Stage Update.

I have began "leading" on all the interventions, and while I have a lot to learn, I'm coming along fairly quickly as a paramedic. We've been fairly busy each night, getting 5-6 calls a night, and I've gotten a lot of different calls. A woman who was literally struggling for air, a 17 year old aggressive patient intoxicated on alcohol and cocaine, to a woman who really just wanted a ride to the hospital because she was bored. The coolest thing so far, was we did a transfer from Anna Laberge Hospital, to Pierre Boucher. A man was having a Heart Attack, and they needed to unblock his arteries at Pierre Boucher. We transferred him there, then I watched the surgeons perform the angioplastie. I still haven't seen any major trauma, or had to perform CPR, or Intubation. But I'm loving it more then you can imagine. The staff at Anna Laberge Hospital have been so nice to me, very patient and understanding when I'm giving my reports. The Staff at CETAM Chateauguay has been so nice to me it's incredible. I feel I've learnt more in 5 days of stage then 10 months of school.
We got a call for a 17 year old female, who got in a fight with her boyfriend. She was intoxicated with beer and coke, she was combative and aggressive, she punched and spit on some police officers. She had her hands cuffed behind her back, and had blood all over her (during the physical exam we noticed the blood was from her boyfriend, she punched him in the face and broke his nose) All throughout the intervention the patient was kicking her feet, moving, cussing etc... We tied her to the stretcher and a police officer came in the Ambulance with us en route to the hospital. Out of all the cops, and all the Paramedics, I was the only one able to calm her down, stop her from fighting, and get information like what happened and how much drugs and alcohol she took. It's a pretty nice feeling to have police officers tell you, you did a great job while you're on your stage. I love this job more then you could imagine.