24 Hours day at the Fire Station Part II

As you read before, life can march on at a snail's pace at the firehouse. After I posted Part I,
I took a walk, looked at the stars, ate Part II of the Red Baron® pizza and drank more tea. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaauuuugh! I heard that! But just when you think it's time for bed and life is too simple, we had 2 back-to-back calls: the first one was a motor vehicle accident at a busy county intersection. Usually not good for the occupants.

BRAKES, not gas!
We arrived on the scene, I'm driving, fast, and we see one car near the intersection, and another car way up in a parking lot. The second car pulled out of the side road in the path of the first car which was traveling at least 50mph. A little Asian lady with an I.D. from the hospital with "RN" stamped on it pulled out (I think), was hit blind-sided, and apparently floored it instead of hitting the brakes. She jumped 2 high curbs, dodged a huge lighted sign, and came to a stop in the parking lot. She was unhurt except for a knot on her head, plus she was not oriented to time, a bad sign to us paramedics. We helped load her in the bus (ambulance) and I crawled in and helped set up I.V.'s. Good work, a little excitement, and I had to help cut clothes off. More about that later.

Another call Stu...LET'S GO!
Fire Radio dispatches us at the scene to another call, person down. We're only a mile away, and arrive way ahead of the bus. An elderly gentleman is having problems, mental ones. He is a diabetic, has been sick x 3 days with, let's call it fluid loss, and he drinks beer and eats cookies all the time. This, in case you hadn't guessed it, is a recipe for disaster. We help the tiny EMT tote the man, a large man once we picked him up, down a flight of stairs. The house he lived in was easily $375,000+. Which goes to show you, er, what exactly does it show you?

Bedtime, finally
Back at the firehouse, I eat my cereal, make up the bed, and unwind writing emails until midnight. Then I read a bit and crash before 1am. I've been a little punchy all day, and need to quit now so I can run fix supper for my blushing bride of...a few years. Chicken Parmesan avec rice, and cabbage casserole (like squash casserole except put cabbage in instead). Easy.

I get see the wife for a little while tonight. Back to work for 24 more Friday. It's payday.

Life is good.

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