Busy Day at Medic 6
I went to bed last night around 03:00 hours and got up this morning at 07:10 hours when my alarm went off. I got out of bed and got dressed. I then grabbed my suit case and took that out to the kitchen. I then made my lunch and packed that and got my bottles of Gatorade. I then put everything in the car and left around 07:24 hours and headed up to Eville to work. I got here and parked and went inside. Flipper was already here and Yeager and Tracey were already up. I clocked in and then did a rig check on 6-7. I then went in and filled out my checklist and checked a few things online. I then went out to the med room anda checked to see if I needed to order anything. I noticed that we were out of 500 cc bags of NSS and no one bother to tell me about it or write it down on the paper that was provided out there. I also noticed that we were down to two 1,000 bags of NSS. I also put in the rest of the box of 10 Dropper IV Sets and the rest of the box of IV Extensions. By thie time Steve was here and I talked to him about the supplies and he told me to go ahead and order the supplies since we needed them. So I put an order in and then Flipper said that we were going to Special Place for breakfast. We got in 6-7 and headed on up there awhile. We got there and placed out order. I got a glass of water and a side order of bacon and white toast. Jim and Eric then showed up from Lykens and they ordered. Steve and Wendy then pulled in with 6-3. About that time the tones went off for a call in Upper Paxton Township at SLV. Tim took that call with 6-1. We got to eat breakfast and after we had paid and were sitting there just shooting the shit, the tones went off again for bleeding in Upper Paxton Township. Me and Flipper got up and got in 6-7 and off we went. We got there and got the lady loaded into the ambulance and then I drove down to Harrisburg Hospital. After we got what we needed, we headed on back. We ran up to Wal-Mart so Flipper could get a nead headlight lamp for his truck and then we headed back to the station. Once back at the station I put an order in for Cervical Collars. I then went in Steve's office to talk to him about the information for ordering the ECG Electrodes. Before he could give me the info the tones went off for a Diabetic Problem in Halifax Township. I heard Flipper and Tim talking as 13 was already out on a BLS call. I yelled back and Flipper asked me what the chances of 13 getting a second truck out were and I said 50/50. So Tim decided to take the call. Steve then thought he heard the UPS truck out front so we went out front to see and it was just a dump truck turning around. We were standing outside when the pagers went off again for what we thought was the Diabetic Problems call. Tim then went responding with 6-1 and county started giving him information for another call which was in Upper Paxton Township at SLV. Steve then looked at me and said that there was two calls and that we better get going. I turned back to go in the bay and Flipper was standing there and he overheard what Steve said and we quicklly got in 6-7 and off we went. Scott then got on med 9 and said that we were going to handle since 13 could not get the second unit out. He also had county dispatch 29 for medical assist until we got there. We got there right behind Engine 29-1. We went inside and Flipper gave the lady some Dextrose and she came around and ended up being a refusal. While we were there, the pager went off again for a sick person in Washington Township. Jim and Eric took that call in 6-5. We then headed on back to the station. Once back at the station I went into his office to ask him about the info for the Electrodes. He gave me the information and I called the company and placed an order. I then ate lunch while I checked a few thigns on the computer. I then sat down in thee recliner and read the paper that Flipper had brought with him. I then relaxed in the chair and edned up falling asleep and Flipper recorded me snoring. I woke up around 18:50 hours and Tim was back in the one bunk room working on his chart and Flipper was on the phone. Flipper then left around 19:10 hours and headed on up to Lykens since he was working up there tonight. Me and Tim then ran up to Jo-Jo's to grab something to eat for dinner. After we were done we came back. I am now checking a few things on the computer and then will be sitting down to watch TV. I still have another 11 hours to go of my 24 hour shift and I am hoping to get some sleep tonight since we have the Junior's from New Bloomfield coming to the station tomorrow.

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