A shift on the ambulance

Hey everyone, quick post from the computer at the station. My friend @janton asked if I was on duty today, and as it happens I am! I arrived at 6 AM this morning. Here is a picture I snapped on the drive in of some fog over a farm.

Six hours later, and we have not received a single call. I suppose that's a good thing, since it means no one needed to call 911 (in our town anyway). But at the same time, you do kind of wish for a call to break the monotony. When that doesn't happen, you inventory the ambulance, eat breakfast, watch some TV, chat with your partners, and then post to Steemit! We can hear our dispatcher on the radio talking with other towns in the region. There is a fair amount of activity today, just not in our zone. A couple more interesting calls that I've heard come in: one for an unresponsive person in the drivers seat of a car on the side of the road. Another for an unconscious person after a pretty far fall. When we heard that come in my partner said "I wouldn't want to be conscious either!" EMT's tend to have a morbid sense of humor like that.

In case your curious about what the station looks like, here is a picture I took from the chair I am writing in. This is the "command center" room of the building, with the radios, computers, and the call board.

Here's the kitchen we have in the building. Nicely equipped for anything you'd need. We took the truck to a diner to pickup some breakfast, but you could cook or prepare food here if you wanted. The all-important coffee pot lives here too.

Here is the break room. The couches are comfy and the TV has cable. Good place to relax or nap.

And here is the view from the garage looking out into the driveway. From the time a call comes it, it'll take us no more than 2 minutes to get into the ambulance and out this door and on our way.

That's all for now - there is more to the building but I need to save that for another slow day. It is beautiful outside! Enjoying the weather before it heats up. Even New England can get hot! Hope you all are enjoying the weekend wherever you happen to be.

P.S., as I was wrapping this post up, another ambulance called in over the radio to report they were "back in the saddle" after clearing a scene. Everyone here groaned and rolled their eyes. Don't be cheeky on the radio.

P.P.S., as I was doing some editing and formatting, we finally got a call! It wasn't too exciting, just someone who had a scare with a toxic substance. They are probably going to be fine, but we transported them for monitoring and evaluation anyway.