A lesson in keeping it simple- or as @glauncel says - KISS - Keep It Simple Stupid!
1/5
So - a member of the Pawa household dropped a plastic cap down the shower drainage hole by accident- see exhibit A below 👇🏼
2/5 Unfortunately- the shower was now unusable - a big deal for us all!
So - as someone who had been using a fibrescope on ICU recently, I had a great idea! I used my Amazon prime account and ordered a Wifi transmitting portable endoscope to get down the drain - exhibit B👇🏼
3/5 As a frustrated wanna-be surgeon (joking!) I was delighted when I inserted the endoscope, and through the gross “drain waste” , I could see the cap!
All that remained was for me to extract it with the selection of hooks provided.
After 45 mins, and Sore knees - we aborted!
4/5 It occurred to us that one trick had not been used, the faithful 🪠 plunger!
We don’t own one, but after a brief trip to the supermarket - we do now
Exhibit C 👇🏼
5/5 - With one attempt with the plunger 🪠 lasting 3 seconds, the cap was extracted.
Lesson 1 :- Keep it Simple - always
Lesson 2:- Just because it costs £25 and is available on Amazon Prime, doesn’t mean you have to buy it! 😂😂😂
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So here is a quick thread about the #PlanABlocks from @RegionalAnaesUK that feature in the tweet below - I feature links to the RA-UK book chapter 📖, Video 🎥 & Posters in the thread below...
One of the key points of the editorial was to focus on a small number of high-value blocks, and to train everyone in them, and then implement into pathways👇🏼
I had a desire to pen another of my #PawaPoems -this time, a non-rhyming-type. Here goes...
A whole New World
The alarm goes off at 0530,
A battle of the snooze alarm versus my state of wakefulness then ensues,
I struggle to get out of bed- that much has not changed !
1/n
I shower and dress for work - no longer wearing suits or chino-blazer combos - they don’t do well when thrust within the depths of the Washing machine during my nightly “return from work corridor strip routine”.
2/n
Heading out of the door I double check my belongings citing my Morning Mantra - “Phone, Keys, Santiser, mask”
No longer needing my wallet- when was the last time i used cash anyway?
3/n
The key must clearly be the provision of pain medicine to work past the duration of the short acting block.
Is that Oral Analgesia or Local infiltration by the Surgeon?