Plain simple day, nothing exciting.

Well nothing jaw dropingly, OMG that is..

Having a coffee with other crews we get called over the north side of the harbour, their different people over there.

28M - Hyperventilation, calm reassurance and all the things you do and he's right and signs the card with my normal thing of 'Now you've signed your promising to see a Dr or ring 000 if something changes!'
Saw him later in our local hospital, sent in by his Dr who thought he BP was low and may have caused the hyperventilation. Everything came back clear, it was just the environmental and exertion triggers that cause it.

94M - Hot backup to a crew, we're an easy twenty five minutes away through the traffic.
Get called off for a closer crew, we're still on the Nth.

94M - Same job, the other car got tasked to a higher priority. Five minutes into the run we're called off again to Hot backup a single officer.

74F - Syncope on the 15th hole doing the back nine at a very expensive & exclusive golf club.
By accident she had taken a whole anti-hypertensive rather than a half, not really that significant. Rapid AF mostly about 140bpm, no Hx so lets have it checked.

Clear the hospital, another job about twenty five minutes in the other direction that was wrongly booked as an emergency transport when the pt was really suited to our Pt Transport service.
94M - Haematuria, Hx of Bladder CA, IDC in situ, asymptomatic.

Back to the south side of the bridge for a;

49M - With Police, has spoken of self harm in front of them but never did with me. I convinced him to come due to his tachycardia (160 bpm). He denied any substances, he was lying and I believe he was in a manic crisis. Triage agreed and was treated to the right secure rooms.

15M - Clutz fall and a possible ? posterior dislocation of right shoulder. Immobilise, analgesia, transport.

53M - IP who was sitting on the floor and overbalanced backwards and hit his head on the wall of the apartment, minor lac that really only needed some glue or stitches and a tetanus shot.

60M - Restrained driver in low speed MVA. Airbag deployed and he was sore in the sternal region. No obvious deformity, paradoxical respiration, sub cut emphysema. Able to tolerate having ribs sprung and deep respiration with out pain. Declined Tx.

39F - Alleged domestic assault, requesting Police and Tx to see the social worker. Both parties were IP. There were no physical injuries and this pair are known to have a blue (fight) when they get drunk. Violence against women is unacceptable but I wasn't getting too upset or concerned about this.

821 jobs/111 shifts = 7.4 average


See you at the big One.

Taz