medicalisation – Dr Rod’s Odd Blog (almondemotion)

Confusion Screen

In today’s blog Rod tried to explain what he meant when he wanted to say something was to complicated to be summarised by the word ‘screen’

Some thoughts on being medically fit

The system is not coping now, how will it manage tomorrow?

Cannula in arm. The one he has is adequate, For the purposes. Although it seems often, There is no purpose to the little plastic device that sits, catching on clothes, gathering dust. But. Student. Doctor, nurse or whatever, Can I go and pin-cushion him again? Can I, Can I? Please?

Death by drowning

It is like squeezing in to too small shoes. It can be done, it is awkward and, you can get about, but you look odd and you will soon get blisters.

CRP – aka un-person-centred care

72 hours after admission Nigel has become distressed. Anxious and fearful, he wants to leave the hospital, he can’t understand why we won’t let him go, he feels we are trying to harm him, poison him, deprive him of his liberty.

Dalteparin

Last night’s blog got me thinking about some of the over-and-above things we do to our patients during their time in hospital. Dalteparin, is, I wonder an example of this. For those of you unfamiliar with this drug – it is a relatively new class of anticoagulant which can be used to reduce the riskContinue reading “Dalteparin”

Medically Fit…

Because of the pervasive, overwhelming protectiveness and, likely, defensiveness of the NHS, ‘home’ doesn’t always mean, ‘home’

Delirium and numbers

For those conditions which respond to treatments or remedies, we need tablets and love; for those without the tablets, whether in the form of placebo or not, we need at the very least, love.