abandon ship drill
One of the concerns on board ship is how to get non-ambulatory patients to the life boats in an emergency. Many of our ICU patients are unable to walk on their own. They are transferred to and strapped into the litters Here's one of our practice drills (just didn't include IV's and such) It's pretty hot in the ramped hallways (100 degrees) , and we are traversing two decks, moving FAST. Hard work, but the adrenalin really gets pumping, evenin practice, so it actually was fun. In this photo we'd been carrying the litter about 5 minutes, and were almost at the main deck. Whew! (and then, just for good practice, we carried her BACK!) -- no wonder I lost weight on this mission.
posted by donna mirenda @ 11:50 AM
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