The totally off-topic thread

[Hvr]

Got to love a good headline writer (aka subbie*)

Green reamed for possum paper claim
A Greens MP who claimed five Leadbeater's possums died for every ream of A4 paper in parliamentary offices has defended her comments as "hyperbole" after receiving a slew of criticism following the social media post last week.

Member for Eastern Metropolitan Region Samantha Dunn published a photo of a ream of A4 white office paper last Wednesday and claimed "Australian by name, Japanese owned, 5 dead Leadbeater's Possums in every pack".

* oh and it's my sister, she deserves an A1 for that line

 

[rogerkambah]

Never underestimate the true value of your anaesthetist specialist. They know what to do when an operation does not go to plan.

Yeah, mine went home and turned off her mobile phone, after giving me a morphine overdose. My wife was with me in the room I was returned to, recognised there was a problem, called the nurse who escalated the situation to the ward sister and a doctor. I ende up in ICU.
A morphine o/d depresses breathing and if left without treatment can result in a brain injury and/or death.
Morphine o/d is how people are euthanased in hospital. I remember my father looking very peaceful and breathing shallowly as he slowly drifted off. Movement was interpreted as pain so he was given more morphine.
At his age of 84 and considering the effect his early life in the pits had, even though he had a pacemaker his heart just couldn't pump strongly enough to maintain enough bloodflow and oxygen supply and clear the normal fluid buildup in the lungs, so he was effectively drowning.

I'm still thinking as to whether I should report my anaesthetist , but I suppose that as the patient recovered, there wouldn't be any report on the incident.
I only learned of the event some 20 hours after when at a nursing shift changeover as the afternoon shift was introduced to me the sister in charge mentioned it to the incoming staff. A short time later the anaesthetist came to see me and mumbled something about difficulty in get titrations correct.

 

[RooFlyer]

My suggestion: absolutely report it !! As wonderful as most of our medical profession are, we know there are some bad or careless ones (or ones who subject themselves to over-tiredness without recusing themselves from patients) , who sometimes kill more than one person before the dots are connected.

Even if a one-off by that person it could be the first of more incidents, and best their regulating authority has a record now. Even if you have misinterpreted the situation (and I don't think you have), the follow up will clear them and all that happens is you might need to choose a different anaesthesiologist if there is a next time.

One would hope that the treating doctor would have also reported the incident.

 

[Quickstatus]

* oh and it's my sister, she deserves an A1 for that line

What? a ream of A1 paper?

 

[Quickstatus]

Really nice read juddles, was trying to think what I had recently of a near perfect day, in your mind you might think of a perfect day would be bliss but then some of the imperfections of a near perfect day almost make it better in a way.

Almost could start a new thread on that topic.

Recognition of such a day unfortunately requires a pause in the rhythms of the day and an insight to see the obvious. Most of us are too busy with our tunnel vision lives

 

[Hvr]

What? a ream of A1 paper?

Well that's bigger than A4.

 

[RooFlyer]

Give her the whole whack: a ream of chlorine bleached, A0 paper

 

[Quickstatus]

Yeah, mine went home and turned off her mobile phone, after giving me a morphine overdose. My wife was with me in the room I was returned to, recognised there was a problem, called the nurse who escalated the situation to the ward sister and a doctor. I ende up in ICU.
A morphine o/d depresses breathing and if left without treatment can result in a brain injury and/or death.
Morphine o/d is how people are euthanased in hospital. I remember my father looking very peaceful and breathing shallowly as he slowly drifted off. Movement was interpreted as pain so he was given more morphine.
At his age of 84 and considering the effect his early life in the pits had, even though he had a pacemaker his heart just couldn't pump strongly enough to maintain enough bloodflow and oxygen supply and clear the normal fluid buildup in the lungs, so he was effectively drowning.

I'm still thinking as to whether I should report my anaesthetist , but I suppose that as the patient recovered, there wouldn't be any report on the incident.
I only learned of the event some 20 hours after when at a nursing shift changeover as the afternoon shift was introduced to me the sister in charge mentioned it to the incoming staff. A short time later the anaesthetist came to see me and mumbled something about difficulty in get titrations correct.

Opiate overdose in hospital is more common than the average lay person would think. In one bed would be the one whom is on massive doses of opiates and still wide awake and the other bed is someone snoring away on a sniff of morphine. It’s not given according to bodyweight (except in kids)

Some professor said once that pain never killed anyone but no pain did. He has a point

If you returned to your room after surgery and narked there then you may have been sent to room too early from recovery or inappropriately or the morphine caught up with you. After surgery patients go to recovery and from there to the wards only if certain criteria is met such as wakefulness and breathing, blood pressure etc. Some patients for some reason are stable in recovery but then become unstable like you in your room.

 

[Quickstatus]

Give her the whole whack: a ream of chlorine bleached, A0 paper

From a sustainable Koala evicted old growth Tasmanian forest?

Is paper manufacturing still an industry in Tas?

 

[RooFlyer]

From a sustainable Koala evicted old growth Tasmanian forest?

I was going to add something like that, but I'm trying to burnish my image

Is paper manufacturing still an industry in Tas?

After a Green-Labor government? Are you kidding?

When they built the timber-clad Maq1 hotel in Hobart, they had to source the timber from Victoria.

 

[drron]

Travelling around Japan by train many years ago with my MIL and young son along with mrsdrron.She and our son were sitting opposite her.A young fellow wanted to practice his English with her so started by saying you are travelling with your parents and son.She replied no it is my husband and mother.He was very embarrassed and kept repeating-Big mistake.

 

[JohnK]

Slightly off topic, what is your position when guesting someone into a lounge and then finding out they spent the next 6 hours there “happily eating, working and chatting to other guests”.

I was politely reminded last week in a Qantas Lounge that my guests are meant to leave the lounge when I do.

That wouldn't bother me as long as they behaved themselves.

 

[CaptJCool]

This is on this Saturday

Admiralty House Open Day and Kirribilli House Open Day

Sat 19 May 10-2. FREE ENTRY

 

[Hvr]

That wouldn't bother me as long as they behaved themselves.

I don't think that is behaving yourself.

 

[RooFlyer]

Aren't guests may to be on the same flight?

 

[Hvr]

Aren't guests may to be on the same flight?

Not for domestic flights. Indeed, they don't even need to be flying.

 

[RooFlyer]

Ah, yes, I was thinking of international ...

 

[Denali]

My friends current view, beautiful.

 

[Deleted member]

Aren't guests may to be on the same flight?

Only in the F lounge. This is Domestic, and many’s the time you will have a farewell group in tow

 

[serfty]

Only in the F lounge.

If using oneworld (Emerald) Status based access for a Qantas First Lounge, your guest simply needs to be traveling oneworld marketed and operated.