Tuesday (24 hours)

09:00: Toned to a "CVA" (stroke) up at one of the nursing homes. The woman was very confused about what had happened and where she was. The nurse there kept talking about her pace maker and how she had had a history of cardiac problems. The woman also was complaining of abdominal pain and she had had bowl problems the past few days. Under supervision, I took her blood glucose level! We transported her to FRH.

11:25: Toned to Andover, Flaghole Road, for backup, but we were canceled en route.

11:35: Re-toned to Andover for a paramedic interception. We started down Rt. 11 and they came speeding by us. We turned around and found them by the side of the road. They had a man who was very dehydrated with an altered mental status (the tone said status 2). He said he hadn't eaten in about a week. Joni took blood and hooked him up to an IV. It took a few tries because he was so dehydrated. It was nice to see my buddies from Andover!

15:00: (3:00) We went on a tour of a new rehab building. It used to be an old orphanage, but had ben converted into a place for people to go recover from alcoholism and drug addiction. It was a great building, but looked like it could be a nightmare in a fire. 

Phil and Emily came to visit!

18:15: (6:15) We were toned to a fire alarm activation right next door to the rehab center we had just visited! I sat up front with Kevin in 7 Engine 1 and got to sound the siren! They had filled the building with smoke from cooking but there was no fire. 

The rest of the night was very quite!! We watched the Sox (they won 2-1) and I fell asleep in an armchair around 11.