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At the risk of keeping this thread going longer than it should, I had the misfortune to be involved in an incident whilst an SHO in medicine. A patient suffered a cardiac arrest in ITU, to which the team were called. Shortly after leaving the unit, there was a further crash call bringing everyone back. It seemed like a crazy turn of fate, a really bad day, but the truth was even worse. When the unit's defibrillator was unplugged from the wall to treat patient 1, patient 2's respirator was unplugged as well. Only after the first crisis was over did the staff realise there was a second well under way..... Apocryphal tales always have on origin somewhere Bill Beeby, GP, Middlesbrough eMail - [log in to unmask] PGP ID:A53B1B7D: 50 BB C2 58 D3 8C 92 1D A3 66 E0 D4 4D 05 54 AC %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%