Labor Day

Worked 13 and a half hours at holiday double time and a half pay. Slow day. Spent most of the time covering a suburban town.

1st call was a COPDer with dsypnea and dizziness. She turned out to have a rapid afib at 170. I gave her Cardizem and that worked well, knocking her down to 70.

Later we did a kid who had a sparkler blow up in his hand, and he had 2nd degree burns over his hand and all his fingers. I put moist dressings on the hand and gave him 5 of morphine.

Last call was for a woman with the flu.

The one thing that was nice about today was all the patients and their families were very appreciative of our help. Each time we said good by, they thanked us and they said it in such a genuine way that I really felt they meant it.

It was nice.

Plus we got paid.