Thursday's Post (a day late)

Thursday was Earth Day at Proctor (Also Thursdays are when there is a make your own smoothie bar at breakfast. Its become a weekly ritual with my roommates). In the morning I participated in Brooks' and Dave's workshop. A bunch of other students and I built a raft which held all six of us, from which we "dredged' the pond with nets and grappling hooks on lines. It was a good time. In the afternoon I painfully went to the library to study Trauma and crank out note cards, as well as the chapter reading. It works well for me to read and then pause to make a card. Most of the things I put on cards aren't even bolded terms, but things I want to remember. I was studying when I got a text from someone listening to the police scanner that there had been some kind of a cycling accident in Andover and the police were investigating. I didn't know any details but went to my truck and headed to the station for the ambulance, assuming we would get toned. Sure enough the tone went off on my way. One challenge I have encountered this spring in general is that what I'm usually wearing on a nice day (shorts and flip flops) isn't appropriate for med calls. For this reason I keep sneakers and pants in my truck, and they really came in handy this time. Jon Colette met me at the station and we headed to the scene across town in the ambulance. We back boarded our patient as a precaution and took her to the hospital. By the time I got back from the hospital dinner was over so I headed over to Ed's in the Wise for some quality eggs and bacon. You're the man, Ed. After that it was back to the library for more studying.