That's the way you do it!

And the rest of the post has nothing at all to do with Dire Straits.
A full on last day of the roster.

84F - Vertigo, distressed but none of it too bad. She was able to move around her apartment but did need the walls to steady herself. With all the obs good it was looking like the inner ear and she did want to see a Dr. We haven't rushed the job because there's no need so as we exit the building and make our way to the vehicle there appears a relative. Discussion,,,, 'Would it be better if I took her to her own Dr rather than you take her to the hospital?' What do you think we said?

62M - Anxiety over a strange sensation in his right hand! He has a Hx of some kind of stroke as he called it 6 yrs ago (numbness in finger tip pads of left hand was the only symptom and never resolved), the tingling on the right had resolved when we arrived and he didn't want to come with us but was going to see his LMO.

98M - Prostate CA, abdo pian and some cathater issues. Fragile cargo.

55M - VF arrest, witnessed, excellent CPR till we arrived, one shock asystole, run the drugs another shock or two we're at hospital,,,, today was his day die. We're sorry for the loss to his family and workmates, everyone did the very best they could but there comes a time.....

10M - Was playing a game called Stacks were the idea is to get one kid on the ground and then get as many kids as you can stack on top! It happened over an hour ago before he complained of neck and lower back pain. Spinal precautions and transport.

86F - Stood on a grape in the supermarket and from bystanders did a slipped on a banana peel fall, you know arms and legs spinning everywhere. C/o right midshaft thigh pain. No deformity she just can't straighten the leg out, sounds like a muscle tear or a ham string.

84M - Asystole arrest, again excellent CPR on our arrival but the drugs did nothing and we called it on scene.

74F - Parkinsons, stiffens up every now and then and can't walk any more. Today she was near enough to the couch to fall onto it and wait. Many hours later some one called and she was able to knock the handset off the phone and tell them to call an ambulance. Uninjured we were able to call family who came around. The normal carer was herself in hospital and the designated family member who was meant to be there hadn't arrived yet.

84F - Dementia sufferer who had wandered away from home. The police had found her but didn't know what to do as there was no record of her on any of the names or addresses she was giving them. Just as we're about to leave to take her to the hospital as this was a medical missing person a relative turned up.

And that's the way we did it!


See you at the big One.

Taz