Theatre and Gravity

Chatted to someone in theatre today who was more junior then I was. Asked her if she knew any complications of theatre. She did - falling of the bed.

Students and Reforms

I seem to be in the minority of medical students when I state I'm against the NHS reforms. Thats not true actually, most dont care. I should care more but I am not perfect, like most other students I care more about passing exams and finding patients with mitral regurgitation etc so that I can pass OSCEs as well.

Although unlike most of my college I also try very hard to have a life outside of medicine - it gets harder and harder.

But onto NHS reforms, its very hard to argue with fellow students when they point out the nice shiny building there sitting in built due to the PFI is a lot nicer for them and patients then the old, crumbling hospital building. And being cynical I think a huge proportion of them are looking to how much more money they could potentially earn under a future change- very shortsighted.

I have also found that people in favour of privatisation tend to be those people that can afford it.

A Resolution

To never ever refer to any other student as a "non-medic". The FM would hate to be referred to as the "non-historian" or the "non-midwife," so saying this ends here.

Home

The FM has left the placed she has trained to go home for the weekend

Paradise.

Apologies for the distinct lack of posting but the FM has recently finished one placement and started another. She is now based in a place where there is little/no internet.

Anyway, here is something to keep you going, what is the Triple T ratio about? More commonly used in A&E

What a week

Some of you may have heard of newsthumps, a spoof newswebsite introduced to me by Dr Zorro. Thank you.

The best article there this week was one saying how youths were so bored that they had turned to reading books.

The FM was going to go out this week. She did not as a result of the rioting.

There is no excuse for the violence. I sometimes think it is more disturbing seeing people excusing the rioting as there are not enough youth services.

If you dont laugh . . .

you'll cry

2N

"The patient was nauseous"

"Hang on" said FMs latest consultant, "Do you mean the patient was nauseated, or that the patient made you feel sick."

Bloody hell, not just the spelling that the FM has to watch out for