The Woodlands, United States Travel Blogs

We Travel the Universe and Time!
Mar 14, 2003 (2 photos)

As a side visit from our RTW trip we take the unique opportunity to travel the Universe and time itself at a lecture by Stephen Hawking. There was a large and varied group at this event that was a challenge to our "normal" perception of our surroundings.

The Marriott
Mar 5, 2007 (3 photos)

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# 1
Aug 18, 2006

Testing out this thing...here we go...

Schedule! WOO!
Sep 18, 2008

So I have my schedule for the entire internship. This is pretty tentative since she said that, if I feel I can do it, I can take more shifts with less down time in between. Schedule and Stations for those who know where: Sept. 19 - Medic 7 (12 hour) ...

Another night at Medic 82
Oct 16, 2008

... down a little. I get my intubation gear ready and tell the attendant to pre-oxygenate for me (we don't say hyperventilate anymore! Haha!). The firefighter, who is working on the line, looks up and his eyes get as big as saucers when I went in. She didn't ...

And yet another busy night at Medic 82
Oct 18, 2008

... and for not giving her a medication that no EMS service I've ever heard of carries. Deep breath, think good thoughts. Ever the student and diplomat (snort) I cornered her in the hallway and asked a few routine questions about croupe - just enough to get ...

493 Hours. The Last Shift
Oct 27, 2008

... time - I got to know an amazing group of people and learned so very much. But I can say that my internship has been the single greatest learning experience of my life - thanks to my Instructor Paul for giving me the knowledge I need and to my preceptor, ...

Up to the Woodlands for work meetings all week
Sep 28, 2008 (1 photos)

Upgraded to the corner suite at the hotel. Spent the week catching up with HES personnel from all over the world. Met a couple new people. Also had lunch with Caryn and went by the CPChem HQ to see some old co-workers. Sure am glad I left that ...

Getting Ready to Go
Mar 8, 2008

... least 2 hours early. This was good since we had a slight issue with our Tickets being unreleased to Continental so that we could board the first flight. It took us at least an hour to get that all worked out. We got to take 2 suitcases each and they could ...

Internet access at last!
Sep 18, 2008

... contact with MCHD and she's going to be assigning me a preceptor and hopefully getting my schedule worked out today! One of the students from KPC's first paramedic class visited me last night in his ambulance so I got a quick tour and he also informed ...

Another shift.... almost home.
Oct 23, 2008

... to get her backboarded and into the ambulance. She has a strong pulse and is breathing fine. There's glass everywhere. Meanwhile the first helicopter lands and Mom is flown - from what I heard she's breathing but unresponsive and the little girls' big ...