4/29/2009

Presidents and Press Conferences

Thank you president Obama. Without you how would we know that to prevent Swine flu we should... wash our hands, cover our mouths, and stay home if we are sick. I am not sure about you but I have known this since I was 2. Get off my tv and talk to people who care.

I strongly dislike when presidents interrupt regular programming to hold a press conference. I also dislike when they do it because something they deem really important happens. I do not mind a quick blurb or a scrolling across the bottom of the screen.

I feel that maybe there should be a tv channel completely devoted to the president and world events or something like that. A news team on every continent could broad cast on it for 2 hours a day each covering world events on their continent that are important. And when the president feels that he has something really important to say he can go on there and talk to his hearts content. And they can replay the president on it for those that missed it the first time and really want to see it. Heck make it interactive let us pose questions for him.

Sorry I really have nothing against presidents or press conferences and I am not that addicted to tv I just really do not like all 3 together.

4/24/2009

Results

Today I found out many things
a) I do not have Tuberculosis (I already knew that) 1 test down 1 to go.
b) I got offered the job I have been waiting for. Outside doing first aid all summer!!!
c) My parents really are worried about me going away all summer.
d) Allison (my car) looks better with out paint on her front bumper.
e) My Big Brother from school is graduating in a couple of weeks and is on his way to being a grownup.

My brother is also sleeping next to me on the couch right now he got leave for a week before he is leaving again.

Today is a good day.

4/18/2009

Yay for paperwork

Today I received my Pre-Paramedic paperwork and it made me feel like a dog. I have to prove that I have had all of my shots and in the proper order and amount. I also have to go get more shots and boosters to satisfy the requirements of my program. MMR, TB, Varicella, Hep B, Hep A (recommended),Tetanus. Not that bad but still trying to find the records is tough when you have had several different doctors over the years.

Yay for TB tests I have to have a 2 step test again because it has been 12 months and 4 days. At least this time I know I am allergic to their bandages so I will not get a false positive due to a bandage reaction this time.

Well off to become a human pincushion. Here is hoping I do not have TB.

4/15/2009

Paramedic Mandatory Meeting

Today I went to the mandatory meeting about paramedic school. I showed up 25 minutes early and was told that I was at the wrong building but that they could set up a Video Conferencing relay for me so I did not have to make the hour drive and miss the meeting.

So they set me up in a quiet room with a note pad and a pen staring at a tv screen of an empty room. Not a good sign when the meeting was supposed to have started 5 minutes ago. Then the teacher and my fellow classmates showed up and we got down to business it was slightly awkward but not too bad.

Then a woman came into my room to give me the papers that I was supposed to be filling out. She chatted with the people on the tv for awhile and then left.

5 minutes later there was a man outside my door signing.
He signed "need interpreter?".
I signed "No".
He signed " Deaf?”.
I signed “No hearing”.

Yes folks that is right apparently if you accidentally sign while you are talking you get an interpreter! It made me happy because they were trying to make sure that I knew what was going on and being helpful.

I also found it hilarious that at the meeting for a profession in which you cannot be deaf I was asked if I was deaf.

4/11/2009

I love WI

So for the last few days I have been up north in northern WI. Now as many of you know it is pretty much Spring in most of the country. Well not here it isn't today I had to shovel snow out of the way so I could walk down to the lake. Then I proceeded to walk out to the end of the pier and walk across said lake. Yes in northern WI the lakes are still frozen enough to be considered safe to walk and ice fish on. The lake still has 2 feet of ice in the center but the edges are sketchy. I also made a very large bonfire to burn all the wood and pine needles that fell during late fall and winter. This was so that come true spring we can plant things. And by things I mean anything that the deer will not instantly devour. I have also been interviewing for a summer job and I will know by the end of the week if I have the job or not. I would be health officer at a camp this summer. Well that is all.

4/08/2009

Marine Corp Symbol


So I have decided that this Blog will be Bipolar. I will be posting about the Marine Corp and I will also be posting about Paramedic school. So today's Marine bit is the story of the Marine Corp symbol.

"We stole the Eagle from the Air Force,
The Anchor from the Navy,
The Rope from the Army,
and on the seven day when GOD rested,
we overran his perimeter and stole the Globe,
and have been protecting our shores ever since,

We Are.....The United States Marine Corp

4/07/2009

Plagerism

Ok so this following story I found years ago on the internet and I have no clue who wrote it. I amm going to post it any way. If you know tell me and I will give credit.

When the Lord made EMT's, he was into his sixth day of
overtime when an angel appeared and said,
"You're doing a lot of fiddling around on this one,"
And the Lord said,
"Have you read the specs on this order?

