Tuesday, July 11, 2006

We fixed him.

Busy Busy Busy...the islands have kept me up all day and all night. Not too many calls, but alot of standbys. Lots of driving around the county. I did however have the cutest kid in the whole damn county in the back of my ambulance. Mom called us at like 0200 for shortness. Her three year old woke up with a pretty nasty sounding cough. Kid had croup, nothing life threating, but that loud, seal bark cough can freak out the most level-headed of parents. It even jarred me for a second before I relized what it was. The kid wasn't very playful in the house, but once out in the truck and post humitified oxygen he was a chatty little thing. We talked about "Cars" and "Madagascar" naming all the characters, we talked about his sisters and brothers. He told me all 6 of thier names, ages and birthdays. Oh and most of his immediate family. He told me all about the trip on the carriages with the horses downtown and his new bicycle. Yeah... its amazing what a little oxygen can do. It really is the best drug we carry on the ambulance. It can turn a three year old into a little chatty-kathy. It fixes most cardiac problems, like PVCs. It can turn a CHFer or asthmatic around in a matter of seconds. It can postpone the effects of shock and even lessen the pain from Migranes. Yep oxygen is ia great little thing, but I do like watching Adenocard work the best.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yes O2, also gvreat when the placeboo aren't working anymore... darwin

Stacey said...

I love non serious kid calls. Once you get the kid calmed down you can just goof around with them all the way to the hospital. It is a nice change of pace from dealing with the grumpy old people all the time. The best compliment I ever got was from a 5 year old kid who had slammed his finger in a car door (partial amputation of the tip of his finger) He said "Firemen used to be my heroes but now I think ambulance people are waaaaaaaay cooler." That call was about 5 months ago and I still smile when I think about it.

painter in hiding said...

thats awsome, kids are great. My mother was a RN in the local Pediatric ER, so she has helped me through some of the more serious peds calls. but its always fun to get a not so sick child, esp. when they have such a great little personality, like my patient...and when the parents are cool, like his were.

Anonymous said...

It's 2 in the morning. I am looking for information on croup. My 3 year old has it bad. Trying to decide if we should go to the hospital. Stuck his head in the ice-box. Kinda helped. He's in bed now calmer but kind of wheezy. Scary, don't like it. His name is Joe. He likes ambulances too.