Got to the station this morning a little bit late because our bus driver just drove past our stop. We came to find out that we missed a call for a head injury because we were late. Bummer.
Daniel and I are the only two at Akko today because Emily is working at Karmi'el. I went on my first Ragil call which was actually all the way back to Karmi'el. There was a minor car accident (and I can't stress minor enough) and they needed us to transport one of the patients. Who was on another Ragil from Karmi'el at the car accident? Emily. Hi Emily! :)
I got to chat with one of the MDA workers who is doing his national service. His name is Anas. He thought that I was like 19, it seems like it is a common mistake I have found. No one can believe I'm 28. We also discussed the village that he is from and a different group who have been volunteering before.
The second call was to an industrial area in which a truck driver had an automatic door shut on his arm. He was in a lot of pain and we transported him to the hospital. On this call there was a second medic instead of a second volunteer. She was learning how to do stuff on the ambulance. It was nice to see someone learning as well because I feel like I'm just learning how things are done at this point, not doing much.
The rest of the shift was spent chatting with Anas at the station. He was talking about how in Israeli you take final tests in high school and the test score are factored into your class grade and then it is put on your diploma. Colleges use those scores as 30% of making the decision to accept you, the other 70% comes from your score on a test like the United States' SAT. There was a Ragil call at 2:44pm and our shift ends at 2:45pm. Anas and Daniel went off on that call as I went to the bus stop. Anas was ready to get home, guess that won't be happening for a little bit longer.
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