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People often ask me why I continue to work in the Emergency Department despite the ongoing hazards of overcrowding, access block and the high stress levels. Its a difficult question to answer in words. A while ago I tried to answer it in a video clip….
WARNING: this is a large movie file (15.5MB) and it does contain some explicit pictures of my experiences following the Asian Tsunami. But I hope you might give it a look over, I think it captures some essence of the real answer to that question.
[...] Up in the “Most Uplifting” category include Ian for his ER video which was also nominated in the “Post that Most Resembled an Episode of ER” and [...]
Brilliant, man you guys look great. Now I think we need some footage of the new “bright young things” that have joined the department.
Thank you. I love everything about this video: song, photos, composition. Very touching. And more important, it is very inspiring.
- nurse student
Beautiful. It shows why I’ve been a critical care nurse for over 20 years.
Impressive. Good to see that things are the same across the continents in all ED’s. Very thought provoking. Thank you. Twinsburg, Ohio USA
Hi Ian great site settled in to qld life again hope the crew are all well great photos loved the naked senario photos laughed for ages. JM
Hi Ian
Finally got broadband and downloaded this…well worth the wait!!!
What is the name of that song…very haunting.
another fantastic piece from you….and as they say…a picture says a thousand words.
Almost made me homesick for Oz!!!! Any nurses out there interested in doing some voluntary work in Viet Nam??? I am snowed under with 600children waiting to be assessed – & I am the only one in our small charity with any medical background!!! Working as a volunteer is brilliant – I wouldn’t be dead for quids! email me if you are interested: tahimccann@gmail.com
Wow, absolutely fantastic.
-Nick
I really liked this video, it made me realize that the ppl in the ED are also humans too. Sometimes it is too easy to forget that in a sterile, harsh environment where saving lives is a job, and a very technical one at that.
Er btw, my perspective is definitely non-professional. I’m a uni student who happened to chance upon ur blog.
Wow….can we play that in the waiting room? We might subdue the natives!
P.S nice mug Iain, try not to scare the little ones hey..
[...] Or maybe it’s just me, since I cried when I watched Team ED a couple days ago (I’ve tried to watch it several times before, but it never would complete the download). [...]
PS, your hospital wouldn’t be the home of the Nighthawk radiology group would it? We use them in the US. I love it in the middle of the night when I pick up the phone and hear a chipper “g’day mate!”
That is why I could never work there- those sweaty, stinky, plastic blue gowns during a trauma. Give me a cloth gown and a change of scrubs, please.
Your team looks like the best, all for one, and one for most, go team.
love this! Damn! you make ER nursing look so cool. and yes, agree completely with the universal precautions.
[...] This time Ian from Impacted ED Nurse is there along with a post from Emergiblog! [...]
Carnival of the Vanities #212…
Good morning and welcome to the 212th edition of the Carnival of the Vanities. The last two editions I’ve hosted have been massively long and I’m not sure I have the energy for all that today so please forgive me……
…oh, and Iain, its whats inside that really counts…
thats it, next time I go out i’m wearing a trauma gown and gogs…
All I can say is OH MY GOD! What a great video. I’ve heard the song before but never in this context..
Ian – That was one of the coolest ED montages I’ve ever seen… and GREAT choice of music! I have to agree with other comments though – It appears that Down Under you guys use better Universal Precautions than what my ER even STOCKS! We only use the blue gowns for bad traumas (or bad disimpactions
Keep up the cool work! — Stephanie – Athens Georgia USA
Man, and I get in trouble for posting a few snapshots of hands and feet! You must have an understanding team
Kim: the song is Coldplay, “Fix You.”
Mark perhaps but you are in the same boat, or should I say kidney dish, as I am.
Very cool montage. I am impressed with the photography too. Shared it with several classmates over lunch today on my Palm…it was cool.
Actually Iain, I am most certain Kim must be referring to myself …..or possibly Mark. You, on the other hand are about as good looking as a kidney dish full of sphincters.
Kim must be refering to the picture of me in the video dont you think Ian??
wow…wow
Very touching. By appearances you follow universal precautions much better down under than we do in the States.
ED video…
A really cool ED video, from ImpactEDnurse: ED video: People often ask me why I continue to work in the Emergency Department despite the ongoing hazards of overcrowding, access block and the high stress levels. Its a difficult question to……
Dang, Ian! Excellent! (And it proves my point that the most good looking men are in Australia)
What was the song and who sings it?
Very cool. Sometimes I wish I could freezeframe real life so I have time to get a grip on the situation!