Today was a very adventurous day out
exploring the Mayan ruins. After the usual picture taking and
climbing around Katie and I decided to go look at the local vendors
selling crafts. While we were back at the bus we heard Mike yelling
from the top of the muddy hill down, “Someone fell! We need
nurses!” Both of us were like what can we do in the middle of no
where with basically no supplies. So we found a first aid kit on the
bus that was ancient. So Katie grabbed some wipes and a towel and we
took off as quick as we could up the slippery slope. Once we made it
to the top we found both Kyle and Damon had fallen off of a vine. We
began cleaning the cuts with water and the wipes and making sure they
were cleaned and covered for the trek back to the bus. We also
checked their pupils to make sure they did not have a concussion.
Once we had them all covered in band-aids that one of the other girls
had handy, we started to walk down the ruins. But we then heard that
Hannah was slumped over and very pale. So I grabbed some gum from
Cassie and put it in her mouth to try to get some sugar in her
quickly. Then Amelia and Katie moved her into the shade and laid her
down. Cassie then found a cliff bar and we got some Gatorade. After a
few minutes her color came back and we were able to go back to the
bus. Once we made it back to the bus we sat around for a while
waiting for someone to come and safe us. The bus was stuck in the
mud! Finally help came and we were on our way. Once back to camp we
set up another little area to re-clean the wound the boys had gotten.
Katie had some homemade ice packs made to keep on some of their
bruises. My nursing mode seemed to just kick in instantly today when we had to
help the guys. I guess you really can do nursing anywhere that it's
needed even in Belize!
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