Number one rule..

...Windows are not designed to be jumped through, especially when they're closed!!

Of course, most people know that already, and would think I'm pretty stupid for mentioning it in this blog. But one of the most interesting (and major, it turns out) calls on Friday night turned out to be just that. A very drunk, and very upset, 19 year old decided to throw herself through the window of the local post office just to show her (now extremely embarrassed) boyfriend how much she loved him. Being quite a warm Friday night, the town centre was milling with people, so we got several calls about this particular incident. There were 7 call-takers on duty that evening, and I think we all got at least one call relating to it!

We had a paramedic manning the clinical advice desk that night, so he drove the 300 metres to the scene. The patient's leg was bleeding severely when he arrived, and apparently her nerves and muscles were there for all to see. Her right thumb was completely degloved (the skin was torn off the thumb tissue - not pretty!) and she was taken straight to A&E when the ambulance arrived. We later heard that she'd been taken for extensive surgery soon after her arrival at A&E. Because of the damage she's done to her thumb, she won't be able to return to her job as a hairdresser for a long, long time. That was certainly a night for her to remember, although I'm sure she'd love to forget it.