tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17612141.post114294421601310708..comments2023-12-11T13:16:59.967+00:00Comments on Musings Of A Disheartened Doctor: never ceases to amazeDazed And Confusedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11718774509783516577noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17612141.post-1143628270331722902006-03-29T11:31:00.000+01:002006-03-29T11:31:00.000+01:00Just stumbled upon your blog today....and such a r...Just stumbled upon your blog today....<BR/>and such a relief to read..<BR/>to know that 'am not the only one' in deep despair the way medicine is going.<BR/>Have tried telling myself that its not me but the world which is going crazy..<BR/>difficult when you see so much insanity as part of work!<BR/>Well done, and keep bloggingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17612141.post-1143460509210129862006-03-27T12:55:00.000+01:002006-03-27T12:55:00.000+01:00i guess it's down to the fact that there are three...i guess it's down to the fact that there are three nurses looking after a ward of 40 over night. the doctor is covering six wards. there is no way he/she is going to know all of those patients. the nurses are spread so thinly that they can't spend enough time with all the patients. i'm not surprised that neither doctor or nurses knew anything about the patient with that staff:patient ratio.<BR/><BR/>hmmm... minimal competence and all that.<BR/><BR/>tvs: well it was 15 minutes from crash call to writing in the notes. say 9 minutes of ALS and 6 minutes trying to put the paddles on...Dazed And Confusedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11718774509783516577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17612141.post-1143399151362311442006-03-26T19:52:00.000+01:002006-03-26T19:52:00.000+01:00Or in one case I saw, they take the morning 'obs' ...Or in one case I saw, they take the morning 'obs' on a dead person and do not realise the person is no longer of this world. At least whoever put out the call realised that someone without a pulse who is not breathing is not well.Dr Vegashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524692029391546049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17612141.post-1143159717456935492006-03-24T00:21:00.000+00:002006-03-24T00:21:00.000+00:0015 minutes! You went on for 15 minutes on an asys...15 minutes! You went on for 15 minutes on an asystolic icicle? Man, you should have given up on that one after one cycle and gone back to bed.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, it's normally the 6am crash call that brings you to 'an icicle' - when the nurses go round in the morning to do the observations and find all the patients that have been dead in their beds for hours.The Venial Sinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15488832878762606998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17612141.post-1143048378794616292006-03-22T17:26:00.000+00:002006-03-22T17:26:00.000+00:00So how did it come to pass? What sort of error was...So how did it come to pass? What sort of error was made - a lack of skill, a lapse, or poor planning? What protocols would you change to stop it happening again?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17612141.post-1142972989858344282006-03-21T20:29:00.000+00:002006-03-21T20:29:00.000+00:00That's totally why I could never be a doctor - dea...That's totally why I could never be a doctor - dealing with situations like that.<BR/><BR/>You have my utmost respectKate Mchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02390295121580264292noreply@blogger.com