tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post6147604043622641741..comments2024-03-09T11:08:34.910+02:00Comments on other things amanzi: it's probably not funnyBongihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12918640034313468627noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-14821813759890801862009-12-13T15:40:39.227+02:002009-12-13T15:40:39.227+02:00The sense of humour is a very personal thing as I ...The sense of humour is a very personal thing as I have found. It's just that the differences get particularly highlighted in your profession...NesQuarXhttp://www.nesquarx.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-44950202121832714092009-11-15T05:33:07.273+02:002009-11-15T05:33:07.273+02:00two discharges, one death, one patient remaining: ...two discharges, one death, one patient remaining: how can you be having a busy day unless they were all Whipples?DHShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00251680600047999918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-70303143914759050772009-11-04T10:01:27.172+02:002009-11-04T10:01:27.172+02:00anonymous, i actually don't know what monitors...anonymous, i actually don't know what monitors were on this patient. however probably the only one worth anything in a move to the ct bed would have been the pulse oxymeter, which can be deceptively unreliable.<br /><br />neurosurgery can be a very philosophical field. no neurosurgeon is going to cut a guy's skull open without a scan. if he is already coning it's probably already too late to do anything. the casualty guy phoned the neuro guy and carried out his instructions. between casualties and ct, obviously something happened. i'm not sure it was avoidable. it was already too late.Bongihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918640034313468627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-19308347717540678012009-11-04T08:51:33.312+02:002009-11-04T08:51:33.312+02:00I think the somewhat warped sense of humour is a c...I think the somewhat warped sense of humour is a coping mechanism & without it - particularly the medical professionals - would be complete nutcases! I thought your story was funny :-)<br /><br />When I collected my fatherinlaw's ashes from the funeral director, I just made it outside of the building before bursting into a fit of hysterical laughter......I honestly couldn't help myself. I just thought to myself "'ey up grandad, you're alot lighter now than what you were when you went in!" Even my motherbylaw had to laugh :-)Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06546956519928584352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-28907572246032788312009-11-04T07:48:42.185+02:002009-11-04T07:48:42.185+02:00Anonymous 5:42 AM
I'm a radiologist.
I'...<b>Anonymous 5:42 AM</b><br /><br />I'm a radiologist. <br /><br />I'm surprised that an unstable, severely injured patient was shifted to scan without attached pulse-oximeter &/or ECG monitor. In radiology we don't routinely attach monitors except for cardiac scans.Vijayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06710965375559259238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-12663706431392501282009-11-04T05:42:06.493+02:002009-11-04T05:42:06.493+02:00question - i'm not in medicine but enjoy readi...question - i'm not in medicine but enjoy reading about it: are there no monitors on the patient during the scan process that would indicate death? or is it only because the abdomen was scanned that there weren't monitors to tell you when the heart stopped?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-6826712047575496152009-11-04T00:53:17.362+02:002009-11-04T00:53:17.362+02:00Different senses of humour don't just apply to...Different senses of humour don't just apply to medicos and lay people. It's a cross-cultural phenomenon too. I've been in the UK for nearly 20 years and STILL I have to watch myself. I used to think I just had a warped sense of humour until I encountered other South Africans here. Now I know it's not just me. That's inordinately comforting, but not to these Poms ;)Jabulanihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12847825459654555235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-45431937771221956842009-11-03T21:48:41.607+02:002009-11-03T21:48:41.607+02:00Very funny story...you've just updated the &qu...Very funny story...you've just updated the "House of God's" First Resus Rule=always check your own pulse firstMal Contenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14412687641086655011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-36642138952307919552009-11-03T19:19:01.280+02:002009-11-03T19:19:01.280+02:00:)
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PS. first smile for the story. ...:) <br /><br />…{ :) }…<br /><br />PS. first smile for the story. i've diagnosed death on imaging. the second smile between parenthesis is an in joke between me & the great bongo!Vijayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06710965375559259238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-16662736647126998802009-11-03T15:06:20.828+02:002009-11-03T15:06:20.828+02:00I must admit, when I first heard this story, I als...I must admit, when I first heard this story, I also thought it was very funny. It's true that we see humour in things that aren't funny to others or joke about patients being selfish to come in or deteriorate when it's inconvenient to us. Of course we don't really mean it, but lay people seem to be offended by that sort of thing. Sometimes we have to adjust, depending on what company we're in. We do get touched by the human side of it, but it's also easy for us to dissociate or move on quickly. Most of the time.amanzimtotihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00547897825508141342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-60854632028047902592009-11-03T15:03:09.313+02:002009-11-03T15:03:09.313+02:00Well, I guess I'm with DHS and amanzimtoti. I...Well, I guess I'm with DHS and amanzimtoti. I am "horrified" that the diagnosis of death had to be made by radiologic imaging.rlbateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236331355857884458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-53377370353498126732009-11-03T14:45:22.869+02:002009-11-03T14:45:22.869+02:00This comment has been removed by the author.amanzimtotihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00547897825508141342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-7669157856752270402009-11-03T14:43:10.918+02:002009-11-03T14:43:10.918+02:00actually. it is funny. I think having to diagnos...actually. it is funny. I think having to diagnose death (via imaging, blood tests) is always funny.DHShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00251680600047999918noreply@blogger.com