Kudos Soma
I just received a call from my very hard working medical officer, who is doing his ENT masters training, who has just completed his surgical rotations with me.
“Mr. George, are you free to talk?”
“Yes”
“I just witnessed a very bad accident, head on collision, one died on the spot. The was another four. One had difficulty breathing and was bleeding profusely, another has serious limb injuries. The other two was ok.”
“You were there at the scene”
“Yes, the ambulance that arrived did not have a doctor. So, I introduced myself. I had to do CPR in the ambulance. We reached the Hospital but the ED doctor was not around, so I intubated the patient and continued CPR. She lost a lot of blood. The ED doctor came and took over. I am very happy I was able to save two lives today. I managed to use my surgical training and the CPR course I recently attended fully. Thank you!.”
“Good! Excellent! Not many will have this opportunity and many will refrain from getting involved. Good!”
“Will there be any problems?”
“No, don’t worry!”
“I will call Serdang tomorrow to see how the patient is getting along!”
“I am happy for you! Good job! Good!”
“Thanks, Mr George. Bye”
Bravo, Soma. I am so proud of you!
May 22nd, 2007 at 10:53 am
Well, Soma has done the right thing-getting involved!It is not the time to think about any ‘other matters’. No one should take any legal action or such like matters against a good, concentious doctor like Soma for saving lives! What more; to follow up on the patient’s progress. Kudos to you and to you Mon for teaching him the life saving techniques!
May 22nd, 2007 at 12:37 pm
Soma did a good job. Keepit up.
May 22nd, 2007 at 8:51 pm
Not many Doctors will help at the scene of the crime/accident etc. Kudos to him too. And yeah..reason why I do love to do it then while I was in the army..was the excuse to go for the investigation interviews etc. More off days for me..eating snake!
Now..it becomes a habit. Hi-Vis jacket is always in the trunk if I need to assist. The bright florecent Yellow and dark green with Hi-Vis reflective words: DOCTOR (kept them after my NHS).
Still can’t get over the brainwash of ‘To seek,To serve and to save lives!’
May 23rd, 2007 at 7:09 am
Dear “Hero Soma” (thumb up to you!)
Hero Soma = You are a shining star!
May 23rd, 2007 at 4:54 pm
Just as I wrote this or maybe the next day I realised somebody had posted an article on CPR too. I made a comment but looks like I got hit back, so I retaliated - go see the comment and tell me if I was off track!
How to do CPR
May 24th, 2007 at 2:30 pm
my opinion: it was fair comment.
May 24th, 2007 at 4:38 pm
Thanks BengBeng
May 29th, 2007 at 3:35 pm
I promised a fren to learn CPR! I hope I don’t crushed the receiver bones!
May 29th, 2007 at 8:21 pm
Well, you know what they say - if you save or make a difference in one life, your life on this earth has been worthwhile, so blessings to both teacher & student…jc
May 30th, 2007 at 6:42 pm
hoiling it is okay to crush bones as long as you do it correctly and effectively
thanks JC
June 11th, 2007 at 11:54 am
Hi
June 11th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
Hi,
why there are a lot of spam?
Where is admin?