Shipmates,
I am in a state of shock. This week's Hospital Doctor (22 Nov 01) shows
a photo of a reserve naval officer using a thin bit of pink elastoplast
to strap down a patient with cervical blocks and a collar.
This practice is to be deprecated! I am sure we all agree that thin bits
of micropore, elastoplast and sellotape are insufficient for the task.
Surely thick sticky gooey elastoplast (the big white stuff) is what is
needed?
Sadly, in my present post, thin bits of tape seem de rigeur.
A secondary point is that if the press are to take pictures of us doing
things, then we must be seen to be doing the right thing. This is in
order to prevent being publicly keelhauled or made to walk the plank
etc!
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Stephen Hughes SpR Anything & Everything, ( and Major RAMC(V))
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