tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post389163761657892906..comments2023-07-18T07:27:08.516+00:00Comments on Siren Voices: boxed characterSpence Kennedyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11183848895584919812noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-34822981246718368672008-09-04T19:02:00.000+00:002008-09-04T19:02:00.000+00:00Hi DSWe get called to psychiatric/suicide threat j...Hi DS<BR/>We get called to psychiatric/suicide threat jobs. We'd also been told in the notes that she'd taken an OD a week ago but had only just confessed to it (not something I described in the post). The OD was only minor, so really we were only there because her behaviour had worried the parents. <BR/>As it transpired, we triaged the job and passed it to the OOH GP.<BR/>:)Spence Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183848895584919812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-18948901152822190902008-09-04T18:47:00.000+00:002008-09-04T18:47:00.000+00:00Spence, I don't understand why you were there. She...Spence, I don't understand why you were there. She wasn't hurt, and neither was anyone else. Isn't that what the ambulance service is for? I didn't know you did preventative medicine too...<BR/><BR/><BR/>I'd be interested in your views of my latest post, buy the way. Pop over for a look.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-42095197264239433272008-09-03T13:19:00.000+00:002008-09-03T13:19:00.000+00:00Thx CYou're right - a terrible strain on the paren...Thx C<BR/>You're right - a terrible strain on the parents. They seemed to be bearing up, though, if quite numbed. <BR/>It struck me that despite their situation being ongoing and in many ways predictable, the out of hours psych provision was non existent. They didn't have any emergency contact numbers for advice, and the OOH GP didn't have anything in the notes to guide him particularly. It just leaves the police and ambulance to try to stitch something together on scene - fraught, to say the least.Spence Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183848895584919812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27691111.post-32646309913841112082008-09-03T10:21:00.000+00:002008-09-03T10:21:00.000+00:00It's the same in my business (home care in a rural...It's the same in my business (home care in a rural area) - now and again you see a situation and you try and imagine what it must be like to live that life, every day, every minute for years..for decades in this case. Ordinary houses on ordinary streets and people walking past having no idea of the strain and pain behind the curtains. I am sorry for the lass of course but I find myself imagining her parents lives - and shuddering. Great post SpenceCarolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02258328867310392545noreply@blogger.com