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...When the neighbours/friends/school parents ask you advice about themselves/the kids or the pets. .... Your at the soccer gala day and the duly elected first aider and some drops and has a Grand mal less than 5m away from you. ..... and worse still...

Well it's now the morning after christmas and oh what a night!!! Someone must have used the "Q" word and the hot weather in combination with ETOH are never a good combination. Well merry christmas and have a great '06 Cheers from "The land down under...

The best one I've had recently was a guy (approx 35 yrs) who when asked what the problem was informed me that "he had been looking in the mirror and noticed the black part of his eye getting large then small, more so when he moved his face backwards ...

Whilst I noted you have Code Fluffy, we have TT Tontine (a brand of pillow) Therapy alternatively Thump Therapy. Pt's often get a TW Therapuetic Wait:nurse:

In our ED both DR"S and Nuring staff wear Royal Blue scrubs. The pocket is embroidered with hospital name, emergency dept and then in yellow Nurse or Doctor (The embroidery means we can claim it on tax). All are happy, plus if I ever have a head inju...

Just a quick question, How many patients do 2 nurses cover? is this all shifts? Ooops that was 2 :)

Hi Dave, Two things with etoh challenged human beings are 1) the aggression and 2) the over enthusiastic junior ed dr's. As we'll soon be coming up to the festive season, yet again I will have to educate our new batch of dr's that the young, one off ...

We also refer to them as temporary residents!

Had a woman present recently with tachycardia, n and v and feeling "revolting". Asked when symptoms commenced and she stated 1hr after eating. Asked what she ate and she said she had been fasting and had then eaten 30 apricot seed kernals that she ha...

No, but one was available just 15mins away at a major teaching hospital, or as we like to refer to it "the mother ship".

I have to agree it's PC run amok. We use SOB, but then I still have a tendency to use COAD instead of CAL, alternatively there is COPD. But there is also FBC and FBC (Full Blood Count or Fluid Balance Chart). The main thing we get in trouble for is A...

This concept has also hit Oz, in NSW the ambo's are encouraging it, so now ice is listed in my cell. I just have to do the same with hubbies (when I get my licence to operate his!).

Yes!!!!!! (But don't you just feel like it sometimes??!!

We only recently had a new CT scanner put in and now all A/H ct's are sent via the net. A verbal report usually comes through in about 30 mins and a faxed hand written report anything from 1-2hrs - painful at times. Whilst our Ed consultant (if on A/...

Like Canada, Australia has compulsory helmet laws not only for motor bikes, but push bikes as well. This has been the case for at least 15yrs. I know when I worked in the Northern Territory 20yrs ago, this wasn't the case and the cost of transporting...

I always like the pts that have a prostrate problem!! A few years ago I was reading a collegues notes where she had written that the pt was not easily aroused!! When I suggested she look at a dictionary for the words meaning, she became a little red ...

Thanks We did ring poisons information which I did forget to say. There first comment was did we have an cyanide antidote kit!! Always an encouraging sign when they ask if you have antidote kits.

Besides working in ED I also have a Dip Rem Massage and Dip Sports Med. Over here in some Uni's we are teaching (basically Swedish) massage to undergrads,as part of a holistic approach to nursing. I have been teaching just 1 semester a year for the l...

Giving enemas is always fun (the old soap and water was especially fun), cleaning up however isn't. Giving adenosine in RR and watching the effect (when it works) is great. When I worked in the Northern Territory (Oz) we sutured which was great!!

:barf01: Fresh burned skin just after lunch (in this instance) 30% 2nd and 3rd deg burns on an infant - made me loose my lunch!!

Unfortunately violence is everywhere, no matter which ED you might attend. We have the local police station on speed dial as our security here (Australia) is limited in the extent they can enforce appropriate behaviour. Supposedly we have a zero tole...

I have learned never to ask a Dr to find something even if it is 2 foot away (same often applies to male RN's) male looks or Dr looks equate to the same thing, I have also learned that while medical staff may be highly intelligent, commonsense often ...

Just as I was reading your rant, one turned up at triage!!. Is it we're not breeding them tough enough these days?But be consoled they're here in Oz as well.