Bread and butter work for a Nurse Practitioner, and lots of other health care professionals, chest examination….and yes I know there is lots of different aspects to it. But at the most basic, it is a case of grabbing a stethoscope and getting the patient to breathe.
How easy must it be?
Well actually it is sometimes [...]
A recent BBC report id’ed that abrev’s pose risk to pt health according to the MDU…..
I’m sorry I’ll read that again
”A recent British Broadcasting Corporation reports identified that abbreviations pose risks to patient health according to the Medical Defense Union”.
The report identifies that it is dangerous and shows cases where death has occurred due to [...]
Obviously this post is slightly decreased in potency by the need for confidentiality, enough to say that during my working life I have come across some cracking names, some sweet, some hideous!
When I spent some time in paediatrics in a certain London region, my list of patients would make people think I was a mechanic. In one [...]
Subtitle: Mighty Mouse, Melonman and me!!
A little Mousie friend of mine has recently started in the Emergency department. The Emergency department is a great place to work, but as her story tells - sometimes things happen outside the department when you don’t have the team around you.
If you have read her blog, you’ll see she was [...]
Well ‘appy-new-year!
I have a little catching up to do…
Firstly my blogging buddy Peter from downunder tagged me. Hmm…the proudest moment of my life….I am a hugely proud dad, but that’s me being proud of my kids, rather than proud of myself. So? Proud of myself….there was that precordial thump that directly there and then saved someones life. [...]
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