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04 May 2008

An afternoon shift of overtime.

A pleasant shift spent in the South yesterday. I was partnered up with a fellow officer from our station with whom I had never had the opportunity to work, so that was nice.
We shared the work I drove first and later when I wanted to eat he drove (rank doth have its privileges). We got two interesting pts, an older female that described all the classic angina symptoms, Hx multiple Ca's and bloody obvious ST depression. The local hospital here had her thrombolysed within 20 min.

A young male with Wolff Parkinson-White, recently diagnosed. Complaining of ??? chest pain & limb weakness & disorientation & diaphoresis & inability to communicate with friends. Most had resolved by our arrival but the ZOLL showed wide bizarre complexes every 4th or 5th beat so he got a trip and good reception from the staff (they like to get something interesting as much as we do) and then back home to snuggle up with the wife.
How good is that.

Be careful out there and I'll see you at the big one.


Taz

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