A&E tonight

magick

Just wondering does anyone here work in A&E, if so whats it like tonight ?

did Fintin "bang fireworks" 2 fingers show up tonight ?

Zillah

I'm in work in a hospital that doesn't have an A&E, but it would have been quite possible for a horribly burned victim to stumble in the door and demand care. Luckily though that didn't happen, as legally we have to treat them...

EDIT: Although the fact we have no A&E is why I'm online, I doubt theres any people in A&E that have time to browse boards...

nando

I worked in the animal equivilant of A&E last Halloween and it was nonstop with injuries and traumatised animals - definitely the worst night of the year.

Heyes

was mentioned on the radio that cases go up 50% at halloween, whether thats fact i dont know, but sure there ya go, something to think about.

Karoma

Have a look in the Evenin' Hegald - they usually have a lovely photograph of some stupid child with half his fingers missing, and a story about how it's everybody's fault but the stupid kid's (How was he supposed to know to let go of the Black Cat?!).

Fingers crossed (Sorry) it'll have been an uneventful Halloween.

godtabh

Karoma wrote:

Have a look in the Evenin' Hegald - they usually have a lovely photograph of some stupid child with half his fingers missing, and a story about how it's everybody's fault but the stupid kid's (How was he supposed to know to let go of the Black Cat?!).

Fingers crossed (Sorry) it'll have been an uneventful Halloween.

They had a piece last week about a kid who picked up an firework that handt gone off.

he saw some one throw it. He saw it didnt go off and he still picked it up

kdouglas

if they're stupid enough to hold feckin explosives while they're lit then let them, take them out of the gene pool sooner rather than later tbh....

Mrs_Doyle

There is a young lad who lives around the corner from me, he is about 19 or 20 now, but when he was about 11 he lit a firework, but the fuse was too short for him to get away from it before it exploded.
He ended up losing his thumb in the accident, and has been known as Kit Kat ever since, because he's only got 4 fingers
I shit you not!

arybvtcw0eolkf

Mrs_Doyle wrote:

There is a young lad who lives around the corner from me, he is about 19 or 20 now, but when he was about 11 he lit a firework, but the fuse was too short for him to get away from it before it exploded.
He ended up losing his thumb in the accident, and has been known as Kit Kat ever since, because he's only got 4 fingers
I shit you not!

Reminds me of a guy I worked with in the army. He lost a thumb in an accident too and we called him 'the hitch hiker'.

Patricide

Same thing happened to me but luckily it was a small firework so all i got were some burns, hurt like a biotch though i was only like 7 or 8 at the time and it got me really concerned about firework saftey, never put me off using em i just became a hell of a lot safer with them.

Zillah

nando wrote:

I worked in the animal equivilant of A&E last Halloween and it was nonstop with injuries and traumatised animals - definitely the worst night of the year.

How you could do that job I don't know. I just wouldn't have the fortitude for it.

Although for future reference if my puppy needs help, where is this Doggy A&E?

Vorsprung

No major cases in Vincent's today, there might have been something but nobody on the wards from last night carrying their fingers in their handbags.

nando

Depends where you are in the country - really its just your local on call vet outside Dublin. For most South Dublin practices though it's the Pet Emergency Hospital based in UCD veterinary hospital.

Rb

Was in A&E in Tallaght hospital last night, the place was deserted. Only came across three other people.

Oh and, I wasn't there for messing with fireworks and getting fingers blown off btw.

Zillah

bigjimthefirst wrote:

No major cases in Vincent's today, there might have been something but nobody on the wards from last night carrying their fingers in their handbags.

Ha. I'm in work again and I had a couple with their son come in just a few minutes ago and ask if we had an A&E, I had to send them up to you guys