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People's HealthBlogger Awards 2008 - Best 100 Winner!

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I just got a message from someone on here and I have to agree with them. I have not written for months and will not be writing again I'm afraid. Sorry to those that have enj ... Read on »

Bizarre Calls - yes they are back!! by Beaker .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I have finally got round to rounding up all the tickets and scrappy bits of paper containing the amusing calls I have been collecting for ages and below is my new collection o ... Read on »

Promoted!! by Beaker .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Just had to post a quick one to say that I found out today that I have been promoted to Allocator. Woohoo!! Had the interview on Monday and apparently it went quite well and ... Read on »

Impending Sense of Doom by Beaker .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I've been meaning to write about this call for ages but there always seemed to be something else to do and it got pushed to one side. Now that I've started blogging properly a ... Read on »

Guest writer! by Beaker .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I have a guest writer doing my post for today. This is from one of my colleagues who works for an outer county who we deal with a fair amount. Thought you might enjoy hearin ... Read on »

The 14 1/2 hour shift by Beaker .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine On Saturday I worked the longest day ever at HQ. I didn't realise when I got up at 0520 that I wouldn't be return home till 2235. If I had perhaps I wouldn't have stayed up ... Read on »

Happy Christmas! by Beaker .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Christmas officially starts today for us - we have to fit in 4 families so have to start early!! Therefore I will not be able to post again until it's all over! We don't hav ... Read on »

So what can I call an ambulance for? by Beaker .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Original posted 19/12/08. Edited 20/12/08 In this time of too many calls and not enough ambulances I thought I'd try and give you an idea of the main things we look at. This i ... Read on »

DEFCON 4 by Beaker .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine That's it. We are now just one DEFCON* level before the "Potential Service Failure" kicks in!! It is SO busy. And I mean silly busy. I mean dear god people it's a Monday night ... Read on »

Health Blogger Awards by Beaker .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Hiya As you can see on my sidebar, there is a new box from Wellsphere. I have been entered into the Healthblogger Awards and need your votes. If you read my blog and enjoy ... Read on »

The joys of Christmas by Beaker .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine When it comes to my personal life, I LOVE this time of year! Christmas with children is especially great. We have a 5 year old and we've been spending hours explaining that ... Read on »

Crossover Post with Steve by Beaker .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine On overtime I always end up on the 9's which I really enjoy. I'd probably get bored of it very quickly if I was doing it all the time but for a few days here and there it's g ... Read on »

Obs with the Boys - Part 2 by Beaker .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Our next call was to an overdose but just as we were about to press Amber, we heard a GB for a 10 YOM with chest pain. We offered up for that and a cancellation for the overdo ... Read on »

Obs with the Boys - Part 1 by Beaker .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine As mentioned in my previous post I finally decided it was time to go out on an Ambulance again. I've been out a couple of times with HART and also went out with an ECP but hav ... Read on »

Back to my roots! by Beaker .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Just finished 3 days overtime which has been a bit of a shock to the system as I've not done nay for nearly a year!! I was back to where I started in the LAS - sitting on the ... Read on »

Silent Witness by Beaker .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine For the first time ever I actually rang the press office to make a complaint!! Beaker! Complain - I know it's hard to believe!! I don't know if any of you saw Thursday's epi ... Read on »

Delays and Disciplinary Action by Beaker .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine NB: Read post "AAC" first! It's below this one!! And so we get on to booking delays at hospitals. Officially, any crew who has been at hospital for 30 minutes, should call up ... Read on »

AAC by Beaker .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I've been back at work just 6 shifts and I have to be honest, I never thought I'd be ranting so soon but I will. Firstly, don't get me wrong - some of the changes, however muc ... Read on »

Like I never left! by Beaker .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Well my first shift back is over and I have to say although I actually did very little, I'm exhausted!! Thanks to fantastic managers who have made my transition back to work ... Read on »

3 days to go! by Beaker .. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I'm so excited! I'm finally returning to work on Friday!!!! Can't believe it's been 15 weeks since I've done any work - I've had 11 weeks off sick and 4 on leave. I've been ... Read on »

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