Mary Holland's Blog – January 2008 Archive (4)

A Busy Day in Sumter

EMS CALLS:
Sumter County Emergency Medical Services responded to 56 calls Sunday, including 40 medical calls, two assaults, two motor vehicle wrecks, three falls, one heat/cold call, six other traumas, one cardiac arrest and one fire standby.

FIRE CALLS:
The Sumter Fire Department responded to seven calls Sunday, including one medical call, five false alarms and one other call

Added by Mary Holland on January 30, 2008 at 5:22pm — No Comments

When God Made Paramedics......

When God made paramedics, He was into His sixth day of overtime.

An angel appeared and said, "You're doing a lot of fiddling around on this one."

God said, "Have you read the specs on this order?

A Paramedic has to be able to carry an injured person up a wet, grassy hill in the dark,

dodge stray bullets to reach a dying child unarmed,

enter homes the health inspector wouldn't touch,

and not wrinkle his…

Continue

Added by Mary Holland on January 23, 2008 at 11:40am — No Comments

I am just an Ambulance Driver

	For all of our friends that give so much for others and get so little back... standing in chest deep water,freezing rain falling and stinging as it hits the exposed parts of my body. Holding her head above water to keep her from drowning until rescue could get there to cut her free--- BUT I'M JUST AN…

Continue

Added by Mary Holland on January 18, 2008 at 9:36am — 2 Comments

Welcome 2008!

Well the new year is upon us, hope it brings lots of exciting things. Spent New Years Eve in the arms of my Baby so how could it go wrong! Worked a 24 hour shift New Years Day. We were very busy with all the normal calls, chest pain, pain all over and of course multiple psych pts. It was all in all a good day. Nobody died in my truck and that is always a good thing. Started off with a new partner as well. Looks like it will be a very busy year as usual, but not gonna let anything get me down.… Continue

Added by Mary Holland on January 3, 2008 at 10:57am — No Comments