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How would you feel if someone was jamming something down your throat. For many the fight or flight thing kicks in. I have also seen Houdini stuff done to try to get the tube out. Also, if you are someone who needs to talk then not being able to do so can ratchet up the crazy.
Sedation while on the vent is a touchy thing in some places.
Sedation can make it harder to safely get the tube discontinued. Which can increase the number of days on the vent. The hospital’s encourage fewer ventilator days. In my hospital, they are trying to use less sedation when 5 years ago they used way more and wanted the patient comfortable.
Patients are often tied so they can’t pull the tube out.
I’ve never had a patient say it was easy or okay or no big deal. But it’s preferable to the alternative
The only thing I have experienced that is close to not being able to breathe is taking a punch or hit to the gut. You will do anything to get the next breath.
If you are one who feels like they are never going to agree to being on the vent, then talk it over with your family and make sure they know your wishes.

I haven’t seen a Tiger rag in years. Does Guilbeau still write for a legit newspaper any more?
Or just the fanzine that is Tiger Rag? Who owns that now anyway?

I love my daughter with no reservations.
But grandchildren rock. You get to do it again but with a touch more wisdom and much less stress. Mine are so much fun.
People say, you can give them back. So not it. She comes up with some of the wildest things. Never ending source of entertainment just being herself.
She had the flu not long ago and felt terrible. Laying on me sobbing. Sat up and vomited on me.
What’s crazy is I didn’t even mind.

My family lived in Lake Charles post WW II. Shell made inquiries into building a plant in Lake Charles. The old money wanted money up front and some control over the resulting plant.
Shell didn’t agree and chose to build in Houston.

Who said it happened at the hospital. Doctors do have offices.
Believe it or don’t , I don’t care.
But it did happen and some on here
Knows the story

Did she go to Belaire

Maybe they will hire some of the people ULL is laying off?

Doctor screwing hot nurse practitioner that works for him. Been with his wife since high school. Nurse practitioners husband finds out and shows up to Docs house. Knocks on door and asks to speak with him by name. Beat him to the ground and then stomped his knee causing doctor a lot of pain and long lasting issues. And did it in docs front yard in front of neighbors.
Doc winds up with no wife and no hot girlfriend but a nurse practitioner that he has to work with but can’t have sex with at the risk of a lawsuit if he gets rid of her although,I think she eventually moved on.
Some folks on here know him and probably her

I talked to a very successful med mal lawyer about whether I should get nursing insurance or not. He said “go ahead and give me a pocket to pick. Also, I’ve sued a bunch of nurses but you can’t get blood out of a turnip, unless you got some insurance “.
But at any rate, the lawyer will cast the net wide, subpoena everyone and everything he can and then sort through everything he can find in depositions and discovery hoping to find something.
When in a deposition, answer the question you are asked in the simplest, briefest way possible. If the answer is “yes” answer “yes” even if it seems like the stupidest question you’ve ever heard and isn’t Germain to the situation.
Resist the urge to tell said lawyer why it’s stupid or ANYTHING else. That’s not your job as a witness. Keep it short and sweet.
The lawyer and family don’t want your license, they want money, as much as they can get. They can only get money from the nurse if the nurse is grossly negligent and practicing outside their scope. IE: I went to check his blood pressure but he had abdominal pain so I took out his appendix while I was there. Otherwise, as long as you were competently doing your job, there is nothing to sue you for.
I’ve been deposed several times, never came close to being sued. Can’t get blood from a turnip.

I’m sorry. I wasn’t clear. My question was more about how exchange rates will be affected not about the politics. We are going to Great Britain this summer. We’ve already bought airline tickets and I was wondering if our budget is going to get blown up or not?

Took drivers ed from coach Carter at Broadmoor in the 70’s in the summer.
Daily trips to athletic House to pick up equipment for practice.
My Dad had already had me practicing and I felt comfortable on the road.
They had started building streets and infrastructure but got caught in an economic downturn and there weren’t any houses. We would drive the streets with almost no traffic. No maintenance done and tall grass everywhere . Drove down a street with a circle at the end and some guy was railing this old girl on the trunk of the car. Dude never stopped my old man just said keep on driving. LOL