Firefighter Intern: Day 34 and 35
Oct. 20th, 2018 07:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
grim23Firefighting is all about ass - busting ours to save yours. ~ Author Unknown
I got to spend the day studying and working on a take-home quiz on Airway Management and Respiration/Artifical Ventilation, as there wasn't much going on at the station. There were almost no calls, until about dinner timer, when we got three calls in a row, including a residential fire and a medical call one with multiple patients - although most of the calls were no transport or recalls. I went to bed earlyish, and I'm glad I did.
We were toned out at 5:30am for a woman who was reporting chest pain, but after some time we transported her to the hospital with a more likely severe COPD and a kidney infection. I started out as a Firefighter in U482, and ended up in Medic 481 with the transport, beginning to figure out simple airway management and how to be the best help in the back of the Medic rig. By the time we got back to the station, we had time for a quick cup of coffee before ...
The second day was devoted to the ongoing Firefighter Academy. We spent the morning in turnout and SCBA drills, and learning about hand tools and their placement on the various apparatus. After a quick lunch, we dressed out again in our turnouts (train like you work) and spent the first part of the afternoon with the Forcible Entry prop, practicing different techniques for opening locked doors facing both ways and swinging both ways, and different construction types. We also worked on ventilation, tool maintenance, and hose and hydrant operations.
I have been officially added to the Oregon Health Authority list for authorized personnel on Oregon Ambulance services, justified because I am an EMS Student, and I will now be officially reassigned to Medic 481 as 'riding third' in the back of the Medic rig. I'm not just automatically assigned as a Firefighter on Engine 481 anymore! I will be getting a lot more emergency medical operations experience. *grin* Almost as soon as I wrote this, we were toned out on Engine 481 for an Illegal Burn call that turned out to be a well-maintained fire pit of a front yard. We didn't even get into our turnouts.
We had a peaceful night, and I got some good sleep.
Tomorrow I'll be wearing my EMS Student uniform and doing my clinical rotation at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center Emergency Department, required for my EMT training.
I got to spend the day studying and working on a take-home quiz on Airway Management and Respiration/Artifical Ventilation, as there wasn't much going on at the station. There were almost no calls, until about dinner timer, when we got three calls in a row, including a residential fire and a medical call one with multiple patients - although most of the calls were no transport or recalls. I went to bed earlyish, and I'm glad I did.
We were toned out at 5:30am for a woman who was reporting chest pain, but after some time we transported her to the hospital with a more likely severe COPD and a kidney infection. I started out as a Firefighter in U482, and ended up in Medic 481 with the transport, beginning to figure out simple airway management and how to be the best help in the back of the Medic rig. By the time we got back to the station, we had time for a quick cup of coffee before ...
The second day was devoted to the ongoing Firefighter Academy. We spent the morning in turnout and SCBA drills, and learning about hand tools and their placement on the various apparatus. After a quick lunch, we dressed out again in our turnouts (train like you work) and spent the first part of the afternoon with the Forcible Entry prop, practicing different techniques for opening locked doors facing both ways and swinging both ways, and different construction types. We also worked on ventilation, tool maintenance, and hose and hydrant operations.
I have been officially added to the Oregon Health Authority list for authorized personnel on Oregon Ambulance services, justified because I am an EMS Student, and I will now be officially reassigned to Medic 481 as 'riding third' in the back of the Medic rig. I'm not just automatically assigned as a Firefighter on Engine 481 anymore! I will be getting a lot more emergency medical operations experience. *grin* Almost as soon as I wrote this, we were toned out on Engine 481 for an Illegal Burn call that turned out to be a well-maintained fire pit of a front yard. We didn't even get into our turnouts.
We had a peaceful night, and I got some good sleep.
Tomorrow I'll be wearing my EMS Student uniform and doing my clinical rotation at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center Emergency Department, required for my EMT training.
