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campkgurl you wouldnt believe the list of injuries I have had - none major - but all caused by stupid accidents! It is runny really!

haha, I bet! I have heard other people's stories!

I am the most accident prone camp counsellor ever! It is a miracle that I have never done myself a serious injury!

haha, That's sad for you, but I suppose good that you never have had any serious injuries!!

I am used to it! I just laugh at myself!

once i was having allergy-like symptoms so i went to the nurse and she took some generic medicine, i didn't see the labeling and told me to take two because it comes with two to a package. That is the case sometimes, but not always. I didn't want to get sick or anything (I remembered my DARE stuff too!) so i didn't take it. I'm glad i could stick thorugh it, that it wasn't something bad.

yay for DARE!!!!!! I loved that thing!!! We have a DARE bus over here, and it is amazing!! It is just a city bus, but is sort of advertising DARE!! It is a black bus with red lettering that says D.A.R.E.

LOL Cedar, was that Running Bear? Or Health Eagle? Cuz they were both pretty...interesing. Oh, Cedarledge health staff...

Remember when Broadway announced to the camp that Wohl was closed? Haha... Or how about Health Eagle trying to call Anawasa?

Broadway closed Wohl?! Can you do that?!?!?! Thank God for Medic last year. For once in our lives we had good health staff.
LOL I was scared of Health Eagle so bad that when I had a fever I just stayed in a hammock on the porch with a freezy pop on my head rather than go to Wohl. And Wack was like, "You know? I don't really blame you."

Polka was not allowed to ride to the doctor w/ Running Bear when we were CITs. Her parents drove all the way down from Ferguson to take her to the doctor.

i don't remember it was last year.

I got a sprained knee from playing soccer with my campers

Oh. I don't know who the Wohl staff was when you were there then, Torch. I was in Costa Rica or Florida most of the summer lol.

I did hear about a few problems with some of the agency/rental nurses last year, especially towards the beginning. I try to stay away from there if I can.

we had a nurse (well nurses) that were crazy. one of them allowed almost all of the camper health history forms to be scattered all over the parking lot, and another one tried to tell a counselor that she didn't need the benadryl after she got stung by a bee, but she did need it because she was allegeric. gotta love rent-a-nurses at camp!

Thats crazy! One of the camp nurses we had would give out benadryl at the drop of hat! Lots of the staff would take them to help them sleep! There was one occassion I had an asthma attack, and after being treated for that she said she wanted me to take a benadryl to make sure I slept that night - and even when I said they dont make me sleepy she insisted! And of course it didnt' help me sleep!

haha, gotta love when they think that there is a simple cure for everything, like in the movie My Big Fat Greek Weeding where the dad thinks that Windex cures all ails!!

We have crazy nurses like that I am sure, but I don't really get ot experience it since i really haven't had that many trips to the nurse besides for regular meds for campers and such.

The nurse at my camp has a few cure-it-alls:

Walk it off,
Stick it in the lake,
Gargle with salt,
Drink some water.

I like the Stick it in the lake one!!!

I use the drink some water one, and the walk it off one myself, so long as it isn't too serious of course! I had a camper last weekend who swore she sprained her ankle when doing 3-legged races, but she wasn't crying at all (3rd grader or so) and still took off the bandana jsut fine. Then she got up and ran over to the next activity and told the person there that her ankle was sprained!! Too bad for her Spork had seen her run over!! haha

I had a camper who fell down on one of the paths and twisted her ankle badly. I told my UL who told her to take a buddy and walk to the health lodge. The poor girl hobbled over to the kitchen shelter, and I went to take a look at it. Her foot was so swollen she couldn't even get her shoe off. I was like, "We should really call the office and have them drive her down." But my UL was like, "No, they just said they've had too many people calling for transport for stupid reasons." Fortunately the program director drove up a few seconds later, so I told her the situation. She took the girl to Wohl, and she was NOT happy with my UL.

ouch!! I understand being cautious with calling, but when it takes so short of a time to swell up to the point of not being able to take off her shoe, she should not be walking!!! Either carry her or get the nurse there or something!! Our nurse will come out to where she is needed and then might transport them to her office if needed!

I must admit to use water as a cure for all ills! Especially if it means that I can avoid dealing with homesickness.

Water is definitely my cure-all too. It gave rise to my "Drink Water, Take a Buddy" slogan in my first year as staff. Your head/feet/back hurts? Drink water. You have to go to the bathroom/to get your meds/to pick up the mail? Take a buddy. And drink water. You're not feeling well? Tired? Sick? Hot? Homesick? Unhappy? Drink water, take a buddy. If it can't be solved by water and a buddy, your problems are far too great for me to deal with.

hahaha very true Indigo!!!