Tour 4

Friday Day Shift (0730-1730):
- last tour now... do or die! Under the microscope now! So CLOSE to passing and graduating... and yet so far from actually doing so! Anything can happen in one tour that can really screw you over!
- one real call today: 14 year old girl who fainted during her exam and was unresponsive for around 5 minutes. She was perfectly fine when we got out there to Chestermere. BUT her bp was really low for unknown reasons so... we transported her.
- two other 'fake' calls: one was a supposed OD... but he wasn't and it was more police matter so we just left. And another was a 4 car accident with some pretty bad damage... but all 4 drivers were perfectly fine and walking around with absolutely no complaints... so we left and left it to police and fire.

Saturday Day Shift (0730-1730):
- not a bad day... 3 calls total.
- first call was for a 16 year old pregnant girl whose contractions were starting. The info we were given on our way there made us think we had an imminent delivery on our hands... but she was only 3cm dilated by the time we got her to the hospital... so she has another 24 hours to wait or so, lol. But 16 years old!!
- second call was for an elderly lady who slipped and fell and 'possibly' dislocated her hip as the doctor who 'assessed' her on the PHONE determined! When we got there... she had perfect mobility to both legs... good distal pulses AND was able to weight bear and walk on her own! Phone assessments from doctors... to a nursing home that apparently is considered one of the WORST in all of Calgary. sigh.
- third call was for an elderly man who was feeling weak and having tremors all over. He started to get wheezes on the way to the hospital... and had a high fever without him knowing about it... very strange symptoms. But probably sepsis.

Sunday Night Shift (1730-0730):
- dropped by the EMS headquarters to get some maintenance work done on our equipment... it's a nice building.
- had 2 actual calls all night. One was someone with... what appears from all accounts to be indigestion! lol. That was a strange call. The other was a patient who had problems everywhere... pain everywhere... headache, sharp jaw pain... chest pain that moved around... left flank pain... left hip pain... right arm numbness... left arm pain... and in the end... we gave him some drugs and he felt better and decided to leave the hospital before even getting checked out cause the wait time was too "long"... some people... the WORST pain in his life ever... and he decides to just walk out because the wait was too long, lol. Was looking after another crews patient so that that crew could go home since their shift ended... and that patient decides that he NEEDS to go for a smoke... so... we bumped him back into the waiting room!
- had another car accident on Deerfoot... with absolutely no injuries again, lol

Monday Night Shift (1730-0730):
- had 4 calls tonight. One was someone with extreme food poisoning from eating at Oriental Phoenix, lol. One was with possible kidney stones. Another was a bipolar patient who OD'd and was hallucinating seeing maggots in which he then attempted to burn the maggots with a can of hair spray and a lighter!! The last one was a 14 year old female who was totally intoxicated... enough that we almost intubated her. We pumped some fluid into her and she regained some consciousness and then started asking for hugs and kisses... so... we figured she had taken Ecstacy and probably a bunch of other drugs as well.
- So, I passed my practicum!! Which means I passed my course! 4.0! lol Now, I just have to wait 4 months for my provincial certification exam... sigh. Oh well... gives me time to focus on DVBS and the future...
- Leaning towards maybe working Rural for a year or two... seems the experience gained through Rural will benefit me as a medic overall. I could probably jump directly into city or Calgary Health region... but I'd be a poor medic because I wouldn't have the experiences. So... I'm going to start looking into rural placements!