It was a good week in the Quest for the Disco Patch. I took my first test on Tuesday and I did very well on it. Don’t get too excited; most of it was stuff we went over in Basic class. But, it’s still a grade and I’m happy that I did well on it.
We also started practicing IVs and subq and IM injections. I think I was the only one in the class who hadn’t done IVs on a dummy or anything like that. I wonder how rare that is… but, it’s true, I was (and still pretty much am) completely green. I think I did OK, considering it was my first attempt at doing it. I got a couple of sticks, I know. We should have another day to practice before check offs next week. We’ll also check off on the injections but, really, that’s not too complicated. IVs though… I could use some more practice! I’ll tackle that hard on Tuesday when we’re back in the lab. Now, I should probably point out that I haven’t tried to stick a real arm yet so we’ll see how that goes when the time comes. Of course, I’m a little nervous and I’m sure I will be for a little while at first. I know I’m not the first and won’t be the last.
I’m already nervous about pharmacology and we haven’t even started on that yet. Patho awaits us first. But, I’ve already started working on my drug cards. Just hope I don’t botch up dosages too badly. I know I’m going to need a good bit of practice on that when the times comes. Consider yourself warned: I’ll be asking for help. 
So that’s pretty much it! Otherwise, it’s just business as usual. As I write this, I’m resting my feet from being at a high school football standby and getting ready to go to bed since I start my weekend 48 at my paid EMS job in the morning. I hope everyone has a great weekend!
Jonathan
