I am very disgusted with some of the horrible practices in childbirth here in the American hospitals. One of many is that barbaric practice of strapping down women during C Sections is some USA hospitals. The woman's arms are strapped to the operating table.
And it seems that many people are wring about what happens during C Sections and if you have a C Section in America or Canada you can expect to have your arms strapped down. But instead of that someone should be advocating and writing about banning this inhuman practice all all US hospitals, as it banned in the UK where I am from.
So I want to start a petition on Change.org
Where many people have petitioned about different things and some have got results. But the only problem is I don't know who to make the petition to.
In the UK if it was a hospital issue the body that regulates it would be The Department Of Health or the British Medical association. But here in the USA because they have different states each with different laws there does not seem to be a body or medical organisation that regulates the hospitals for the whole of the country as there is in the UK.
So any advice please? I think starting a petition is a good starting point but who do I send the petition to?
I'm going to start a petition to stop patients from having to wear arm bands. It's barbaric to strap plastic pieces around patient's limbs that demote them to no more than numbers.
I'm going to start a petition to stop patients from having to wear arm bands. It's barbaric to strap plastic pieces around patient's limbs that demote them to no more than numbers.
I think I ought to start a petition, to be sent to British Parliament, that disallows any UK citizen from attempting to change laws in other countries that do not apply to said UK citizens.
It's also fun to note that on BettyUK's profile, it indicates she is NOT in the nursing profession. Not a medical professional. But clearly has some very definite ideas about how ACTUAL medical professionals should conduct procedures.Typical. What is NOT so typical is that she is attempting to change the medical practices of other countries, rather than focusing on what's wrong in her OWN country. Oh my.
Uh....yeah. this happens when the patient is trying to extubate them self, rip out their lines, etc etc. You are seriously misinformed and far too ill equipped to start such a petition. Worry about the UK, considering it's clear you've never set foot on US soil.
Yeah but they still don't routly strap down even ICU patients in the UK like they do in American and some other counties.
I saw this video made by some disgusting American doctor who talks casually about strapping woman's arms down during his C sections. And he even LIES and claims that all USA hospitals do it, which they don't. I tried to get You Tube to remove that video(I reported it several times )but they haven't done anything about it.
That was me that said that. And I'm guessing you've never seen a perfectly healthy 20 year old girl get run over by a car, pull out her breathing tube and immediately turn purple because she couldn't breathe? Choking on her own phlegm? Panicking because she couldn't breathe, and fighting so hard that we couldn't even rescue breathe for her with a bag-mask? Having to give her more sedatives and then a paralyzing drug so that she couldn't move while we put another breathing tube in?
THAT is barbaric.
Not that you won't have an answer to refute what anyone tries to tell you......
I'm going to start a petition to stop patients from having to wear arm bands. It's barbaric to strap plastic pieces around patient's limbs that demote them to no more than numbers.
Good idea! Then, let's start one about denying patients red Jello Especially the ones who are NPO because they're intubated. First we strap them down, then we deny them red Jello?? Barbaric. The Visigoths could have taken lessons from us nurses, I tell ya
I had 2 c-sections in the early 90s. Both arms were strapped to the table both times and I'm so glad they were! I get terrible shakes with any anesthesia. I had an epidural so I could be awake during both deliveries. I was shaking uncontrollably so they strapped me down. It was a relief and actually helped me relax. I was worried I'd shake right off the table and was so focused on trying not to shake that I was becoming anxious. Once my arms were strapped down, I could switch my focus to my breathing and I was able to calm down. As soon as each baby was born, they unstrapped my arms so I could hold them. I never once thought the staff was being inhumane or treating me unfairly. Quite the opposite -- they made my birth experiences more positive.
Yeah but they still don't routly strap down even ICU patients in the UK like they do in American and some other counties.
What is your interest in changing competent, appropriate medical practices in the US "and some other countries" (spelling corrected)? Are there NO concerns for you in your homeland? Or is the UK so far above and beyond any other country's practices that it's completely beyond reproach in every single area? And......since you do not have any experience as a medical professional.....how is it you are certain of this?
I saw this video made by some disgusting American doctor who talks casually about strapping woman's arms down during his C sections. And he even LIES and claims that all USA hospitals do it, which they don't. I tried to get You Tube to remove that video(I reported it several times )but they haven't done anything about it.
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If you don't like our medical care or customs there is a simple solution... get back on the crazy train and get out!
Women's arms are strapped down during a c-section, to protect her from harm, not to be barbaric. She would also be able to refuse to have them strapped down!
Boys and girls, ladies and gentlemen, I think we all need to consider the possibility that we are in the presence of an internet "troll". The best course of action here, since this is a, mostly, serious website, is to forgo any further correspondence with the OP.
Based on this comment and the content of the video (this was an informative, educational video meant to comfort women who are going to undergo a potentially scary experience), I am convinced that this whole "strapping down arms is barbaric" and "I want to start a petition" talk is either: (a) a horribly misinformed opinion by someone with no healthcare experience who is now barking up the right tree, or (b) an attempt by someone--perhaps in the UK--to get US nurses all riled up by going on incessantly about something she knows nothing about.
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I'm going to start a petition to stop patients from having to wear arm bands. It's barbaric to strap plastic pieces around patient's limbs that demote them to no more than numbers.