brillohead ADN, RN

Cardio-Pulmonary; Med-Surg; Private Duty

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    Does Preferring to Work Night Shift mean you're lazy?

    brillohead replied to Soliloquy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Oh gosh yes, ^THIS^!!!! Mornings suck soooooooooooo
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    Does Preferring to Work Night Shift mean you're lazy?

    brillohead replied to Soliloquy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm hoping for a night job not because I'm lazy, an introvert, or hate people, but because I'm a night owl who DETESTS getting up in the morning. I would rather stay up all night until 5am than wake...
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    Removing a ring with O2 mask strap

    brillohead replied to flyingchange's topic in Emergency

    I saw them do the "string trick" on an episode of Emergency (with Roy DeSoto and Johnny Gage) back in the early 1970s! :) (Yes, someone actually called the paramedics b/c of a stuck ring... b/c if...
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    I never, ever went to ER when I was a kid

    brillohead replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    Three times as a child -- 1) At 9yo for a sprained ankle (I'm guessing it was a grade 3 sprain? I was on crutches for ~3 weeks and have had joint instability ever since) at 8pm (no urgent care...
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    The Infamous Cab-ulance

    brillohead replied to MedicalPartisan's topic in Emergency

    I had a discussion with a European friend about this a while back. In a "universal healthcare" setting, they don't have this type of problem with people using EMS for non-urgent calls. Why? Because...