Lyall

8 March 10

Is it broken?

Yes, it is.

Poor, poor Judo.

On Saturday he was riding his bike up to meet me for tea and a film, and some complete idiot opened the passenger side door of the car she was riding in as it was paused in traffic in a no-stopping zone. She opened the door right in front of him.

On the bright side: miraculously, Judo did not hit his head or anything more awful.

On the not-bright side: after a cup of tea and a cupcake, it became apparent that he had to go to A&E.

Also on the bright side: thanks to the NHS, he was in an out of A&E within 40 minutes and he never had to pause to make sure that his insurance would cover it (hear that, Americans? That’s extremely cool).

Also on the not-bright side: arm in plaster for six weeks. ‘Nightmare!’ said Judo, when he heard that.

‘No, it isn’t,’ said the pleasingly acerbic nurse who was looking after him. ‘I mean, well, it is for you. Not for us.’

Judo, bless his heart, laughed.

Universal healthcare is awesome.

10 February 10

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You will never know

Patient and institutional confidentiality prevents me from sharing some rather amusing and worrying things I’ve seen however that’s life as a health professional in a rural hospital.

1 February 10

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“ Joel attempted suicide in December 2009 by trying to overdose on Traumeel, a homeopathic alternative of ibuprofen. Joel took eight pills, but the dosage was by no means high enough to cause death. This is because homeopathic medicine has no active ingredients and they are essentially all placebos. She called 911 for emergency medical aid shortly after.

— From the Wikipedia article on Alexa Ray Joel. This is a very sad tale, but also quite funny. (via stever)

11 January 10

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Karratha

Flying there today.

5 January 10

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The language is set to Australian English in MS Word for Mac so why is it telling me ‘hemodynamic’ is correct? Wrong! It’s always spelt with ‘ae’ in Australia. So frustrating.

I’m updating my CV because I want to do some contract work in the country (rural and remote WA).

27 December 09

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my-ear-trumpet:

jessibelboobstein:

drakecaperton:

Cultural Paleontology, public health

Phew!

Dinosaurs and STIs = Wackiest public health promotion poster.

22 December 09

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my-ear-trumpet:

Work, save, fight and so avenge the nurses!

(unknown artist ; poster ; made: c. 1943-45) ; photolithograph, coloured inks on paper ; 50.2 x 63 cm) ARTV09088

Poster calling for revenge for Japanese war crime of sinking the clearly marked Hospital ship, Centaur, off the Queensland coast in 1943.
Australian War Memorial:
…286 lives were lost, including 11 out of 12 nurses. The poster depicts moments after the ship was torpedoed; it sunk in just three minutes.

I’m glad we won.

21 December 09

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my-ear-trumpet:

luxenovella:

(via misswallflower)

Posted: 8:16 AM

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Google: Why do nurses… Concept shamelessly copied from @PhilBaumann

A revealing glimpse at the problems our profession still faces.

Some answers (well a good place to start) to these frequently asked questions.

15 December 09

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my-ear-trumpet:

turnofthecentury:

billyjane:Vintage Dissection

Real photo postcard c. 1915.

via jackmord

Just the sort of postcard for Granny

13 December 09

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jennifargh:

likeroscoe:

clembastow:

TAC Christmas Campaign 2009 (20 Year Retrospective)

Incredible. I assume this is what will be showing tonight at 8.30pm on all the commercial channels. You know, it may seem like an odd thing to say, but fuck I’m proud of Victoria.

It’s insanely powerful, especially around the 2.30 mark, with the music building to the crash scenes. I completely agree with your statement from your last post, some of the best works of Australian “cinema”.

The work Victoria’s Transport Accident Commission (TAC) has done to reduce the road death toll greatly impressed me when I moved to Melbourne to start my career a Registered Nurse. The type of people depicted in TAC road safety advertisements became all too real as my patients on the neurosurgery/neurotrauma ward.

As my hospital was designated the state major trauma centre I saw what seemed like a lot of road trauma. However, Victoria’s roads are safer with much lower death toll than my home state of Western Australia. It is a disgrace that WA’s road toll is amongst the worst in nation.

http://www.youtube.com/user/TACVictoria