The last few days have been some of the busiest shifts that I have ever worked and there is no sign of them letting up yet.

In more than one hospital in the same shift I heard receptionists having to educate the public and explain that Accident and Emergency was for Accidents and Emergencies and that [...]

Its my last shift before Christmas and its Very Very cold outside….  Its so cold outside that the polar bears are getting into the back of my ambulance to warm up!

We are called to a Motorcyclist who has had an accident due to the ice on the road. When we get there we are greeted [...]

A very short blog post to say that Mrs Paramedic Blogger emailed me a link to an article on the BBC Website -
Call for 999 ambulance response targets rethink
I don’t think I could put it any better than she did….

Emergency Call, 21 Month Old, Fallen From Chair, No other details.  Its Dark, rush hour, and a drive of over 20 minutes on blue lights on the motorway, dual carriageway and other urban roads to a new estate that I have only been too once before.
The street is very dark, all of the house numbers [...]

Sometimes when your on a job, some things just don’t seem right. You can’t put your finger on it, but your suspicions just increase with time…..
It was the last hour of a very busy shift where we had also had a late meal break when we got called to a local office block to [...]

Today was another University Day…. Only 7 months to go and hopefully it will all be over!!
I’m in my final year now and I think I am starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel – I just hope its not a train coming towards me….
Year three has most definitely ramped up [...]

The BBC have recently done a story on a 92 year old lady who had to wait 6 hours for an ambulance following having a stroke.
Watch the video below or visit the BBC to read the article for yourself…..

before we discuss a few of the “facts” in this article, I will start by saying that [...]

Last night, my husband and I were sitting in the living room, and I said to him, ‘I never want to live in a vegetative state, dependent on some machine and fluids from a bottle. If that ever happens, just pull the plug.’
He got up, unplugged the computer, and threw out my wine!!!!

Just a short post tonight as its been a long busy day….

We see a lot of dead people in our job.  In the last 5 shifts I have seen three dead people, two of which there was absolutely nothing that we could do for them.  For these people we complete a Recognition of Life Extinct [...]