anesthesiologist handoffs and morbidity

[OB1🤙]

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More concrete evidence bad things happen during shift changes! Improper handoff lead to Hawaii missile incident this morning

‘Wrong button’ pushed during ‘shift change’ blamed for false Hawaii missile alert

Yeah, that f'ing sucked. Bigly.

 

[Lecithin5]

Yeah, that f'ing sucked. Bigly.

Curious- God forbid this wasn’t a drill, what ‘cover’ is one expected to take?

 

[OB1🤙]

Curious- God forbid this wasn’t a drill, what ‘cover’ is one expected to take?

I mean, most houses here are single wall construction with no basements. You just kinda say your goodbyes to loved ones and hope that an inch of redwood will be enough to protect you from nuclear hellfire.

What a mindf^¢k that was.

 

[pgg]

Curious- God forbid this wasn’t a drill, what ‘cover’ is one expected to take?

Stay away from windows. Don't watch for the bright light. For those who aren't vaporized by the blast, the immediate risk is flying debris and thermal burns. The old duck & cover routine from the 50s seems silly but if you're more than a few miles from the bomb (as most people will be) it's effective. There's a lot of luck involved in surviving the aftermath (ground vs air burst produce vastly different amounts of fallout, wind direction, predatory neighbors, etc).

 

[pgg]

I mean, most houses here are single wall construction with no basements. You just kinda say your goodbyes to loved ones and hope that an inch of redwood will be enough to protect you from nuclear hellfire.

What a mindf^¢k that was.

My mother lives on the Hilo side of the big island. Apparently the civil defense sirens only went off for a minute there before they announced it was an error. Pretty miserable way to start the day.

 

[fakin' the funk]

Probably has more to do with HOW the handoff is done, not THAT it is done.

 

[dhb]

Probably has more to do with HOW the handoff is done, not THAT it is done.

I would say WHO takes the handoff 😉

 

[narcusprince]

I do not think it was a warning. Likely something was targeting Hawaii or one of our missle tests might have posed a threat. This call to activate the system came from somewhere. And it was not a mistake from someones butt hitting the activate button.

 

[Consigliere]

Handoff dangers? Whatevs.....when someone comes through the OR door to relieve me, it's like the Lord Jesus Christ coming in, celestial music and all. I give a 4 second sign out and SPRINT outta there, elbowing mofos outta da way!

 

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