Last O/t before holiday.

No spots in the city so I took the Bra'

71M - Febrile, nauseous, weak, transport.

46M - Homeless with an arthritic knee. If we didn't transport he would just call back. He wanted some analgesia, somewhere dry, warm and a captive audience,,,,,, Waiting room.

44F - Anxiety, calm, reassure and leave with family.

Called to 3 drunk Chinese students. This sounds more like something Campus security should be dealing with but we got called off anyway.

49F - Anxiety, calm reassurance and leave with family.

69F - Severe headache, Hx of subdural haemorrhage eight months ago.

42F - A developmentally delayed pt who likes the social interaction of the waiting room. Talked into managing her ????? vomiting in the comfort of her own home.

10M - Little bit of a chest infection made worse by the condition of the emergency housing they have moved into this week. Two other siblings in the house so Mum opts to have us give a NEB to ease his breathing and take all of them down the road to the medical centre in five hours when it opens.

'I need an ambulance' and hangs up. The details list the apartment building but not the apartment. Nobody comes out - UTL.

Assist a Medical Retrieval team that are just transferring planes at the International Airport.
Where is the pt being transported to?
New Zealand, Christchurch where there has been a 7.0 earthquake during the night.
Four hours we are trapped with this pompous Dr who can't understand that the airline can't just magic him and the pt onto the ground in NZ and that he is the one being paid well to look after the pt and I'm not his nurse bitch!
In the end after hours of 'we'll update you in another twenty' as to whether the flight will happen, it's cancelled and a day shift crew are sent to transport the pt to a hospital until travel plans can be made.

A nice way to start the holidays with a fifteen hour night shift!

847 jobs/114 shifts = 7.43 average.

See you at the big One.

Taz