It's 8am and I'm back on shift for another 24 hours. The day started at 8:49 with a call to the local hospital for an emergency transfer of a 36 year old female that was in active labor. Problem being, she was only 22 weeks along and her water had broke and she was dialated to an 8! We took her lights and sirens to another hospital that was capable of handling this type of labor. We got back to the station just before noon.

At 2:45 pm we were dispatched to a local beauty salon where a 74 year old female had fallen outside and possible broken her leg. After some morphine her pain level had decreased to the point we could move her and not cause to much discomfort. We transported her to the local ER and the last we saw of her she was on her way to x-ray. Before we could clear the hospital we were sent on another medical emergency across town. This turned out to be the same frequent flyer we transported the last shift. We'll call her Mary Frost (the name has been changed to protect the innocent). Mary was once again complaining of chest pain and difficulty breathing. She was also taken to the local ER for further evaluation.

It's now 5:15 pm and we're back at the station. Time for some supper and hopefully and uneventful evening and a good nights sleep.

It's 6:50 pm and we're dispatched to a local assisted living facility for a 89 y.o. male reported to be having chest pain. When we got there it turned out to be a belly ache. The patient told us he had ate too much Christmas candy and cookies. Apparently the staff over reacted. We did convince him to go with us to be checked out just to make sure there were no problems. He reluctantly agreed. We cleared the hospital and were back at our station by 8:45.

At 10:05 pm we were dispatched to one of our frequent flyers. This time however it turned out to be her daughter that is two months pregnant. We'll call her Jo Prickett (name change). Jo's 17 years old and only two months into her pregancy. Although we haven't responded to many calls for her, she is starting to become a regular. Jo was complaining that her belly was cramping and wanted to go to the hospital. We got back to the station at 11:20 and decided it was bedtime.

It's now 7:20 am and we slept thru the night. That's a rare occurance at this station. The EMS gods must have felt pitty on us from our last shift. Time to start getting ready for the next shift to take over.

Until next time - be safe and be happy!