We were just leaving Anytown Hospital, and called green at hospital. This means that we press the button on the radio, get a series of musical tones (which I have recently realised that I actually inwardly, or sometimes, worryingly, outwardly sing to!), read the "acknowledged" sign on the radio display, then wait. And sometimes wait somemore, and more.... and more....
It is sometimes evident by the length of wait how busy the ambulance services are.
On this occasion we were dispatched to a curry house in our local town. At the time it was quite new, and we were requested to go around into the rear car park. Well, you don't want a large yellow ambocharger parked in front of your swish new restaurant do you?
It transpires that we are there to see a member of staff. He is sat by the sink at the rear entrance, on a dustbin, trying to get as much of his body into the large stainless steel sink, or so it appears. The contents of his stomach are very much in evidence within the sink.
So, we set to work. Questions are asked and observations are carried out.
"Have you only just eaten?"
"Yes", comes a grunted reply.
We decide to leave his mouth actions undisrupted as he adds copious amounts to the sink.
So we ask the worried looking boss. "What did he eat?"
"Sandwiches".
Now, I may not be CSI's finest, nor into Forensics in a big way, but whenever I have tried to make a curried chicken and rice sandwich, I find that the rice tends to fall out all over the place.
"So, he has only had his packed lunch?"
"Yes", from a now very embarrassed boss, who has spotted me looking into the sink trying to spot a piece of bread anywhere amongst the debris.
Having now evacuated all of the offending meal, the patient is now feeling brighter, and decides that rather than spending the remainder of his saturday night in Casualty, he will just shoot off home early. We satisfy ourselves that he isn't going to flake out from something else and let him.
As we leave the restaurant, the owner pipes up, "Please drop in for a meal sometime".
Somehow, I think not.
I confess. I used to blog under a different name. I slipped, and did not blog for a looooong while, and needed to make myself a bit more anonymous. So, Stan-By's blog is born, the diary of a sometimes completely barking mad Healthcare Professional, with emphasis on the Professional aspect of the title. He has served the Community of Anywhere for too many years!
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