Holby Etc

[mallyh]

I always watch this and casualty . mr mally said if it was true to life you would just have a programme of poorly people sitting in a&e for hours ,hardly see any doctors . wait weeks to get a referral or operation but on these progs people get taken in diagnosed and operated on in 30mins and if you're related to one of the staff even quicker x

[Buenchico]

I arrived in the Emergency Department of Ipswich Hospital in the back of an ambulance 10 weeks ago. As soon as the ambulance crew had completed the handover procedure I was whisked into a cubicle, where diagnosis and treatment were started straight away.

Within little over an hour I'd had an ultrasound scan of my bladder done, a catheter inserted, a blood test taken, X-rays of both my upper and lower abdomen completed, two cannulas inserted, intravenous drips attached, inhaled a gas to reduce the potassium in my system, been seen by two different consultants and provided with a cup of tea and a sandwich.

I don't think that I've got any great cause to criticise their efficiency!

[Buenchico]

PS: After I wrote to the hospital to thank the Emergency Department team for what they'd done for me, I even got a letter back from a consultant, thanking me for thanking them!

[pixie374]

It depends on urgency, to be fair. If people stopped wasting their time when they don't need urgent treatment, that would help.

[Mamyalynne]

It's unlikely you're watching Holby or Casualty to see how Mrs Jones knee operation goes - rather more the relationships between the staff.

I also watch medical documentaries and those are amazing, last night 'Surgeons : at the edge of life' was brilliant.

[ToraToraTora]

I have never waited less than 2 hours in casualty, even when there is no one in there. I think they just have a rule that no one can ever see a doctor without waiting at least 2 hours.

[mallyh]

I was trying ( badly obviously )to be a little light hearted x

[mallyh]

ps you are very lucky ^^^^ with your experiences our hospital is not so good x

[ummmm]

I was taken into hospital last year. Taken to a reception area I never knew existed and straight to a ward. From the 111 call to me being in a bed was probably less than an hour.

[ummmm]

And if they just filmed people sitting in waiting rooms it'll be a very boring show :-)

[MargoTester]

I watch both to Mally. What amazes me is that nobody ever appears to work their notice period, they just announce they are leaving and go.

[mallyh]

or they turn up for a visit and get employed on the spot lol x

[ummmm]

They just haven't got time for the ins and outs. Same with all soaps and dramas.

[MargoTester]

Far fetched but enjoyable nonetheless. I can diagnose a tension pneumothorax at fifty paces :-))

[mallyh]

lol ^^^^ xx

[ummmm]

I reckon I could stab someone in the chest with a pen and kinda know what I'm doing :-)

[MargoTester]

Yep me too ummmm - always have a bic pen handy

[jaydj]

funny thing is i actually work on the show and we have a medical expert (ex-NHS) here to make it look real but he said to me once "wow so many doctors,nurses,porters,etc on this ward! :)

[Peter Pedant]

// funny thing is i actually work on the show and we have a medical expert (ex-NHS) here to make it look real//

you should have more scenes of the absolute panic of staff faced with an ill yhoung child that they havent had training for

(you know - doors splatting open and hordes all screaming in blind panic - no no I am not here ! I have an appt somewhere, not me not me!)

Chris I am not surprised that you were seen immediately you silly sausage ! the breathy stuff was ventolin. I was like tom in tom and jerry when I read your initial admission note, and wondered how you had lasted so long ....
when my neighbour was spitting blood - the triage nurse was a bit so what? but the rest of the staff reacted as one wd expect ..... ( but I did take the bloodied hankie with me)