I’ve been back responding with the First Responders this week. It’s good to be back with the medical side and although we had a quiet night last night, tonight’s been different. Three calls, two toddlers and an elderly lady. A very, very busy night for the ambulance service, we spent a lot of time with the RRV for the area, Richard, who’s a great chap and is happy to take the time to explain to both myself and Dilwyn the details of everything he did.
Both children we had were ‘sphincter-clenching moments’ when the call came through. Both had ‘breathing difficulties’ – a technical term that can mean anything from a bit of a wheeze all the way through to blocked airway. An 11-month old and a 2-year old both had breathing difficulties and from what Richard said, there’s been quite a few of these recently. Certainly the poor father in the last call had been ill all week. So yeah, there seems to be a bit of a bug going around.
Although, you ask any healthcare professional. There’s always a bug going around…
something doesn’t translate well on uknot from your post.
Yup, it’s planet being crap. For some reason it translates HTML entities in the text fine, but barfs if they’re in the title. Bad planet!
I note that my bug didn’t rate as a highlight of your /week/, even. 😉