Subaqua Sternal Rubs

I never though I would see it: an actual post in the EMS category. Not one, but two EMS calls in the past week. Nothing spectacularly interesting, but it's something nonetheless.

Last week one of the campus Physician Extenders (campus EMS) calls me up to ask for some assistance back boarding a student that fell on slippery, wet, outdoor tile stairs. Believe it or not, the campus "ambulance" runs with only 1 crew. They have to improvise if it's anything more than a sore throat and the patient actually needs care on the way to the hospital. Crazy. And did I just spell improvise with an "s"? Wow, I've been in an English-English-speaking country too long. [Edit: It's even funnier now that after running spell-check, that even my spell check seems to think it is spelled with an "s," even though the server is located in Houston, TX. Well, I guess they did give us that brillant scholar we have for a president.) Anyways, up to the hospital for some x-rays and an overnight observational stay for "pain management." Or maybe the census was low at the privately run hospital, and the opportunity for income was seized?

Anyways, today someone knocked on my door to tell me that someone hurt themselves playing basketball (a seemingly-daily occurrence). A 23-yo male had an anterior-inferior dislocation of his right shoulder (for the 7th time.) Ice, immobilization and a trip up to the General Hospital. After films, and the orthopedic surgeon reducing the shoulder, the patient possibly has a second surgery to repair the labrum to look forward too. Which would kind of suck 3 weeks from the start of finals…

Oh well, that's all the excitement I get around here…

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