Monday, 17 November 2008

Here, There and Everywhere


Yesterday I didn't manage to sleep very well before having to do the horses and collect Lit'lun from my mums then go back to work.
Once on station I found out I was single manned, as my crew mate was still booked sick, still I don't mind being single manned occasionally! Just after booking onto the vehicle I got a phone call from control, "Please go to another station 25 miles away to crew up with a trainee who is also single manned and change your call sign to the host stations!" Nooo!
My New crew mate turned out to be a really lovely man who was 3 months off his fully qualified assessment. I can't say as much for the work though! we were absolutely hammered.
Cover here,
cover there,
Job, Central chest pain....
Cover at a station 30 miles from our base,
Job, Child, temp of 40.8 + complications,
RTB (Return to Base) Meal break woohoo.
Cover, this place,
Job, 3 yr old. Difficulty in Breathing DIB, (bad job. Sternal Recession, low sats high respiration rate , very fast pulse),
Job, fall, cut to arm.
Cover, back to there,
Cover, over yonder,
Job, Transfer male (GCS 7) from A Hospital to B Hospital for CT Scan of brain.
Then Joy of Joys, you may resume your regular call sign and return to your home dispatch point.... thank you!
I arrive back at base absolutely knackered! where control stand me down for my second meal break! great that is a 20 minute one there are 20 minutes till the end of my shift but they won't let me go home,.... how mean! The day crew arrive I am free to go home having done over 200 miles during the night.
I drive home, have a cup of tea and go to bed.....ZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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