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Post by Hyper Kinetic on Aug 14, 2010 6:05:03 GMT
Gear Grinder: People. In particular, Morons.
Last night I was called out at half past one in the morning to the hospital to take an X-Ray series on a woman who was pregnant and had a car accident. Fair enough.
I get in to the Emergency Department, collect the XRay request form and read it.
"26 year old female, pregnant. MVA (stands for "Motor Vehicle Accident") 60-100km/hr."
This could be interesting I think to myself. Hopefully she has been neck collared because that will make radiation protection easier to manage.
I started wandering over to the XRay department when I hear an argument between the doctor and the patient.
"Look, if we don't take these X-Rays, there is a danger that to both yourself and your unborn child that you have an injury that could seriously harm or kill you if we do not treat it."
"*string of expletives deleted*. I just wanna go home."
Now, this sentiment of wanting to go home is also fair enough: You've had a major incident and you want to be somewhere that you are familiar with. Hospitals are not the most fun of places.
I plug in her details and find out that she is a "frequent flyer" in our department, having no less than 4 separate XRay series performed in the past few months (though, to be fair, some of them were probably merited. Still... Pregnant + X Ray = potentially not good for baby).
So, they eventually convince her to come to the department by semi-bribing her with a cigarette. I mentioned that she was pregnant, right? 8 Months.
So I begin to start the series and she was not co-operative at all. She was not collared because she refused and became abusive. Making radiation shielding a lot harder because she was more mobile.
I then realise that she was swaying and I copped a whiff of her breath. She had met, on many many occasions, with EtOH that night.
EtOH, of course, is ethyl-alcohol.
Yes.
She was well drunk and had a car accident, whilst probably travelling over the speed limit, whilst 8 months pregnant and was bribed in to having potentially life saving X-Rays taken by the offer of a cigarette.
Now, children, what can we learn from this?
She did not gain much sympathy from me.
I internally weep for the future of the child, if there indeed is a future.
On the plus side, and despite the presence of alcohol in her system and her nature, I did not miss a single shot and it was probably the best series I took all week.
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Post by Helonion on Aug 14, 2010 6:43:01 GMT
Gear Grinder: People. In particular, Morons. Last night I was called out at half past one in the morning to the hospital to take an X-Ray series on a woman who was pregnant and had a car accident. Fair enough. I get in to the Emergency Department, collect the XRay request form and read it. "26 year old female, pregnant. MVA (stands for "Motor Vehicle Accident") 60-100km/hr." This could be interesting I think to myself. Hopefully she has been neck collared because that will make radiation protection easier to manage.I started wandering over to the XRay department when I hear an argument between the doctor and the patient. "Look, if we don't take these X-Rays, there is a danger that to both yourself and your unborn child that you have an injury that could seriously harm or kill you if we do not treat it." "*string of expletives deleted*. I just wanna go home." Now, this sentiment of wanting to go home is also fair enough: You've had a major incident and you want to be somewhere that you are familiar with. Hospitals are not the most fun of places. I plug in her details and find out that she is a "frequent flyer" in our department, having no less than 4 separate XRay series performed in the past few months (though, to be fair, some of them were probably merited. Still... Pregnant + X Ray = potentially not good for baby). So, they eventually convince her to come to the department by semi-bribing her with a cigarette. I mentioned that she was pregnant, right? 8 Months. So I begin to start the series and she was not co-operative at all. She was not collared because she refused and became abusive. Making radiation shielding a lot harder because she was more mobile. I then realise that she was swaying and I copped a whiff of her breath. She had met, on many many occasions, with EtOH that night. EtOH, of course, is ethyl-alcohol. Yes. She was well drunk and had a car accident, whilst probably travelling over the speed limit, whilst 8 months pregnant and was bribed in to having potentially life saving X-Rays taken by the offer of a cigarette. Now, children, what can we learn from this?
She did not gain much sympathy from me. I internally weep for the future of the child, if there indeed is a future. On the plus side, and despite the presence of alcohol in her system and her nature, I did not miss a single shot and it was probably the best series I took all week. Only let the smart people reproduce? |
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Post by Rampage on Aug 14, 2010 6:43:56 GMT
Well, I was gonna gripe a bit about stupid people as well, but I think HK there sort of wins the Stupid People Complaint of the week.
I'll just carry on my way.
