jeudi, septembre 23, 2004
the day
bishan fire station. was stationed at toa payoh fire post with one of the two ambulances. long complicated story. small stark enclosure at a void deck.
1st call: toa payoh polyclinic. case of dengue fever. basically just sent the person to TTSH, taking parameters on the way. sian. saw joseph lam there. and norman. amusing enough, since before that he called me while i was still at firepost and asked whether im doing TTSH today. in the end still met him. and some others on attachment. so fun to meet pple around. is nice to have friends scattered.
2nd call: head bleeding. bishan central. went there, at first could not find the guy. was almost going to leave. young-middle aged man was sitting near coffee shop. two police pple with him. not very fresh looking wound on the head. one more on his left arm. person in a daze and brain slow. claims to have had a fall. previous injury marks present, self inflicted. police discovered blood stain razor blade case in bag. some blood stains in bag. apparently found 3 sleeping pills too or something, which patient was very afraid of getting into trouble for. pills were prescribed. jobless, retrenched recently. monetary problems. didn't want to go hospital coz wanted to look for job. looked frightened, worried, unstable.
3rd call: toa payoh polyclinic again, irritating. worker cut by falling glass. slash on right wrist. BP low. looked a little pale otherwise fine. another transportation case. sian.
heard they had a 'good' case at TTSH A&E today. cardiac tamponade. CPR done at resus. doc cut open chest. massaging heart with hands. so sad i didn't get to see that.
4th case: was supposed to be old lady not feeling well. halfway enroute, zey banged into another veh. a long drawn-out settlement on scene. waited very long for maintenance pple to assess veh. towed veh back to base, exchanged ambulance. amongst other things which resulted in afternoon onwards being ruined. so irritating.
had fair share of gawkers today. such standard behaviour. can't help it. actually, i'll prob look more, since i know what's going on. yar. medical pple will prob be more interested than other passerbys.
hope tomorrow night'll be better.
the day
a tiring day that did not live up to expectations. a bored death.
bishan fire station. was stationed at toa payoh fire post with one of the two ambulances. long complicated story. small stark enclosure at a void deck.
1st call: toa payoh polyclinic. case of dengue fever. basically just sent the person to TTSH, taking parameters on the way. sian. saw joseph lam there. and norman. amusing enough, since before that he called me while i was still at firepost and asked whether im doing TTSH today. in the end still met him. and some others on attachment. so fun to meet pple around. is nice to have friends scattered.
2nd call: head bleeding. bishan central. went there, at first could not find the guy. was almost going to leave. young-middle aged man was sitting near coffee shop. two police pple with him. not very fresh looking wound on the head. one more on his left arm. person in a daze and brain slow. claims to have had a fall. previous injury marks present, self inflicted. police discovered blood stain razor blade case in bag. some blood stains in bag. apparently found 3 sleeping pills too or something, which patient was very afraid of getting into trouble for. pills were prescribed. jobless, retrenched recently. monetary problems. didn't want to go hospital coz wanted to look for job. looked frightened, worried, unstable.
3rd call: toa payoh polyclinic again, irritating. worker cut by falling glass. slash on right wrist. BP low. looked a little pale otherwise fine. another transportation case. sian.
heard they had a 'good' case at TTSH A&E today. cardiac tamponade. CPR done at resus. doc cut open chest. massaging heart with hands. so sad i didn't get to see that.
4th case: was supposed to be old lady not feeling well. halfway enroute, zey banged into another veh. a long drawn-out settlement on scene. waited very long for maintenance pple to assess veh. towed veh back to base, exchanged ambulance. amongst other things which resulted in afternoon onwards being ruined. so irritating.
had fair share of gawkers today. such standard behaviour. can't help it. actually, i'll prob look more, since i know what's going on. yar. medical pple will prob be more interested than other passerbys.
hope tomorrow night'll be better.
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