Swayed

Ok, not the usual swaying frm left to right kinda thing. More like being unlucky as wat u would say in the hokkien language> 'sway'. Was doing my night shift yesterday. So like any other day, i was dragging myself to work, then realised i was in-charge for the night. Then halfway thru the report there was this alarm tt rang.. and i was like "Did i hear the VHF? Damn.." And then i realised i wasn't the only one who heard tt. True enough, the SCDF called for standby for severe allergic reaction. 1st 'sway' thing of the night. Its considered unlucky as being such a teenie weenie and often misused ED, we seldom have standby cases unless for those really severe cases or sometimes its just the paramedic being too kiasu..

Then the intercom beeped again calling for another MO to the resus cos there's another breathless case to be seen. So i tot, "Die.. Its gona be another chaotic shift.." -_-"

So the rest of the report was just quickly brushed thru and we're all getting ready to prepare for the standby case. Just when we're abt to step out of the ops-post(where we had our report taking), there was a BLACK-OUT!! I mean not as in the usual black-out where the whole place jus go into darkness, but those appliances tt were not plugged to the red switch jus went off! No air-con, computers shut off, even the main CE door got hanged and u have to manually push it open. The whole place jus went into total silence. I mean since when did we have a black-out?! Like never lor.. So it was down-time, manual documentation, manual registration and blah blah.. So tts the 2nd 'sway' thing..

So after things got settled in the resus rm, i returned to the back to check if everything was alright. So the only lucky thing was there's no patient on the queue during the black-out, so no need to put up the consult cards. After tt the MOs jus keep coming to pass me procedure forms and all are practicals! So withing 10mins its like 3 practicals; 2 conscious sedation and 1 direct laryngoscopy. So i tot i'll jus quickly do the D/L, get it over and done with. Then i happily bring the patient with the MO to the ENT rm while i prepare. Then, i dunno if its really my jinxed power or wat.. The cocaine spray was without the applicator and i have to search high and low and then found one dirty one in the used instruments tray. So in front of the pt's parent i have to clean the applicator and after tt spray at the boy's throat. Then after tt while preparing the laryngoscope, the battery was FLAT! Argh~ I was like "walau, can it be more sway than this?" And usually there'll be spare batteries in the ENT trolley, but to my horror, there isn't any spares!! So i tot, quickly go and get new ones frm the cupboard la.. Then i realised the in-charge keys are not with me, and Ms Lailee who's holding on to the keys was nowhere to be found.. But wateva it is i still managed to find her and got the batteries..

The juniors are just so amazed by my jinco power. The rest of them are already so used to it they say "Aiya, its you lah.. tts y like tt.." *faintz*

But the rest of the night i would say was rather peaceful, with no resus and the queue was zero most of the time.. So tts all for the sway-ness! :)