Disgusting Work Ethics
Thursday, July 16th, 2009I am appalled by the way a colleague responded to the demands of work.
The night shift is finishing in about 15-minutes. The night work was relatively light and easy compared to a regular manic night shift. While everybody milled around the desk preparing for the imminent hand-over, the ambulance turned into the entrance with a patient on a long-board, c-spine collar and head-blocks. As night charge nurse, I approached the ambulance crew with a questioning look and expression of concern. The paramedic picked-up my concern and said that what we see is simply a precaution. A brief hand-over from ambulance crew to me made everything clear. The patient was side-swiped by a slow-moving car. He was found by the crew sitting and moving in the sidewalk where the accident happened. He is not complaining of any pain nor is showing any signs of neurovascular injury or deficit. He is fully alert and conscious. Paramedic crew on-scene assessment found him to be ok but due to the mechanism of injury they are compelled to follow procedure no matter how silly it may be.
I then decided to put the patient in the nearest available acute and high dependency room. I called the room nurses assigned to that room to briefly inform her of the patient’s case. The response I got from her is “Oh please do not put him in that room, it is now almost 7′0 clock! He should be in the trauma room by the looks of it.” She dramatically said this statement while in hearing distance of the patient and his father. I am just so appalled by her reaction. I countered with “We do not have a choice, do we?!”
With that answer, I then immediately called two Emergency Doctors and with the help of the ambulance guys, managed to log-roll and quickly clear the apparent injuries masked by the packaging. Within fifteen-minutes from arriving, the patient was made comfortable, seen and triaged by the AE & Ambulance team and was sent to radiology for precautionary x-rays all without the room nurse getting involved of even saying hello to the patient. What a attitude towards patients and a truly disgusting work ethics.
The dragon moved closer and instinctively, I got out of its way onto the side and kept completely still and quiet. The other male did the same. As the dragon moved past us, we received this mental instruction that to be able to get out of this situation, we have to slay the dragon at all costs. I asked how. I then received a thought which says that there is no way to slay the dragon but that it should be left on its own to die in due time. I then started to protest saying that waiting for the dragon to die this way will surely take decades and centuries. I said that surely there should be a way to slay it. Then everything stopped. The dragon then turned into a female human accompanied by about two other people. I then felt that the whole scene is similar to a studio recording. The theatre lights are now visible; the other scene props are now clearly seen. A male then appeared from somewhere and acted like as if he is the director. The dragon turned female then voiced that she agreed with my though about the way the dragon should be killed. She suggested that a sort of a weak spot be located behind the dragon’s head and that should this weak spot be strike by me or the other male, the dragon will perish. The other male suggested that a sort of horn-like extension be attached to this weak spot and that should this horn-like extension be broken, it will instantly kill the dragon. Everybody agree and the whole set was again prepared. At this point, I then saw myself talking to an unidentified male and a female that I can identify as Charo Santos. (?)
The location is in on top of a hill. No evidence of any town or close form of civilization can be seen. On the top of the hill, a roller coaster track can be seen majestically sitting and filling the otherwise magnificent horizon. The track extends to the nearby top of another lower hill. I was walking along to the tracks in an inspective manner. The tracks went from one hill to another with a 360-degree loop at both hill tops. After walking the tracks twice, I was happy that it is okay. I then returned to the higher hill top where a roller coaster ride-cart is parked. Seating inside the cart is a female waiting for me to set the ride going. I went to a little box by the side of the track and moved a lever-switch which made the cart move. As the cart moved downhill from where I stood, the cart careened off-track as it reached the peak of the other small hill. The cart and female inside were thrown out to the sides. I then immediately called the ambulance. The ambulance crew appeared immediately from behind the tracks. They were apparently parked just a stone’s throw away from the tracks. The paramedics were two-male who slightly recognized me as they belong to the ambulance company I worked with before. I then interacted with them and asked them about how the company is, how much the pay is, does the company still has the same contractual-projects, etc. They offered answers which satisfied me.
I stood outside a petrol station filling up a high-powered motorcycle. I am accompanied by an unidentified male. My male friend and I stood close to the motorcycle as the station attendant checked the tire pressures. While doing so, air leaked out and painfully and coldly hit me and the other male on the knees. We simply moved further away. Finished with the petrol and the air check, my male friend and I prepared to leave the station when Alex appeared from the front with a bag of stuff. I told him that he just got here in time. We then all climbed onto the motorcycle with my male friend driving, Alex behind him and me taking the rear-most seat. We then roared off the station.
I received another comment saying that this blog has won an award in Hong Kong for its uniqueness and contents. The comment came from the female who earlier on encouraged her friends to read the contents. I found out that the female is connected with a group of writers and bloggist in HK. She even wrote a specific blog about this blog. An exchange of comments and emails soon came into being. I then travelled to HK to finally meet the female who started all this. I arrived in HK and was met by this female who gave me news that another group of writers in HK have further awarded this blog.