Last day....

Well, its my last day before being cut loose on a box with an EMT. All the EMT's on my shift are good so I've got no worries and we can finally get into a good rotation between the engine, the box and being sent off. Ran 2 full arrests, a DOA, and a stroke. Responded to a guy who was hit in the head with a hammer. He ended up refusing with a nice lac to the head. I cleaned him up and gave him some 4x4's... he asked if we had any gauze wrap. My partner accommodated him with a full on head wrap topped off with a gigantic gauze bow on the top of his head. The cop on scene was doing his best not to bust up laughing. Good thing the guy didnt ask for a mirror.

A nasty line of storms rolled in in the evening which had us running for a while. We bounced from dwelling fire to dwelling to MVC's on the highway. Gee... if its pouring down rain, flooding, and storming super bad, wouldn't it maybe be a good idea to SLOW DOWN on the highway? Maybe its just me. When we were responding to the house fires from all the lightning, I lost the engine several times as it was flooding so bad the water would wash over the box and I couldnt see a dang thing. One of those storms where you're waiting for the lightning to light up the road so you can see where the road is at. We got back for a little bit and I just stayed in the drivers seat.. I knew it wouldnt be long before we got called out again.

20 min later we get called for an OB call. On scene we have a 40yr old F, 4th pregnancy, has been in labor for 2 days, no prenantal care at all and recreational drug user. I should have driven a bit slower... she was crowning as we were in the hallway heading to L&D.

Finally got back and fell into bed about 3am. Woke up @ 0530 for a structure fire at an elementary school in another territory. We were 2nd in and dressed out so Boz and I head up to the roof. We just had a small 9'x9' area that was burning from a vent. Overhauling a freshly tarred roof is dirty to say the least. But it was all good. Did our thing and cleared so we could hand the box off to the oncoming crew and get a shower. It was a good shower indeed.