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No Turning Back – Israel and the New Breed
Goodbye and all the best to (almost) everyone on the site
Yet another thread hijacked by nutters quoting unsubstantiated conspiracy theories – which have been officially denied by those associated with the player.
Thank the Lord I am not brainwashed.
Trust me Captain Robbo you are seriously brainwashed and are a danger.
I’ve been a member of this forum for over 21 years but this is the final straw ….. I’m off, I’ve no interest remaining on a forum where the admins allow the posting of such dangerous lies
Bye
Good link Tongue – there are also some phone apps available, usually produced by local ambulance trusts, but they tend to be hit or miss.
What would be good would be a centralised register but, even then it’s a case of how do record them all – I have an AED but cannot register it as I often carry it in my car so isn’t in a fixed place all the time.
The BHF also makes the important point that many people are afraid to use an AED, worried they may do more harm than good. Again these are unfounded fears – they will only shock if the rhythm is shockable and the algorithms on most AED’s err on the side of caution, so will not shock if any doubt.
I’m living proof AED’s are idiot proof – when I did my first Advanced First Aid assessment many years ago I couldn’t do it locally for one reason or another, so I had to go somewhere 120 miles from home for my assessment.
For the resuscitation assessment I was presented with an AED I’ve never seen before, totally different to what I had been trained on. After an initial, silent, panic I soon discovered it didn’t matter as they are designed for dummies and most, literally, talk you through what to do stage by stage – some even have human sounding voices lol
The biggest problem with public access AED’s is, sadly, theft and vandalism.
It also doesn’t help the “consumables” are not cheap. For mine the batteries cost £179 each, adult pads £45 a set and paediatric pads £87 a set – and the pads don’t have that long a shelf life either.
More sports broadcasters should do what the BBC do with their Six Nations coverage, where they usually offer 3 options using the red button.
You can either have “normal” commentary, no commentary with just the ambient crowd noise or, my personal choice, the reflink option.
Reflink is brilliant because you know more about what’s happening in the game. Even broadcasters don’t use it to it’s full potential as they generally only broadcast the ref / TMO chat.
With the full service you get to hear the player chat as well. The only live sport I tend to go to now is rugby union and at Premiership and international matches the reflink is broadcast within the stadium so if you want to listen to it you can purchase an earpiece – it makes watching the game more enjoyable.
I used to be able to read a race pretty well so when watching on TV I would generally mute the commentary during the race, however with all the arty camerawork nowadays it’s become a nightmare – why can they not use wide shots for the live race then save all the arty stuff for the replays.
As the great Richie Benaud once said “The key thing was to learn the value of economy with words and to never insult the viewer by telling them what they can already see.”
also “My mantra is: put your brain into gear and if you can add to what’s on the screen then do it, otherwise shut up.
Something too many TV sports presenters and commentators forget.
Although there is another quote of his, pertinent to this thread “The problem with relying on nostalgia for commentary is that people only remember the good things.”
Balding is a very competent broadcaster and a good interviewer.
I think her problem with many racing fans was she came across as another posh racing female and she could be a bit schoolmarmish at times.
Thinking back to the so called “good old days” when O’Sullevan was off we had to endure John “ever so boring” Hamner and even Julian Wilson – who thought he was a good commentator?
I have to confess I couldn’t abide Wilson, he had something of the night about him, who seemed so far up his own backside he could self colonic irrigate – but that’s just a personal opinion.
Thanks for that link Drone – looks an interesting series.
I wonder if it will cover an issue which worries me.
It’s OK extending the length of peoples life – but what about the quality of life ….. are we extending lives to the detriment of quality.
It’s something I’ve thought about for a while but really hit home with the number of jobs we would get to care homes.
Yes there were people fully active well into their 90’s and beyond but there were many more just sitting in chairs staring blankly into the distance.
I only ever cried once when doing ambulance work – it was a 96 year old lady, living at home, fully independent bright as a button who would put some people 30 years her junior to shame.
She had fallen and fractured her hip and was convinced it was like having a scratch and bruise.
We knew, at her age, she had a 30% chance of not coming out of theatre alive and the chances of her gaining full mobility and freedom were probably less than 10%
We popped into see her before we left A&E and her last words were “I want you two to come round for a cup of tea in a couple of weeks.”
It absolutely broke my heart – when we got back to the ambulance I just bawled my eyes out.
Apart from some very limited circumstances I am basically opposed to forced vaccinations and would rather rely on persuasion and peer pressure.
During our training the primacy of informed choice by patients was always drummed into us – the oft used quote is “provided they have capacity every patient must make an informed choice, even if it is a blatantly wrong choice”
Of course it doesn’t mean we don’t try and convince them their decision could have serious implications, my personal record is 2½ hours persuading a patient that he would die if he didn’t go to hospital ….. it was only when he finally realised he actually was deteriorating badly and we may be right he reluctantly agreed to go in.
The one time it does become morally difficult for us is when a patient is adamant they don’t want treatment and then they loose capacity to decide.
On the one hand, where the patient lacks capacity, we have to act in the best interests of the patient i.e. do the minimum to keep them alive until they get to hospital but we also have to consider what decision they would have made had they had capacity and, obviously, if they’ve already told us before they lose capacity it puts us in a difficult situation.
It happened to me twice ….. on one occasion we treated the patient and got them to hospital and the other we didn’t and they passed.
In the first case the patient didn’t complain we treated them and took them to hospital and in the latter the patients family and, more importantly from a registration perspective, coroner agreed we made the correct decision.
Ridiculous reporting – what medical qualification does her partner have to state the vaccine caused her death?
Sensationalist rubbish.
Was she on the pill? Was she a smoker? Both have larger incidences of fatal blood clotting.
Looking at her photograph she also appeared to have a high BMI, which would also increase her risk of blood clotting.
Everything in life carries a risk , taking the vaccination is an informed choice – OK some people potentially die from the vaccine. Everything in life carries a risk and we’re all going to die anyway.
I have naturally thick blood with a higher risk of clotting and I still made the choice to have the AZ vaccine – interestingly my, latest, post-vaccine blood test showed my blood is the thinnest it’s been for 20 years – so maybe the vaccine has thinned my blood!!!
Nobody is being forced to have the jab, apart maybe for healthcare workers which is no bad thing and not without precedent – Hep B vaccination is already mandatory for many front line workers.
Presumably you don’t drive a car Tank – 0.00292% risk of death per year in the UK or cross the road 0.0005% pedestrian deaths a year from car collisions – both have higher risks than the AZ jab.
My first time in a pub I didn’t have a clue what to ask for so I just asked for “a pint of bitter please” – it wasn’t too bad, so was my drink of choice for a couple of years.
I always remember my 18th birthday when I could have my first legal drink ….. the trouble was I couldn’t go to my local pub and say it was my 18th birthday because I’d been a regular for almost two years.
In those days they were much more lax with the age rules – they knew but as long as you behaved yourself and weren’t silly they would turn a blind eye.
