Someone call IXII!

Ok...I know this is WAY late but I have been keeping myself busy, and for me right now, that is a very good thing. This post is going to be all about our superb ambulance staff at Creekside and at the Olympics as a whole.

We had the pleasure of working with Cam. He was managing all of the ambulance staff at Creekside and I believe at the sliding center...maybe even further out that that as I do know he was at the gold medal mens hockey game. Lucky bugger! The paramedics were all excellent to work with. They were all extremely well trained and a lot of fun to be around. See the pictures!

Now most of the paramedic staff at the Olympics were there under interesting circumstances. The union they were a part of was in the middle of contract negotiations with the Provence. Tensions were running high during the talks and the union had decided that none of the union workers would be attending the Olympics. As you can imagine that didn't run so well with many of the paramedics that were set to go and volunteer! So at risk for their own careers they decided to show up and work at the Olympic venues anyway. I sure hope that they aren't under any duress from other union associates for volunteering. The world needs medical staff like these guys!

Liz was one of the paramedics that we got along with very well. She was in a word, awesome! In fact she even gave me a BC Ambulance patch right off of her own shirt. How cool is that!? Being the kid that I am, I asked her if I could go play lights and sirens. This was the result. It was SO MUCH FUN to sit in the drivers seat and push buttons. Code 3 is when they run lights and sirens when they are on the road, and that must be so exciting! After all the fun in the front Ryan and I got to sit in the back. Now we couldn't just sit there by ourselves so we told Liz to jump in on the bed. Now we did warn her that in the pose she struck we would be taking a picture of her ass, but she didn't move so...

We did decide to take another one though, and it turned out very nicely I think! For those that know me and are keeping count, this marks the first time I have been in the back of an ambulance and not been strapped to the bed. YAY! After the day was over I found out that both Liz and her partner that day were heading back to the Westin. They offered to take me with them so I got to sit up front and get driven back to the hotel in style. Yeah I grinned all the way! Oh and bonus points for those who know where the post title came from!

That's all for now!