Biomed

Howdy everyone,

Things have been really slow around here lately. I haven't had a single decent call in a long time; just the usual routine transports. Oh well, I guess no calls are good calls.

I invited a friend of mine to do a ride along sometime in March so that should be interesting. I always get a kick out of the look that the novices have on their face on the first ride along. I'm not sure how she's going to react to it. Some take it easy and seem to be rather stoic about it, but the vast majority "freak out" and become really panicky. I'm going to opt for that latter with her.

The jump bag is still under construction. I'll have to have it fully ready before I move off to college. Again, I'll post pictures when I'm done.

I also went to my biomedical engineering mentorship which I really enjoyed. I have a few ideas for my engineering topic when I go for my undergrad which I can't wait to start. We also went over a presentation on electrospinning and the effect of various concentrations of collagen (actually in this case gelatin was used) on fiber size and pore diameter. That was actually pretty interesting. I want to make my own one day so that I can use it to make the blood clotting bandages. That would be useful.

Well, I'll get back to work now. Stay safe everyone,
Bravomedic out.

It's Finally Over...

I got my report card back yesterday. The semester is officially over now which means that our class ranks are set in stone and guess what that means! I got all As! This means that I am now, officially the valedictorian of my senior class. Woohoo!!! I'm so happy. All of the late nights staying up to do my homework and studying has finally paid off. It's finally over. It's nice to be the valedictorian because you know that in the future you have the bragging rights to tell your kids and grandkids that.

Sadly enough though, senioritis has not set in on me. I'm still going to stay up late (as I will probably end up doing tonight) to finish my homework. I would just feel bad if I didn't do my best in everything anyway because of my conscience. But at least it still takes a load off of me in terms of stress because I don't have to worry about my rank anymore.

In other news, I'm still working on my jump bag. I haven't done much to it recently since I haven't had any time. I did order a free Foley catheter and that's on the way in the mail (hopefully) which I will put in the bag. For those of you that don't know what a Foley catheter is, consider yourself lucky. It's a tube with a balloon on the end of it that you push into the urethra to guide it into the bladder upon which you inflate the balloon. It's used for monitoring fluid output and for allowing patients to urinate when they otherwise cannot. Now aren't you glad you asked?

Well, I'm out. Back to the salt mines.

Stay safe everyone,
Bravomedic out.