It seemed to come around very quickly – that time of year when London hosts the Marathon. A few quick stats: 36,000+ Runners 6685 Casualties treated (6515 runners; 170 spectators) – 47 requiring hospitalisation 1400 Medical, Nursing, Ambulance and St John Ambulance staff and volunteers 50 dedicated ambulances 30 cycle response teams [source] It was…
Monthly Archives: April 2010
Scalded Baby
Charlotte has been coming out observing with me since she first started studying as a paramedic. In order to assist her make the most of any learning opportunities I decided to undertake the Practice Placement Educator course. This means that now when Charlotte is out with me we can get some of her competencies signed-off….
Chemical Incident
I had a strange one a few shifts ago. I was called to a house along with the HART (Hazardous Area Response Team) team to a young man who believed he had been the victim of a chemical incident. He had received a package that was ordered from a mail order company by post which…
Why oh why won’t people take medication for their pain?
Any ideas why people don’t take painkillers when they are in pain? It drives me absolutely crazy how someone can think something is serious enough to call an ambulance or visit an Accident and Emergency department without doing the slightest thing to help the situation for themselves first. Obviously I am not suggesting that when…
Who left that signpost there?
Someone had a really lucky escape when they walked away unscathed from this wreck! Incidentally, on my way to this call I was surprised to see Spiderman running along the pavement, closely followed by four Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles and three grown men in tu-tus; at this point I remembered that there was a fun…