CVA's

I reckon on our first day I heard six or eight jobs given over the radio for this category.

Our first two jobs for the day were CVAs

Over both of the day shifts there just seems to be a greater number of really sick people about and it is putting a huge strain on the entire hospital system in Sydney, that I know of.

Night shift crews are being given jobs on the way back to station to knock off and not getting clear from the hospital for another couple of hours.

Day shift crews work a constant day without a meal break and control seem to be reluctant to let you knock off, even if your on station restocked and cleaned up.

Just in my little patch of Sydney with the three large hospitals and one small, we have Ten Resuscitation Beds and nearly Eighty Ward Beds in the combined Emergency Departments.

With staff levels down on Ambos, Nurses and Doctors stress and pressure will mount. But by the very nature that directed us to this profession of ours, we will persevere and cope even if it kills some of us.

Grim thoughts indeed.



Be careful out there and I'll see you at the Big One.

Taz