Well, isn't that a loaded question. So far, the course is extremely harder then I could have ever imagined, considering that I was told that there was 2 weeks of training & then we'd be on the phones.
Well, that's not quite what is happening. We have 4 weeks of training & then 4 rotations (4 working days & 5 days off) of preceptership and once that is complete, we finally start on our own. So, it was a small shock to the system when I first found that out!
Well finally today, I was able to go & sign my letter of employment I'm officially temporarily employed by SERHA, at least until Dec 16 when Ambulance New Brunswick takes over.
I can't really complain. I mean, so far I have only failed 1 test where I have 3 fails maximum.
As you can see by my posting time below, it's almost 4am and I've actually just gotten back from PSAP (Public Safety Answering Point) for a listen along & I found it very interesting. The two places are very similar in the service that they provide (answering 911 calls & sending out help: ie: ambulance or police/fire); however, the set up & software is completely different. I'm anxious to see (if I make it that far) what ANB is going to bring to the table.
Well, I just wanted to give a quick run down & maybe non of this makes much sense; however, I don't want to post-edit it either as this is "Another Day in the Life of Joel".
Have a great night, I'll certainly try!
'til next time!
Showing posts with label hospital. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hospital. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Friday, October 12, 2007
It's official
What a day!
If you would have talked to me this morning, I would have told you something completely different then what I'm telling you now!
TD Bank called me this morning & made an offer of employment which I ended up accepting. It was kinda crazy - a pretty decent offer actually! I was getting everything in place and then I got another phone call...
JP from MTCC asking if I was still interested.... The funny thing is that I didn't know who was calling me since he didn't really identify himself... I said that I was still interested and certainly couldn't wait to start.
So, at the end of the day, I had to make a decision. I had 3 possible jobs, my current RBC, a new TD Bank & a new one with MTCC.
Since being a firefighter and wanting to be in the emergency services industry, I ended up going with my heart - MTCC.
Starting on Monday, I will be in training for that job. Things should go pretty well. What is even funnier is that I'm going to be joined by 2 other fellow Dieppe Firefighters - Danic Brun & Mike Belliveau.
It's going to be a blast! I can't wait to get started!
Also, tomorrow at the Fire Dept, we are hosting the JOLT competition (Jaws of Life Tournement) which puts Fire Depts against each other to see who can extracate someone from a vehicle the quickest & most efficiently.
I'll grab some pics & post them as soon as I can!
'til next time!
If you would have talked to me this morning, I would have told you something completely different then what I'm telling you now!
TD Bank called me this morning & made an offer of employment which I ended up accepting. It was kinda crazy - a pretty decent offer actually! I was getting everything in place and then I got another phone call...
JP from MTCC asking if I was still interested.... The funny thing is that I didn't know who was calling me since he didn't really identify himself... I said that I was still interested and certainly couldn't wait to start.
So, at the end of the day, I had to make a decision. I had 3 possible jobs, my current RBC, a new TD Bank & a new one with MTCC.
Since being a firefighter and wanting to be in the emergency services industry, I ended up going with my heart - MTCC.
Starting on Monday, I will be in training for that job. Things should go pretty well. What is even funnier is that I'm going to be joined by 2 other fellow Dieppe Firefighters - Danic Brun & Mike Belliveau.
It's going to be a blast! I can't wait to get started!
Also, tomorrow at the Fire Dept, we are hosting the JOLT competition (Jaws of Life Tournement) which puts Fire Depts against each other to see who can extracate someone from a vehicle the quickest & most efficiently.
I'll grab some pics & post them as soon as I can!
'til next time!
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
*Cough*Cough*
Well, that was a fun week! I wish I could say that we actually went to Toronto, but we had another type of adventure instead!
As we put Olivia to bed on Saturday night, she started to fuss a little. After a few minutes, Allison went in & just as she leaned over to check on her, Olivia vomitted in her bed! Well, that was only the start!
To put a long story short, every 20minutes, Olivia was sick. We ended up going to the hospital around 11pm on Saturday night & they admitted her for the day. She was sick until they where able to get an IV into her. It was horrible. She was screaming because she had nothing left in her. She was basically dry heaving & all she was bringing up was bile! Poor girl! There was nothing we could do!
They decided to keep for for 2 days (Sunday & we left late Monday afternoon).
You'd think that the adventure would be done there! Nope, not at all! Once we got home, Allison wasn't quite feeling well, but we passed it off to not having slept at all on Saturday night & also not having had a good night sleep on Sunday night.
Shortly after we got home, Allison was sick! Not a good start to the week because shortly afterwards, I was sick!
We ended up being out of commission until Tuesday night for Allison & Wednesday for me! It was truly horrible. We are not 100% sure, but we can only assume that we had a GASTRO virus going around because my sister-in-law was sick, her fiance as well and my father-in-law was sick too!
I can certainly tell you that it's not a fun trip spending almost 12 hrs in the bathroom sick like a dog!
Everything has been postponed to next week. So we are going to be doing the same adventure as last time. Spending a week on the road, stoping in Quebec the first night and spending some time with family on our way! We are also going to see our friends Colin & Heidi at Niagara Falls! It's going to be a blast!
So, again, I'll try to post from the road as much as I can.
'til next time!
As we put Olivia to bed on Saturday night, she started to fuss a little. After a few minutes, Allison went in & just as she leaned over to check on her, Olivia vomitted in her bed! Well, that was only the start!
