Today was my ride-out with the ambulance crew in Stevenage. 24 hours of observing and assisting as they dealt with several elderly patients, a road accident, a nasty fractured leg and a child suffering concussion.
I learned so much and it was a pleasure to see how the team co-operates with Police, NHS staff and the public.
The best hour was spent at Lister Hospital, where I helped another crew log-roll a patient in her twenties so that she could firstly have an MRI scan and then have a spinal check. They were frantically busy and we had to wait to check another patient in anyway, so it was a good use of our time.
I am absolutely exhausted, though, but feeling so much more prepared to becoming a community first responder.
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