TUESDAY AS SOME KNOW ALREADY, I HAD A BIT OF AN UT-OH... I DID A ROUNDOFF BACK-HANDSPRING AND I FELT MY KNEE POP AFTER THE ROUNDOFF, THEN FELT IT POP AND MY TIBIA AND FIBULA SHIFTED POSTERIOR TO THE FEMUR WITH A MEDIAL SHIFT IN THE PATELLA DUE TO THE MVMT OF THE 2 LWR LEG BONES ...... IT DIDNT HURT TOO BAD AT FIRST BUT IT WAS SO UNSTABLE THAT I RE-DISLOCATED IT 2X BETWEEN THE GYM AND MY CAR (OF COURSE I WAS STUBBORN AKA DUMB AND FINISHED MY 1/2 HOUR OF CONDITIONING BEFORE HEADING TO THE… Continue

I can now say from experience that having your tib and fib slide posterior to your femur does not feel good whatsoever....... ugg

note to self.... food poisoning totally sux

now I get to self do makeup work for the 10 hours of medic school im missing today... joy.....


anyone a whiz at pathophys?

I was really nervous after completing the dispatcher testing process (my goodness it was long!!!) lots of spelling, and grammer, and memorization, and maps (anyone that even half knows me knows i manage to get lost even WITH my gps system!!!!)



but the HR lady said i did exceptionally well and she was really excited about my past background in volunteering with both fire and police! I got a conditional offer of employment so now i really just need to do the polygraph!



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We will always remember that day



forever in our minds it will stay



as they were full of hate



they chose that certain date



on nine eleven



too early, many were sent to heaven



steel was crushed and lives shattered



all of the trifle things no longer mattered



all eyes were glued to the t.v. screen



not believing what we had seen



everyone was asking why



why did so many have to die?



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TEST AND INTERVIEW WITH DISPATCH NEXT TUESDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

after a loooooooooooooooooong day with some interesting moments, i passed the practical portion of the nremt-i 99 exam, so I just have to pass the written and I will be certified as a medic.

my third station was pediatric IO and it took me 3 attempts instead of the 2 max to get the IO which was weird because I was certain I was doing it right, then when i got it the inner trocar wouldnt come out, i had to pry it and use all of my strength to pull it out, so I mae a formal…

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I have my practical exam for medic tomorrow.... we have 9 different practicals and we can fail up to 6 of them and redo them that day (gives you an idea of how often people fail)

wish me luck, cuz i definitely need it!

~Marie

One of my fellow fire station volunteers who just recently started working at DPSC (dispatch with fairfax county) has said that she's going to talk to HR on monday to get my application pushed through ASAP!!!! this is really exciting due to the fact that if I get the job, once my apartment lease is up in august I will have accrued enough monies to get a house out in the boondocks!!!!!


yay!

:)