6mths to 82yrs, everyone gets sick.

Some just sicker than others and of course there are the accidents, like this first one.

A new Mum had baby in her arms and baby has just started to squirm and wriggle and slipped out of said mothers arms.
Face down onto a tiled floor.
Us in the business know the tried and true adage -
Babies bounce and a noisy baby is a good baby but that didn't help Mum feel any better.

35M - Major heart surgery a few weeks ago, got an infection and had some IV treatment but when I caught up with him. BP 88/46, HR 140bpm, Temp 39.7C (103.5F) and looked like shit!

49M - Psych transfer with three, count them THREE escort, two were security.

82F - At an inner city Cop Shop C/o palpitations???? Nothing wrong that I could find but I was getting a feeling that there were more social/mental issues involved.
She was very well dressed if you didn't look to carefully and she had one of those Nana shopping bags on wheels which was new but seemed to contain a careful selection of her life???

38M - Headache, now car talk on the way was heading towards Man Cold stuff but be professional when you arrive and give the pt a chance to not be a dropkick.
CT scans done two days ago showed multiple 'clusters' that may have been Sub Dural Haemorrhages. Nice, anyway the call to us was because the analgesia prescribed was not working so 5mg IVI of Morphine took the edge away and we transported for a management plan to be constructed.

20F - C/t uncounscious, seemed to be enjoying the attention of all her friends until big bad me stepped in and showed them that she wasn't 'unconscious'. Sternal Rub or pressure point you've got to lov'em.

17M - Asthma in the Police cells. As you may have guessed this was an Oxygen Thief and I left him in the tender care of my friend the NSWP. Very shallow end of the gene pool this boy.

Finished up with a,

81F - Nausea and vomiting,
PMHx - Past Medical History!
IHD - Iscaemic Heart Disease,
IDDM - Insulin Dependant Diabetes Mellitus,
CABg x 4 - Coronary Artery Bypass Graft by 4,
AAA - well everyone knows this one,

she didn't get to stay at home.

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

Taz