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Post by Enigma on Aug 14, 2010 9:09:22 GMT
GG: How my parents HATE me playing 40k. I brought home a crisis suit, and my Dad and Mom flipped on me. Even though I went out in my own car, using the gas I paid for, and bought it with my own money, they still flipped their (please do not swear). Now whenever I want to go to my local GW I never tell my dad, and end up having the same argument with my mom about why she doesnt want to let me go. Sometimes I win and sometimes she does. And if I ever buy something from their, I have to sneak it in, be it putting it together at the store, and then putting it in my box, hiding it in my pants pocket if its small enough, or waiting until no one else is in the house to take it out of my car. I always have to sneak whatever I buy into my house, or else I'll get yelled at by my mom for "wasting my money", and god forbid my dad see me come into the house carrying my boxes after I get back from GW. Hell, if I want to paint or convert stuff at my house, I have to do it at night, or whenever no one else is home else I'll get ridiculed for doing so. My playing of 40k has ZERO impact on them, their money, or anything else pertaining to them, and I buy it with my own money earned from a job, they still act as if I used money they gave me to buy it. That sucks man... I remember when I first started my parents gave me some raised eyebrows from the prices and still rib me about it to this day, but at least that is friendly ribbing... I can see where they come from, but still, it's your money and you should do whatever the hell you want with it. |
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Post by Captain Malachi on Aug 14, 2010 13:41:09 GMT
Guess I got lucky, my parents were just glad I took an interesting in something artistic... Still, that sucks Badger. Wish I could help you out with that. :/ At the end of the day, it's your money, they can yell all they want but they can't stop you, make sure they know that and they might back off a bit.
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Post by Thlaylie on Aug 14, 2010 14:46:59 GMT
My parents are probably rolling in their graves as I use Ebay to reunite with all the stuff my sister broke/ stole during my life and she has to look out for herself.
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Post by Hellbreaker on Aug 14, 2010 17:51:17 GMT
badgernineHave you ever considered getting a place of your own?  But at least you're (hopefully) not doing drugs. Cheers!
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Post by 1deadcop on Aug 14, 2010 21:57:40 GMT
badgernineHave you ever considered getting a place of your own? But at least you're (hopefully) not doing drugs. Cheers! ^word. my folks think its neat. and my girl friend thinks is cute that im so nerdy at heart sorry bro |
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Post by brovius on Aug 15, 2010 4:58:16 GMT
badgernineHave you ever considered getting a place of your own? But at least you're (hopefully) not doing drugs. Cheers! I agree, use this a leverage. I had a similar (but not as severe) problem with my oarents when i took up 40k, and i said something like this to them: "Well at least you know i'm not wasting money on drugs. Or would you rather a drugged up son over a smart one?" They never argued with me about how i spend my money again XD |
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Post by VoragoTitan on Aug 16, 2010 1:39:21 GMT
GG: I was playing with fire... again.... and big surpise but I got burnt on my finger and my mouth (lol fire-eating fail) VoragoTitan Wont a girl kiss your boo boo XD multiple girls will kiss my "boo boo" at the same time  VoragoTitan |
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Post by Helonion on Aug 16, 2010 1:43:38 GMT
GG: Getting new ideas for music vids, I want to do Starcraft 2 but need a good song.....also my space bar button gets stuck a little....
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Post by Psychichobo on Aug 16, 2010 23:30:14 GMT
GG: I can never sleep when I have to get up the next day.
Got up friday after 4 hours sleep to get a train for a weekend anime convention.
Naturally, it's full of people from all over the country.
Weakened immune system due to tiredness + not having much chance to sleep + people bringing viruses from other places = me getting ill.
Still went out dancing til 3am every night, and got up at 8 for the free breakfast. But yeah, I was pretty damn near dead by the end of it...
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Post by Helonion on Aug 16, 2010 23:42:18 GMT
GG: being called a child when I'm 20.....by a guy supposedly 5 years older because I don't agree with what he says one bit.
GG: People who sugar coat others paint jobs, if it looks bad I will tell you. If it looks great I will hate you. I don't lie, I don't sugar coat. If they cask for C&C don't lie. Metallic nids are impossible because they were made to look organic because they are.
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Post by Helonion on Aug 18, 2010 0:10:12 GMT
GG: I cant do question marks, may need a new keybored......or everything will come out as a statement XD
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Post by Helonion on Aug 18, 2010 7:01:21 GMT
I have to triple, its that bad.
GG: My keybored is dying on it, I cant do shift+4, I can't do shift+r or shift+fI cant do shift+/ meaning everything is now a statement....no question marks! Its like my keybored was nerfed by GW......
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