tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post5534448706007204151..comments2023-09-26T12:58:21.651+00:00Comments on The Paramedic's Diary: Out of controlXfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08189044083128101123noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-55492789231488778872009-08-28T08:39:49.077+00:002009-08-28T08:39:49.077+00:00Response to all EMDs and calltakers:
The Swine Fl...Response to all EMDs and calltakers:<br /><br />The Swine Flu problem has indeed caused a lot of confusion about which card is appropriate for which call and out on the frontline someone with a real illness is going to suffer as a result, but what is the answer?<br /><br />The general public are mostly to blame for this - they simply wont accept, thanks to the excitable media, that most of us will get mild symptoms and need to treat this as simple flu. The slightest cough and they are dialling 999 - or being re-directed by the Government's mongrel 'Flu hotline' because their cards are also simplistic and stop short of actually being able to help anyone.<br /><br />My colleagues and I don't want to become the first victims of the heat that will be generated by this stupidity and you guys are stuffed too because you can't even use common sense or logic thanks to this short-sighted system, created solely to clear these calls.<br /><br />The bottom line, whether you agree with my opinion or not, is that someone's mum, dad, child, gran or grandad is going to die because we focus on the numbers and not the problems. Let's hope its not yours or mine.Xfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08189044083128101123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-7170951718191409132009-08-25T22:11:31.329+00:002009-08-25T22:11:31.329+00:00Another EMD here.. Late to the party so no one wil...Another EMD here.. Late to the party so no one will read this anyway..<br /><br />We were told to send all chest pains through flu/36 and they come out with a green. I'd even seen allocators on my logs cancelling the crews assigned at the end of questioning when it went to a Green2. Pissed me off quite a few times. And since we were on 36, we didn't have the option to give them aspirin as on chest pain/10..<br /><br />Recently (thankfully) all chest pain goes back to card 10. Although still leaves us with breathing problems and headaches on 36.<br />And to be fair, they have very recently adjusted it so we can still select 6/breathing problems if they have asthma/copd/emphysema.<br /><br />It really was embarrasing to sit there talking to a mum as her child was having an asthma attack asking her (LITERALLY) 15-20 questions about if he had a fever, sore throat, cough or a blooming runny nose! Same goes for some old grandad with a ?MI.<br /><br />I guess since I've only been in the service 8 months I wouldn't understand the real reason behind this complex system. But it really stank of "we have a lot of calls at the moment, so if we make them all Green2's we won't miss those ORCON targets".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-56070069955658569452009-08-22T20:40:29.146+00:002009-08-22T20:40:29.146+00:00I'll agree with Fizz about period pains - much...I'll agree with Fizz about period pains - much worse than labour (which was a doddle) - although the after pains with child no. 2 were pretty awful.<br /><br />Can't disagree that 'it happens every month' but that doesn't always make it any easier.... Pain relief from the GP was absolutely useless - and sadly the good old advice of 'taking two paracetamol' was totally ineffective. Sorry Stuart! ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-56470748880400040632009-08-21T18:23:10.190+00:002009-08-21T18:23:10.190+00:00The swine flu (card 36) card has a LOT to answer f...The swine flu (card 36) card has a LOT to answer for. Chest pain? Must be swine flu. DIB? Swine flu mate. It's only recently they've made some changes as to what ages we use the card on. I speak for myself and many colleagues who have taken it upon themselves to break protocol and keep chest pain calls for elderly people a red and not go through the swine flu questions. I'd personally rather get a bollocking than risk that sort of thing, to be honest. I think the blame lies with people higher than EOC, with a bit more brass on their shoulders with this one for bringing in the new card.las_emdnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-88469663916603371112009-08-21T11:06:00.516+00:002009-08-21T11:06:00.516+00:00good blog hope you dont mind ive put a link on my ...good blog hope you dont mind ive put a link on my site.alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16695338616822336533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-40216168174386809922009-08-21T08:47:21.067+00:002009-08-21T08:47:21.067+00:00I think the old adage, less haste more speed is th...I think the old adage, less haste more speed is the answer.<br /><br />It's vital that the units responding have all the pertinent information to hand, but the absence of effective prioritising, can as you've just related above, cause inadvertant suffering to a patient.Tom102https://www.blogger.com/profile/13349196217553261791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-68730855883388688762009-08-20T23:02:08.726+00:002009-08-20T23:02:08.726+00:00Hey Stu-Fru! Can't explain the amber stiff leg...Hey Stu-Fru! Can't explain the amber stiff leg for you. If you ever get the ampds codes from jobs you find odd I can tell you what the caller said to get the response. I can't explain the green chest pain either. I haven't used the pandemic card but I think it's supposed to account for history of cardiac problems. I'll check when I can.JB102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-75774229762858886182009-08-20T22:31:17.769+00:002009-08-20T22:31:17.769+00:00I actually used to have period pains that were wor...I actually used to have period pains that were worse than second stage labour pains (hand on the bible), but I just used to lie on the bed, writhe, moan, throw up, have migraine etc. Childbirth had an amazing effect and they were never like again. but calling an ambulance? Hell, it took me till I was 18 to pluck up the courage to speak to my GP (who gave me the most useless pills!). Honestly, what is it about all this public drama about petty aches and pains? Too damn soft,this generation, Xf, shove 'em in the army!Fiznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5498194182629204271.post-29904499890060695152009-08-20T15:34:59.237+00:002009-08-20T15:34:59.237+00:00http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/8210483...http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/8210483.stm<br /><br />This sad story is doing the rounds here in Bristol at the moment. I obviously don't know the full facts, only what has been reported in the Beeb (link above) and the highly emotive Bristol Evening Post (http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/news/Bristol-pensioner-waited-night-ambulance/article-1263924-detail/article.html)<br /><br />Essentially, an 87 year old lady was left waiting for an ambulance that didn't show up at all. Her case wasn't an emergency, but had been requested by the GP. Unfortunately, she later died, and her family are claiming that her 11 hour wait before her 85 year old husband drove her to hospital was a contributing factor to her death. (in the BEP, but not on the BBC, her husband has said that if he'd known the ambulance wasn't going to appear, he'd have taken her sooner, but each time he called, they told him to wait)<br /><br />Unfortunately, it was a Friday night, and we all know the "emergencies" that ambulances have to go to on a Friday :-(Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17965300148218903639noreply@blogger.com