Healthcare staff working in the late 90’s and early 00’s will be familiar with the airplane analogy. Sometimes a double-decker bus was used. This supposedly equated either (depending on who was talking and their level of cynicism) to the numbers of patients harmed or killed in US and UK hospitals every day. The UK planesContinue reading “Winter cannibalism, a theory of economics, healthcare, and D:Ream”
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The cost of loneliness (Roubles, dollars or robots?)
One patient recently attempted to resuscitate her (toy) baby when the batteries ran-out.
Should I or he or she or they stay at home or go into care?
Locked in a room, when you are 90 and if you have dementia and significant physical and cognitive impairment is horrible. It is cruel and harmful. It is what our older folk have to do, whilst we, the rest are out and about, living it up.
How do you reduce the risk of Covid over Christmas?
You can still hold hands if someone is wearing rubber gloves; you can still laugh or smile wearing a face mask.
G. falls over and possibly bangs his head
He was treated with antibiotics and returned to the care home 48 hours later. During his stay he fell twice on the ward; there was an incident with a member of staff which led to him receiving intramuscular Lorazepam.
To stop, or not: that is the question.
A new class of drugs, originally called ‘novel anticoagulants’ (NOACs) and now, that they aren’t that new, ‘direct oral anticoagulants’ aka ‘DOACs’ have overwhelmed the marketplace
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