shpalman wrote: Thu Apr 09, 2020 9:25 am
(with the caveat that the Italian press may have exaggerated this from "also there is an Italian specialist somewhere in the same hospital")
So THE consultant taking care of Johnson is a virologist? Now if I was in Johnson's position - while I might like them to talk to a virologist - I think I'd prefer having my breathing looked after by an intensive care & anaesthetics consultant.
Or do staff shortages mean we now have virologists responsible for intubating patients?
A colleague's son is going into facial reconstruction as a discipline. He's finished his dentistry degree and is was finishing the med-school part.
He's currently in a local hospital and has been replacing anaesthetetists for their more basic procedures
He hasn't got to that stage of the party where you think it is a good idea to try a cocktail of Crème de Menthe and Advocaat after raiding the back of the sadly depleted drinks cabinet.
I drank most of a bottle of creme de menthe once, and the next morning I did a luridly green poo.
At least we can be sure Johnson hasn't yet suffered that indignity.
We have the right to a clean, healthy, sustainable environment.
plodder wrote: Thu Apr 09, 2020 4:34 pm
can we? He'll have pipes coming out of him all over the place, poor sod.
True, but I don't think any of those pipes would deliver a minty-fresh ringpiece. I may just be out-of-touch with modern care methods and hospital food though.
We have the right to a clean, healthy, sustainable environment.
I did read some stuff saying it takes a long while to regain full strength after spending any time in an ICU for pneumonia. It's not something people just bounce back from straight away.
jimbob wrote: Thu Apr 09, 2020 2:43 pm
A colleague's son is going into facial reconstruction as a discipline. He's finished his dentistry degree and is was finishing the med-school part.
He's currently in a local hospital and has been replacing anaesthetetists for their more basic procedures
There was a cartoon circulating a week or so ago saying "Wash your hands. You don't want to be intubated by a psychiatrist".
Something something hammer something something nail
jimbob wrote: Thu Apr 09, 2020 2:43 pm
A colleague's son is going into facial reconstruction as a discipline. He's finished his dentistry degree and is was finishing the med-school part.
He's currently in a local hospital and has been replacing anaesthetetists for their more basic procedures
There was a cartoon circulating a week or so ago saying "Wash your hands. You don't want to be intubated by a psychiatrist".
I saw something similar but mentioning veterinary nurses alongside an email supposedly recruiting them to assist at NHS Nightingale!
jimbob wrote: Thu Apr 09, 2020 2:43 pm
A colleague's son is going into facial reconstruction as a discipline. He's finished his dentistry degree and is was finishing the med-school part.
He's currently in a local hospital and has been replacing anaesthetetists for their more basic procedures
There was a cartoon circulating a week or so ago saying "Wash your hands. You don't want to be intubated by a psychiatrist".
I saw something similar but mentioning veterinary nurses alongside an email supposedly recruiting them to assist at NHS Nightingale!
Neighbour is a specialist in paediatric allergies. She’s now helping in intensive care doing the less complicated bits.
Saw the ICU doctor two doors up who was struck low with it, he’s up and about now after weeks of self isolation. Looks exhausted, but he’s back at work. They haven’t tested him though. WTAF?
AMS wrote: Thu Apr 09, 2020 7:13 pm
I did read some stuff saying it takes a long while to regain full strength after spending any time in an ICU for pneumonia. It's not something people just bounce back from straight away.
When Mrs V had Legionnaires she was in ICU for a week, it was the added complication of the pneumonia that really did the damage - she was completely sedated for 5 days. When she left ICU she had a week in a normal ward before being allowed home. She had no sense of smell or taste, suffered from what she described as a low pitched tinnitus almost constantly, had panic attacks if she dozed off and could only eat small quantities but very frequently. It physically and mentally drained her and took about 4 months to fully recover although she did go back to work after 2 months, but only part time and only if I drove her in.
I simply can't believe that anyone, however strong or fit they claim to be, can easily shrug that sort of trauma.
Difficult to say if she was in good spirits, what with the frequent nose bleeds and constipation. She certainly was a fighter though, 2 weeks after leaving hospital she applied for the Chief Exec post at her NHS trust and got it.
jimbob wrote: Thu Apr 09, 2020 2:43 pm
A colleague's son is going into facial reconstruction as a discipline. He's finished his dentistry degree and is was finishing the med-school part.
He's currently in a local hospital and has been replacing anaesthetetists for their more basic procedures
There was a cartoon circulating a week or so ago saying "Wash your hands. You don't want to be intubated by a psychiatrist".
Likewise you wouldn't want me (in my working days) doing personal care and the rest: "What exactly is stopping you from doing that? What do you gain from having this much of someone else's attention?"
It's so much more attractive inside the moral kiosk
Right. Very inspiring. And remind me; it was on the third day that Boris arose from the ICU, was it?
Best you don't look at the Sun's front page. Offensive on so many levels
My avatar was a scientific result that was later found to be 'mistaken' - I rarely claim to be 100% correct
ETA 5/8/20: I've been advised that the result was correct, it was the initial interpretation that needed to be withdrawn
Meta? I'd say so!
murmur wrote: Fri Apr 10, 2020 10:29 am
Likewise you wouldn't want me (in my working days) doing personal care and the rest: "What exactly is stopping you from doing that? What do you gain from having this much of someone else's attention?"
What was your job?
Something something hammer something something nail
murmur wrote: Fri Apr 10, 2020 10:29 am
Likewise you wouldn't want me (in my working days) doing personal care and the rest: "What exactly is stopping you from doing that? What do you gain from having this much of someone else's attention?"
What was your job?
Senior nurse in community CAMHS, specialist areas assessment of deliberate self-harm, gender identity issues, depression'n'that, made myself pretty good at autism and ADHD assessment, even though I wasn't interested; last did any class of ward work in 1999 and most of that was in acute, especially secure, adult psychiatry. Last did anything like personal care when I was a student in the '80s...
ETA So I would never have been much use at the basic face to face stuff required now. Some crisis management is another matter. However, I'm too ong off the register (6+ years) and if not in a high risk group then not far off.
It's so much more attractive inside the moral kiosk
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No matter where you stand left-wing or right-wing , you can only agree that Boris has led the United Kingdom through COVID-19 with sheer determination and passion for his country and the people within. Boris has worked relentlessly and if we look at what our UK Prime Minister is paid compared to that of a professional footballer It is minuscule especially for doing the job that he does and having the burden of responsibility that he does.
