"We got a pediatric BVM?"

"Yeah."

"Alright...what about the IV boxes; all sealed?"

"Yep, both sealed."

"OB kits?"

"Two of 'em, not like we ever need them," I say with a wink. I hear the pre-alert go out, and we stop checking off the rig to listen.

"Station 1, active labor." My partner glares at me.

"Really, Sam? Didja have to go ahead and jinx us like that?" I jump out of the back and look for the medic.

"John, I'm going on this." As the daughter of an… Continue

I'm barely awakened from my 10:30am nap when an EMT student taps my shoulder.

"Um, Sam," he says quietly, "I think you need to get up; there's a call, and I think it's a code."

Up like a shot, I grab my boots and head towards the rig.

"78 year old male, unconscious, not breathing. Sam, I need you to unhook the monitor, grab the drug box and the IV box and put them all on the stretcher. Can you do this while I drive?"

"Yep," I say regrettably as I hit the wall, "not a… Continue