...And of course as I go to drive to my mum's for dinner, the battery on my car decides to stop working. So I'm sitting in the car, in the dark awaiting a pick-up.

Merry Christmas all.

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No late job (thanks to the kindness of Control) so now I'm heading home for the family dinner and the exchange of swag.

Back tomorrow for more of the same...

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A(nother) little old lady, this one fainted. Both her and her family were lovely.
Then an attempted radio slot on BBC Radio 5 live, aborted due to the poor mobile phone reception at the local hospital.
Half an hour until the end of shift. Will I get another job?...
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Maternataxi

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A run out of our area for a 50 year old with a cough that he has had for three weeks. Quite a thin chap which always makes such things look worse.

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Even the receptionists in A&E are getting in the festive mood. (I make no comment on the boots...). One of the girls has antlers on her head.



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Another little old lady who fell over last night but, 'I didn't want to bother you' so waited until this morning to call us. Lovely woman who may have cracked a rib. She has lots of friends who were all concerned for her and were very helpful for us (again, a rarity).

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Bless them all - loads of businesses get together and send us food for Christmas. I'm devouring the chocolate now...



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A little old lady who tripped and cracked her head open. She broke my heart and I found myself emotionally bullying the nurses with the phrase 'we need to show some Christmas spirit'. It's making me feel a little tearful, so this job will be a proper blogpost later. It's a happy ending though, which is good.

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Got called an 'angel' by our first job at five past seven, a very nice 63 year old chest pain. Patient called the emergency GP first which, considering his cardiac history, was probably the wrong thing to do. Cardiac chest pain = 999 in my book.

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Preparing the ambulance for the shift, making sure it is fully kitted. All while drinking a big mug of tea.

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Half past five and I'm getting up for work. How is that right or fair? It's not all bad though, I'm working with Laura and she is bringing food.

Shift runs from seven until four. With any luck it'll be a nice easy shift