Tag: emergency
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Hypersonic missiles.
Day 2 of COVID isolation. Too much time and too little space finds me doomscrolling and rabbit hole mapping. Let’s see….scroll, scroll, scroll…..HYPERSONIC MISSILES! As if we don’t have enough on our collective plates right now, it seems mankind is locked into some sort of frenzied technological sprint to the precipice of armageddon. The margin […]
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Hand on heart.
As I look back at my career as an emergency department nurse, some memories continue to haunt me. For example: I fall into what must surely be a small cohort of people who have had the retrospectively profound experience of trying to keep a fellow human being alive by reaching into their chest cavity and […]
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Coronavirus: time to store a little extra food.
Over the last few days Kelly and I have been buying a few extra non-perishable food supplies each time we shop. Simple things like: Tins of beans and vegetables. Powdered milk. Powdered potato (Deb) Pasta & rice. Instant noodles Soups (instant and canned) Sauces and spices. Canned tuna. Treats (biscuits, chocolate etc) coffee/tea Soap and […]
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Coronavirus and facemasks
As the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to spread with uncertainty, many people traveling in high risk areas are wearing some form of facemask as a primary means of protection. You can track the latest status of the virus here) The problem is that most people are not wearing them properly, do not understand the importance of […]