50 minutes in twelve and a half hours!

Today is my last shift before my leave, it was started and finished in the dark, roll on spring!
Both myself and my crew mate "Danger mouse" arrived at the station at twenty five to seven, and instantly the night crew got a job, "DM" and I got our kit and took the job for them, if only we had known! we didn't see base until our first meal break at 2.45pm, and it wasn't cover moves either, we assisted a lady who had fallen out of bed, then we had an elderly man in Status Epilepticus, (continuous fitting in a known epilepsy sufferer), followed by a hypoglycaemic attack in a 19 year old, from there we went to a frequent called who unfortunately makes up things so she can be taken in to hospital!!! Yes I know, I don't know why anybody would actually want to go into hospital if they didn't have to. We had one other job this morning but I just can't remember what it was, as I was the driver till 1pm. At this point we got our meal break, exactly half an hour then we were off on the only bit of cover we had to do, and before we got there we got a job, to a 94 year old apparently fallen in the bathroom. It took ages to find the flat as the numbering was all over the place, I knock and walk in calling "Ambulance" only to find her and a friend sitting on the sofa chatting and looking very surprised as they were expecting the 94 year old's son! A quick address check confirmed we were in the right place, the lady said she may have pressed her community alarm pendant by mistake! hmp! Our next job had a big impact on me for more than one reason, but for now I will let you read the obvious one. Our patient was a 7 year old girl with an inoperable brain stem tumor who has two or three days to live! A beautiful little girl, who we were taking to a children's hospice! she was in my care for all of an hour and twenty minutes but has left a lasting memory. God Bless you. Before we had time to ponder we got another job 20 miles away to a 16 year old who had fallen down the stairs and had a head injury. Mum let us in and said we haven't dared take the towel away there was so much blood, the boy was lying on the floor at the bottom of the stairs, when asked what had happened it turned out he walked into the door frame of a low door, when I removed the towel............ a small cut less than half an inch long! An emergency ambulance costing somewhere in the region of £360.00 for the initial response, just because she couldn't look and see exactly what the damage was! All in all we had 50 minutes on base and were out on emergencies for 11 hours and 35 minutes but now......................I'M ON ANNUAL LEAVE!!! And apparently its going to be the biggest moon for 15 years so the night crew have got it coming to them, good luck guys.