Day 99 - EMT all day...We covered Patient Assessments and Respiratory Distress. As EMTs for the fire department, we are allowed to give 2.5 m/ls of albuterol. We discussed the method of administrating, and well as other Respiratory issues. No PT.
Day 100 - A special day. My birthday. We spent the morning in our turnouts. Each academy has a video created for them, about them. Our videographer needed a few extra shots. We were all divided into three groups and given tasks. My group was sent over to the vehicles. Part of our group worked on extrications. The rest of us prepped a car for a car fire. I'll be honest...I stayed low key during the extrication shots. I wanted to do the car fire. So when the time came around, four us loaded up on a fire truck driven by the captain. He pulled us around back, turned on all the lights, sirens and horns, mashed the gas and took off towards the fire. The first two cadets jumped off and hooked up the hydrant. My partner and I took a short ride to the car fire, jumped off the truck, grabbed the hose, and went to town. It was a fun way to end the morning.
We spent the rest of the day working on patient assessments.
For additional video footage, we were sent to Ralph's. There he introduced us to the tires. Three BIG tires. The first station involved us flipping over a 200 pound tire (with one arm), jumping through it, and then flipping it back over (using the opposite arm). At the next station we flipped over a 400 pound tire (one at a time in groups of six) up and down the gym floor. The last station did the same exercise as above, but upped the tire weight to 500 pounds.
Our second round of tires had us flipping over and jumping through each tire in sequence. So each set consisted of 3 flips and 3 jumps. We did 3 or 4 sets a piece.
It was a great way to end the week.
Day 101: Not much to the day. We took an EMT test, talked about Cardiovascular issues, did a few assessments, and then had a nice run at the Riverpark. A very relaxed Monday....
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