An EMT has to be able to carry an injured person up a wet, grassy
hill in the dark, dodge stray bullets to reach a dying child unarmed, enter
homes a health inspector wouldn't touch, and not wrinkle their uniform."

"He has to be able to lift three times his own weight, crawl into wrecked
cars with barely enough room to move, and console a grieving mother as he is
doing CPR on a baby he knows will never breathe again."

"He has to be in top mental condition at all times,
running on no sleep, black coffee, and half eaten meals.
And he has to have six pairs of hands."

The angel shook her head slowly and said, "Six pairs of hands....no way."
"It's not the hands that are causing me problems," said the Lord,
"It's the three pairs of eyes an EMT has to have."
"That's on the standard model?" asked the angel.

The Lord nodded. "One pair that sees open sores as he's drawing blood and
asks the patient if they may be HIV positive,"
(When he already knows and wishes he'd taken that accounting job)

"Another pair here on the side of his head for is partner's safety.
Another pair of eyes here in front that can look reassuringly at a bleeding
victim and say 'You'll be all right ma'am' when he knows it isn't so."

"Lord," said the angel, touching his sleeve,
"rest and work on this tomorrow."

"I can't," said the Lord, "I already have a model that can talk a 250 pound
drunk out from behind a steering wheel without incident and feed a family of
five on a private service paycheck."

The angel circled the model of the paramedic very slowly,
"Can it think?" she asked.

"You bet," said the Lord. "It can tell you the symptoms of 100 illnesses,
recite drug calculations in its sleep; intubate, defibrillate, medicate, and
continue CPR nonstop over terrain that any doctor would fear...and still it
keeps its sense of humor."

"This EMT also has phenomenal control.
He can deal with a multi-victim trauma, coax a frightened elderly person to
unlock their door, comfort a murder victim's family, and then read in the
daily paper how EMT's were unable to locate a house quickly
enough, allowing a person to die.
A house which had no street sign, no house numbers, no phone to call back."

Finally, the angel bent over and ran her finger across the cheek of the EMT.

"There's a leak," she pronounced. "I told you that you were trying to put too
much into this model."

"That's not a leak," said the Lord, "It's a tear."
"What's the tear for?" asked the angel.

"It's for bottled-up emotions, for patients they tried in vain to save, for
commitment to hope that they will make a difference in a person's chance to
survive, for life."

"You're a genius," said the angel.

The Lord looked somber, "I didn't put it there."

4/05/2009

Pre paramedic classes

Tomorrow starts the craziness of what I got myself into.

A little background, up until December I was a student at a Big State University. I was in a major I hated and stuck in classes that I didn't need for the major I really wanted. So I mustered up all the courage I had and said, "Screw this, I am becoming a stripper". JK instead I said "Screw this, I am becoming a Paramedic". So I told my parents, and started packing and applying to the paramedic school that was in my home town. Three weeks before the end of the semester I finally told my friends that I would in fact not be coming back at the end of break.

Then I got to figuring out how I was going to pay for school, and a car and still have enough money at the end to set off on my own to go live like a big girl. Alone.

So now I am trying to get all the extra classes required for an associates degree done before I start the Paramedic core classes. These extra classes would not be so bad if I had started at the beginning of the year like most normal students. But no I am trying to cram 2 years worth of classes into 1.25 years. And trying to work at the same time because books are expensive.

So in a matter of 6 weeks I am taking 12 credits. Yeah doesn't sound that bad to you right. Well for a reference each credit is 20 hours of class time and approximately 20 hours of non-class time aka. homework. So...
12 credits x 40 hours per credit = 480 credit hours.
Divide that by 6 weeks and you get 80 hours a week of class work.

So yeah going to school like this is equal to having 2 full time jobs at the same time and having to take tests and learn in them. All in all it makes for an interesting time.

-Freckles

4/03/2009

Marines are Amazing

So today I dropped my Brother off at his Marine Reserve Unit for training. His Unit was recently called to active duty and he was pulled out of classes and told to get his stuff together. He will be training for the next 3 weeks. After that he will be deployed. Deployed to an undisclosed location, with a new unit, from a different state, for an indeterminate amount of time, to do classified things. Yay. I am proud of my brother and I love that he bucked what my parents wanted and decided to join the Marine Corp. However I am going to miss him a lot and I am very worried that he will be injured while doing what he does. Also my parents are very worried about him and are a little crazy about things including him being deployed. They are very over protective in general and this is not helping them relax at all.

Well that is all for now.