Out of Control

Around 21:00 hours last night I believe, the pager went off for a pshyscsmatic in Halifax Township. Me and my father got in his truck and headed into the "Barn". We got there and Sue was already there. We got in 13-2 and off we went. We got there and got the lady loaded up into the unit and headed on down to Osteo Hospital. The lady was doing ok, talking with Sue, while I copied down her medications. Then as we came into Matamoras, she undid the belts on the stretcher and started rocking back and forth on the stretcher. She then she made a grab for the door handle on the rear door. Sue grabbed her right arm and tried to hold her back while I made a dash for the lady and grabbed under her left shoulder and started to pull her back. As soon as we started pulling her back, she went crazy and became very combative with us. At this point I yelled for my father to pull over and come back and help us as she was trying to get out of the ambulance. He pulled into the parking lot of the Matamoras Community Church and got out and came running back to help. Meanwhile, me and Sue had managed to het the lady somewhat back on the stretcher, and I was holding on to her left arm and trying to hold her legs down. I ended up laying down across the lady to hold her down. My father then got in the back and grabbed her legs, while I took ahold of the lady right arm so Sue could help my father put the straps on and tighten them up. They then did the rest of the belts. We then continued on our way at a class 2 pace. We got the lady down to Osteo and when Sue called in, we made sure that we had security meet us there. As we got out to get her out, she started to move around again. As I got in the back to talk to her, she pulled ler left leg out of the straps and became combative once again. Round 2 set in and I ended up laying across her again to keep her from getting up. Sue grabbed her knees and my father grabbed the lady's ankles. Meanwhile the security gurad (after I told him that some help would be nice) got in and grabbed her left arm, while a nurse got in the side and grabbed her right arm. We got her in and off loaded her to the ER, where she became combative again and tried to run out of the room. After we got what we needed, we headed on home. My father let Sue drive home and she did a very good job, needs a little work backing the unit in, but overall she did good. Once we got back to the shed, I logged our times in and then we headed on home. Once at home I had a light snack and got on the computer for a little bit and then hit the sack as I was tired. I was rocked out of bed around 08:30 hours this morning when the pager went off for breathing problems in Halifax Township. Dohn and Carol took the call. I got out of bed and got dressed and grabbed something light for breakfast and headed into the shed to see if the AED guy needed to be let in. I got there and he must have gotten there before the call came in as he was working on the AED's. I stayed until he finished and then I left and headed on home. Once at home I took a shower and read the paper. I then got on the computer to do a few things. I ate lunch while I was on the computer and I was able to do another year out of the log book. My parents then came home from down county and I helped them bring some things in and then got back on the computer. I the n ate dinner and then me and my father headed into the shed to get ready for the CPR class we had to teach tonight. The guy and his daughter showed up, followed by Sue. We were helping the two out since they needed CPR to get relicenesed. While they were taking the class, I ran up to Sheetz and got gas and headed back to the shed. The class lasted about 2 hours and then I helped Sue with the paperwork from last nights call. We all then left around 21:40 hours and headed on home. Once at home I had a light snack and got on the computer. I will be on for a little bit longer and then am hitting the sack.