Everyone gets annoyed with mandatory overtime. I was pretty grumpy coming in tonight. I thought to myself, at least it's a night shift, and at least I'm working with a badass EMT.
First call of the night is an unknown medical to the amusement park... Crap. Every time I go there the staff is panicked and something breaks. One of my previous partners calls it the gypsy curse. Maybe this one will be different.
We pull up and the on staff nurse is running to our ambulance. Ah geez.
10 year old female with stiff arms... Ok....? We find her sitting on a bench with a cop coaching her breathing, which is about 40 times a minute. Sure enough, her arms are "stiff" just like they said.
Mom wants her to to in an get checked. She calms her breathing and feels much better. She turn to the police officer that was with her and asks, "can you come with me?" His response, "absolutely." And jumps in the back.
The whole thing just makes you feel good about your job. Not a single responder involved wrote this call off as stupid. Keep it real, and take care of your patients.
And another great sunset tonight...