Israel 14,
March 26, 2024,
Hi Everyone,
’Pack up your troubles in your old kit bag and smile, smile, smile.’ That more or less sums up what we did today. We started by placing 50 medic bags on the table and opening them up. There are a dozen zippered compartments in each bag, each of which weighs about 40 lbs. The bags contain everything that a medic would require on the field: bandages of all shapes and sizes, oxygen masks, tourniquets, needles, syringes, dozens of medications, IV solutions, cleansing fluids, etc. etc.
We took out all the supplies and sorted them accordingly in different boxes. Many times supplies were missing and will have to be replaced tomorrow. Some supplies and some bags were out dated and were discarded. Tomorrow we will fill the bags. No mistakes can be made so as to insure that the medic has the appropriate equipment in case he/she has to treat a patient in an emergency.
At 10:00 am we had a 2 hour break. A bus picked us up and drove us to a designated area on the base. There we mixed with the soldiers and had a Purim party. There was music, and great refreshments including salads, sandwiches, crepes, smoothies and cappuccinos. Everyone was singing and dancing the rock and the hora in the middle of the day. The Israelis really know how to party.
I was given my assignment for next week. I will be driven through the desert on a bus and work on a naval base in Eilat. Great.
Love,
Brian
When my grandchildren ask me, ‘what did you do in the war papy’ I will be able to tell them that I was with the IDF (Israeli Army) and MDA (Israeli Ambulance Corps).
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