What do you think of the blinky?

That's what the new artwork by Ambowife is called.

I guess the nights were midweek so the quantity wasn't there.

First shift had only six jobs,
Air Ambulance to hospital,
Intoxicated and needs to sleep it off,
Homeless, ejected from a hostel tonight, now ringing us up for his chronic conditions.

Two that did interest us were,

Asthma, severe unwitnessed episode.
Known asthmatic with nut allergy,
Very tight chest but moving air?
Unresponsive to Salbutamol, Atrovent and Adrenaline.
No or little communication either verbal or non verbal best GCS = E4, V1, M5.
Mottling on abdo that disappeared after the adrenaline.
Code 3 to the hospital.
They were as confused as I was.
Pt got more nebs and adrenaline, again without effect.
Sedated and tubed with diagnosis ?Asthma in Extremism.

Abdo Pain (not a job that you usually get excited about).
Post Op, about two weeks, from an emergency appendectomy,
Sudden onset over afternoon.
Nausea but no vomiting.
Rigors (chills).
Vertigo (BPs 104/60, HR 130, RR 32 & febrile)
Maxalon 10mg IVI,
Morphine 7.5mg IVI (9.5 pain down to 5)
Fluids 300ml

A sick person that I could make a difference to and as always was apologising for calling and would have made her own way to hospital if she could have gotten out of the door.

Oh, and I didn't win anything on the $90mil Lotto draw so there goes my own personalised ambulance.

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

Taz