{"id":17360,"date":"2012-09-27T07:46:01","date_gmt":"2012-09-27T14:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigmedicine.ca\/wordpress\/?p=17360"},"modified":"2013-01-04T15:11:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-04T22:11:00","slug":"newman-the-positive-paramedic-project-79-ciao-bella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bigmedicine.ca\/wordpress\/2012\/09\/newman-the-positive-paramedic-project-79-ciao-bella\/","title":{"rendered":"Newman | The Positive Paramedic Project #79 Ciao Bella"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A nugget of Big Medicine every day.#79 Ciao Bella<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

We were dispatched to a road traffic crash for a pedestrian down. On the way to the call the radio crackled with an update \u2013 the victim was a seven-year-old male trapped beneath a car.<\/p>\n

We hadn\u2019t even made the intersection before we were flagged by people on the street. There was a woman wailing in the middle of the road. Three men were pointing under a car stopped atop the crosswalk painted on the street.<\/p>\n

\u201cOhmygawd he\u2019s under there,\u201d<\/em> The woman was sobbing. An engine, truck, and manpower squad pulled up behind us. We all made our way over to the car.<\/p>\n

I peered into the shadows. There was a black lab trapped under the chassis. He had a broken leg and big sad eyes. He was quiet and looking right through me.<\/p>\n

The decision to proceed with the rescue came as a simultaneous murmur of assent that rippled through the combined crews.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re here. Let\u2019s help. Otherwise she\u2019s liable to have a heart attack,\u201d<\/em> said the fire officer motioning to the crying woman still standing in the street.<\/p>\n

The firefighters did a masterful job with the extrication. We transferred the dog to our backboard, splinted his leg, bandaged some cuts and then loaded the board onto the stretcher and into the rig.<\/p>\n

I called it in on the radio. \u201cEn route to CV Victoria.\u201d<\/em> CH was the abbreviation for Centre Hospitalier.<\/p>\n

CV? The dispatcher didn\u2019t miss a beat. \u201cDoes your patient have two legs or four?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cFour.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201c10-4. A supervisor will meet you at the CV. I\u2019ll chat with you when you get back from uh- vacation in a few days. And by the way, everyone here wants to tell you guys \u2013 good job!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

Bella the Office Hamster and treasured house pet died this week.<\/p>\n

She was old for a hamster. She lived and loved quietly. \u00a0Bella passed peacefully in the place that she called home.<\/p>\n

I provided gentle palliative care. Bella munched on warm oatmeal served up on a spoon.<\/p>\n

She crawled out of her nest to curl up in the palm of my hand. I carried her around with me as I completed chores.<\/p>\n

We paused at the window so she could have a look at the leaves and the trees. She twitched her whiskers and peered outside. And then she tucked her head into my hand and went to sleep.<\/p>\n

Be well. Practice big medicine.<\/p>\n

Hal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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