Second of Vince’s classes was today. Missed most of the orgasm workshop that was part of V-week, but it was totally worth it. Today was altered mental status (AMS) day. Once again, due to class I missed the introduction to everything and jumped in the middle of it all. We had one woman in pre-stroke (I have the words in my notes somewhere) and someone who had already had a stroke (Vince asked me how to tell, addressing me as “non-EMT” at one point, possibly because he already knows that I know. Makes me happy to know the right answer, though.). Also one person who was hypoglycemic from not eating due to illness and one who was possibly suicidal (learned what questions to ask) and registered “High” on the glucometer. Babysitting a diabetic girl for a few years gave me enough to understand what was happening in both of these situations.
Oh, the first one. Drug addict. Track marks, some other telling sign, collapsed outside some place with alcohol. Learned about Narcan, and by that, how to induce projectile vomiting. Thanks!
Class the week before had been canceled because Vince had work. Walking from Slosberg to Lown in the dark without having had dinner to find a “class cancelled” sign on the door is not pleasant. =/
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