Number 26: Sick Person

A young woman wakes from a vivid dream and wonders why she feels so bad after just a few drinks the night before. But later, her mother gets worried and calls triple zero. Is an ambulance really needed to treat a simple hangover, or is there something more sinister at work?



One in a series of humorous short stories about Jonothan Byrne, an Intensive Care Paramedic responding to emergencies in Brisbane, Australia (5,077 words). The books can be read in any order as the number in the title refers to the codes used to dispatch ambulances.