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Another patient, another mystery

By Brad Smith
July 14, 2010 at 6:30 pm

A woman being treated by two male Red Cross volunteersHello, dear reader. Long time no speak. Since the last time I wrote, I’ve been rather busy with the day job and not had much time for first aid related matters.

However, yesterday I did manage to go and provide first aid at a Grasstrack racing event in Wyboston.

It was generally a quiet day, apart from one particular person who we ended up transporting to hospital for further assistance. I won’t go into the specifics, but it was one of those cases where I would like to have known what the outcome was.

Unfortunately, as a first aider – as I’m sure is the case for paramedics – we generally don’t find out how a casualty’s condition progresses as time goes by. We never normally find out how long it takes people to get seen at the hospital, or how they were affected on recovery. Another patient, another mystery.

All we can do is treat the symptoms presented to us as best we can and help them recover from the crisis they’re experiencing at that time.

That’s what I’m here for. That’s what I enjoy. But sometimes, it would be nice to know how the mystery ends.

Image © British Red Cross/ Steve Watkins

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Brad is a Red Cross first aider. He covers first aid duties and crews ambulances for our event first aid service. He also provides Red Cross first aid training.

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