When I reached the hospital I was comatose.
They needed a name, I could not tell my name. So they gave me a name.
Dixie Tango.
The main thing I now recall of Day 1 at the hospital is feeling nauseous while being moved on a stretcher. I felt it was moving very fast. I have been able to construct a sequence of events from hospital and other records.
11:21 Accident
12:51 Arrival at hospital
12:58 Emergency Department procedures. Samples collected for tests. SpO2 level: 53.8%. GCS score 3/15
13:15 Second dose of TXA. Neurosurgery protective measures started.
14:16 CT scan. Initial observations indicate frontal contusions, cerebral haemorrhage, hematoma.
No injury seen that needs operation theatre.
15:38 Extubation procedures.
15:46 Mandavi is allowed to come in and see me.
I fail to recognise or respond to her.
She then says the names of my children (Meera is 10, Dev is 7).
Kids bring me back to life (Mandavi tells me later that she actually witnessed "life happening").
My eyes light up. I start talking, trying to re-build an awareness of who I am.
16:24 I recall falling down. GCS score 14/15
18:10 Secondary survey. GCS score 15/15. I am able to recall the accident. Feel nauseous with vertigo.
23:00 Transferred from Emergency to major trauma ward. Under neurosurgical team observation.
They needed a name, I could not tell my name. So they gave me a name.
Dixie Tango.
The main thing I now recall of Day 1 at the hospital is feeling nauseous while being moved on a stretcher. I felt it was moving very fast. I have been able to construct a sequence of events from hospital and other records.
11:21 Accident
12:51 Arrival at hospital
12:58 Emergency Department procedures. Samples collected for tests. SpO2 level: 53.8%. GCS score 3/15
13:15 Second dose of TXA. Neurosurgery protective measures started.
14:16 CT scan. Initial observations indicate frontal contusions, cerebral haemorrhage, hematoma.
No injury seen that needs operation theatre.
15:38 Extubation procedures.
15:46 Mandavi is allowed to come in and see me.
I fail to recognise or respond to her.
She then says the names of my children (Meera is 10, Dev is 7).
Kids bring me back to life (Mandavi tells me later that she actually witnessed "life happening").
My eyes light up. I start talking, trying to re-build an awareness of who I am.
16:24 I recall falling down. GCS score 14/15
18:10 Secondary survey. GCS score 15/15. I am able to recall the accident. Feel nauseous with vertigo.
23:00 Transferred from Emergency to major trauma ward. Under neurosurgical team observation.