החייאה :First Call

The morning started out with us all meeting at the Karmi'el station to be introduced to the volunteer coordinator there. Two of us stayed in Karmi'el, the other three headed to Akko.

Once we were settled into the station at Akko we had to decide where each of us would volunteer. Two of us could be on the Atan (mobile intensive care unit with a medic and paramedic) and one would be on the Ragil (Basic life support unit with a medic). Emily, another volunteer, and I would be on the Atan and Daniel would be on the Ragil. It was a quiet morning, until the buzzer went off and Daniel was off to his first call. A little bit later a different buzzer sounded for the Atan and Emily and I were off to our first call. We met Daniel's Ragil. It was a CPR (החייאה) call, a crazy call to be our first. Unfortunately the CPR was not successful.

Upon returning to the station it was not long until we were out on our second call. This time we got out and it ended up being that the patient was taken to an ambulance station so we weren't needed and we just drove back.

The rest of the shift was hanging out at the station. The buzzer went off for an Atan as we were figuring out how to get back to Karmi'el. More calls tomorrow.