The day’s second patient, who was almost 90 and lived at a nursing home in Kidlington, had fallen that morning and cut his eyebrow very badly.
An ambulance crew had attended earlier and concluded the situation was not life-threatening and a specialist paramedic could deal with the injury.
But Chrissy was faced with an additional challenge – the man had severe dementia, was quickly confused, and could not tolerate someone touching him for more than a few seconds.
He was never violent, but would verbally make his displeasure known and try to push her away.
The patient ideally needed stitches, but Chrissy concluded that wielding a needle near his eye was a bad idea for both of them.
But she was able to patiently clean the wound and pin the skin back into place using stickers and glue.
“It’s really disorientating for dementia patients to take them out of their home environment,” Chrissy said.
“So if we can help them in their own home, they’ve got a better chance of healing and not having any additional issues.”