Posted in Rick's Posts on Apr 26th, 2008
We’ve recently learnt a hard lesson - don’t take electricity for granted.
Yesterday our boiler (hot water service in Strine) gave up the ghost. To start with I thought a power surge had simply tripped the breaker switch. However on switching back on there was a loud bang from the boiler followed by the breaker sparing [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Apr 24th, 2008
This is a slightly retrospective posting as the following events happened about a week ago.
As mentioned earlier I’m planning to join the local critical care retrieval service. We took a day out of the normal duty rota to do the orientation and induction session. This meant learning all of their procedures and a tour round [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Apr 22nd, 2008
Anyone who tells you Scuba Diving is a doss is lying through their teeth.
I’ve completed day 2 of 3 on my path to getting accredited to dive independently. Today we started with 2 open water (i.e.: sea) dives. The dive shop was a few hundred metres from the end of the jetty we dived from, [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Apr 21st, 2008
After 3 weeks of planning and anticipation I started my Scuba Diving course today.
First up was a run-through of the theory. Fortunately it’s all pretty straight-forward and a lot of the knowledge required was similar to that of my anaesthetic exams. The instructor breezed through most of it quickly to get onto the important material [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Apr 20th, 2008
Okay, here are some details. We’ve finally got round to booking tickets for our trip back home. The itinerary is as follows:
Depart: Sydney 26/08/08 @ 15:30
Arrive: Singapore 26/08/08 @ 21:45
Depart: Singapore 28/08/08 @ 0320
Arrive: London 28/08/08 @ 13:15
Depart: London 21/09/08 @ 15:05
Arrive: Singapore 22/09/08 @ 13:50
Depart: Singapore 23/09/08 @ 19:45
Arrive: Sydney 24/09/08 @ 05:15
(all times [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Apr 16th, 2008
Apologies again, as my site seems to have developed a mind of it’s own.
The update notification system is still on the blink despite efforts to fix it. Please bear with me and check back more often as mailouts may be sporadic or non-existent.
Posted in Rick's Posts on Apr 16th, 2008
My brain is a little sore after being stuffed with an extraordinary amount of information in the past few days.
I have been swotting up on pressure changes with depth, residual nitrogen times, ascent rates and other mandatory knowledge before starting my scuba training. I’m due to undertake my PADI Open Water course and there is [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Apr 12th, 2008
Once said by a far wiser man than I.
My parents flew back to the UK yesterday after a 3 week holiday with us. It barely feels like they’ve arrived so we were rather sorry to see them go. In the interim they learned a great deal about the history and culture of Adelaide, tried the [...]
Posted in BodyPump on Apr 8th, 2008
It hardly feels like we’ve just had the release of 65, but word is out on the next release:
Transform yourself with BODYPUMP® 66.
This release delivers a challenging workout with some tough sequences and functional innovations. Body-weight exercises are a focus and they bring intensity by increasing the recruitment of stabilizers and the power muscle [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Apr 5th, 2008
At long last my paper on ExtraCorporeal Membrane Oxygenation has been published:
The full reference is: Chalwin RP, Moran JL, Graham PL. The role of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for treatment of the adult respiratory distress syndrome: review and quantitative analysis. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2008;36(2):152-61.
This may not be the be-all and end-all, and only having one [...]
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