This is part 2 of a 2 part article. If you missed it, read part 1. The next morning I met another anaesthetist who was willing to let me assist her, this time with cannulation. I wasn’t expecting this to go very well as I don’t really like needles, especially when I have to have…
Monthly Archives: August 2010
Charlotte: My summer theatre placement – part 1
Despite finishing my university time for year 2 back in June, it wasn’t time to kick back and relax for the summer holiday until last week. On successful completion of all the academic components of the second year, each of us had to complete a fortnight’s placement in a hospital operating theatre, followed by the…
Do Not Resuscitate
Anyone who has worked for the ambulance service for even the shortest period of time will have experienced the following situation. Someone with a serious medical condition unexpectedly deteriorates and a panicked family call 999 to summon ambulance staff to resuscitate their loved one. Recently I had one such call. An elderly lady had been…
UK Government axes child protection database – ContactPoint
From The Press Association: A £224 million government database holding the records of all 11 million children in England has been scrapped. [source] What a wasted opportunity to assist professionals to protect vulnerable children and young people. So much developmental work had already been undertaken on ContactPoint, an important and much needed project which would…