Little guy wrestling.

I got up and started looking for my fire department uniform. It had been a while since I last wore it and now I could not find my belt. I had to use my old one. I has ready and headed to Pullman. I had to meet Dan at the fire station at nine o'clock am. We were going to do first-aid at the wrestling tournament at Pullman High school.

I met up with Dan and we grabbed the trauma kit from the fire engine at Station thirty-two. We drove to the high school. It did not take long to discover we were not doing a high school wrestling meet, it was a wrestling meet for kids five to fifteen years of age. It did not dawn on me however that I should have the pediatric trauma bag as well.

About ten minutes after we got there a call came was toned out for a man having a seizure. When they said it was the high school parking lot, Dan and I headed out there. We got to the car, and there was a guy in the back seat and a kid on the phone with Whitcom. I took patient care until the ambulance arrived. Dan and I helped get things started in the ambulance and then went back in to the high school gym.

It was pretty uneventful. There were some minor things that happened where we would look at someone, but nothing more would be done. At the end of the day, however, we were standing near the main announcer's podium. Actually I was sitting next to it and Dan was standing next to me.

Someone walked past us and handed and told the announcer to ask for the "paramedics" to respond to the main office. He announced it over the microphone. Dan and I looked at each other then headed for the main office. We were surprised that the person needing the help did not stop at us rather than walking past us to the announcer. Then the announcer did not say anything to us directly. We were right next to him for crying out loud!

Oh well, there was someone who needed help. We got into the office and ended up calling for an ambulance to respond. A seven year-old was driven to the ground breaking his collarbone. We treated him, but I realized that because these are young kids that we would need the pediatric bag for doing a blood pressure. If we needed to use an airway adjunct or a bag-valve-mask we would not be able to do so.

It turned out that the kid was transported to the hospital by his parents. I had to go to the main station to do a computer report on the refusal on the transport.

Afterward I was supposed to throw the ball with a couple people on the softball team. I got there at about thirty-five after four. They were already gone. So I missed out on that.

I went back to Colfax. I was going to change and go back to Pullman for a party. It started at six o'clock pm. I ended up not going after all. I spent most of the evening at home watching some movies on TV. Then I went shopping for some stuff at the store for dinner.