Station?! What station?

I have a new roommate, Areyah, he switched from the station Daniel was going to and so this morning was Areyah's first shift at Akko. Our bus driver this morning was very diligent at getting us to Akko in a hurry. So even though we took the bus that usually gets us there closer to 7am, we were at the stop in front of the station at about 6:45am. Good time!

This morning there was a new local volunteer that I haven't seen before. She was full of personality and had way too much energy for so early in the morning. She convinced the paramedic of the Ragil to let her take Anas' place in the Ragil so she could go on shift. So Anas went to catch up on paper work.

Areyah went off on the first Ragil call and I rested a little bit until the buzzer for the Atan was sounded. I went out and met a new driver, Amos. Little did i know at the time that we would not make it back to the station until our shift was over. Our first was for an older lady who had some chronic illnesses and she was having some difficulties. The apartment we went to was up many flights of stairs so the Ragil was called to provide assistance. Four guys, including Areyah carried the lady down the stairs in the chair. After transferring her to the hospital we got another call on our way back to the station.

This time we were dispatched to an assisted living place and transported a lady to the hospital. I was able to use the oxygen and hook up the electrodes for the monitor. Getting to do a little bit more everyday.

The next call was way outside the city. I wasn't sure where we were going but we eventually arrived at a house where a Ragil was already there and they needed assistance in carry a child out on the chair. So after helping them we were on our way.

Next call was another transport. This time the patient was semiconscious. After I hooked him up to the monitor and hooked in the blood pressure cuff and the paramedic did a few things we just monitored until the hospital. The patient would become more alert and move around a little bit. At one point this caused the IV hose to come out of where it was attached at the arm. Some blood leaked out until we could get a cap on the end. After transferring the patient we had a little clean up to do.

Without getting back to the station we had another call. This time up some more stairs (thankfully not as many stairs as the first call). After the paramedic took vitals and looked at the EKG, things looked normal. However the patient was transported to the hospital just to be safe. This time I helped carry down the stairs. Not too bad with four people doing the work. Just tricky around the corners. After waiting for a bed in the emergency room (it was quite full), we transferred the patient. When we got outside the driver said to me, "scoop and go." Meaning it was the end of our shift and we hadn't gotten back to the station the whole time so we were going to load the bed and go. Hoping to make it back to the station without getting another call.

We did.