Lets see if this one disappears into the Aether, the two posts that never arrived will get turned into 'proper' blogposts at a later date...
We got called to a lovely old lady who has had a bit of a 'funny turn'. The non-specific symptoms mean that we will did all the tests that we can (to rule out anything nasty). Then we toke her to hospital because they have much more comprehensive tests.
The patient is very brave as she is agoraphobic and hasn't left her house in five years. I spoke to her daughter on the phone and she seems very nice as well.
Due to being taken out of the house she was very anxious, something that we did the best to minimise.
I hope everything works out alright for her.
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Update: The nurse at Newham hospital was extra-special nice to the patient and gave her a cubicle to herself. Then the patient's daughter arrived and that calmed her down a lot.
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Sent from a mobile phone, probably from the cab of an ambulance.
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Re: Thursday Night #5
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dominocat
at 08:11AM (BST) on Sep 15, 2006 | Permanent Link
on her behalf, thank you Tom/Brian. As someone who also has agoraphobia, it's a worry at the back of my mind what would happen if I ever needed to go into hospital. From a personal point of view, I'd probably be okay if I had my husband with me, but it's also comforting to know that the emergency services are sensitive to this sort of thing (I know that probably sounds silly, but you do get a lot of "you just need to get out more" comments from people)
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