I woudl say it was an uneventful day but it would not exactly be true. It was a day that required more preparation than any other day during the course of the year and because of that preparation it was uneventful. The University held commencement today, almost 3000 students graduated today and between the graduates and their friends and families we had several thousand extra people in town today. We staffed all three ambulances at the paramedic level, had four foot teams patrolling the stadium ready to respond to emergencies on the grounds and a joint command post with the fire department.
We were prepared and it showed. The grand total for the eight hours we were in “all hands on deck” mode was 1 transport. Everything went pretty smoothly with the exception of the police not sending a representative to the command post so we could have a bona fide unified command structure. Even so, the FD rep told the EMS rep that things had gone too smoothly and they had worked to well together and that they had “better leave with scowls on their faces before the fire chief thinks they actually liked working together”. By and large we really do like working with the fire department and it is only select individuals that try to muck that up.
Even after the commencement crews were told to stand down I was still on duty, a full 24 hour shift for me. I actually only did one call and that was only to fill out the crew to transport a chemotherapy patient who had a sudden onset of nausea that spontaneously resolved itself prior to EMS arrival.
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