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Paramedicawannabe

EVEN PARAMEDICS LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERYDAY

Chapter 1

It was a gorgeous Monday morning and John Gage was driving to work, a job he enjoyed with lots of excitement and good friends. These friends, who called him Johnny, had become family to him in the years that he had been working at Station 51. They had gone through many ups and downs but regardless, there was always someone there to lend a hand or just listen. His partner and best friend Roy was always #1 on that list with all the others being a close second.

As John drove along the highway heading to Station 51 from his home, he had the windows down on his Rover and thought about his day so far. He had gotten up at 4:30 am to have extra time in his stable. He was expecting three extra horses for a little while. Two of the horses were Belle and Jake, the horses that Roy and Kel Brackett had learned to ride on. Cassie was the third horse. She had fallen for Johnny when he took care of her when she was sick. They were staying at Johnny's stable while theirs was being repaired.

These horses were introduced to Johnny by Pete Greer who Roy and John met during a rescue. Pete was very happy to learn that Johnny was an accomplished rider and had more people to call on if needed. In return, Johnny and Roy had unlimited access to the LA equestrian stable. Roy did not know how to ride so Johnny was more than happy to offer his assistance in giving his best friend a few lessons. Kel Brackett heard that and asked if he could join in as well. He had always wanted to learn to ride. The three had been riding together ever since and having a wonderful time exploring the countryside.

"Morning Roy" said Johnny coming in to the locker room.

"Hey Junior" responded Roy, "Did you have a good weekend?"

"Yeah. I got all the stuff done in the stable that I wanted to and I also got the corral fence fixed. Hopefully, I can keep Cassie's stomach full so she won't chew on it."

Roy had a good chuckle with that one. "I guess that's why you two get along so well. You are both driven by your stomach"

As Roy finished his statement he exited the locker room.

"Ha, Ha" Johnny said sarcastically.

Johnny finished getting changed, moved his wallet, badge and belt onto his uniform, hung up his clothes and headed into the day room for coffee with the guys before roll call.

"Mornin' everyone."

"Good morning Johnny" sounded the chorus of firemen. C-shift was just finishing their shift and were enjoying a chat before heading off.

"Hey John. Did you hear about Brackett's new assistant? Chimed in Dwyer, the C-shift paramedic.

"No, when did that happen? What will his assistant do? Who is it?"

"Sometime last week. We heard about it yesterday when we were at Rampart finishing up a run." Said Dwyer.

Just then the klaxons sounded and A-shift was on the clock.

Station 51 – Motor vehicle accident. 1269 Montclair Avenue. 1-2-6-9 Montclair Avenue, cross street Cambridge. Time out 759.

A-shift was up and out of their chairs before the dispatcher was halfway through the announced call.

"Station 51, KMG-365" responded Captain Stanley. He handed Roy the piece of paper and headed to his seat in Big Red. Roy gave the paper to Johnny, turned on the lights and sirens and headed out the door with the engine following closely behind.

When they arrived on scene, Johnny and Roy saw two vehicles, one behind the other. It didn't look bad but they jumped out just as quick as they would have if the cars had been flipped over. Johnny ran to one car and Roy to the other. Captain Stanley removed the battery cables from both cars. The other firefighters; Chet, Marco and Mike stayed close to the engine but also close enough that they could hear Captain Stanley if he had any orders for them.

Johnny went up to the driver in the front car. "Are you okay?" he asked.

"Yes, I'm fine. I dropped my purse on the floor and I thought while I was at this stop sign I would lean over and pick it up. That is when I felt the car behind me bump into me. I was nervous and didn't want to get out of the car. I thought the other driver might be mad at me." The victim stated.

"Let me just give you a quick look over to make sure that you didn't hurt yourself."

"Oh thank you but really, I'm fine." She said.

Roy went up to the driver in the second car. "Are you okay?" Roy asked.

"Oh yes, I guess I just thought that car was going to stop and then keep moving as there weren't any other cars around so I took my foot off the brake and ended up bumping into the car. I really hope that other driver is okay. I feel really bad." The second driver said.

"Are you sure you didn't injure yourself at all."

"No, definitely not. I wasn't going that fast, actually I was just rolling so I'm fine. Just make sure the other driver is okay."

"My partner is over there right now checking. Don't worry."

After a few more minutes with both drivers, Roy and Johnny returned to the squad. Since neither driver was injured John walked the driver from the front car back and introduced her to the driver of the second car. They were talking and exchanging information, both very apologetic for what they had done.

"I can think of worse ways to start my day." Said Johnny.

"Yeah, I agree. Do you hear all that screaming?" Roy asked.

"Yeah, sounds like it is coming from one of these cars back here."

Johnny and Roy proceeded to walk back a few cars to see who it was that was screaming. They spotted a young boy about 10 or 11 sitting in the back seat of a car. There was a young woman driving the car and she didn't seemed phased about the noise at all.

"Excuse me miss." Roy said.

"Yes sir?" The woman answered.

"Is that little boy all right? He sounds like he is really hurting. Did you car get bumped as well?" Roy inquired.

"Oh no, Tommy back there is autistic. He is so excited to see the fire trucks and their lights. Tommy is non-verbal so he can't tell me how excited he is. He always screeches like that when something is exciting, if he is angry or over stimulated. You get to learn what his screeches are all about. Kind of like a newborn. You get to understand what each of their cries are about." The young woman said.

"Oh, okay" Johnny responded. "I guess you learn something new everyday. You must have a really hard time explaining that to people."

"The hardest is going to a mall or shopping in a store. Everyone just thinks he is a misbehaved child not that there is anything else wrong. Thank you for coming to ask though. I wish more people would do that rather than just assuming that he is a horrible child. He is actually very sweet, cuddly and lovable."

As the young woman finished speaking, the little boy in the back seat look up with big brown eyes at the two paramedics and gave them a great big grin, then let out a screech that could have curled their hair.

On the way back to the squad John looked at Roy.

"Wow, that mom has her hands full. Imaging trying to deal with that daily." He said.

"No." Roy responded.

"LA, Station 51…" Captain Stanley said into his HT

"Go ahead Station 51" dispatch responded

"Station 51 clear of scene and returning to station."

"Ten-four Station 51."