**Update**
the count is in: 4,175 people vaccinated at the fairgrounds.
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Yesterday I got to put on my Medical Reserve Corps Uniform for the first time! It's actually pretty awesome looking when an army of us showed up in our BDU's; we really looked like a paramilitary medical group other than the fact that everyone other than myself in the same uniform was over 50 years old.
With that being said, the uniform attracted many young ladies. VERY awkward when you are walking around and random people standing in line for their H1N1 flu shot are gawking. Asian girls saying "hi" then giggling and one even had the nerve to whisper "go talk to him" to the other girl and she responded "he has a girlfriend, see his ring". **hint...whispering doesn't do any good when the person you trying to hide it from hears it!**
Even a couple of female pharm students from UOP sat down to eat with me; apparently they do clinical rotations at Valley Med and have "never met a medic before". After eating lunch with them, they convinced me to let them inoculate me nasally: JOY! I got to be one of the first few people in Santa Clara to get the live attenuated piggy flu.
Thousands were vaccinated. No joke. People lined up at 0300 in the morning and we opened clinic at 0930. We were set to close at 1530 and ended up staying open till 1800. For those that live in San Jose: The line looped inside the County Fairgrounds and then went from the fairgrounds down Tully Rd. till the McDonalds, past Senter Rd. and then down Senter Rd.
My role as Asst. Safety Officer let me deal with the emergencies that occurred while these patients were waiting or being vaccinated. We had: adult fainted after injection, 8 year old collapse, pregnant lady's water broke (she went to the hospital after she got her shot), and the lady I dealt with was a pregnant woman who started to have contractions while standing in line.
So I only dealt with one medical emergency, but still a fun day.
The nasal had a bad aftertaste that was kind of sweet similar to the taste of licking an envelope.
MVDR uniform pic:
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