Did a year of gassing back in the day. Had to intubation a couple in the past 20 years, one lived, one didn't
'Now we'd use a laryngeal mask. Put one down 4 days ago in anger. But only get involved in a resus every 2 years or so now.
I'd certainly step aside for a paramedic to take charge.
Derek. Agreed that those are needed too.
But in the eyes of lots of GP's it's far cheaper and easier to call 999 and get the big yellow taxi to come and do your job for you!
Still saying nothing.
Things like that are regular occurrence's down here in London. I've seen countless suspected MI's or CVA's sitting in waiting rooms while the GP has seemingly vanished when they try to find him for a handover
Or yet.
our local hospital has no facilities for anything that might be considered 999
if you turn up you are reffered to the ambulance service recently during a routine angio gram the patient had a heart attack and the hosptital staff had to call an ambulance for the resus gear.
Ok now I will. That's not the only hospital by a long way.
Woody - "obviously you're not in NE England stoatsbrother."
I was thinking exactly the same thing.....
Loads of GPs 'round here send their punters up to us for an ECG, loads of them have been sitting in the waiting room with a 'suspected MI' and no treatment, loads of really good GPs too I'm sure but they look after their patients so we never get to hear about them up at the big house...
Did find out the laryngoscope was u/s last week though
I bet you found that hard to swallow.
Ton,
Hope you managed to get some sleep last night and that things have settled down overnight. It's been a while since I was ablated, but I know that the first couple of weeks were a little odd, with the occasional flutter, but given that I was clexaned and heparined up to the max...
Still, a few years later and it's gone, so hopefully you'll be in the same boat as me (i.e. fully fit and raring to get out of the house and do something (as long as it's not rainy, or too cold, or there's something half-decent on the telly)).
The offer is there by the way. If you need to talk to someone that's been through the same thing, let me know and I'll call you.
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