Who to be sitting next to if you may be having a heart attack

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[Fab Foodie]

Could we have that as 2 or 3 bullet points, I can't be arsed to read all that.

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[matiz]

I would be sitting next to my daughter she's a receptionist in a large A&E unit she regularly gets patients keel over in there she just picks up the phone and yells code blue and the crash team pile in through the door and dive on the patient just like TVs casualty

 

[Andy_R]

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pffft...nobber

 

[anothersam]

@Fab Foodie thanks for not initially condensing that down to bullet points; reading the stories people are willing to tell is one of the chief attractions of a site like this. If I may be so bold, you might consider Phoenix rising from the (cigarette) ashes for your choice of bestiary beast, should you ever decide to write an entry.

 

[ufkacbln]

One of the best places for a traffic incident is the A27 between Fareham and Cosham

I have seen half a dozen over the last year or so as I commute and each time there have been casualty consultants, anaesthetists, orthopaedic surgeons, nurses and others on site.

It is the main commuting route for the local hospital

 

[threebikesmcginty]

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Thanks for taking my advice about the bullet points.

 

[Fab Foodie]

Thanks for taking my advice about the bullet points.

Hoped it was simple enough ....

 

[Fab Foodie]

Well coincidentally I had the Doc's call me yesterday for a cardio check-up .... had fasting bloods taken, BMI is 30.5 and I have the blood pressure of a teenager 110/70. ECG at next meeting.
I'm so gonna get a bollocking for my lifestyle factors though .....

 

[Ganymede]

One of the best places for a traffic incident is the A27 between Fareham and Cosham

I have seen half a dozen over the last year or so as I commute and each time there have been casualty consultants, anaesthetists, orthopaedic surgeons, nurses and others on site.

It is the main commuting route for the local hospital

I know it well!

My story is from when I lived in my last house, a cottage with a very long front garden (and no back garden) - you couldn't see the road from the house. I said goodbye to my in-laws and stayed in the house as Mr G walked them down to the car. Mr G rushes back after a few minutes and asks if I have anything for a bee or wasp sting, as the bloke from the woodyard had been stung.

I rummaged about for vinegar and soda as I knew we had no sting cream, walked down the path, saw Mr Woodyard lying on the ground panicked and struggling for breath. I turn to Mr G and should "GET AN AMUBULANCE NOW!!!!!", my MiL faffing about, her sister faffing, I was the only one who realised he was in anaphylactic shock! So I talked him down and put a blanket on him, rubbed his shoulders, explained how the ambulance would come and they would give him adrenaline and with one shot he would be fine etc etc, just kept talking and finally got him to relax into the recover position as the ambulance arrived.

I remember the funny thing was I got hold of his phone as the paramedics were working on him and rang the number that said "home". His wife answered, I quickly explained what had happened and that he was being taken to the local hospital etc, and she just said "Has he got the van?" Then the phone went dead (battery was drained). I guess now that she needed to know if she could get to the hospital but it made me laugh at the time.

Anyway next day they came round with the biggest bunch of flowers ever seen and I still see him around sometimes.

But I can't believe my in-laws and Mr G didn't recognise anaphylactic shock, it is so common these days.