One Month Later...

I have not done anything Fire or EMS related for at least a month, and it has been a month since my last post.
I finally worked again at the fire station.  It has been a long day though.  I started at 0300 this morning.  I made over 2,000 pounds of yogurt.  When I got home at 1330 I changed into my uniform and went to the fire station.  After about an hour I got a call from my relief asking if he could come late.  I will get home around 2330.

It has been a slow night.  We had a walk in report of unattended smoldering leaves.  We responded at 1620 with E1.  There was no smoke, just charred leaves in a pile.  We were there, so we raked it and emptied the can into the pile.  We were back in quarters by 1630.  Not the most exciting fire...

Full Code

I just got off the second shift at the fire department.  We only had one call, but it was a good one.  I mean that of course with respect to the deceased and their family.  I have not had too many opportunities to do CPR and tonight I did.  It went well.  The patient was gray when we found him and a few minutes after starting compressions he was pink.  When the medics got on board they pushed epi and atropine.  The drugs and my compressions jump started his heart and he had a good pulse (a good radial pulse too).  I had to help him breath but we made his cardiopulmonary system function.  Anyway it felt good to feel confident in this setting.  One really has to be tested before knowing one's capabilities.