I didn't have a chance to post yesterday. The daytime went very slowly with only three incidents to respond to, all being motor vehicle accidents. At the end of the shift I decided to try a night with the other ambulances that are not based at Cruz Verde Norte. Instead they take up positions far away from the ED so that they can respond to calls in the area quicker. Most the night we spent hopping between petrol station to petrol station waiting for any calls. We had a couple of RTC's but otherwise I spent the night broadening my understanding of the spanish language.
Today I only worked 8 hours, two calls, one to a woman with a minor cut on her chin, she was left on scene. The other was a transfer, we went to pick up the patient and realised that her respiratory effort was increasing majorly. Rather than take her straight away, we took her down to one of the resus cubicles and from there she was RSI'd. When she was stable we then transported her to another hospital, manually ventilating on route. It is unlikely that this woman's condition was as a result of COVID-19 but we took protective measures just in case.
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