Being there for Ryan

I woke up pretty later this morning, almost around noon because I went to bed so late. I got some lunch and went to the fire station. Carl was working on some computer application problem on a computer in the PD. I went in to help him with it. Finally we got it figured out and the application started to work.

As I ate we talked about the CPR call from last week. It has been bothering me about the little things that happened in it. I talked to James about it and looked up what to do in the Whitman County EMS protocols. It says on asystole (flatline) to confirm ‘no shock advised’ twice and then package and transport the patient.

Carl talked about always grabbing a backboard when going to a CPR call because it is helpful to move the person as well as do CPR on. We talked about the way the call went and what I was thinking about it, but after talking to James I realized once someone gets to the stage our patient was at, even ACLS drugs will not help.

I was there for a while when Ryan called. We made plans to get together. I went to his place. We were there for a tiny bit before we went to my office. We listened to a bunch of songs online to see what ones he would want to use in Ryley’s funeral. After he selected them we put together a package for Ryley’s family to get and be able to use at the funeral.

It was getting late and I wanted to get some food. Ryan was not much into eating. I got some pizza from Pizza Hut then we went to his place. We watched a movie and I ate on the pizza. I gave Ryan the remaining slices and he ate one of them.

When I left his place I went to the casino. It was dead in there. I did not play cards. Russell and I talked. Then on one of Russell’s breaks we ran to Safeway to get some allergy medicine for Russell.

I was there for several hours. We started to talk politics with everyone there and the supreme courts decision to allow private entities to take property from other private entities. It is a bad decision for private property ownership.