A family member admitted to the hospital for IV antibiotics just told me the RN took "2 hot sauce bottles of blood" which is how i will be referring to blood cultures from now on.
I agree that we should advocate for our patients. However, the fact that one must beg, borrow and bribe to get a patient a basic thing they are entitled to, points to a much larger systemic problem that cannot be solved with elbow grease and a good attitude.
Okay Stranger Things using "Running Up That Hill" has me thinking. What's the best use of music in film or TV? And why is it "Hide and Seek" by Imogen Heap in The OC?
A desperate cry for help from frontline health worker dedicated to the public sector in a neglected facility bearing the name of a struggle icon. A disgrace of how little is being done to address a lingering problem for which there is a quick fix if meaningful governance.
Today marks 74 years since the Nakba, when Israel was established & the ethnic cleaning of Palestinians began. The killing of Shireen Abu Akleh, the forced expulsion of Palestinians in Masafer Yatta & Sheikh Jarrah, shows us the Nakba is ongoing, everyday & in every corner of 🇵🇸
S. African police in '87 attacking the coffin of Ashley Kriel to seize the ANC flag that draped it; Israeli police attacked the coffin of #ShireenAbuAkleh today, trying to seize Palestinian flags. Apartheid regimes waging war on their victims, even after death
You don't pay them.
You freeze the vacant posts.
You do little to improve working conditions.
You fail to keep the highly skilled ones here because it's near impossible to function in public health institutions.
You don't pay them.
NDoH extends regulations on masking, gathering and travel- none of which is fit for purpose and regulations full of internal contradictions. Simply stated, regulations that are still focussed on the pretence of preventing infections - which in the SA context have failed dismally
Interesting how POCUS is becoming more widely used but as far as I know not taught in undergraduate curriculum.
Perhaps we should have a course, Basic Ultrasound Skills for Student Years, or BUSSY.