Possible broken neck and very sore back – ouch

Today has not been my day to start the day I got stuck in the 9am rush hour on the A1 near Gateshead. For the non northern who might read this the A1 is down from 2 lanes north bound and 2 lanes south with a fixed central reservation to 2 lanes north and 1 lane south both on the north bound carriage way the speed limit is 40mph. So after an hour and half sat in that I got to Newcastle and dropped my car in to be fixed. Now my parents are on holiday so its only me and the brothers in the house hence I had asked my mate to follow me through and take me home.

So after coughing up £500 ouch it was home time we decided to avoid the A1 going back and instead dropped down some back country roads no prize to anyone that guess what happens next.

Que horse running across the road from some field my mate broke heavily next thing I know there a sharp jolt from the back and were spinning into a field (SCARY AS FUCK), eventually we come to rest trapped in the car a good 200m from the road in the middle of no where.

Now the medics on here might think im a bit of a drama queen but by god did my neck and back hurt now being a sensible person we had hit a few object and were locked in the car I decided it might be a good idea not to move and just wait. My mate was screaming her head off so I tried to keep her carm while we waited for help to arrive not very successfully I might add.

Anyway after what seemed like hours at the time an ambulance and the police arrive it only when the paramedic start talking to me I realise

My chest hurts and breathing kills like hell

My neck is really sore

The base of my back and pelvis feels like its done twenty round with Mick Tyson – that’s saying something coming from a fighter.

I think I sore the colour physically drain out of the poor paramedics face. What happened next is a little bit blurry, all I can really remember at this time is the guy placing a collar round my neck and a mask on my face (Medics this could have been pain killing gas or O2 I really don’t know any guess would be nice as im just one of these people that likes to remember everything that happened).

A big thanks go to the fire crew which manage to get us out of the car quickly
We were both transported by road to the local hospital after a barrage scans, Xrays and countless other test it was determined that luckily I hadn’t broken anything major was just rather bruised and have 2 fractured ribs which coupled with my asthma is why breathing hurts.

Ive been let home with a combination of painkillers antibiotics and inhalers. Now I hurt like hell and really wish my neck was still being kept still as moving it in the slightest really hurts. But well live my mate has a few bruises and a fractured wrist she also was allowed home earlier.

Now this isn’t the 1st time ive been immobilised in the last few years last time was after I came off a horse and landed on my head that time I was collard and boarded now this was a rather painful experience. This time I was removed in an inflatable body splint which was a lot less painful that the previous time eventho the bruising this time seems to be a lot worse. Id be interested to here medics views on this and why it isn’t used all the time.

Finally id like to say a big thank you to all the paramedics, police, fire crews nurse doctor etc that helped us to day and kept us both carm a time when we really needed it.

I really need to stop getting hurt ive been in an ambulance 4 time as patient and im only 18

Asthma attack
Horse Accident
Car accident
Taekwondo accident

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Stressed

Argh as much as I love uni they are so unorganised it is unreal. I original intended to live at home this year a 40minute commute from uni, however after being home around 2 months I realised why I moved out originally ie I love my mam but god is she hard to live with, the drive would also drive me mad and make nights out nearly impossible. So I applied for halls however they still haven’t got back to me. I hope I get in as my mates have got a house which I could have moved into if I had decided to do this sooner.

I can’t justify moving into a house with strangers so if I don’t get into halls ill be stucking living here fun!!!!

Oh yeah and to top my stress off I haven’t heard back from the hospital about training for my job yet

Medicine men go wild

Interesting program. Two western medics go on a expedition to see what medicine is like in places like Africa really interesting and can be found at http://www.channel4.com/programmes/medicine-men-go-wild/4od#2923148

In the 1st episode I wont spoil it but he talks about the origins of HIV, really makes you think how did swine flu evolve.

a funny story

Just found this on newmediamedicine but it something I was told on work experiance once

One quite famous story (urban legend?) I am always told is how a man suffered a heart attack in the street and collapsed. A doctor happened to be passing and ran over to help. A crowd of people formed, as always does when somebody collapses. As the doctor is performing CPR, a man pushes through the crowd and shouts "STAND BACK, I AM A TRAINED FIRST AIDER!" and so the crowd parts.

He barges the doctor aside and starts enthusiastically pumping on this guys chest. The doctor calmly says into his ear "when you get to the part where you call for a doctor, I'm stood right here".

HCA

Well I got the job now just to wait for my training course. Its weired my last interview went really well but i didnt get the job, this one went really bad and i got the job.

Oh well better post after I make tea

Voluntary work

Wow well that was a treat, I used to love volunteering at our other local hospital but after tonight I hate it. Ive never felt so in the way and even got wrong when one of the medics decided to quiz me on anatomy. Anyone that understand why the sister told me off when the ward was quite and all I was doing was folding paper and her (the medic) waiting for the lab to phone back id really like to know as this sister scares me.

Nothing else to report really so a quick summery more for my benefit come personnel statement writing time.

*Helped serve meals

Communication communication – Hmm where to start 2 patients who were changed to NBM were given meals as the doctor changed their meal plan during serving but the nurse failed to tell the HCA who was in charge of giving out meals.

*Folded 300 blank early warning charts

Pressure on the nursing staff is excessive these arrive unfolded from the photocopier for the HCA to fold and put into the trays on top of their other duties.

I was on the Acute admissions unit this week and although the ward was very busy I was left with nothing to do most of the time hopefully next week will be better.

Another HCA interview tomorrow it’s a for a bank job so fingers crossed tho I wouldn’t bet on me getting it, im shockingly bad at interviews.