I'm Back!!!!!!!!!!!!

At work!

About eight jobs I'll post them later.

Arrived home too later to make the 2100hrs Fireworks on Sydney Harbour so I'm going to have to wait up and take Tracy and our visitor up for the Midnight Show.

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

Taz

ART.

No,

Not paintings an' sculpture an' edumicated fancy stuff.

Ambulance Relief Team! I got offered one of these shifts even though I hadn't put in for it.

The basic idea is whether it's from Bed Block, Ramping, Code Red or what ever your local health service might call it the Emergency Departments can get chocked with ambulance crews.

Here in NSW we have off duty crews who will be called in for an ART shift at O/t rates.
They have not an ambulance but a covered utility vehicle that may contain as many as six stretchers.
They are tasked to an ED that is experiencing delays.
On arrival they will, after meeting some criteria move pts to their stretcher thereby releasing the ambulance crew.

The pts must be non monitored but may have active treatment under way, ie; fluids etc.

To some it may sound like we're just making the problem worse by putting the crews back out there to just bring in more pts!!!!

True but it also can give crews a break rather than spending long hours standing in the glare of the hallway and a pts relatives.

The reason for the delays themselves?

Well I'm sure we all have our opinion and could solve it just like that if we were in charge.
And enough said.


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

Taz

No phone calls yet!

I've been back available from holidays for,,,,Twenty One hours and no calls for O/t yet.

I even went to work today.

Just to pick up a copy of the next roster so I could put it into the computer calendar and to collect my snail mail and deal with anything before I actually go back to work.

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

Taz

They're over!

My holidays that is.

Or will be in another twenty minutes.

I'm back on the available list, if I so wish to put my hand up.

So our working week starts on the Saturday and my position on the roster has me with five days off, Great!

So I'll just chuck my hat in the ring for any O/t that might be about.

I hope everyone who visits this blog have had an enjoyable, safe and relaxed Christmas day or will be at the end of their shifts.

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

Taz

The 2010 Hair ribbons

The six I had looked tired and limp so during the holiday I have been mulling over what I could have on some new ones.

So they're printed up and tomorrow I'll get the new ribbon and complete the manufacture.

We also have a house guest arriving tomorrow from Hobart to spend Christmas with us.

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

Taz

We dun shopping!

One of those tent things rather than an umbrella for the outdoor table, a citronella lamp to keep the bugs away and some rubber pads to protect the wooden table legs when it's on the grass.

Better for more outdoor time.

And on the other side of things only five more sleeps until I can return to work.

Just to remind you what a sick puppy I am.

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

Taz

I just saw my first 3D movie!

WOW!!!!

It was AVATAR a very good action film it is too.

Note to self sit mid cinema or further back next time and you got to keep the shades???
They weren't the blue and red things I expected but kind of a poor man's Blues Brothers looking thing.

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

Taz

Riden about 160kl.

And that's it really.

I have dropped into work but that was whilst out riding today and it was really to cool down and re-hydrate.

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

Taz

What have I done the most of?

This holiday period that is.

You would be correct with sleeping extra.

But I have had three visits to the dentist, the last being today for the final clean.
Not something you would expect to find on a holiday itinerary?


It's zoomed in but this was the warm up act Jessica Mauboy.

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

Taz

Love those Winery Concerts.

We got some complimentary tickets for one at Wyndham Estate in the Hunter Valley.
Featuring an Australian lass, Jessica Mauboy and main artists Human Nature with Motowns Smokey Robinson.

The entertainment was great,
The alcohol tent was great, very quick and not too expensive,
The toilets were clean and numerous,

There was not enough food with most sold before halftime,
The vehicular access was poorly thought out and very inadequate for the numbers that attempted to attend.

The promoters had over sold and closed the gates with many paid ticket holders left outside. There was also some problem with too many complimentary tickets being given out.

Anyway we or more Ambowife enjoyed herself, the accommodation at the Mid City Motor Inn in Singleton was fantastic as was the service provided by Rover Coaches in collecting you and returning you post concert, inebriated but safe!

We'll be doing more of these events for sure with.


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

Taz

Holiday Update.

Donated some Plasma and Platelets to the Red Cross,
Had a few rides,
Done only a little extra sleeping,
Checked work emails daily,
Had random conversations with the Ambowife.

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

Taz

Whats wrong with a Nana nap?

I had to be at the dentist at 0800hrs.
The stitch he had put in the hole were my wisdom tooth had been had come undone and fallen/pulled out on Friday so it was just a check and plan for further work.

Nothing left to do when I got home. The bike would not be ready to collect from the shop where it was having it's three month service (1600klm or 1000ml ridden in the last three months.

So I went and laid down around 0930hrs.

I am on holidays!

The NSWP bicycle boys.
I'd be up for this if ASNSW did it!


Part of the days entertainment was a bicycle Criterion Cycle event.
Lap speeds were not as quick but in the heat then were really working.


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

Taz

First thing I did on Holiday.

On the last day before my holidays I worked on Special Event Coverage at the V8 Supercars practise day at the Sydney Olympic venue, Homebush.

Saturday, Tracy and I went to the first day of racing. Tracy took just under 700 photographs that she is even now editing.

The end of the day was a massive concert with Grinspoon, The Living End and Cold Chisel. The video is from our seat.

We got home around half midnight, totally stuffed but knowing we had had a good day.




Sunday spent on the couch watching the second race.

I'm not really on holiday yet!

The roster has me with three days off before the three weeks of holiday actually start.

Before I turn off (difficult as that will be) for the holiday I have managed to land a spot at the V8 races in Sydney. With my luck I'll end up outside the track on the general ambulance but the whole event should be great as we do have tickets to attend the race for one of the other days I'll be able to do a reconnaissance first.

The last three shifts were nothing much in general except for this really good pedestrian v Car.
Nasty Tib/Fib fracture, humerus and shoulder fractures also.
Everything else checked Ok on site and again at hospital after a complete examination with only the initial injuries we detected.

Of course it's never nice when someone is injured but the job ran smooth and we were just outside the optimal twenty minutes scene time with primary survey, pain management and packaging.

I'm still a little timid to hit someone up with too much opiate analgesia and use the minimum repeat dose and that lead to a longer time to splint the leg.

It's an experience thing, true professional self evaluation and revision of each and every job will change that and considering that they gave more opiate in the Resus bay than I had in total for the job helps me develop my understanding.

I will be posting during the holidays just not operational stuff.

So if you don't drop by for three weeks, have a very merry Christmas and be safe out there!

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

Taz