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doors are so dirty, I wouldn't want to be near them let alone put food in them

I would put that on my desk at work

we'll hope there was once a fire escape outside this window!
btw, ambien & ambien cr (the ad @ bottom of page) are prescription-only sleep meds. these are the ones that have been linked to episodes of driving/eating/having sex while asleep.
mink

To re-iterate how painful it is/was, when my uncle talked about it, he stated he asked the doctor to kill him instead of continuing. He stated the treatment was worse than the burns by far, and if he had known how bad it was going to be, he would have laid in the fire and happily died. He was by no means a sad, or suicidal person, it just hurt that badly. I of course am glad he didn't die, and he turned out ok, allot of scarring etc which is expected. For some reason seeing some of the tubs on the site reminded me of him recalling his experiences.

Thanks for the medical term Lynne.

By the way, if you are weak of stomach, or eating beef jerky, as I was, don't do a google images search for debridement.

Believe about half of what I say as well. Everyone has his or her own slant on things. :-)

They used to do mechanical debridement (that is, removal or scraping off) of burn tissue in "tank rooms" where they would soak the person in a whirlpool tub so the outer layer of burnt/dead skin could slough off and be easier to scrape off. Very painful, very horrifying to everyone involved. One place I could never work is a burn ward. Because of concerns regarding infection some places now use streams of water or hoses for this purpose instead of tanks of water.

But Motts is correct that they did not do this at developmental centers but rather at regular or specialized medical centers.

No, sounds like a real specialized piece of equipment that would only be found in a burn unit of a general hospital... although I have explored a few, most of my excursions take place in psychiatric / developmental centers.

i think that's true about the casual attitude we used to have about blood, etc. we didn't go change for a few spatters, who had time.....
one general surgeon at the hospital where i trained used to walk around wearing these disgusting blood splattered shoes. it was so nasty. can you imagine being a family member & here comes the surgeon w/his bloody shoes?
mink

you ppl rly kno nothing of this place it was amazing but you will never know

Damn, not as fancy as Hamp Hosp. but what the hell, it's all we have left. Quality, and location, location, location.

Lynne, so nice to hear your dulcet tomes, or tones. Nothing like burning ones butt on a nasty steam radiator. Mesh aside, it's still hotter than hell.

Motts, have you ever come across a "burn tub" (not sure the proper term for it). They were used to help burn victims by using airiated water jets to gently remove the burnt skin/flesh. My uncle was burnt very very badly when the gas station he owned went up in the late 50's early 60's and they used a tub that did that. Maybe Lynne can help with a proper name.

Halls of the abandoned, eh?

Thanks for the clarification Lynne, I'll do more homework on this place.

~This and all information provided by me are my own personal thoughts, and in no way an expert testimony = P

Hey I can clean it up THEN have it in my kitchen. :-)