Brad's (now retired!) Firefighter/Paramedic...and Other Misc Info..

So my vacation starts...and I'm sore....I'm building visqueen windows for my gazebo (with hot tub inside) to block the wind in the winter. I used to just wrap the whole thing but decided to make these reusable windows. I'm sore because I did a lot of bending and screwing in awkward positions (knock it off you perverts!!!). Anyway...if I get a chance, I'll take a picture of it with cam phone or regular camera and let those that are interested take a look...

On the last Tuesday of the month we check dates and quantities of all our drugs and supplies. It's a necessary evil but a real pain. Up-to-date drugs are exchanged with nearly expired drugs, if any, and then replaced. All along while trying to run calls and throwing the truck back together so you can find everything during a call. On the other hand, it's time for a vacation!!! I usually take of 3 shifts around our anniversary (10/30) (12 years) in case we go anywhere. This year we're going to Mt. Pleasant, MI to meet up with a friend coming from Colorado to visit her parents. We'll stay at a B&B there for a couple of days. ......and I'll try to phone or laptop blog from there......no really!!!! Business-wise, we had our weekly conference call for the business last night which was as good as it always is. We're trying a free conferencing service that you only have to pay for a long distance call. Since most of us have free long distance through MCI or our cel...

Just started playing with the Rent-My-Blog feature of Blogexplosion and my very first renter is..... Haunted House Dressings by Jeremy C. Shipp!!.. Thanks Jeremy and may your traffic and readership both climb!!!

I couldn't blog from the campground because I was on roam...Oh well...We did have a great time though!!!. Very relaxing.. And the picture is of my 2 nephews at the Covered Bridge festival....

Ok..maybe I lied... Maybe I will post by phone blogging while camping if I have service...

We're going camping in the area of the cover bridge festivals in Rockville, IN. The only thing we could find was a primitive site (no electric) but we don't care. My sister-in-law just got back from Louisiana for the Red Cross and set this weekend up for us. So...no blogging from now (October 13) until Next week sometimes... I know, how can you possibly be without my inciteful wisdom?????? Well Just look long longingly at my archive, I guess...LOL. Just got off the station and nothing exciting except the man that went into the police department and wanted them to shoot him...because he was in so much pain. From what? I'm not sure...was a bit hard to understand but I know he had been depressed lately so his wife showed up and took him into the hospital herself...could she have decided that before waking us up at 4:30 AM? ...Was that insensitive?? And just got our XS energy drink...in root beer!!! Go here if you want more info...no carbs, no sugar, 4900% B12 and more!!! Wo...

So we back up a nearby community thta needed a total of at least 3 amblulances for at least 5 kids aged 12-16 that took unknown substances and were semi-conscious. We ended up not transporting but the other community had their ambulances available. I guess Jimson weed was the culprit. They were alone at home but were chatting with online with some other kids. The mom of those kids was alerted and since they lived close, went to the home and the called 911. I never even drank at that age but I may have been a sheltered,shy kid also...LOL. Kids were hallucinating a bit but should be fine.

Well another 10 calls (by the way, if you want a peek at some of our stats and other info about our department, go to http://www.cpfire.com/ ) . 3 back to back including a full arrest and a “man down in the street”. We get to that call and the patient can’t tell us what happened but is cover in blood from head to chest and abdomen….so being the optimist that we medics are…we first look for bullet holes…but can’t find any. We do get out of the pt that he is “very drunk” (Surprise!) and we think he got hit in the head with an unknown object by, of course, by unknown subjects…which later found to be true. He apparently cut someone off while driving (another surprise…hmmm, drinking and driving….) who then got out of the car with a baseballbat and wacked our pt in the head a few times… hence all the blood ( any cut to the head bleeds a lot !). An on the business side, we’ve just been called to host the speaker this Saturday. We’ve known the speaker since we have both been at the same level…...

Well, our Fire Department softball team played the special ed softball team in an exhibition game today. Our police department did the same earlier in the day. No, really... I know it sounds funny but this team finished 2nd in the state in their class! Since our team isn't that good anyway, it was funny to hear their coach say to make it more interesting, they would put some of the bigger players in that had just played the police....I don't think they know how bad we are!!! LOL!! Anyway they had quite a good team but we won. Their players were not severly handicapped and we may not have played quite as hard as we normally would have in a regular game but everyone had a good time and that's what it was all about anyway...and no, Ididn't play since I'm on duty...not to mention pretty bad myself!!!