Raindogblue

Cars

 

Per the Department's Auto Servicer, there will be no new cars this year. There is a backlog and we are down on the list. 

 

 

13

 

Last night, in the wee hours, I emptied out 13 old notebooks, each at least five years old., from my locker. The experience is liberating. 

 

 

Rules: Tourniquet

 

1) If possible, apply it against bare skin. Use trauma shears to remove clothing.

2) The higher on the limb, the better.

3) It is going to hurt the patient, but keep turning until the flow of blood stops. 

4) If one does not work, use a second. 

5) Do the best you can. Medics will arrive soon. 

 

 

 

Lacking Gear

 

The shift used three tourniquets on Monday.

I used one to stop the bleeding from a femoral artery.

 

In the last few weeks, I've used three doses of Narcan. 

Restocking is hard, the stores are bare.

Evan IFAK kits are on back order.

 

The LT gave me her tourniquet, I

"work in stab city" and am likely to use it.

 

 

Lacking Gear

 

The shift used three tourniquets on Monday.

I used one to stop the bleeding from a femoral artery.

 

In the last few weeks, I've used three doses of Narcan. 

Restocking is hard, the stores are bare.

Evan IFAK kits are on back order.

 

The LT gave me her tourniquet, I

"work in stab city" and am likely to use it.

 

 

On Fourth, On the 6th Floor

 

Dale is dead. He's not breathing. His face is blue. There's a cap at his shoulder, a needle at his elbow. He used a speaker cord as a tie-off. 

I pull out the narcan from my med bag, remove the packaging, and put the expelling end in his nose. I press the plunger.

In a five count, Dale breathes. It's snorting, snoring breath, but he's breathing. 

By the time fire arrives, I canned the rig and pulled his ID from his pocket. 

They give him an IV and two more doses down the line.

Twenty-five minutes later, he's awake and talking, lucky his "date" called dispatch to keep him alive.

 

 

Rule #64

 

Paper scissors make poor trauma shears. 

 

 

 

Narcan

 

Today, I was issued a better Narcan administrating device. 

Instead of a plunger-nasal syringe system, I was issued a nasal spray. 

 

 

On the Vic

 

 

On my yearly eval, my detail sgt asked if there was anything he could do to help me in the future. 

 

I asked to keep my Crown Victoria until I retire. 

 

Amused, the precinct captain, reviewing the evaluation, sent the request through the chain of command. 

 

There is a replacement for my prowler in the works, but they may make my request happen. 

 

 

Light Series: Red