Aled on August 14th, 2009

7pm and our incident controller approaches us as we’re taking kit off the Landrover.
“There’s been reports of a casualty across the road. I’m going to be staying here for better comms.”
We all nod and head off. I grab the radio I’ve got and call in to get a radio check and I’ve barely finished when [...]

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Aled on June 23rd, 2008

Hayfever is hitting me pretty hard this year – I’ve had a number of people comment that they’re finding it difficult to cope as well, so it looks like there’s seriously potent pollen out there for some reason. As a result, I’ve not been spending much time outdoors, but I decided to partake in this [...]

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The past few weeks have been mostly unbroken by shrill beeping of the pager with the exception of the regular Thursday night tests. That is, until Saturday. And it’s been a bizarre series of callouts.
After doing my Ambulance shift on Saturday, I headed up to Aberystwyth. Sean and I headed out to a Greek restaurant [...]

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Aled on May 8th, 2008

Sorry I’ve been quiet recently but the last few weeks have been pretty chaotic. Today, however, deserves a post of its own
First of all my car died. I ended up renting one for a week, followed by borrowing one from a used car dealership that was able to get me out of a very difficult [...]

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