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<blockquote data-quote="jopar" data-source="post: 997526" data-attributes="member: 11712"><p>Ambulance control have come out with some belters </p><p></p><p>Came home a couple of months back from work, to find hubby in a hypo, crashed out on top of the collapsed ironing board....</p><p></p><p>He's gone to treat an hypo, as luccozade is on the corner of the table, and his meter and test strips on the floor next to him, I dialed 999, not only explaining what is wrong with hubby (I had tested he's 1.8mmol/l) but due to his position face down, tangled in the ironing board, he's trapped and I can't move him to get anything in him, and I've just got in from work after a 12 hour shift!</p><p></p><p>Started Q&A</p><p></p><p>AC....</p><p></p><p>In the last half hour, has he suffered any pain, excessive bleeding (I cut in here)</p><p></p><p>Me..I've only been home for 3 minutes wouldn't know..</p><p></p><p>AC... Is he currently experience any chest pains?</p><p></p><p>Me... Well, he's semi conscious not verbally responding, but going by my experience working in dementia care, I would say he wasn't showing signs that could indicate pain...</p><p></p><p>AC.... Have you given him a gluogen injection..</p><p></p><p>Me, No as I haven't seen my husband for 14 hours, and I've just arrived home so haven't got a clue how long he's been hypo for, so don't know if he's got anything in his liver to dump! </p><p>----------------------------------------------------------</p><p>At the beginning of the year I had to deal with a paramedic...</p><p></p><p>The dogs woke me, to say hubby's having an hypo and still asleep.. I try to wake him but missed the opportunity to get luccozade into him, and he's starting to get quite combative with me...</p><p></p><p>So I decided trying to a glucogen injection into him, isn't going to work without an high risk of getting thumped by flaring arms.. Hit 999</p><p></p><p>Crew turn up, I lead the way upstairs to our bedroom where hubby is... giving the paramedic the details on the way..</p><p></p><p>Paramedic starts to make his primarily assessment and hubby is agitated and combative, as the paramedic tries to treat hubby the more agitated he's getting.. So paramedic decides for safety a police back up is required just in case he's physical restraining and hands cuffed to stop him hitting out...</p><p></p><p>So the tech radio's back to control to arrange for police back up..</p><p></p><p>As she's doing this, the paramedic clocks the glucogen kit on the side.. and demands to know why I hadn't injected him, and I should have etc etc...</p><p></p><p>I just looked at him, and said for the very same reasons you're calling for back up! </p><p>-------------------------------------------------</p><p></p><p>But the best one which left we slightly speechless as I wasn't expecting the comment</p><p></p><p> After several months of suffering from what I thought was trigger finger, and it had really become very painful etc, I thought it was time to take myself off to my gp... I couldn't book in with my normal GP so saw on of the others.. She's very nice as well</p><p></p><p>She confirmed that I was right, told me that diabetics are more prone to this and other legiment issues ect, explained about possible treatments and what to do in the short term...</p><p></p><p>She then said, mind you it does give you an advantage in work..</p><p></p><p>You can make rude signs without landing yourself in a disciplinary hearing....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jopar, post: 997526, member: 11712"] Ambulance control have come out with some belters Came home a couple of months back from work, to find hubby in a hypo, crashed out on top of the collapsed ironing board.... He's gone to treat an hypo, as luccozade is on the corner of the table, and his meter and test strips on the floor next to him, I dialed 999, not only explaining what is wrong with hubby (I had tested he's 1.8mmol/l) but due to his position face down, tangled in the ironing board, he's trapped and I can't move him to get anything in him, and I've just got in from work after a 12 hour shift! Started Q&A AC.... In the last half hour, has he suffered any pain, excessive bleeding (I cut in here) Me..I've only been home for 3 minutes wouldn't know.. AC... Is he currently experience any chest pains? Me... Well, he's semi conscious not verbally responding, but going by my experience working in dementia care, I would say he wasn't showing signs that could indicate pain... AC.... Have you given him a gluogen injection.. Me, No as I haven't seen my husband for 14 hours, and I've just arrived home so haven't got a clue how long he's been hypo for, so don't know if he's got anything in his liver to dump! ---------------------------------------------------------- At the beginning of the year I had to deal with a paramedic... The dogs woke me, to say hubby's having an hypo and still asleep.. I try to wake him but missed the opportunity to get luccozade into him, and he's starting to get quite combative with me... So I decided trying to a glucogen injection into him, isn't going to work without an high risk of getting thumped by flaring arms.. Hit 999 Crew turn up, I lead the way upstairs to our bedroom where hubby is... giving the paramedic the details on the way.. Paramedic starts to make his primarily assessment and hubby is agitated and combative, as the paramedic tries to treat hubby the more agitated he's getting.. So paramedic decides for safety a police back up is required just in case he's physical restraining and hands cuffed to stop him hitting out... So the tech radio's back to control to arrange for police back up.. As she's doing this, the paramedic clocks the glucogen kit on the side.. and demands to know why I hadn't injected him, and I should have etc etc... I just looked at him, and said for the very same reasons you're calling for back up! ------------------------------------------------- But the best one which left we slightly speechless as I wasn't expecting the comment After several months of suffering from what I thought was trigger finger, and it had really become very painful etc, I thought it was time to take myself off to my gp... I couldn't book in with my normal GP so saw on of the others.. She's very nice as well She confirmed that I was right, told me that diabetics are more prone to this and other legiment issues ect, explained about possible treatments and what to do in the short term... She then said, mind you it does give you an advantage in work.. You can make rude signs without landing yourself in a disciplinary hearing.... [/QUOTE]
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