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    Its a fact, I'm getting older and less tolerable of people, and the dumbing down of this country. I was on call with my main workplace and received an emergency call, an Emergency center was out of product. I have a nurse on the phone yelling at me they had a delivery on friday and all the delivered oxygen was "Empty" Told here it would be an hour and a half and she freaked even worse. I get there and all five of the empty cylinders were "FULL" they never turned the valve on any of them when they hooked up the regulator. There were 3 nurses and a doctor at this Facility. Not a one knew what to do. A Doctor for loves sake?????? All were 20 somethings all the nurses said they were never taught, blah, blah, blah... the doctor who was yelling at me from the moment I walked in the door that my company was no longer going to be employed by them etc., etc. was now turning his anger at the nurses berating and telling them in front of me and patients what idiots they were, I asked him if he was so smart why he couldn't figure it out. Then he asks me if they were still getting the emergency delivery fee, YES... YES you are. I then had to show all of them how to turn a cylinder on and adjust liters per minute. Sad times

    So in the same parking lot in Dr Phillips is a open Barnes and Nobel. I go in to get a cup-o-joe, regular not that fancy stuff. I browse through the gun rags and low and behold there must be 4 different "Preparedness periodicles (magazines) "Bug Out", "Off Grid", "Survive", i forgot the name of the fourth. Then Recoil Magazine has a preparedness section as well. I was perusing through "BUG Out" when a Dr. Phillips yuppie starts with..."You one of those wackos?" I look up and ask... "You talking to me?" (Denero watch out) YES is his reply.I state you seem like a smart feller, You cant figure that out on your own captain obvious? He left. I put the magazines up took my coffee, and left.

    Lesson learned In my older age Im getting annoyed easier. Don't let OPSEC down and show your hand in public (reading prep magazines in public). Doctors are not as smart as I believed they were. They are not fully training nurses at UCF everything is hooked and and ready to go for them in class. This is not the first time I have run into them not knowing if cylinder full,empty, or how to hook up and use.

    Rant over, had to vent

  • #2
    Not long ago argued with an old RN that someone was dehydrated badly (the nursing home story). No she wasn't, she was a nurse and she KNEW.

    Really? Vomitting and diarrhea all day, couple sips of water they threw up, skin turgor (SP?) terrible, vacant look, skin showing it. But no, Drusilla the Nurse she was right. Not long later was admitted to hospital for "severe dehydration, C dif" and a multitude of other issues.

    Unfortunately we give them a little too much credit at times.

    People in general will ALWAYS assume someone else is wrong long before they assume they are wrong.
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    • #3
      Don't lump us all into that same crowd. As a rule, I would say don't expect the "doctor" to know how to work the machines....there are exceptions to that rule though...:) Nurses on the other hand should be able to run the equipment that they use. An O2 tank set up should be one of those they should know.

      I am finding that the newbies just out of school just don't have the "street time" and if it wasn't taught in the books they read, they haven't learned it.
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      • #4
        RobertJ.. one of us that are not trained may one day have to open a valve on a tank and set it properly.. Not knowing crud about it myself,,, it may help several of us if you would be so kind as to post a short tutorial... I know I would find value in it...

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        • #5
          Originally posted by justanothergunnut View Post
          RobertJ.. one of us that are not trained may one day have to open a valve on a tank and set it properly.. Not knowing crud about it myself,,, it may help several of us if you would be so kind as to post a short tutorial... I know I would find value in it...
          Excellent idea.
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          • #6
            I will be happy to. I will get it up this weekend. Thanks

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            • #7
              Here is a basic YouTube vid. I'm sure there are others that you can search for that have other views of the cylinders, regulators, etc., but essentially the setup is the same.




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              • #8
                I love doctors and pilots ....they all wanna yell or tell me how to do it....
                Untilled I just reset a breaker or gfci .....and they kinda shut up....
                Think about that next time your on a plane..... LOL
                Hey Petunia...you dropped your man pad!

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                • #9
                  doctor or nurse, tech or janitor. Everyone should know how to turn a valve. I mean, geez.

                  Common sense is certainly not 'common' anymore in America.

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                  • #10
                    I think it may be a little more involved than just opening the valve

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by justanothergunnut View Post
                      I think it may be a little more involved than just opening the valve
                      A bit more im getting photos together and such right now. Actually should do a vid but all I have is the phone for that.

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                      • #12
                        it involves equipment they use daily. They should know the basics of how to operate it.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Mannlicher View Post
                          it involves equipment they use daily. They should know the basics of how to operate it.
                          agreed if it's equipment you use everyday.. Janitor? probably not.. I know I dont know how to properly set the regulator on a O2 tank

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                          • #14
                            I am not in the industry so I have no idea what exactly the details are but to me it sounds more like a lack of basic "problem solving skills" or desire to do it?

                            Problem:
                            o2 not flowing

                            Solving:
                            Is o2 unit on? Yep.
                            Is o2 tank hooked up to hose for the o2 unit? Yep.
                            Is o2 tank valve opened? Nope maybe that needs to be opened!

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                            • #15
                              NYP,
                              You hit the proverbial nail on the head.

                              The only other thing to check... is the flow valve for LPM on and set to correct flow. 1-15 LPM.

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