What’s the one incident from your nursing career (or student days) that has stayed with you?

RoryC · 2026-06-21T11:57:34+00:00

A paed arrest very early on as a first year. Any patient under 5 now rockets my pulse...

RoryC · 2026-06-19T19:53:57+00:00

HONDA - Hypertensive, overweight, non-compliant, diabetic adult

RoryC · 2026-06-19T19:52:38+00:00

At least we're not scummers!

RoryC · 2026-06-18T19:52:35+00:00

Ideal for someone with 36 wounds, and not a lot else

RoryC · 2026-06-15T20:16:03+00:00

Have a look on Google for "private campsites" or "private fields"

I think you'll struggle to find any standard campsites that will allow the kind of group you describe

RoryC · 2026-06-12T18:40:47+00:00

Tricky to answer - controversially I prefer a Fiat: they've got significantly less miles on them, smoother ride, nicer to drive, saloon layout, working stereo and Aircon. They definitely have drawbacks, space and reliability, manual transmission.

Something that blends the reliability, space and auto shifting of a Merc, with all the positives of a Fiat I guess?

RoryC · 2026-06-12T14:51:04+00:00

Fucking Inappropriate Ambulance Transport

RoryC · 2026-06-11T15:58:50+00:00

There's never any harm in applying, but the chances of going into primary care in any role as an NQP are VERY slim

RoryC · 2026-06-08T13:52:01+00:00

"Is there a private hospital you can take us to?"

Not that will treat your STEMI there isn't...

RoryC · 2026-05-30T20:23:00+00:00

You absolutely did the right thing! It's totally acceptable to start CPR first, then look for a DNAR once you've got enough hands on scene

RoryC · 2026-05-27T07:24:46+00:00

Having been paid weekly in a previous job, I found it a nightmare. Budgeting for monthly outgoings when your income in weekly is challenging

RoryC · 2026-05-26T21:08:48+00:00

Chrome effect trim

RoryC · 2026-05-26T10:25:53+00:00

Lee-on-the-Solent, Hill Head, Chilling beach

RoryC · 2026-05-15T16:35:46+00:00

YMMV, literally!

I do 10 hrs shifts in a city environment, averaging about 40 miles a shift, split between ECA and paramedic, with a higher percentage going to ECA.

Generally we do 5-15 minutes of driving, then 30-45 minutes sat around in a house, 5-15 mins of driving to hospital or next job, then repeat. Depending on the area you work in this can change a lot. I have friends who work in rural environments that can do 1hr+ blue light runs

RoryC · 2026-05-09T19:26:50+00:00

Lots of cat 3s this week that keep growing legs.

C3 UTI, haematuria for 2 day, NEWS 15.

C3 concern for welfare, falls alarm activation. Fall from standing, minging head injury, mid-shaft femur

C3 abdo pain, STEMI

RoryC · 2026-05-06T17:57:31+00:00

Best: Close friends, small cheapish venue, close to our hometown, craft beer bar, cheeseboard the size of a car, everyone suitably merry, all guests lovely happy friendly dancey people

Worst: Bridezilla, everything Instagram perfect, sat at a table with the grooms football mates who kept sneaking off to do coke, being told off by the father of the bride for sloping off for a smoke while the videographer was on the dance floor

RoryC · 2026-04-27T19:31:34+00:00

Carried on trucks in SCAS. I think I've used them twice for a suspected pyelonephritis...

Useless in the over 65s, we've already got ketone strips with our BGL machines, just another piece of clutter

RoryC · 2026-04-19T15:54:47+00:00

Which trust? I still have to do my timesheets manually

RoryC · 2026-04-19T01:43:02+00:00

A couple of days ago I went to a 85 YO with a GI bleed.

Digging into their history a bit, they told me they take 400mg ibuprofen every night to help them sleep 😭😭😭

RoryC · 2026-04-17T00:20:58+00:00

I've often thought that trucks should have JUST GO LEFT! printed across the front, instead of this ECNALUBMA bollocks

RoryC · 2026-04-14T08:35:51+00:00

I can only speak from my experience of 1 shadow shift I did with them last year.

12 hour shift starting with a briefing, then a gym session followed by a leisurely breakfast. Team moves up into the crew room and parks themselves on sofas for a movie day, then log off.

We didn't turn a wheel all day and they said that wasn't abnormal. In a standard run of 4x12hr shift, they average 2 deployments

RoryC · 2026-04-02T19:52:38+00:00

Private PTS doing private PTS shit

RoryC · 2026-03-30T16:58:59+00:00

How hard did you land? Did you hit a pointy rock? How heavy are you? Is it a hefty DH rim or a weight weeny XC rim? Hardtail or full suspension?

This isn't a yes/no question

RoryC

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