Franklin B Shift Sunday 5/8 part 1

I got to Franklin this morning for B shift at 6:59, one minute early due to my good timing and motivation in getting to my first 24 hour shift on senior project. Unfortunately my project sponsor's watch was a little fast! An hour into the shift we got a pre alert tone and the klaxon sounded. A few seconds later the tones went off again for a difficulty breathing echo level call. Calls are classified by the 911 disptachers on a scale of aplha, bravo, charlie, delta, or echo. Alpha indicates a less serious emergency while echo indicates a very serious emergency. I took my seat in the ambulance and we headed out. For legal and privacy reasons I won't be able to go into detail about the calls I go on, but this call was interesting and especially worthwhile for me to go on because it involved Advanced Life Support, care given by the paramedic on our shift, which I rarely see with Andover Rescue. We also used a special kind of immbolization device which was new to me. We went to the grocery store after the hospital to get food for breakfast. After a huge breakfast cooked by Captain Golthwaite we inventoried ambulance 2. It's good to go through all of the cabinets and equipment to familarize myself with the set up. The rest of the morning was slow call wise. We debriefed more on the WET team training which included setting up a tyrolian traverse in the station. Captain Golthwaite also taught me some cool new knots. It's almost time for dinner, then quiet time and eventually bed. I'm hoping we get another call before the shift ends tomorrow at 0700.