Monday, 1 December 2008

Advent


The first of December and my second day today. Almost as busy as yesterday.
Our first job was to a 16 year old on a bus who had been having a seizure, he had never had an episode like it before, and was not a known epileptic. We took him up to the hospital so that he could have some tests done. Whilst up there, a friend of mine, unbeknown to me was up in maternity with her daughter who had just given birth to a 7lb 1oz baby girl. Congratulations.
Next we were sent on cover but almost immediately got another job, this time to an extremely obese 32 year old smoker who's family has a history of cardiac problems, his father even has a defibrillating pacemaker fitted! He was having CCP, central chest pain so we took him into hospital too.(some people just don't get it!)
As soon as we had booked clear we were sent on cover to three different places before getting another job. This one was in our own area, to a lady who had fallen out of her front door. When we got there we treated her for a fractured left wrist and a laceration to her shin. (checking up on her later my crew mate, Tepic, found out that she had indeed broken her wrist.
Back to base for a meal break. via Subway as I had to get a subway salad bowl. Yummy.
We swapped over at one pm so I was driving.
We had a further three jobs, a man with Postural hypotension (when he stood up he fainted!), a lady who had fallen and possibly broken her Femur (#NOF) the second NOF in two days!! and lastly a roll over car accident, The driver over did the speed on a corner and managed to roll his car bonnet over boot twice before coming to a halt in a field! he walked away from the car, and when one of his work colleagues arrived he decided to go to hospital with her and not us, after getting a non conveyance form signed we returned to base to hand over to the night crew.

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