This Week

By this time in our class, we've learned most of what the course encompasses and our scenarios are getting crazier and more realistic every time. Today we did a scenario involving 8 passengers in a train which involved a smoke pot, a mock "train car", seats, and a lot of moulage and drama. Despite not wanting to be a patient, I had a lot of fun participating in that drill. I'm ready to move on with class. I'm ready to start the fire season and stay busy. I'm waiting to see if I can play my cards right enough to be put through Intermediate or Paramedic school.

I seem to be nursing a back injury from Lord knows what. The past couple days have been hard on me sitting down, bending over, and walking downhill. I've been doing a lot of hiking to get ready for the grueling PT's we'll be going through next month and I'm not sure if they're the cause of my back pain. At first I thought it was kidney stones until I realized the extent of the pain moving my back in weird directions. Thank God they were not kidney stones.

This week, I head into Fresno for my clinicals: 12 hours on a Paramedic ambulance and 8 hours in Regional Medical Center in Fresno which means a weekend full of trauma, blood, and gore. I can't wait...at the same time, I can't wait to get this week over with. Oh well, 7 classes to go. Not much else is going on...