paramedichopeful
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This weekend I got to see a new Chevy C4500 Med. Duty with a Traumahawk (once again my favorite word) mod on it. I went to go get a haircut in prep for my first day of EMT class and find some apparel for off-time. i was in a town about 50 mile away from where I live and was trying to find the mall when I drove by the FD. once I saw what was sitting in the driveway, it took maybe 3 seconds to cross 4 lanes and park myself in the FD's lot. 3 guys were outside washing THE BIGGEST ambulance I have ever seen. I started up there when one of them goes, "Can I help you?". i said, "Oh, I was just driving by and seen this thing out here and just had to check it out". They said, "Well we're the main crew that runs the unit, so if you have any questions just ask us." I ended up socializing for about half an hour before I had the guts to ask them if I could look in the back. When that door swung open, the brightest lights you've ever seen kicked on and flooded the whole back of the ambulance. I was hoping to "get up in there" and look at every inch of it, and it must've showed because they gave me a first rate tour of everything on the unit. After I'd been at the FD for about 2 hours, I decided I'd better go, so I said goodbye to everyone and thanked them for their time. We swapped myspace ID's and are going to create a myspace group just for EMS pros.
So I got a lot out of that. I made some new friends and got to lay on the stretcher in the bck of the Incredible Hulk's ambulance. I loved how it was set up; just perfect for freakish-ly tall people like me, with everything within reach of the pt. area. And I am going to permanently mount a camera in my truck so that I can always get some pics of the stuff I see. Why is it that the best crap always happens when your camera is at home on the kitchen counter?!
So I got a lot out of that. I made some new friends and got to lay on the stretcher in the bck of the Incredible Hulk's ambulance. I loved how it was set up; just perfect for freakish-ly tall people like me, with everything within reach of the pt. area. And I am going to permanently mount a camera in my truck so that I can always get some pics of the stuff I see. Why is it that the best crap always happens when your camera is at home on the kitchen counter?!