"Early in the morning, risin' to the street"
Ok, so I really wasn't singing Sublime, but it was early in the am and off we went. Working some OT at 31's, call came in as difficulty breathing. Sure was!
Guy was slouched over next to his bed. Very dusky too. Oh boy, thought we had a PNB. Not quite, but close. I've never seen that bad of respiratory distress. Perhaps in the ICU, but never out in the field. Anyway, after we placed him on the stair chair, we starting working towards the door of the bedroom. Now the blanket that was underneath him kept getting caught up in the wheels. Sounds mundane I know, but important here. As I picked it up.....WHAM!!! The guy was slouching so far over the side of the chair, we slammed his face right into the side of the wall. Oops. A few moments later we were downstairs and placing him on the cot. And guess what, he was coming around. Funny to think that maybe it was him getting his face planted into the wall the helped him wake up. Positive note though is that he was making an impressive recover from when we first got there.
And right after this run, took another where a baby was just delivered. Got there, and yep, kid was there. Extremely hairy little boy. Anyway, I'm guessing the dad wasn't medically trained because he told us that after the baby came, he was trying to pull the umbilical cord out. Really pal? Anyway, boss cut the cord, got things stabilized and then they were off.
Was nice to have two legit runs during the night.
Byrge
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