Another two shifts (lates)

RED 3 Allocation (Elderly gentleman with central chest pain) 6 Miles away. So we rush there on Lights & Sirens, FRU already on scene assessing patient. Full set of Obs later we find that apart from his Chest Pain there is no other signs of an MI (Heart Attack) FRU does a 12 Lead ECG and notices some abnormalities, so we Blue him in to a CathLab, which is an NHS Hospital specially Kitted & Staffed to deal with MI's.

So we get there & hand over to the Surgeons, who were great & invited us to stay & observe the Angioplasty, which was brilliant. I feel i have really learned things on this CAD. We also had a full debrief from the FRU Paramedic - what a top fella, thank you.. Later we find out that he induced the MI due to pushing his car onto his driveway..

The patient is also going to make a full recovery, and that makes me feel great.. It's jobs like these why I joined up !! Keep em coming Control lol.


Amber 1 Allocated (RTC Vehicle on its side) So here we are first on scene to what seems at first to be a major smash between two cars. Its turns out that we have to deal with 3 Patients all with C-Spine injuries that only seemed to have come on, upon our arrival. So we promptly assume them to be Cash-spine injuries but of-course treat for first & worst. Anyway it being a busy night, we were short on ambulances so we had 3 patients, one collar & boarded, the other two collared, one Paramedic, one Tech 3, & two Urgent Care staff in the back of a Merc. Cramped but interesting. Another good job..


Green 2 Allocated (Health Care Professional Admission)in A&E within 4 hours. This is where a GP or out of hours Doctor has visited a Patient & then called 999 and given us a time-frame in which the Patient has to be in A&E. Unfortunately they are not always right with their timings, which is evident in this particular CAD..

Doctor Observations- 58 YO male, slight fever, sudden onset of lethargy.

Our Observations some 4 1/2 Hours later- 58 YO male, Temp of 42, Convulsions, Couldn't Obtain BP due to convulsions, Pulse Rate of 128, Eyes Non Reactive size 6, GCS 5, sats 82.. Hmmm did they change that much in 4 hours or did the GP just look at him ? Who knows, at least the Ambulance Service did a good job, we got him in and treated within 25 Mins.

Anyways sportsfans, I'm off to bed but there is more to come when I roll out of bed, sometime in the afternoon..... Night Night..... Dont let the GP's bite lol