Here I am, “live” from my couch. I’m a little wetter because my wife and I went to see the football game the high school where she teaches is playing in. Then the monsoon started so we left. One of the advantages of not working the ballgames is that I can leave if/when we want to. It’s nice to be back home and relaxing, especially since I begin my 48 tomorrow morning.
My first full week of paramedic school – minus clinicals (we should begin those sometime in September) – is history. We’re still in the midst of what amounts to an EMT-Basic refresher but I’m thankful for that since I haven’t gotten to use all of my skills during the year that I’ve been in EMS. In class we’ve been going through the first chapter and I have to say that I’m impressed so far. In talking about the roles, characteristics and responsibilities of a medic has been an emphasis on CE and research. These are among the areas that lots of people in EMS have been striving for for a while. I’m glad that my textbook advocates for these areas. Of course, this should not be a huge surprise since Dr. Bryan Bledsoe was one of the writers of my book (he also co-wrote my pre-hospital pharmacology book).
Overall, I’m having a blast with learning new things, being refreshed on some skills that I haven’t gotten to use and getting to know my classmates. I may have mentioned it before but it seems that we’ll be a really good group. We’re all still in the getting to know each other stage but we’re all having a good time. I’m thankful that there are a couple of coffee drinkers besides me. I think coffee will be in good supply in our class.
So that’s pretty much been my week in a nutshell. Tomorrow I’m starting my weekly 48 at my paid EMS job and I’m looking forward to a good weekend. I’m hoping I’ll be able to work on more of my drug cards and do some studying between calls. I’ll tweet when and what I’m able to on Facebook and Twitter so please follow me (you can find this info on the Contact page). I hope you have a great weekend, wherever you may be!
Jonathan
