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29 June 2009

The second day.

About nine jobs for the shift, only two of note.

Pedestrian V Car, a motorcycle responding from Kings Cross as well, just beat us. Nice run with the other drivers doing the right thing all the way there.

Low speed<15km, but with a significant joint injury, very obvious Dislocation/Fracture of the ankle. The foot was fully rotated laterally and I could feel the crepitus when we splinted it.

Good pedal pulse, analgesia, splinted, loaded and lets move around the corner to run a complete secondary survey. Single injury but protocol is protocol and of course if you don't look, you won't find!

Near syncope at the Conservatorium of Music.

Elderly gent felt crook in the queue and was assisted to the ground.
Pale, sitting in a wheelchair when we arrived, BP 68/30 and I checked the sys with a palpated brachial, Pulse 54, afebrile and had his appendix out 75 years ago and that is it for medical history!!!!!!!

Our ECG looked ok, pinned and started on a cautious amount of IV fluids, GCS was always 15 and at hospital BP now 113/50, palour was better and pulse the same.



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

Taz

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