Lassie to the rescue!

[Davey Do]

Have you ever needed to be a Lassie rescuing a Timmy?

Or, have you ever been a Timmy rescued by a Lassie?

[Davey Do]

The inspiration for this comic came from a surgery circa 1987 when I acted as second scrub.

I was an LPN scrub nurse and a coworker/friend was an RN. He typically circulated, but was told he needed more experience as a scrub. During the surgery, if he looked at me with a questioning glance, I would point on the mayo stand for the next instrument the surgeon would need.

At the end of the surgery, he said, "You really saved my ***!"

I was Lassie to his Timmy.

Over ten years later, I was wrestling with a psychotic male client outside of a residential setting who had just stabbed me in the back with a pair of scissors. A nearby female client screamed when she saw the situation. A coworker in the office came running when he heard the scream, and we were able to subdue and hold the client until the police arrived.

I was Timmy and he was my Lassie!

[Daisy4RN]

Well, at the risk of tooting my own horn i can say that i have been able to assist others. However, it seems i never have anyone around to help me, so i guess all i can say to that is Lassie Come Home.

[Davey Do]

6 hours ago, Daisy4RN said:

Well, at the risk of tooting my own horn i can say that i have been able to assist others. However, it seems i never have anyone around to help me, so i guess all i can say to that is Lassie Come Home.

[Davey Do]

While we're waiting for Daisy to toot her own horn for Lassie to come home, let's go to a favorite comic of mine where Lassie gets help...

[Daisy4RN]

4 hours ago, Davey Do said:

While we're waiting for Daisy to toot her own horn ..

Well, OK then I'll share...

When I worked Oncology (many moons ago) we were always hypersensitive to IV's beeping because of the vesicant nature of (some) chemo drugs. We would check each others if heard while walking by etc because time was of the essence if there was infiltration. I happen to hear a pt's IV pump one day (not my pt) and went to check it out, I looked at the arm first (as usual) because if it had infiltrated it would need to be stopped and immediate intervention taken (as needed per specific drug). The arm looked fine but you cant always see right away so I looked to see what chemo it was, I knew this pt and realized that the wrong chemo was hanging (different pt's chemo). Luckily for the nurse who hung it she forgot to unclamp the tubing. I was glad I found it and realized it was the wrong chemo because the next nurse (new, float etc.) might have just seen the tubing clamped and unclamped it not realizing it wasn't the right pt/drug. So it was more just being in the right place at the right time type of situation but glad the mistake was caught before the pt received any of the med.

This also reminds me of some of the threads about nursing mistakes and how our minds work when we (our minds) expect to see something (then) that is what we see.

Now I have also reminded myself of your etc. thread because I read a different thread where 2 times someone wrote ect. I have never seen (or noticed that! until your other thread).

And I wrote on a different thread saw instead of was and didn't notice that at the time I wrote it either. Just kind of interesting how the mind works (or doesn't) at times.

[Davey Do]

9 hours ago, Daisy4RN said:

Now I have also reminded myself of your etc. thread because I read a different thread where 2 times someone wrote ect. I have never seen (or noticed that! until your other thread).

Wow. What a memory you have!

That image was lost in the upgrade and I had one heck of a time finding it in my files.

GREAT save on catching that chemo error and, generally speaking, a great post, Daisy. Rare is the time that I don't truly enjoy reading your submissions.

Thanks for the support!