lightsandsirens5
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My gosh what a week. It has been one thing after the other. Starting last Monday it has just been absolutely crazy. And it is still going. Bad nasty stuff. Single vehicle into tree. 3 peds (one super critical) and one critical adult. She was 7 months pregnant and lost the baby. People stroking out on me. Completely off psych pts. Rollover with two kids, one with bad cardiac tamponade. Level one cardiacs. An 18 month old with a femur fracture. A 32 YOF, miscarriage. A diabetic who had been lying on the floor so long he had a sub 80* F temp. Add to that the frequent flyers were really at it this week.
And Normally, my service (all crews combined) might transfer 4 critical pts a month to the air amb crew. I personally have had 6 just this week. The hospital has been just a crazy as we have. They flew out 3 pts in the space of an hour tonight. And in the past three weeks, the MedStar fixed wing air amb has come up three times. That is more than in the past ten years combined. It is just so stinking busy around here recently that even the air amb service runs out of birds. I'm telling you......I love it and yet at the same time, I'm ready for about a three day quite spell.
Sheesh!
And Normally, my service (all crews combined) might transfer 4 critical pts a month to the air amb crew. I personally have had 6 just this week. The hospital has been just a crazy as we have. They flew out 3 pts in the space of an hour tonight. And in the past three weeks, the MedStar fixed wing air amb has come up three times. That is more than in the past ten years combined. It is just so stinking busy around here recently that even the air amb service runs out of birds. I'm telling you......I love it and yet at the same time, I'm ready for about a three day quite spell.
Sheesh!
Luck and good thoughts would be welcome 
