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Call an Ambulance when there is Loss of Consciousness

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Monday, 13 August 2018 / Published in Friends and Family, Health & Wellbeing, Home, Love & Relationships, News

Call an Ambulance when there is Loss of Consciousness

A week ago, last Sunday evening, I dialled 999 in a panic looking for an ambulance. (I was watching television when I heard a thud as Graham hit the ground) Luckily, the person at the other end of the phone was very calm and talked me through what to do as he was regaining consciousness:

1 Do not let him move or sit up.

2 Put him in the recovery position.

3 Do not give him anything to drink.

Graham had been out for what seemed for ages, but in reality was probably only a minute. When he ‘came to’ initially he was dazed and confused and unaware of what happened.

When the two paramedics arrived I was calmer (well, a little less frantic anyway) and they could not have been more wonderful. Re-assuring and kind, they examined and questioned Graham and whisked him off to Beaumont Hospital. I naively thought we could wait and go to the doctor.

No, this was a loss of consciousness for about a minute and required hospitalisation and immediate investigation.

IF THERE IS LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS CALL AN AMBULANCE!

A & E was very busy but Graham had lots of tests including an ECG, a brain scan and an X-ray by 4 am. (His head had hit a tiled floor). The staff in Beaumont Hospital A&E were superb: cheerful, efficient, helpful, re-assuring.

This had happened on the Sunday night of a bank holiday weekend in Ireland.

More tests on the Monday (including an ultrasound check) were followed with a 24-hour heart monitor on the Tuesday night when he had another ‘episode’ (his heart stopped briefly and he had another blackout) the next day right in front of the cardiologist who was visiting him at that precise moment!

Whisked off to the Coronary Care Unit, he was brilliantly looked after (a couple of minor episodes also occurred) until he had a pacemaker fitted the following morning and was home that evening.

It is incidents such as this that makes you take stock and count your blessings. I wrote a post last year about how to stay married 35 years without killing your husband. It was a little tongue-in-cheek but contained many truths.

In fact, Graham also wrote a reply which you can read here.

Marriage/living together with a partner is not always easy. It requires commitment, forgiveness (or a bad memory), patience, a sense of humour and most of all it requires LOVE.

I got a huge fright last Sunday when I found Graham unconscious on the floor and I am grateful we have been given more time together. Life is not a dress rehearsal so live the life you have got!

I have covered this on Facebook and Instagram, but I know that hundreds of you do not do social media and are email only subscribers, which is why I have written this post on the blog.

Thank you everyone for all of your messages of support. It has meant a lot. This scare has made us realise that we are not infallible. We do have regular blood tests and I have had regular mammograms, cervical checks and I had a dexa scan which you can read about here.

We pride ourselves on our fitness, but now we both realise that we need to be more proactive with our health check-ups and I will be recording it all on the blog.

Do share with your friends.

Stay healthy and thank you for reading.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tagged under: ambulance, Beaumont, Health, heart, heart monitor, hospital, love, marriage, pacemaker

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11 Comments to “ Call an Ambulance when there is Loss of Consciousness”

  1. Nancy Baten says :Reply
    August 13, 2018 at 7:47 pm

    I am so happy for the both of you that everything is okay now! I read the post that Graham write! How much fun! Well, don t hang in these bad experience but keep on enjoying life, together!

    1. Hilda says :Reply
      August 13, 2018 at 11:15 pm

      Thank you Nancy. You are right. We are pretty good at enjoying time together and will definitely put it behind us now x

  2. Loretta Sayers says :Reply
    August 13, 2018 at 9:15 pm

    Hilda, thank you so much for sharing this. So important.

    I’m glad you acted quickly and Graham is recovering nicely. You both deserve many many more years together.

    On a side note: John passed out on Jan. 2 last year. Fell straight on his face. It was the middle of the night, and he had gotten up to go to the bathroom. Coming back to bed, he passed out and hit the wood floor hard. After cleaning up the blood, he came back to bed. The next morning he had another moment of feeling faint, and that’s when I decided to take him to the hospital.

    Long story short – it was from urinating! Crazy right? Apparently it’s not uncommon for that to happen to men over 50.

    Just thought I’d share.

    1. Hilda says :Reply
      August 13, 2018 at 11:13 pm

      Wow thanks for sharing that Loretta. That is totally new to me, but I presume they did lots of tests anyway. All of this has made both of us decide to get checked out in everything we can. We have good medical insurance which will cover most of them. At least all the heart checks for Graham are done now!!!1

    2. Jackie Greene says :Reply
      August 17, 2018 at 12:04 pm

      Loretta…..WHAT? I have fair medical knowledge and have NEVER heard of such a thing……and starting in the middle of the night? Hope he had a very thorough heart etc etc check in that hospital.

  3. Patti Karshis says :Reply
    August 14, 2018 at 6:07 am

    Hilda thanks for sharing! I’m so glad that Graham is fine. That must have been so scary for you both!

    1. Hilda says :Reply
      August 14, 2018 at 10:42 am

      Patti thank you so much friend. x

  4. jodie filogomo says :Reply
    August 14, 2018 at 1:56 pm

    Gosh, that has to be the scariest thing ever, Hilda!! I can’t even imagine what you went through!
    I’m so glad he’s doing well now.
    XOXO
    Jodie
    http://www.jtouchofstyle.com

    1. Hilda says :Reply
      August 16, 2018 at 11:23 pm

      Thanks Jodie… all good now.. x

  5. Bev Killen says :Reply
    August 14, 2018 at 11:06 pm

    Hello Hilda. Sara shared on Facebook about Graham. Please give him all our best love & wishes.
    What a scare. Bev & Peter xx

    1. Hilda says :Reply
      August 16, 2018 at 11:22 pm

      Thanks Bev.. will do xxx

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