Busy

I have been busy the last few days and for once enjoying what I am doing.

I have been taken on for a private medical company and last weekend was my first shifts was working the Big Weekend. It was a busy shifts with the usual mix of asthma attacks and people feeling faint. Mixed in with the trouble makers with cuts etc. I was working with one of the mangers and me and him were getting on really well and he let me get on with work and if I thought a patient needed say for example a Neb he would trust my judgement and allow me to give it. I was also a ambulance crew however I didn’t get to do a run into hospital. The company were impressed with me and are pushing for me to work more. This has made me realise that I would make a good paramedic and its what I enjoy so going to give it another go at another university.

A few of the First Aiders I was concerned over the treatment. We were passing through one of the first aid units and saw a patient struggling for breath. The first aider had the patient on O2 however he stated she was getting worse. I checked the patient over and noticed that he had only stuck her on one litre of O2 (for non-medical people not enough). I quickly turned it up and got the patient the medication and she improved.

I have also picked up a few shifts in my hospital at home. These were boring but I get paid more for doing nights. But it has got be into a better sleeping routine as I am getting up earlier.

Still no sign of a permanent job. Have some job interviews coming up one of them for a local ED which is what I want really.

I have finally manged to get my health sorted. The think they know whats going on and it doesn’t have anything to do with my mental health or psychological basis. However people don’t seem to understand this after an argument with my GP over drugs.

Arguments

For once I am not involved in the arguments directly but stuck in the middle and making my life harder. Basically 2 of my most active and experienced members have left the unit after a conflict on duty. The duty was our busiest duty and I asked a member of the county team to help (he used to be a member of the unit) and another county officer visited. This didn’t go down well with these 2 members and was the last straw for them and they left. This makes my life harder as now I don’t have manger experienced member’s and the busiest time of the year. I now have to throw the newer members in the deep end and let them duty mange more as I still cant go out on duty. However this hopefully will change as I have been given a date to follow and if I carry on not going into hospital then I should be allowed out on duty hopefully.

Working the radio one big weekend soon, I cant wait. I should earn about £150 and it will be a good day out. Luckily it is close enough to my friends so I am going to stay there for the weekend.

Off to see a ENT surgeon this week, they think that my throat goes into spasm. Not sure what if anything can be done about this. Just hope it can stop things. I will do anything they say these days. So far it is working as I haven’t been in hospital for a number of weeks. Fingers crossed that this will continue. It is time to live my life and get on with what I want. What I want is to be happy in a career and not to have to worry about telling people about my illness the moment I met them. I want to grow old with someone special (have to find them first) and want to pay off my debts.