Don't make me smile

[SeaCat]

On my unit we deal with radioactives. Several different types as a matter of fact. We deal with such things as the Iodides that are taken oraly as well as the externally and internally placed seedings.

Because of my training as a Fire Fighter and the additional training I have gone out of my way to get I am considered something of an expert in this field on my unit. I am in fact the Emergency Responder for radioactives on my unit. Unfortunately this also means I am the one who always gets to deal with the patients undergoing treatment. I do this so much that I have my own Dosimeter.

I have pushed for and received some additional things because of this knowledge. My unit is the only unit in the state with a radiation decon suite. It was opened today.

This morning I was informed that I would have to give the staff on my unit an In-Service on this suite. I did this even though I was the only Aide on the unit with 18 patients.

I showed the rest of the staff the Decon Kits and what they included. I described how they were to be used and under what circumstances. I pointed out the monitors and other equipment in the room and explained how they were to be used and why. I had been given a free hand in setting up this suite and I had done it right. (This suite is not only to treat the possible exposure of staff members in the hospital but also the possible exposure of people outside the hospital. It can be used to treat five people comfortably or fifteen in an emergency.) I even went into a fairly detailed explanation of the decon process which starts with a stripping of the person involved and then the complete scrubbing of the person. (Yes there is a shower with a large collection tank.)

I had finished the tour/Inservice and was closing up the suite when one of the R.N.'s came over to ask a few questions. She was a tiny little thing with flaming red hair. She asked me a couple of questions about the Decon and then told me I should have set up a demonstration of the decon process. Needless that instantly brought a mental image to my mind of me deconning her. (Five foot tall, slender, Flaming Red Hair and a truly nasty twisted sense of humor. Oh she knows my wife and knows my penchant for Red Heads.) I looked at her and told her that she shouldn't make me smile with offers like that, I would have a hard time walking. She started laughing and told me she might have to ask my wife to have me give her a hands on demonstration of the decon process as she turned and walked away.

I don't know what made me smile more for the rest of the day. Having caused the set up of the Decon Suite or the mental image of deconning her.

Cat

 

[voluptuary_manque]

On my unit we deal with radioactives. Several different types as a matter of fact. We deal with such things as the Iodides that are taken oraly as well as the externally and internally placed seedings.

Because of my training as a Fire Fighter and the additional training I have gone out of my way to get I am considered something of an expert in this field on my unit. I am in fact the Emergency Responder for radioactives on my unit. Unfortunately this also means I am the one who always gets to deal with the patients undergoing treatment. I do this so much that I have my own Dosimeter.

I have pushed for and received some additional things because of this knowledge. My unit is the only unit in the state with a radiation decon suite. It was opened today.

This morning I was informed that I would have to give the staff on my unit an In-Service on this suite. I did this even though I was the only Aide on the unit with 18 patients.

I showed the rest of the staff the Decon Kits and what they included. I described how they were to be used and under what circumstances. I pointed out the monitors and other equipment in the room and explained how they were to be used and why. I had been given a free hand in setting up this suite and I had done it right. (This suite is not only to treat the possible exposure of staff members in the hospital but also the possible exposure of people outside the hospital. It can be used to treat five people comfortably or fifteen in an emergency.) I even went into a fairly detailed explanation of the decon process which starts with a stripping of the person involved and then the complete scrubbing of the person. (Yes there is a shower with a large collection tank.)

I had finished the tour/Inservice and was closing up the suite when one of the R.N.'s came over to ask a few questions. She was a tiny little thing with flaming red hair. She asked me a couple of questions about the Decon and then told me I should have set up a demonstration of the decon process. Needless that instantly brought a mental image to my mind of me deconning her. (Five foot tall, slender, Flaming Red Hair and a truly nasty twisted sense of humor. Oh she knows my wife and knows my penchant for Red Heads.) I looked at her and told her that she shouldn't make me smile with offers like that, I would have a hard time walking. She started laughing and told me she might have to ask my wife to have me give her a hands on demonstration of the decon process as she turned and walked away.

I don't know what made me smile more for the rest of the day. Having caused the set up of the Decon Suite or the mental image of deconning her.

Cat

You could use me as the student watching to learn the process . . .