a OB (obstetrics) call. We were responding to a call with a woman who had just given birth 3 minutes prior to the call. This was my first "baby" call which was pretty exciting!!! The little newborn was so cute! We transported mom and baby to the hospital with no complications.

The night went well! Went to bed at 12:30am and slept through the night.

6:00am- Call for hemmoragal bleeding. Simple call, nice lady. Transported to hospital.

Returned to the station at 7am and headed back to my dorm where I slept till 10:30am.