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28 May 2011

The last day we work together.

As a level 2 Officer my partner still has many things (jobs) to tick off and we've managed to cover a lot of those while we worked together.
Wherever possible I have let them perform a treatment even if it's my shift to treat just so the procedure isn't so mystical and so they can begin to construct their own method.
We have had to talk to each other for the entire length of the shift, no I mean really talk as for four weeks the stereo in the vehicle didn't work so we have become very close.
While they don't leave our station the roster has them working on my days off so we won't get to see each other but they know that if there is ever a need, I'm there for them.

7F - woke up with a sore neck. We managed some paediatric analgesia and left in Mum's care.

17M - At school, sprained ankle.

82F - Assist another crew with extrication.

83F - Mechanical fall while rushing in a public place. A big gash on her knee (not a good spot) that was going to need professional sutures and management.

70M - IP, at the train station and way too plastered to be allowed anywhere near the platform having had several witnessed stumbles before the fall that got us called. We suggested a trip to a hospital to be in a safe place to sober up. Did a breath analysis and he blew 0.227, four and a half times the legal limit to drive and he wasn't driving his legs to well at all.

50M - Serious mental health issues.

32F - Behavioural mental health issues.

26F - Drug effected rape.

See you at the big One.

Taz

1 comment:

Reece said...

Hey Taz,

You mention BrAlc in a number of your posts.

Do you do the analysis on road or does the ED do it or perhaps onscene coppers.

I'd love to have a brethaliser at some jobs but in my service its a no no - yet its more common for my patients to get a BrAlc tube when they get into ED than it is for them to get an ETT tube - my thought are if they can why can't we..

Interested to hear what you do