Last night shift of this block. I had anticipated it being a busy night, i dont know why just something I felt...and it didn't disappoint. We started out with the enclosed picture. This is what happens when you fall backwards totally shit faced and drive a metal fireplace poker rod into the back of your head. He had an open basal skull fracture and what seemed like an arterial bleed, it was pouring out like a fountain and was very difficult to control the bleeding. Even with multiple trauma dressings and constant pressure it still wouldn't stop flowing. We managed to get him into C-spine immobilization (the yellow plastic thing with all the blood on it is called a 'clamshell' and we use it to scoop up potential spinal injury patients) and whisked him off to the hospital. Outcome ?
The rest of the night was filled with an assortment of other calls, a profound short of breath asthmatic, an OD crack addict, a "my tummy hurts"...the usual suspects.
A rather gruesome call took place last night but not in our area. A young man was decapitated at the hands of a samurai sword, crazy shit!
I've just arrived home, stay up and go for a coffee ? Or crash in bed for a few hours and wake up feeling like a bag of shit? hmmm...COFFEE!!!
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