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Pre-Hospital Practice: Hypothetically Speaking

Locality: Sunbury, Victoria

Address: PO Box 234 3429 Sunbury, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.prehemt.com

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24.01.2022 It’s my fault my brother is dying He was trying bravely not to cry. That was a task too great for a five year old boy with a broken leg. A boy who had just been struck by a car. So he gave in to the pain and fear and cried. There was a lot more pain in the ambulance than the boy’s. His brother, only eight years old himself, was to blame for all this. Of course he wasn’t but he believed he was. He had been entrusted to escort his little brother across the road to go to s...Continue reading

20.01.2022 Can you help my mum please? There was really only two options for this callout. ‘Child caller,’ the dispatcher had said. It was either a hoax or someone in a really bad way. Normally the hoax callers like to talk it up a bit with a ‘house on fire’ or ‘really bad car crash’. This one was too subtle for that. ‘Can you come and help my mum please? I think my sister is sick, was all the caller had said.’...Continue reading

10.01.2022 Thank you Kimberley for the nomination! Ems1 - 10 books paramedics should read. https://www.ems1.com//148525048-10-more-books-every-param/

08.01.2022 You know you're a paramedic when...... You take your change from the supermarket cashier and dwell for a moment on what size IV needle you could insert in the vein on the back of her hand Your partner asks you how your day was and you complain about having a late lunch and being whacked for not double signing the medication register but forget about the cardiac arrest you went to a couple of hours ago. You think nothing of wiping vomit from your boots but are revolted when yo...ur colleague offers you instant coffee. You think a really good joke can actually involve tales of dead people You think that it is okay to ask your colleague how their skiing weekend was whilst you are doing CPR You specify the precise temperature in degrees C that you want your flat white but don't care about microwaving your kebab four times before you eventually finish eating it You think blown up latex gloves and roller bandages make excellent Christmas tree decorations You blew up the gloves with an oxygen cylinder Your one and only objection to sleeping on an ambulance stretcher is the mattress is too firm You suggest leaving the IV training arm poking out of the wheelie bin would be funny and your colleagues all nod in agreement You think it's okay to ask a person having a heart attack what the footy scores are since he has his TV on the right channel. You think it's okay to ask if you can change the TV if it's not on the footy channel You think it's okay to turn the TV on first Did I miss any? See more

05.01.2022 What’s Christmas day without Christmas dinner? The radio suddenly blared, its tone rudely summoning our minds back into work mode. From reflex, I moved to press pause on the remote control beside me then grunted. This was the television and not a video so I was going to have to farewell Bing Crosby mid song. A glance at the clock as I rose from my recliner confirmed the worst. It was lunch time, Christmas day. My partner was already by the refrigerator unpacking plastic c...Continue reading