St Vincent's Hospital's Dr Gordian Fulde takes a look at the long weekend Wet and stormy but there are still drinkers in emergency. Fridays night's storm did not stop everybody. At 11pm a 23 year old quite drunk woman sought refuge in the emergency department, frightened and freezing. A warm dry blanket was the main therapy. Others came to grief, slipping and breaking legs. Not quite unexpectedly, despite not that many people out, we saw car accidents. At midnight a 23 year old female pedestrian was hit - the bonnet of the car deformed with the victim suffering a head injury and a badly shattered leg. Just after midnight the police and ambulance brought in a very drunk, aggressive 30 year old female who had just had a relationship break-down. During the night there were several patients with chest pain, breathing difficulties and needed to be resuscitated after being admitted to hospital. Saturday night - still miserable weather and some drinkers over did it! There were major traumas like the 40 year old man who fell from a second story balcony. A young 22 year old woman who made a bad decision by trying drugs was found unresponsive in the back of car. There were quite a few car accidents which again proved the worth of safety belts with nasty collisions and the patients escaping serious injuries. A 28 year old female driver, whose car was T-boned at speed, only suffered from a shoulder and rib injuries. Definitely less fights but never zero. At 3am Sunday while on the ground a 38 year old man was kicked so hard in the face he suffered from facial fractures and a vision threatening eye injury. It was busy with diverse injuries, from a badly bleeding foot from a dropped campaign glass at a wedding to a very painful deep cooking oil burn to the arm at home.