Funny how the nights are cold and wet in winter.

'Cause that's all I have to blame the work shortage on.

64M - Felt hot so he took his BP (I hate those home random number generators), the longer we stayed and talked the lower his BP got, anxiety.

65M - Chest pain, Hx of 3 AMI's, 2 stents, CVA/TIA events, pale (don't think he usually looks tanned), SOB, nausea with a big vomit and sinus rythym. Oxygen, aspirin and transport.

20M - Arm injury - UTL.

17M - Significant lac to hand with motor/sensory deficit to thumb. This was the above job but he left scene to walk home.

30F - IP and kicked out of the club.

86F - Constipated.



See you at the big One.

Taz

Oh quality stuff this shift.

Come on, you must have heard the sarcasm?

52F - Back pain.
32F - Altered LOC possibly drugs.
43M - Extreme decrease in mobility from peripheral neuropathy.
40F - IP.

Better be bigger tonight!

See you at the big One.

Taz

When did Heather Ledger die?

That was when I last worked with the offficer who came in today on overtime, or that's what he told me. I've looked it up and that's pre blog even!

My partner appears to be sick so I am getting over timers in, when you do overtime you normally treat as your on double time but to be consistent for the ride-a-long I am trying to treat-drive-treat-drive as I will in a normal block but it depends of their knowledge of the city also, so far I've been lucky.

78F - #NOF
18M - Tachycardia (120bpm), in the city to celebrate his 18th birthday. Tells us that it happen when he drinks Redbulls or the like, claims that he hasn't,,,, he thinks,,,,, well not a full one,,,, he thinks. We discuss his options with him and try to point out reality and he decides to go back home and chill with his family.
92F - Prolapse bowel.
77F - SOB, decreased mobility, nothing acute.
83F - Abnormal Behaviour, Alzheimer's not recognised by the family or accepted is my diagnosis.
82M - Back pain, SOB, COPD Hx, a chest infection again is my guess.

See you at the big One.

Taz

Uni Student Ride-a-Long!

Nice girl, she was at our station last year for her three week practical placement and had requested it again this year but lucked out and got me.
Not much of note today,

46F - Discharge to home post op knee reconstruction.

51F - Liver CA, increased pain and vomiting.

44F - Manic, off her meds.

87F - Hyperglycaemia.

18M - Obvious dislocation while playing tennis. Tricky part is the tennis court was three stories up the back of the house with a pathway and corners and handrails that would only allow single file. We ended up calling the Fireies for a stokes litter and more hands. Two fire crews, three paramedics, one student and 10mgs of Morphine we got him out and to the ambulance for the trip to hospital.

See you at the big One.

Taz

What might be the future in medicine.

I don't know if you have ever heard of TED.com.
It's short video's on advancements in Technology, Entertainment and Design presented by some very interesting people.
I watched this one because of a post Tom on EMS 12-lead.
Damn interesting stuff

Daniel Kraft: Medicine's future? There's an app for that Video on TED.com

See you at the big One.Taz

A quiet night and I put my head down.

68M - Phlegm plug in throat.
77M - SOB, chronic CCF.
37M - Forehead lac from a knee.
57M - Confused and lost.
90F - Head lac post a bathroom floor.

I normally don't sleep at all on night shift. I have my reasons I think I'm better able to respond instantly to a job, response driving and my mood is better. As one of our inspectors said to me once, be really honest with yourself and tell me you don't give a silent curse about disturbed sleep when the phone rings or the pager goes off? I'm paid to respond to the public need, not sleep.

I had a busy Monday so I put my head down on a slow night, I think I even got an hours shut eye but that was it. It just didn't feel right.

Why was I busy?

I am attending the Australian Youth and Road Trauma Forum at the Sydney Olympic site for the three days as one of the Paramedic crews in the scenario and Monday was our rehearsal with the actors who are the victims and the Police Highway Officers, Rescue and Fire Officers.

Later that night we presented one of the Traffic Offender Intervention Program presentations in an inner west suburb for adults who have already run a foul of the law.

So my days off aren't dull.

See you at the big One.

Taz

I hate drunk females.

20M - Drunk on a train, assaulted rail cops, assaulted normal cops, had some tried blood in his ear, we get called to look at it. It's nothing he's a tosser and I leave him there.

66M - Syncope with LOC, a 20 point postural drop but otherwise asymptomatic.

21F - Don't take a piss weak amount of sleeping pills if you've had a fight with the boyfriend because I have to take you in (under mental health if you don't comply) just to cover everyone's arse.

20F - IP++++++, crying, vomiting, screaming for her mummy and telling me how she's dying.
18F - IP+++ much better behaved which is lucky because the other moppet took all my time to manage.

30M - # R ankle.

26M - IP and knew that he was. Recognised the fact that he is unsafe on the streets in this condition and has been unsuccessful in hailing a taxi.

31M - Punched in the face, nil obvious injury, left to his own devices.

See you at the big One.

Taz