sixth observation

My sixth observation was unexpected. This past friday my team and I were in Fellsmere, Fl for our fourth race this season. The first half of the day went smoothly but it was brutally hot and humid outside. Our athletic trainer walked around constan to make sure we were hydrating and staying out of the sun. When we were done racing, one of the girl on my team had unexpectedly gotten a charlie horse in her leg. And afer it happened the first time, it continued to painfully reoccur. There is always an ambulance on site for races, especially in weather like this. When the emt's came over she was laying on the floor in pain with ice on her leg. he EMTs came to the conclusion that maybe she was hydrated. They calmly told her they were going to give her an IV to help with possible dehydration. She didn't take it so well but they said they had to do it. They prepared a stretcher for her and brought her into the ambulance. I asked to go inside so I could observed a possible job interest. As my coach tried to take her mind off needles, which she made clear she wasn't too fond of, they proceeded to insert the IV. I always thought that it took at least an our for the IV to be fully done but I learned from te EMTs that it just depends on the person. It also depends on the case and the patients condition in general. For her, it took, tops, 45 minutes. They said at the rate the bag was emptying, she must have been dhydrated. They considered doing another one so she tried to persuade them that she was fine and didn't need one. I also learned that up until a few years ago, an EMT could put an IV in a patient but by state law only an MD could remove it. Now that has changed and an EMT can put in and remove one, but cannot put in another one. That would have to be done at the hospital. After the first IV, they made her walk around for a few minutes, saw there was no sign that she needed a visit to the hospital, and let us leave. Although it was an unexpected observation, I was really interested to see another type of job in the medical field. It really opened my eyes to all the different possiblities and options I have.