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Friday, 23 May 2014

Ambulances and Paramedics

Yesterday I got to ride in an ambulance,unfortunately I don't remember much about it.

The picked me up for my uni dorm, as my flatmates have told me.I also got a call from the residence office telling me this.

I mixed up my medicines and ended up unconscious (according to the nurses).

So I think paramedics are pretty amazing because
1. Most importantly...I am still alive
2. They some how figured out name age and profession (I would love to know how they figured out i was a medical student, I don't normally tell anyone I study medicine)
3.I some how ended up in hospital with my phone and house keys.(Thank you sooo much, it was very thoughtful who ever did it)

To all the paramedics out there,thank you for doing the job you do,saving lives is the most important bit,but its all the little things that count too.

Now I have a few questions, and some will probably never be answered.

1.Was I unconscious through out?
2.Why is my phone full of pictures of oxygen tanks and black boots attached to green trousers.(I hope I was not acting silly.)
3. Why on earth have I got ECG sticky pads stuck to me, who done it,when did it happen,and why?
4.What if I was being ridiculous, and the paramedics remember me, since I walk past one ambulance station each day on the way to uni, and i walk through A&E to get to the ward I have placement on.
5.Who called an ambulance?
6.Should I still shadow the paramedics as part of my course, of should I stay well away and shadow the police.