Status Quo

I haven't run a shift like yesterday in a while but having a good partner makes it bearable. We were at the station for an hour out of 24. Wished we just could have had a BLS truck tailing us since almost every call was a basic call and a few were just taxi rides.

On one call a basic wasn't available so we transported a repeat patient complaining of ab pain. While she states her pain is 10/10 she looks rather bored and only when she is not getting enough attention does she start with the moaning. I have picked her up before and she is known to have a hx that would warrant extra BSI, but she is random on whether she admits it. I advise my partner and drive on. We get to the ER and my partner cant remember the door code to get into the ER. I start to say it to her and THE PATIENT rattles it off to her! And when the charge nurse says she can go to the lobby triage, she pipes up, "Oh... and now I have chest pain." ...mmm-hhhmmmmm.

Everything else we ran was typical bread and butter stuff. AMS, dizzyness, fall off a bike, an ear infection in a toddler, and lots of difficulty breathings. We had a late call and the oncoming crew hadn't gotten to the station yet so it was 0715 by the time we got back. Have to leave the station by 0730 to get to my other job on time.So tired and running late make for a grumpy me. And I was having practice while out at the track. But it was a good day.

Another weekend of record numbers. Thankfully nothing major. A broken wrist after a guy ran his quad into a tree and a kid with some abrasions after laying down his bike off a big berm. While out patrolling came across 2 bikes that collided while merging on a trail and another rider comes up and his holding his neck. Apparently he was clothes-lined by a vine that had gotten pulled down. Pulled him right off his bike and left some nasty looking lines on his neck. Patched him up and he was off but I think it would have been a good time to call it a day.

Practice time was good... Improved my time on two of the trails by 1:12 and my time on the SuperMX track by 42 seconds. When I finally got home last night, after cracking a beer and soaking in the tub, I finally felt human again. Countdown to 6-hour HareScramble: 41 days.