Posted in Retrievals on Mar 30th, 2009
After a protracted delay since the previous instalment, here is the final posting in this series about what our job entails. This time I will cover the delivery stage of a retrieval which forms the transfer of care to a receiving centre and the end of our involvement. On the way, we have already done [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Mar 28th, 2009
Regular readers will remember that I cycle to work every day. The motivation is partly to improve my cardio fitness level and also to save money on petrol. Not wanting to dice death on the narrow yet busy South Road, I started riding via Linear Park, a nature reserve that runs along the Torrens River. [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Mar 22nd, 2009
No, we’re not “live from the KBBL party lot“. From time to time, it is worth testing your boundaries. Not necessarily in terms of what you are willing to do, but more the limits of your comfort zone. In other words what makes you cringe, feel uncomfortable, or even cringe and have to look away. [...]
Posted in BodyPump on Mar 18th, 2009
That time has come again and the new BodyPump release 69 was launched this week. I missed out on Monday due to work commitments but managed to catch it this morning instead. To follow, my customary review – now the 10th in the series – for those who won’t get this release for another month [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Mar 15th, 2009
My parents have interested their local MP in the plight of junior doctors slighted by the chaotic implementation of changes to the training structure. Recently she requested that I email her with an insight from someone who became a casualty of the MMC or Making Medics Cry as we dubbed it. Attached an excerpt of [...]
Posted in Retrievals on Mar 12th, 2009
High speed, sleep deprivation and motor vehicles. Last night I had a very busy shift with 2 trauma calls. As I’ve mentioned in previous posts we will respond to serious accidents in the rural areas surrounding Adelaide and retrieve the patients to a metropolitan hospital by helicopter. Since we’ve moved to the airport our response [...]
Posted in Retrievals on Mar 11th, 2009
Brendan Behan – in case you were wondering. The media have finally been summoned to advertise the existence of MedSTAR to South Australians. Although the service has been in existence for the past 2 weeks, it has taken till recently that the chaos was organised enough to show off to the politicians and media. Fortunately [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Mar 10th, 2009
A little reference to Number 6 and also Homer in The Computer Wore Menace Shoes, for those who have spent too much time watching television. Apologies for the tumbleweed blowing across this site over the past couple of weeks. I’ve been insanely busy at work, and spent the rest of the time revising. As a [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Mar 7th, 2009
I can’t believe I haven’t referred you all to this site sooner. This one is a gem. Cats, as anyone who owns one knows, can be funny, annoying, conceited, affectionate and ruthless. Countless more adjectives could apply but I must move on and get to the point. Someone bright recognised that cats can be anthropomorphised [...]
Posted in Rick's Posts on Mar 4th, 2009
A slightly obscure Simpsons reference to My Fair Laddy – give yourself credit if you recognise it. The title is appropriate to how I’m feeling at the moment. With exam practice, practical session, reading textbooks and guidelines to remember, there is little room left in my brain for more information. Therefore I felt some heartsink [...]
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