Trick Or Treat
I don’t usually do Halloween stories. But this year I made an exception.
October 31, 2011
04:o5 – Alarm goes off…hit snooze
04:10 – Alarm goes off….more snoozing
04:15 – Alarm goes off…. look at clock on the nightstand. 4:15…..how can it be 4:15? I always set the alarm for 3:20. Dang it!
04:16 – vaguely aware that I worked overtime on Saturday….the station was close so I set the alarms 45 minutes later…should have checked last night…too late now…trudging to closet…aware that I’m wet with perspiration. …no time to shower
04:17 – In uniform
04:18 – No time to make coffee….grab laptop on the way out the door
04:19 – Start car…open sunroof…and windows
04:20 – Lift off
04:56 – Approaching station…Circle K is on the right…..no time for coffee…ugggh
04:58 – Arrive at station
04:59 – Clock in
05:15 – Frantically looking for lost key to drug compartment
05:20 – Get replacement key
05:30 – En route to west side for posting
05:40 – Arrive Circle K
05:41 – Pouring coffee (extra creamer)
🙂
05:42 – En route to post again
05:55 – Arrive post location (Dunkin’ Donuts)
05:58 – Acquiring wi-fi for laptop
06:00 – Connected
06:15 – Sunrise is unusually beautiful this morning….lots of pink
07:17 – Responding to state prison for woman in active labor – 39 weeks along
07:38 – Maneuvering past vehicles blocking main gate….arrive on scene
07:42 – Arrive bedside….obtain vitals and history….almost full term,….contractions a few minutes apart
07:50 – Move patient to gurney
07:53 – Load patient, IV, EKG, O2, vitals
08:02 – Transporting
08:05 – Call report to hospital
08:08 – Contractions are more frequent and stronger. “Keep breathing through the contractions. You’re doing great. We’re almost at the hospital.”
08:09 – Prison guard gives me a smile
08:15 – Arrive at hospital
08:16 – Security meets us at the door…takes us to waiting elevator
08:18 – Arrive at labor & delivery suite
08:20 – Patient moved to bed
08:21 – Give report to staff
08:23 – Leave labor suite…..walk to nurse’s station…find open counter space to finish writing report
08:27 – Waaaaaaa!!!! Waaaaaaaa!!!!! Waaaaaaa!!!!!!
(It’s a girl)
08:28 – My partner and I turn and look at each other….our mouths drop open as we stare at one another…speechless
08:29 – Holy $#@&…. That was close!!!
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