Off we go!

As of December 19th I was officially cleared for the road... Yay!!

Sometimes I surprise myself, and lately I've had a few of those sometimes. I made it through the orientation, and more importantly, the two weeks of training. It had its ups and downs, but I made it. And after being cleared and on the road for two weeks... I love my job.

I've been meaning to post more. Really. I keep trying to write about some of the things I've learned, some of the calls I've been on and the things I've seen. But each time I sit down and face the blank screen, words escape me.

This job is not always easy. But it sure doesn't get boring.

This year has been a whirlwind. If you had asked me in January what I thought I'd be doing in 12 months, I would never have thought I'd be where I am now. And I wouldn't have it any other way. I love what I'm doing and I can't wait to see what this new year will bring! :)

Progress

Saturday marked my official half-way point in training with this new job. A week of orientation dragged by, and then I had my first full week out on the road. It's been interesting so far, a lot of ups and downs. But I'm loving it. I don't know how you all keep up with work, blogging, reading other people's blogs, twittering, etc etc. I'm only doing 40 hours a week right now, but it feels like all I've been doing is driving, working, learning, studying maps, and more driving. The main thing I have to work on is moving patients laterally. I've got the strength, but somehow my technique is not quite right and I'm having a hard time. I have yet to have any actual 9-1-1 calls. :-\ So far I've had all transfers. I guess I never realized just how much of those ambulance companies do. Oh, and get this. I cannot, for the life of me, back up or parallel park my own tiny car. But give me a huge ambulance and I've got no problem. How does that work?

I will write more later, I'm off two days this week so I should have time to get some of my thoughts together. But I just wanted to write a short note to say that I am alive and things are moving along!

Stay safe out there.