Back... Hopefully.

Wow, I sort of fell off the planet there... Big changes since my last post. For starters, I've patched things up with my wife, she's moved back in and we're working through our issues, albiet slowly.

Work has been pretty hectic lately. Seems like our days are getting busier, even though the numbers don't really reflect an increase in call volume. I have also noticed that we seem to be running more intubated patients this month, which certainly isn't a bad thing, it just wears you down after doing so many in a day.

Had a run the other night from Podunk ER out in the West End. The patient had gone in for her first chemo treatment, developed sudden onset SOB followed by respiratory arrest. She was intubated in the ER and placed on Dopamine. Then... They found the Advance Directive. The part I was having trouble dealing with was just getting her saturations to improve, but didn't have very much to play with due to the advance directive. Pretty stressful situation on top of an already stressful day. Boy did I sleep like a rock when we finally made it back to the station.

I've completed my set of powerpoint slides for my airway assessment course I'm teaching and sent it out to the medical director, so we'll see what he thinks about that. It'll be back to work soon on the release exam questions that I put off a while ago.

I bitch a lot about this job and it's shortcomings, but I really do love the work I do. I just wish the business side of things would catch up to the rest of it and start really taking care of the employees. Right now, we're just being treated like cattle. Something's gotta give, and I just hope it's the company instead of more disgruntled folks deciding their time is better spent elsewhere.

Other than that, Taking a vacation to Indiana this weekend to go visit my Grandfather & Aunt, so should have fun there.

See ya.