314 Comments Posted by claudia

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Operating rooms do not usually have windows. Plus this room appears huge. Many a hospital that was built longago would love to have an operating suite this big. Wonder how this room was used.
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When this treatment was used there were no medications to calm patients. Having been an ER nurse I can tell you that some seriously psychotic patients are very strong. It would take 6-7 of us to restrain them. So if a bath helped..... Now adays we have many potent medications. I have even given some through the jeans the patient was wearing because their agitation is so great. Police bring them in hogtied to an extracation board and ask for blood to be drawn. And of course none of us is stupid enough to unrestrain them. The handcuff formed a tourniquet when the patient pulled and I drew the blood out of the patient's hand. Not the most clinically correct, but we did what needed to be done. FYI I'll bet the large grouping of nurses around the tub that the Life magazine took were students. Notice the uniforms. Most nursing schools used uniforms with the large white aprons. The cap also has 2 stripes which may mean these students have finished the second year of their training and are seniors. Hospitals never have staffing like that. Trot out the students for the photo session so the Nurses could get the real work done.
Ephemera: Continuous Bath Time
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When I was growing up there was an old amusement park named Myers Lake. It was a hot spot in the 20"s and later. They had a large building with a dance floor and a retractable roof. We went to open air dance band concerts on Sunday night. Never paid any attention to how the roof moved, now I wish I knew. Memories!
Ephemera: Royal Land
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I want the tower. Would make a very eccentric home. Love the spires.
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The trees growing on top of the tower really show up with this lighting.
Beautiful
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The hospital where I worked never had the drawer set up for the deceased. There was a large walk in refrigerator with shelves on the wall that you could place a body on. There was a special cart that was sent to the room to remove the body. If the body pickup was soon the body was usually left on the special cart. I think the "cooler" held 3 bodies easily and 4 with some planning.
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When I was a kid my Methodist Church had a sunrise service on Easter. We went to a local park to view the sunrise and worship. This Church could have held that type of service inside with no llights on and have been just as beautiful. And a lot warmer.
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So beautiful the taggers mostly left it alone. Great shot. Love the Russian logo is still present and can be read.
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Maybe all of the statue heads are in there.......
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MAMA in PA if it ever happens again try white vinegar. About a cup to the wash load. Or hang the clothing outside in the sun. Both should solve the the smell
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This would be a great shot to hang. There is no frame of reference. Everyone could make their own story to go with the picture.
great shot Motts
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Lissbeth I have visited that web site multiple times. There is controversy over whether the girl really took the pictures. I just enjoy the pics and ignore the rest. There are some really interesting things going on there. Like people who refused to leave who are still healthy. The animal population is growing and the area is lush and green. The homes and buildings are being taken over by the plants just as some of these are. The pics are worth the visit to the website.
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Stryker is indeed a very large company with a wide range of products.
It is a name that I have grown to trust.
There are millions and millions of dollars spent every year to try and prevent bedsores. Bedsores can cause the death of fragile patients. They are areas where infection can set in and cause untold misery for the patient. We thought this bed would be a life saver. Problem was it scared the patients and it was very hard to restrain them to. If I remember correctly it had a top piece that connected to the bottom and became the "bed" the patient sandwich then rested on. Injured paients especially were terrified of this bed.
Once you "flipped" them the top moved up 10-12" so the patient could move their arms etc. Time consuming to use and costly to buy. But a stop along the way in the prevention of decubitus ulcers i e bedsores.
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This type and color of tile appears in lots of old hospital pics.
The first hospital I worked in had it on the walls in the ER. The ER was located in a wing that was added in the 60's. It was featured in the
older OR also. Must have been judged to be easy to clean and disinfect. The OR and the ER had drains in the floor so you could
actually hose the walls down. Everything ran to the middle of the room. Sure was handy when you had a patient that was covered with a substance that needed to be flushed off of the skin.
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No maqtter if it was operable before, by now the sound board is cracked and as Lissbeth said impossible to repair. Such a shame.