After years of being in the role of care provider, suddenly a couple of weeks ago, late at night, an unbearable pain in my tummy meant my husband had to pop me to our local A&E department, the hospital where I trained as nurse and have worked intermittently in various guises since. Now I was…
Continue Reading »
Tags: Abdo (Abdominal) Pain, BBM (Blackberry Messenger), Elderly, funny, illness, Italy, laparotomy, mobile phone, operating theatre, operation, Paramedic, paramedic becomes patient, ring tone, stitches, surgery, sutures, text message / sms, weird things patients say, wider NHS, Young people -
Leave a comment!
I saw a lovely patient this week, he was a very shy young man who didn’t speak much English but sadly he had just been mugged. There were three of them and only one of him – so violence really wasn’t necessary, but still they punched him in the face a number of times as…
Continue Reading »
Tags: 999, Ambulance, attacked, broken jaw, good samaritan, injury, max fax, mobile phone, mugging, Paramedic, Police, violence, wider NHS -
Leave a comment!
I don’t know if I believe in karma but it certainly seemed to come in to play with my patient last week. Although he was seen fairly promptly and spoken to politely, he was an impatient and somewhat objectionable man from the moment we made contact. As he told me the story of how he…
Continue Reading »
Tags: 999, accident, Ambulance, finger, fracture, hand, injury, karma, road rage, rudeness, urgent care centre -
Leave a comment!
My first patient a couple of weeks ago was worried because following a routine visit to the dentist’s surgery she had come away with rather more than she bargained for. The dentist was working on one of her molars and during the procedure the drill bit came loose and was swallowed before the dental assistant…
Continue Reading »
Written on
December 30, 2011 by
Jon in
NHS
I think that you can often predict the type of cases that we may see during the winter if you just consider a few influencing factors. It’s not very complicated really; let me give you some classic examples to illustrate my point: The weekend mornings during the playing season – guarantees an influx of rugby…
Continue Reading »
Tags: alcohol, black eye, bleeding, Christmas, christmas cracker, facial bruising, fracture, intoxicated, Mad Friday, scooter, seasonal injuries, tongue, wrist -
Leave a comment!
I know that this is coming a bit late to some, but if you’re still looking for a gift for the Paramedic in your life, here’s a few ideas: Streamlight stylus pen torch – £25 – Amazon.co.uk With a metal casing, this torch eschews quality. Batteries last for ages and because it’s metal its of…
Continue Reading »
Tags: 999 true stories of my life as a paramedic, blood, blood bag, Books, Christmas, gifts, IV bag, microbe, Paramedic, pulse oximeter, rapid response, stethoscope, torch -
Leave a comment!
Lysa was asked at short notice to appear on Sky News today to talk about ‘Mad Friday’ – the busiest night of the year for office Christmas parties. Ambulance Services, Police Forces and Hospitals all experienced an increase number of calls last night related to people who were inebriated. Lysa appeared on Lorna Dunkley’s show…
Continue Reading »