tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post442104573479066937..comments2024-03-23T17:49:56.783-07:00Comments on oldfoolrn: A Teeter Toter SurgeonOldfoolrnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01747485143127099085noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-13209932756355445072021-04-13T18:22:42.958-07:002021-04-13T18:22:42.958-07:00I was always a believer in using whatever works to...I was always a believer in using whatever works to get the job done. Nasal speculums sound like the perfect instrument for the task used with peds pts. <br /><br />When I was working in neuro ICU we would occasionally get interrupted by a frantic technician from the primate lab located downstairs. "Our Chimp is seizing and we need to borrow your hypothermia unit to bring her fever down." When the unit was returned full of ape hairs we tried to clean it up, but always had a quick answer if a patient asked about the loose hairs.Oldfoolrnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01747485143127099085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-10259235414278999202021-04-13T14:08:55.273-07:002021-04-13T14:08:55.273-07:00In paediatrics where I work sometimes, both as an ...In paediatrics where I work sometimes, both as an old fool HCA and a new fool ODP, (UK acronyms) we borrow Mr Cuddle's nasal speculums from the ENT department to use as speculums for an altogether different orifice for smaller patients. We don't tell ENT what we are using them for, and I wonder what Mr Cuddle would think of us, if only he knew...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-12586075832566487082017-03-21T18:24:54.602-07:002017-03-21T18:24:54.602-07:00Playgrounds were really fun before the risk manage...Playgrounds were really fun before the risk management rubrics were implemented. My favorite was the giant all steel sliding board. We sat on sheets of wax paper and flew down the chute at what felt like the speed of light. The tricky part was getting your legs moving before hitting the bottom or you landed flat on your face.<br /><br />Some surgeons were totally obsessed with doing a particular procedure to the extent that the care was not very patient centered.Oldfoolrnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01747485143127099085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-81422585185488948562017-03-20T18:01:42.625-07:002017-03-20T18:01:42.625-07:00Sounds like he enjoyed cruelty.
I miss teeter-to...Sounds like he enjoyed cruelty.<br /> <br />I miss teeter-totters. The ones in playgrounds now have a spring, and it bounces up maybe a foot in height at the most.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4723755846699098373.post-36620210269790120502017-03-17T19:55:23.054-07:002017-03-17T19:55:23.054-07:00What an arse!!!What an arse!!!bobbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14353836074794786357noreply@blogger.com