Showing posts with label davih the nurse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label davih the nurse. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

so i'm a type 3 today

Ever wonder why your 'pooh pooh' looks different sometimes, if something is a bit odd or your just not feeling right. Well if you look at the Bristol Stool Chart, you may find out your a Type 6 'pooh pooh'. This indicates your suffering from diarrhoea and you may want to start taking more fluids and supplements to ease the it.

First two types indicate constipation, type 3 & 4 are the desired 'poohs poohs' and the next three usually tell us your suffering from diarrhoea (the last one telling us the diarrhoea may be cost by food poisoning or infection).
So next time your weary about what you left in the toilet pot, just run to this post and you'll have a quick diagnosis.

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

"...like do you ever watch any cock fights?"

So I was working night duty for the past week in my hospital. I was the only student on in the whole hospital so I was getting very bored towards my last night. I was working with one of the Filipino nurses, and by day seven we were getting on great, so I was totally taken back when our conversation began as the following.

Nurse: David, are you into cock fights?
Davih: Huh? What? (Kinda getting awkward, leaning towards him, and my eyes looking very worried)
Nurse: Yeah! Like do you ever watch any cock fights?
Davih: Em...I'm a little confused. (I was definitely perspiring at this stage)
Nurse: Would you ever place a bet?
Davih: On a cock fight! (Voice raised)
Nurse: Yeah! To see who wins......like you know a cock, em, like a rooster. You know a rooster ?
Davih: Oh!....You mean cockadoodledoo. (Posture relaxes, eyes look down to the ground in relieve and the sweating eased)

Anyone that befriends me, knows that the expressions my face pull do as much communication as if I were to speak. Not once did I think he was referring to a rooster when he spoke of the cock. So you can only imagine my head was going ninety.

But in fact he was discussing the below.

**WARNING**

Any veggies or "I could never wear fur" people out there, this clip is not for you.



So, basically it's a fight between two cocks until one dies, the Filipinos do their PaddyPower thing and the winners gain, while the losers mourn the death of their beloved cock.

Any cock fight I imagined, always had a different ending!

Thursday, January 15, 2009

ah, ha, ha ,ha, stay alive

I've just begun my internship as a student nurse in St. Micheal's hospital last week. But before us students could go on the wards, we had to revise our CPR technique.

I soon learned that in America, they consider The Bee Gees' classic 'Stayin' Alive', the best song to follow while giving compressions to a person receiving CPR. Can you imagine? Someone gets a heart attack, the whole mood tense and panicked. I give my two breathes of mouth to mouth and then all of a sudden I look up to see the person giving compressions, bouncing his head from side to side with the beat of 'Stayin' Alive' ringing in his mind! Made me laugh.


So just in case your ever in Wax and the music gets to much for somebody and they drop to the ground. Block out the 'Din Din', think The Bee Gees and also do the following:

-Run to your victim, ask him if he's okay. If there's no response get someone to call the ambulance.

-Remember A-B-C

-Check A- which is the airway. There may be some form of obstruction, stopping the person from breathing. Look and listen for any signs of breathing, if your not getting anything, put one hand on their forehead and your under their chin. gently tilt their head backwards. By doing this you are now opening the airway. If they're still not breathing....you'll have to aid them further.

-By assisting their B-this is their breathing. you must keep your hand on their chin, with the other hand pinch their nose. Then give two breathes. Watch his lungs rise as you do this. I f there is still no response, go to step C.

-Step C is circulation. For you to know is there any circulation we want to check for a pulse. Put your finger between their windpipe and neck muscles, slightly add pressure. If you feel no beat, the heart is not beating. Now you have to give compressions (think the Bee Gees).

-Put your two hands, one on top of the other, on the sternum, this is where the lower ribs meet. interlace your fingers, lock you elbows and use your body weight for compression. Depth of compressions should be about 1.5 to 2 inches. Count aloud while you give 30 compressions. At the end of each cycle give two breathes, after 4 cycles check for any sign of consciousness. Continue if there is still no response.
You should be giving about 100 compressions per minute, 'Stayin' Alive' has nearly the same amount of beats, it has 103 beats per minute!

-Continue until aid comes you way.