Nights

For the last two nights I have been at work, as I am supposed to be on leave this week I have not had my usual crew mates, on the first night Denise and I had a slow start to the shift then it went crazy and we were sent all over the county on cover and for jobs, there were several vehicles unmanned which obviously puts more pressure on the ones that are.
I have been suffering with my back for the last few days, and while this is not unusual for me it is beginning to get uncomfortable when I add the other pains I am having at the moment, fortunately we did not need to carry anyone down stairs and the patient who fell out of bed was quite light.
Last night I was working with Dan, I have never worked with him before we were thrown straight in, 7.14pm we were on our way out on cover, miles from our base station! We didn't get back to base until about 2am, what with loads of cover moves and jobs. One of which was to a frequent caller, as we were out of our area we had not met her before, she opened the door and shouted that she was not going into hospital. We never intentionally put ourselves in a position where we are open to abuse or injury, both Dan and I have been and when the patient starts shouting at us before we have even opened our mouths its time to retreat! With out further ado Dan said "OK bye then", the patient started yelling abuse at us as we retreated to the ambulance, fortunately as we had been having trouble finding the property Dan had been talking on the mobile phone to our control staff who heard the whole incident and stood us down from the job immediately.
On returning to base we got our first meal break and started to watch the first of the Borne films. The night slowed down then, and I don't think Dan touched a single patient, lucky boy! Just one thing Dan, you do snore! x
The above photo was taken on our way to a cover point, Dan thinks the house owners do this for charity! That's as maybe but I am glad I don't live next door!