To put a long story short, every 20minutes, Olivia was sick. We ended up going to the hospital around 11pm on Saturday night & they admitted her for the day. She was sick until they where able to get an IV into her. It was horrible. She was screaming because she had nothing left in her. She was basically dry heaving & all she was bringing up was bile! Poor girl! There was nothing we could do!
They decided to keep for for 2 days (Sunday & we left late Monday afternoon).
You'd think that the adventure would be done there! Nope, not at all! Once we got home, Allison wasn't quite feeling well, but we passed it off to not having slept at all on Saturday night & also not having had a good night sleep on Sunday night.
Shortly after we got home, Allison was sick! Not a good start to the week because shortly afterwards, I was sick!
We ended up being out of commission until Tuesday night for Allison & Wednesday for me! It was truly horrible. We are not 100% sure, but we can only assume that we had a GASTRO virus going around because my sister-in-law was sick, her fiance as well and my father-in-law was sick too!
I can certainly tell you that it's not a fun trip spending almost 12 hrs in the bathroom sick like a dog!
Everything has been postponed to next week. So we are going to be doing the same adventure as last time. Spending a week on the road, stoping in Quebec the first night and spending some time with family on our way! We are also going to see our friends Colin & Heidi at Niagara Falls! It's going to be a blast!
So, again, I'll try to post from the road as much as I can.
'til next time!
Saturday, August 18, 2007
New Adventure
Well, I'm on vacation!
That's right! We are leaving for Toronto on Sunday Morning - bright & early! Keep your eyes open because I'll be snapping some pics with my camera phone & posting them to my flickr account.
Also, whenever I can get a connection, I'll try to post an update of how the trip is going & where we are so far in our journey!
Stay tuned!
That's right! We are leaving for Toronto on Sunday Morning - bright & early! Keep your eyes open because I'll be snapping some pics with my camera phone & posting them to my flickr account.
Also, whenever I can get a connection, I'll try to post an update of how the trip is going & where we are so far in our journey!
Stay tuned!
Friday, December 08, 2006
Olivia Mae Gallant
What a week!
Allison started to feel something in the early afternoon on Sunday. We went to the hospital, just to make sure, and Dr. Derosier (attending on call) confirmed that there was nothing there....
Well, we went home, sat down and started to eat supper... Around 8:30pm, we decided that we are going back to the hospital because Allison is feeling some strong contraction - at approx 5mins apart.
The fun part started in the car. By the time we drove from home - just behind the mall - to the hospital, Allison's contractions started to be a lot closer! Now, when I mean a lot closer, we mean - approx 2mins apart! It was crazy!
So, we got back to the hospital & this time we aren't leaving! We started to push around 11:30pm and Olivia was born at 12:53am on Monday morning.
It was incredible - watching a life come into the world and the miracle of life!
We did have a few complications from the delivery as Olivia was born at 9lbs 6oz. The first thing was that Dr. Derosier needed to use the vacuum in order to assist Allison in getting Olivia out. Because of this, there was a point where she was stuck & required a lot of assistance and had a problem breathing for the first few seconds of her life.
The other problem is that Olivia does also have Brachial Plexux - aka Erb's Palsy. It was very nerve racking thinking of what is going to happen. Currently, she only has mobility in her hand; although she is rolling her left shoulder ( her affected arm). We are going to be following some physiotherapy over the next few months in order to make things back to normal.
So, because we started the hospital stay at midnight, that didn't count as day one yet - and they always keep you at least 2 days. So, on Tuesday, that was day one, Wednesday was day 2 and during all of this time, Olivia spent her time in the NNICU. It was a little hard to accept that we had a baby because of the fact that we had to go & visit her in the "Special Care Unit". That's ok though! Cause on day 2, Olivia was brought to our room - only to have her put under the lights for Jaundice. This was fun! Imagine 7 ultra violet lights on overnight - while you sleep!
Feeding time!
Allison started to feel something in the early afternoon on Sunday. We went to the hospital, just to make sure, and Dr. Derosier (attending on call) confirmed that there was nothing there....
Well, we went home, sat down and started to eat supper... Around 8:30pm, we decided that we are going back to the hospital because Allison is feeling some strong contraction - at approx 5mins apart.
The fun part started in the car. By the time we drove from home - just behind the mall - to the hospital, Allison's contractions started to be a lot closer! Now, when I mean a lot closer, we mean - approx 2mins apart! It was crazy!
So, we got back to the hospital & this time we aren't leaving! We started to push around 11:30pm and Olivia was born at 12:53am on Monday morning.
It was incredible - watching a life come into the world and the miracle of life!
We did have a few complications from the delivery as Olivia was born at 9lbs 6oz. The first thing was that Dr. Derosier needed to use the vacuum in order to assist Allison in getting Olivia out. Because of this, there was a point where she was stuck & required a lot of assistance and had a problem breathing for the first few seconds of her life.
The other problem is that Olivia does also have Brachial Plexux - aka Erb's Palsy. It was very nerve racking thinking of what is going to happen. Currently, she only has mobility in her hand; although she is rolling her left shoulder ( her affected arm). We are going to be following some physiotherapy over the next few months in order to make things back to normal.
So, because we started the hospital stay at midnight, that didn't count as day one yet - and they always keep you at least 2 days. So, on Tuesday, that was day one, Wednesday was day 2 and during all of this time, Olivia spent her time in the NNICU. It was a little hard to accept that we had a baby because of the fact that we had to go & visit her in the "Special Care Unit". That's ok though! Cause on day 2, Olivia was brought to our room - only to have her put under the lights for Jaundice. This was fun! Imagine 7 ultra violet lights on overnight - while you sleep!
Feeding time!
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