christmas

Well what a week it was for me, i worked on nights and half nights all over the festive period, not so much festive as downright exhausting for ambulance staff out and about.
We started our shift in our own area but within 5 minutes we were out of area, one night spent solely in Leeds all night , no time alloted for a meal break , just job after job.....
Most of our work was to respond to drunken revellry and downright alcohol abuse!
14 and 15 years of age totally out of it laying out on the cold wet floor , a 68 year old man laying out on a pavement for over an hour at risk of Hypothermia, been drinking allday.
Youths cut and bleeding after having an argument once again fuelled by drink, its about time that something was done as to the availability of drink to young people and also about time that the public was educated in to when and when not to call for a ambulance,
I finished my run of nights fully exhausted and in between all this i cooked a christmas dinner on christmas day for 12 people just barely managing to sit down for an hour before setting off to work again.
So i am on my days off now and christmas is over once again for another year, its time to reflect and think about what i really want to do with my life , pick up drunks for ever , i really dont think so !!!!!

Spirit of Christmas?

What is it about Christmas that brings out the worst in some people?
I think the word Spirit has a great deal to do with it.
I went off to work last night at 10pm full of enthusiasim this being the festive weekend and straight away we were called to a pub fight where 30 people were all fighting, the night went from bad to worse , next we had a suicidal young woman who had a fall out with her boyfriend and when inside the ambulance requested that the said abusive boyfriend go along with her to support her!!!!
Then a chap very drunk fallen over and grazed his elbow, followed by a drunken youth who also had words with his girlfriend so decided to punch a mirror , damaging his fingers and not the slightest remorse.
This followed by a search in an area where someone had been seen on cctv supposedly assaulted but no where to be found , and at last a genuine poorly patient , an elderly person with pnuemonia, cannot wait to see what tonight brings with all the happiness and good cheer until the beer takes hold!!!!!

cold, cold ,cold!

Hello,
My goodness the weather has taken a turn for the worse, it is so cold , i heard on the weather news this morning that some places in england will be down to -9 degrees today and that is seriously cold !!!
went to Sheffield yesterday to meet our youngest son and his girlfriend , they are presently living in London , so have come north for Christmas, she is from Japan, and her family roots are Bhuddist so don't really celebrate Christmas like we do here.
They both decorated the tree and there was much excitement as we took all the decorations out of the boxes to put on the real tree,we have seen them so many times ,but Yuriko had never seen them so there was great delight and much laughter as we had a glass of wine or two to help proceedings along, Christmas music in the background and at last we began to feel festive.
Our other son and his partner are coming over on Christmas morning and other family members are coming for a get together and some food and games and present giving.

night out

Well last night was our works christmas night out, we all met up at The royal armories in Leeds, it was a great venue and the whole place was decked out in a Holloywood theme, lots of photo stills about of all the film stars past and present, we all made a special effort as we are so used to seeing one another in our paramedic greens , lots of sparkle and bling and that was just the guys!!!!
The food was really good, chicken or vegetarian wellington, so i was well sorted , lots of good music and dancing and laughter, the event concluded at 0130 and we made our way back home dropping a couple of friends home along the way,
Got up early today , lots to do still to prepare for christmas , youngest son arrives home on sunday with girlfriend, did a radio interview for his radio station yesterday "radio storm" at westminster university, my bit was about having to work over the festive period, it went ok i think,
So today i am shopping and then hopefully resting as am on a night shift tomight and all the office parties have started now so lots of drunk, unwell people to be called to i suspect.

Caught out

Well the mystery of the missing english man is about to unfold, it seems like he wasnt dead at all and was whooping it up with his wife in Panama, how remiss of him to not tell his sons that he was actually alive, and to fool his poor kids into believing that they had in fact lost their father , never to be seen again, and how terribly selfish of his wife to take all the insurance money and swan off to Panama , leaving the kids in their misery whilst she was going to live the high life, still justice hopefully will prevail,

Just had 2 days off, christmas shopping and freezer stocking up for christmas, i am working over the festive period so have to do it all now, the shops were buzzing with people, where does all the money come from?
Had a lovely meal in a tapas place with my mum,it was so nice to be out and about with her as we both seem to be busy all the time , had a big fat glass of Riocha and some tapas and a good lot of real belly laughs, it was a great day and then we rounded it off with a meal out in the evening with her partner and my hubby,
Met up with my friend jane yesterday and had a lunch together , so i think that it is about time i pulled my belt in and stopped eating so much , i will look like a barrel soon if i dont stop
Anyway got to go now , and prepare for work and see what kinds of things the day brings today , lots of christmas parties and drinking no doubt , so lots of falling over and not too well people out there.

tired and weary

Hi all out there,
well yesterday was my 8th day on early turn shifts, so i was well and truly knackered as the saying goes, too many early rises up at 0430 am to get ready for work.
I travel approx 11 miles to work and at that time the roads are really quiet, but 0n a 0600 o clock start it seems like the world wakes up at exactly that time, its like people are waiting in line for you to start work (or thats how it seems), the tannoy goes and the telephone and off we go, had a baby with epilepsy, lots of breathing difficulty patients , ( the weather has turned really cold now so all asthmatics and copd patients really begin to suffer ), had couple of deaths, a few patients with overdoses of medication, one patient with a heroin overdose, a diabetic who had a car crash, and a man who threw himself under a car.
Thats just a few of the things dealt with this week on early shift, so i am really ready for my 2 days off now, going christmas shopping with my mum today as i havnt had much time to spend with her of late.
Went to a meeting last night with the people that i met whilst i was in India, they were all from Batley and mirfield/ Dewsbury region so it was good to catch up with them , although i only met them for 6 days in october it was good to see them as firm friendships were made, hopefully i will be getting back to india again next year and back to the school in Gujurat again..
There was lots of food after the presentation , samosas and rice and bhajis etc , all my favorites.
So we are preparing for christmas although i will be working , i amj on half night shift so will at least be home in the day time, our youngest son who is studying in London will be arriving next week with his girlfriend and will stay 3 weeks with us, she is japanese so i want to make it a special christmas for her also,
lots of festive food and games to play and generally all the family will get together at our house on christmas day.
So thats all for today as i am about to hit the shops for a spot of retail therapy.

busy busy

Been working hard last 3 days , lots of emergencies and things like that.Sent to out of area locations, leeds huddersfield , normanton , lots of asthma attacks, the weather has turned quite cold now so all the chest infections are about,
Going to a presentation about part of my trip to Gujurat india tomorrow, lots of chat about what was seen and done and lots of hopefully indian food to sample, will wear my salwar kameez and dupatta for this occassion.
meet up with new friends made whilst out there, so not much to say until i have been
will write more then.