Wow! Attendance Topper at Rivercats game
I worked at Raley Field last night (For those who don't know, I am an EMT out there. Talk about enjoying baseball and medicine at the same time!). We had an incredibly busy night. I never got to see a single hit or play during the game. Not that I could have if we were standing by our office...
The Rivercats set a new attendance record last night. Maximum capacity of the ballpark is considered to be 14,414. Last night, it was... get this... 15850! Yeah, 1,436 more people than maximum capacity. Talk about standing room only! It actually made getting to patients more difficult, since we have to literally call out "Coming Through!" to get through the crowd. My partner had one of the "Sleep Train" whistles that they gave out at the game. He was blowing it while we were pushing through to get to patients. It actually worked, and got the guests attention!
Can't go into the gory details, but we sent 2 to the hospital, one from heat exposure, and the other from a fall. As I said, busy night at the ballpark! But I love this work!
The Rivercats set a new attendance record last night. Maximum capacity of the ballpark is considered to be 14,414. Last night, it was... get this... 15850! Yeah, 1,436 more people than maximum capacity. Talk about standing room only! It actually made getting to patients more difficult, since we have to literally call out "Coming Through!" to get through the crowd. My partner had one of the "Sleep Train" whistles that they gave out at the game. He was blowing it while we were pushing through to get to patients. It actually worked, and got the guests attention!
Can't go into the gory details, but we sent 2 to the hospital, one from heat exposure, and the other from a fall. As I said, busy night at the ballpark! But I love this work!
posted by First On Scene EMS at Friday, July 04, 2008
2 Comments:
Playing a wee bit of catch up reading. Just wondering if the stadium you work for is offering the "new" special game days without peanuts?? I just read an article that a lot of stadiums are helping those with peanut allergies to enjoy the game.
Link:
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Top-O-The-Order-DON-T-buy-me-some-peanuts-and-?urn=mlb,95734
No, I haven't heard of that before. I wouldn't be surprised if they designate an area "peanut free" next season, though.
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