Yom Rishon

(MDA Hip Hop Crew)

Yom Rishon. Sunday. The day after Shabbat when all the things which were bothering you on Shabbat you would now want to go to the hospital for. Suppose to be a busy day. Nope. Snoozer.

First call was to a chicken packaging plant. The smell was bad enough with the brief whiffs coming through the window as we were trying to find exactly where in the complex we were needed. The call was for a fainting. I don't blame them with all the stench and everything. We finally talked with someone who let us know that the patient had been taken to the hospital already by their boss. I can't say I was too sad about not having to get out and work in that pleasant stench.

The next time out was taking home one of the MDA station workers who wasn't feeling good. Keeping with good protocol we take their blood pressure on the way. It's okay. Drop them off and it is back to the station.


The rest of the shift is filled with some sleep, chatting with Anas, playing chess with Anas (he won) and watching an episode and a half of Grey's Anatomy (I might be hooked now). At the end of our shift someone is brought to the station with an ankle injury. After it was bandaged we took them to the hospital.

Even though it was right at the end of the shift it worked out well because I got to go on one more call with Samech. And give Samech and Anas their gifts. I had these t-shirts made with a tricked out MDA ambulance on the front and on the back in Hebrew it said "MDA Hip Hop Crew" in honor of our epic EMS inspired dance party. Pictures were taken. And as an added bonus Or, one of my favorite local volunteer (okay probably my favorite) was starting a shift so I got to say hello, take a picture with her and then say a proper see you later (she said something about see you in heaven but that seemed ominous or like she was going to kill me).


So not an exciting call day but well worth it for the people I got to see and spend time with.