120 Comments Posted by Bill

N/G tubes are also used to relieve abdominal distention secondary to use of a Bag Valve Mask
(Ambu Bag). I'm glad they're disposable, I hate to think having a used one stuck into my nose!

I wrote a paper for 7th grade english (1969) about how bricked over windows were neat because of the story each one told. My teacher simply could not grasp what I was thinking of. I guess she wouldn't understand this site either.*

*I know there are many fine and dedicated teachers in the public school system. This narrow minded asshat just wasn't one of them.

It would have been tough to use as a stretcher without handles. I think Verizoff is correct.

I don't know if anyone has mentioned this yet:
Good information and pictures on lobotomies at NPR.org.

Workshop is my guess. The overhead wiring was less expensive, and made it easier for the foreman to see that no one left a soldering iron plugged in at the end of the day.

Help. My name's been hijacked! Although this does look a little like my attic.

The real Bill

Reminds me of my last apartment. This place is a little nicer.

Great pics Lynne. Got my laugh for the day. One technical question: What's the reason for the odd shape of the tub?

They are a holdover from the days of horse drawn waggons. Brand new fire houses still have them, although they really don't serve any purpose anymore. "200 years of tradition unimpeded by progress"

Just looking at this, I can smell a thousand half eaten meals being steamed off metal trays.

This must have been Bilbo Baggins' room.

Aren't the knobs on the doors to the left unusually high off the floor? The one on the right appears to be at the normal height.

I'm pretty sure they weren't doing surgery in the washroom.

The people that view these facilities as "Houses Of Evil" should research the conditions that led to them being established. Prior to Medicare and Medicaid (mid 1960s) a family with a MR/DD child could be wiped out financially by the cost of caring for the child. Add that to the social stigma of having "tainted genes" in the family tree, some people chose to sacrifice the one to save the many. These children were hidden away in attics and closets or worse. The establishment of hospitals and schools for them was the work of high minded people trying to provide a safe and caring environment.

Thanks for the use of your soapbox Lynne.

The problem isn't keeping them clean. It's keeping them from tipping over before we get to the ER. If I have a little warning, I give the patient a large red bag and let them barf away. Then I tie a knot in the top. Then when the ER staff wants to see the emesis I hand them the bag!