Catching up

So I really havent been keeping on up my blog posts and in need of back dating a few of them. Ive kind of been out of service for a month now, September didnt start out to good for me. It all started when I got MRSA. I was sitting at the station one day looking at my left arm wondering what this zit looking spot was on my arm. A few of the guys at the station said it looked like a spider bite. Great just what I needed, well it started to swell more and began to hurt. Went into the ER that night and asked one of the RNs what she thought it was. With out hesitation she said MRSA. With this confirmed we went over to minor care and had the MD look at it. She picked and squeezed at it, took a culture and sent me home with some Bactrim. Later that night the swelling got real bad and I couldnt straighten my arm out. I went back into the ER and this time they decided to cut my arm open and let it drain. After some Demerol and Phenergan I was feeling no pain and on cloud 9. To make a long story short the Bactrim wasnt doing its job and the infection spread up my arm. I got admitted to the Hospital and underwent several dosages of Vancomycin. This helped a lot and boy was I glad because it hurt really bad and well just looked bad one arm swelled up. Let me tell you being off of work for over 2 weeks was a drag. I was so bored and ready to get back to work. To make things worse my room mate was in Texas helping with Hurricane relief and making big $ to boot. After the 2 weeks my wound finally healed up and wasnt draining anymore, I was released to return to work. Just in time to head to Texas with my company for Hurricane Ike. More about that later.

Warning!

So I guess I need to catch up a little on here, I decided to change the name of my blog so I need to fill you in on everything that has happened over the last few months.

Firstly I will warn you that some times I seem to ramble on and not fully explain a subject that I am talking about. If I do that just comment and ask a question and I will fill you in a little more. And then some times I just go really out there in my typing and loose track of what I am talking about. So be warned!

If you dont like what I have to say, well then get bent!

EMS Rookie

So I got to thinking, my full time partner and house mate has been posting on here for years. I continually read what he has to say and take things to heart. With him being in EMS for many years and myself new to the career I thought I might write about how I see things.

About myself, im 24 and an EMT Advanced. Just got my advanced back in March and been in EMS for little over 1yr now. I started my EMS career on a transport truck for a private company. The months that I spent toating grandma around town really helped me learn a lot about EMS and how to handle things. Dont get me wrong I am still learning new and exciting things every day.

Once I finally moved up to a primary 911 truck for my hometown, it was a real eye opener. Ive spent my entire life in this city and still find new streets all the time. I havent really seen to much of the terrible stuff. Like they say 90% is BS and 10% is actual emergencies. Last week my partner and I assisted another crew on a bad motorcycle accident. This was really my first bad accident I have been to. We occasionally get a few good ones but never anything serious like this. I really dont want to go into detail about it. But afterwards I looked at my partner and jokinly told him he is like Obi Wan Kenobi to me. He always has advice and I always take it to heart.

So with all this being said, I thought it might be a little interesting to write about how I see things. And heck it gives me something to do on the slow days.