Things that make you go "Huh?"

From time to time in this line of work you mutter the words "really?" or "are you blind?" or simply "huh?". I had one of those situations a while back at one of the super hospitals in the area.
      My partner and I were transferring a pt from the hospital we were stationed out of about 30 miles away from this particular super hospital. It was an easy transfer that didn't require lights and sirens. It was a BLS call. The transfer itself went fine. It was when we arrived at the hospital was when we experienced that "huh?" moment.
      We park at the hospital and are wheeling in our pt through the ER to their destination when we encounter a rather large and worried looking group of medical professionals near the resus/trauma room. I think we all just stopped and looked at each other for a minute until someone from with in the resus crowd asked "Is that the flight crew?" I have to say, I was a bit taken back by that. I wanted to ask this particular resident/intern/person who should know better "really?" but instead all that came out was a very confused "huh?" Our gray uniforms don't exactly look like flight suits. As the awkwardness of the situation lifted we slowly moved away from the trauma hungry mass to drop our pt off at their room.
       After the call, my partner and I just shared a confused looked and muttered "really?" We then shrugged it off and went back in service for our next call. Just another thing that makes you go "huh?"

Movin' on up!

Recently I completed my first flight as a new crew member for my new job as a flight paramedic! It was not a scene call. It wasn't even a transfer. It was just a training flight. Still, it was pretty sweet. I had to do my check/cert ride to be NVG qualified. That's right, night vision, goggles. How cool is that? We flew around for about an hour and landed at one of the hospitals, did some failure drills, and worked on communications. It was a great training exercise and I look forward to writing more and more about my experiences on this new job/adventure. Stay tuned.