Hospital Heroes! Anyone?

[djfitz]

What do the fine people of East Dulwich make of this insight into the works of our local Hospital.

(I, for once, shall keep my inane "opinions" to myself)

[djfitz]

(in case you didn't know, it's a documentary jobbie on BBC1 09:15 every weekday for the next couple of weeks)

[Jimbob]

quite watchable actually. i,m actually on the lookout for any of my neighbours on it. its a type of local "ooh, so thats why he,s got that funny walk" voyeurism.

[annaj]

I'm enjoying it very much, djfitz.

Especially all the wobbly, hand-held camera, nostril shots and the way that it implies that pretty nurses manage major trauma all on ther own with no help whatsoever from the less photogenic doctors in the background.

[david_carnell]

annaj Wrote:

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> I'm enjoying it very much, djfitz.

> Especially all the wobbly, hand-held camera,

> nostril shots and the way that it implies that

> pretty nurses manage major trauma all on ther own

> with no help whatsoever from the less photogenic

> doctors in the background.

Bitter, moi?! Hehe...we'll make a tabloid star of you yet, Anna.

[annaj]

I'm easily pretty enough to compete with the nurse David, but you won't spot me on this or any other hospital based "documentary". They all remind me of that Mitchell and Webb sketch(after the house bit about 50 seconds in)

[david_carnell]

I don't like the fact you found a hospital-based clip where someone called David dies!

But I'm willing to believe it was coincidence.....this time.

[djfitz]

Anna, we all know that the smile from a pretty nurse and a nice hot cup of tea does more good than internal fixation, interventional radiology, and massive transfusions combined!

[Jimbob]

annaj Wrote:

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> I'm enjoying it very much, djfitz.

> Especially all the wobbly, hand-held camera,

> nostril shots and the way that it implies that

> pretty nurses manage major trauma all on ther own

> with no help whatsoever from the less photogenic

> doctors in the background.

i don,t think it implies anything remotely like that. that was a very catty, unnecessary remark. it would be worthwhile pointing out that doctors pretty or otherwise would have trouble managing major trauma on their own, sure isn,t that why they call for the trauma team, get all those surgeons and orthos to lend a helping hand.

[annaj]

Thank you Jimbob, I'm well aware of how a trauma team works and the value of nurses within the team.

The remark was intended to be light hearted (although there is a servious point about how doctors and nurses are represented in the media, but I won't go into it here) rather than catty.

As for your last line about doctors calling the trauma team to help them out, surgeons and orthos are, um, doctors.

[djfitz]

Never mind all this doctors versus nurses business, where is Matron with my tea and ashtray?

[Jimbob]

annaj Wrote:

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> Thank you Jimbob, I'm well aware of how a trauma

> team works and the value of nurses within the

> team.

> The remark was intended to be light hearted

> (although there is a servious point about how

> doctors and nurses are represented in the media,

> but I won't go into it here) rather than catty.

> As for your last line about doctors calling the

> trauma team to help them out, surgeons and orthos

> are, um, doctors.

didn,t come across as light-hearted, my point of course was that the wonderful A&E drs, can,t manage major trauma on their own or for that matter and speaking from experience minor trauma/injuries, but as you say thats the value of being part of a team and fostering good relationships within that team, rather than an us and them attitude.

[Brendan]

May I ask who?s looking after the patients while you two are at this?

[annaj]

Jimbob, nowhere have I suggested that doctors manage anything without nurses neither do I have a "them and us attitude"

If you were to ask any nurse I've ever worked with (including my husband, although he is biased) I feel confident they would tell you that I treat all members of the team with respect.

My comment was, as I've said, light-hearted and any cattiness was aimed at the producers of the programme, not the nurses involved.

djiftz, I'd like to see you say that to Matron's face...

[djfitz]

Consider it done!

(I was originally going to ask Matron for my tea and my fags but thought better of it. Obviously)

[bignumber5]

Badly judged wade-in, JimBob...

[tinagwee]

pretty nurses! you will have half the forum injuring themselves so they can jaunt down the road to kings for some sympathy. although is the sympathy there when the cameras are gone?

[buggie]

Pretty Nurses running trauma's - well there don't seem to be any nurses at all in the children's area!!

Feel sorry for Jimbob - can be difficult to see where Annaj's tongue is sometimes when she's typing.

(from the one in the green apron seen in the background wednesday!)

[annaj]

Fair enough sister buggie, I'll consider myself told off. ;-)

[buggie]

... wasn't telling you off!!! Imagined you writing that with a rye smile! x