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I'm an EMT-B and have been at my camp for three years now - however this was the first year in which I'm the sole health director and not just the fill-in sub. When I subbed for the other guy I didn't have much rein, so although he was messy as heck, and I'm the total opposite, I had to roll with it. I'm only a week into this year and already am having a much better time after reorganizing everything and ordering new gear. Anything you can do to make yourself more comfortable and confident in your job is key!

This is my first summer riding solo as the camp nurse at my camp...during training I did a brief overview of what counselors would have with them that I would provide (zip-loc baggies that contain bandaids, hand sanitizer, ointment, alcohol wipes, sting swabs, gloves) so that kids didn't have to come to me for each and every scrape. Of course I told them to document everything and to tell me when they could. My camp wanted me to go over anaphylaxis symptoms, as well as asthma, so I basically told them when to bring in a child to me to check. Demo'd epi pen too. Went over what to do when a child has an accident, bringing each and every head injury in immediately, etc. I definitely didn't want to make it longer than 15 minutes and didn't want to jump around too much, as the counselors were already enduring a long day of training. I wanted to portray myself as being completely approachable and friendly so no one would feel like they couldn't come to me. It was all new staff, so they didn't know that this is my first summer as sole Health Director and not the sub. :)