I've seen some very strange things in my life. Things that people find hard to belive.

But today I've seen some some things that I have never seen before. Strange things. Unbelievable things.

Anyway, today has been very busy. Frankly the busiest I have ever seen it. It got so bad at one point the there was no actual room to get people off the ambulances and into casualty. I know that some places are busier but for the hospital where we go mostly it was a first.

It started quietly. Sort of sneaked up on us. The morning saw us get sent back to base regularly. We didn't mind, although it was never for very long.

On the way back one of the times I saw strange thing number one. A man with an extreme combover. Not just side to side, "the Bobby Charlton". But back to front. His crown was in the nape of his neck.

Got the picture in your mind. Good.

After dinner we got a  call to a man who had collapsed. He was an elderly chap who had carers everyday to look after him. His carer had found him in a collapsed state with blood round his nose and mouth.

We arrived and found him in much the same way. No idea what his medical history was because the carer, for whome English was not his first language, didn't seem to know anything about him. 

Now this chap was completely unresponsive and when you find someone like this you fall back on standard treatments. Oxygen first. Then a basic set of observations. BP, pulse, blood sugar, temperature and an ECG then hospital. Blood round his mouth may have meant that he was bleeding into stomach.

All seemed ok but he was not responding at all. A call to the hospital to tell them we were coming and off we went.

Into hospital and handed over to the staff. We busied ourselves tidieing up. Going back to his cubicle I found that they had catheterised him.

The catheter bag was filling up. Strange thing number two. His urine was green. I'll say that again.

His urine was Green. Not green tinged, Green. The same colour as my uniform.

He had a massive infection in his bladder but I have never seen anything like that before. Even the consultant at casualty was looking at it in bewilderment saying,"Its green."

The afternoon passed in a flash and before we knew where we were it was time to go home. Unfortunately we were queued up at hospital with a patient.

About half an hour later we managed to get away. We left the rest of the fleet parked up outside casualty.