Comments on: Bimble on a Bulb…!

By: emsguy64

emsguy64 — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:58:01 +0000

We at least have protocols to force transport anybody we have to use Narcan on. It’s amazing how many unconscious, near dead idiots I’ve revived with the stuff who then vehemently deny using ANYTHING. That’s why I named my own blog here “In Naloxone Veritas”.

By: kingmagic

kingmagic — Wed, 27 May 2009 08:02:02 +0000

uncle J…after re-reading my post I can see where the connection could be made between said ‘bimble’ and the ‘bulb’. We have sick minds I think!

The word ‘bimble’ is forces slang for a walk or slow pace. The ‘bulb’ is the blue light on t’ambulance from many moons ago before we got strobes.

The ‘foreign object in rectum’ was, I am informed by the crew, an ornament. I will never be able to watch ‘The Antiques Roadshow’ in the same way again!

By: uncle J

uncle J — Wed, 27 May 2009 07:50:37 +0000

Re Rach 8:44 – I wondered if the the picture of a lightbulb related directly to ‘something stuck’…?

By: kingmagic

kingmagic — Wed, 27 May 2009 07:20:22 +0000

Mr.Nighttime…London averaging 3500-5000 per day. In the sticks averaging 1500-3000 per day. (In the sticks is any other big city outside of London). The following document gives a more comprehensive rundown on stats.

http://www.ic.nhs.uk/webfiles/publications/Ambulance%2007-08/Ambulance%20Bulletin%202007-08%20final%20with%20data%20quality%20note%2015-12-08.pdf

By: Nick Hough

Nick Hough — Tue, 26 May 2009 23:25:11 +0000

Thanks. That was what I presumed the treatment would be.

(Apologises for the repost of the comment – it didn’t seem to take the first two times!)

Cheers,
Nick Hough
http://nickhough.blogspot.com

By: Mr. Nighttime

Mr. Nighttime — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:13:05 +0000

Yeah, I hear you. What is your daily job count system wide? My brother, also a paramedic, told me yesterday that the system is breaking 4,000 jobs per day regularly in NYC.

By: kingmagic

kingmagic — Tue, 26 May 2009 08:06:24 +0000

Rach…you are a bad girl! x

UHDD…it was around 2000hrs when we got sent to her. Nice family with an accident prone child.

Nick Hough…list not in order. I did well to remember the jobs. Shifts tend to blur. Treatment for stuck tampon…take a good history (sometimes a female may feel its stuck when there is nothing there!) We dont examine the area (as if it was showing I’m sure the female could pull it out) We would do obs (BP, pulse, temp) and transport. As you are aware Toxic Shock Syndrome can kill.

Mr. Nighttime…if management could they would give us a 26 hour day, nine day week, six week month! When I first started in this job if a crew did three jobs on a night shift that was considered busy!

By: Mr. Nighttime

Mr. Nighttime — Tue, 26 May 2009 07:16:03 +0000

13 jobs in 12 hours? What kind of lazy bones are you? We would do that in 8 hours in Brooklyn.

Yeah, I agree with the others. An 8 year-old has no business being on a swing at that hour. Then again, I would see the welfare moms carting around their 2 year-olds at 2 am sometimes…

By: Nick Hough

Nick Hough — Tue, 26 May 2009 07:05:57 +0000

uphilldowndale, that was going to be my exact question! (That’s all assuming that list is in order?)

Anyway, sounds like an interesting night shift. I almost want to ask what the treatment is for a tampon stuck up there, but there again, I really don’t…

Regards,
Nick

By: Nick Hough

Nick Hough — Tue, 26 May 2009 07:05:42 +0000

uphilldowndale, that was going to be my exact question! (That’s all assuming that list is in order?)

Anyway, sounds like an interesting night shift. I almost want to ask what the treatment is for a tampon stuck up there, but there again, I really don’t…

Regards,
Nick
http://nickhough.blogspot.com