hotdogtimmy

As Winston Churchill said...."America and England....two great nations separated by a common language":chuckle BTW To everyboby involved in the hurricane aftermath...good luck,God bless Tim

Hi There are only 2 sorts of Nurses-ER/ED/A&E...call it what you will,people with Type A personalities who treat patients often without knowing whats wrong with them ....who do bizarre interventions on complete strangers... who routinely take more risks and deal with more anguish and pain and loss and hurt.... And then there are all the rest who sit on their ar**s and whinge about the real nurses in ER who know lots abt most everything rather than the "specialist floor nurses" who know more and more abt less and less Take heart The brave and best are always challenged Tim

I know from work that we did in South Africa in the 1990's that there was real concern about co-sleeping because it was believed that the baby would inevitably "slide" under the covers and would then be re-breathing its own CO2-and then those children that were predisposed to SIDS (with risk factors exacerbated in Third world conditions)-would have an episode. Having siad that it remains one of the best feelings to make up and have your babes snuggle against you LoL Tim

Hi Sounds like you did exactly the right thing for the pateints' safety and the correct thing in terms of the law Its ALWAYS better to be prewarned abt potentially fragile patients and if this patient had the EMS crew "fooled" and had been seen in your ER as well....even taht doesnt matter......you did what I would have,indeed have done.....at a basic level we have to act as the patient advocate and part of that is preparation.....its always a team effort and if the doccie doesnt like getting out of bed let him become a traffic cop instead:rotfl: BTW....your colleagues sound horrible Tim

Last time I looked definitely a boy:D it was the others (the other male helo/fire&rescue crew) who had the PE cos I was also the most photogenic !!!! I'm from africa....as in,where men are men and women are glad LoL Nows that the manic side.........:rotfl: But yes I think that there are depressive BPMD and manic BPMD people and by and large I fall into the manic side -which can be well "hidden" in EMS/ER setting........so when I feel that black dog of depression at the door I'm very aware of it and start my 'taking-care-of-myself' program.........and in truth I've always been able to get help if very low....its my smart manic mouth and sometimes total disregard for my safety thats causes problems in my life.......but I figure its the only life I have.................as my local chaplain says,the longest queue in heaven is going to be at the "ASK WHY? here" desk.

In fact I get depressed abt 25% of the time and its during those periods that I increase my time at the gym/walking and having aromatherapy and reflexology.In fact I find it easier to deal with....cos in the manic phase I lose control my internal censor (over what exactly comes out of my mouth:rotfl:) The nick name is from when I was a flite nurse ,with "hotdog" used as a verb.....really just a big showoff,wearing my (bright orange) flite suit to regular meetings etc....not wearing a bullet proof vest........and grandstanding at the scene......really just typical typeA personality stuff....it started as a bit of member envy (LoL) but stuck as a funny reminder of the days when my knees actually worked together on the same day,even simultaneously!!:chuckle

Hi Have been nursing for 25 years -always in ER and prehospital and was diagnosed ant 10 years ago (following a whole number of big life events) as bipolar. I have tried various meds none of which agreee with me or make me cope better.....I was a keen runner and rugby player and often took NSAIDs for sports injuries and no one bothered to tell me that it interacts with lithium and shuts down your thyroid!!So I dont do drugs any more.But do do counselling and cognitive therapy Fortunately tho as an ER nurse the more eccentric behaviour is "normal".....for the rest,its about keeping a journal of moods;lots of holistic stuff like reflexology etc,staying very fit and simply taking care of yourself at the expense of others if needs be I think the advice abt finding your niche applies to anyone And I never feel more alive than when doing a good resus!!

NFP = "Normal for portsmouth" (the city where i work) FLK = Funny Looking Kid FLP = Funny looking parents