EBME Forums Forums Maintenance Technical Assistance Can i ask you all about plugs please?

Agree with Geoff, service 5 days a week, 9-5ish. No on call whatsoever unfortunately.

Then should I say ICU and HCU are in for trouble if nobody is helping out during an equipment shortage or emergency situation. Do you have always a standby equipment ready for such a situation?

As I've already indicated, Roger, this type of scenario is not that unknown, unfortunately.

Meanwhile, I'm always happy to quote for service, Quinny. I hope you've got deep pockets, though, as you'll need 'em!

Good question, and if yes? what sort of equipment? We cover a 24/7 here. We always ensure there are a few spare vents, HF machines, and all critical areas have backup portable bedside monitoring! This usually covers most cases till the waking hours! However we had a number of power outages a few weeks ago that caused mayhem with around 50% of the monitors (popped fuses etc.) so all hands on deck for that one! I personally think 24/7 cover is a basic requirement and an entitlement to the poor patient who has spent his lifetime paying his NHI stamp!

Eddie

Well, that's three of us in agreement, then, at least (about 24x7, that is ... and about a certain amount of "loaners", too)!

But can I gently point out that none of us works within the British National Health Service (just wait until you see what the reactions from the Brethren are tomorrow)!

I glad you have such a good standard in Jeddah.

I suspect that part of the reason that the standard is so good in "Jeddah" is because it was properly set up right at the start! For what it's worth, it may be worth recording that, at the time, those who were there were accused of "making a meal of commissioning"! Yes, there were plenty of Baboons about even back then!

Sweet memory are something we can always treasure but we have to accept the facts that no one will be so passionately recalling that years later. But definitely they will always remember those things that the baboons had screwed up.

Ah yes, but (remember) that, unlike Baboons, an Elephant never forgets!

All I can say is that it's far, far, easier to carry on (and, of course, develop) work that has been built on solid foundations, than it is having to tear it all down and start again (in an attempt to get it right the second, third ... time)! Let me tell you, Roger, I've been there.

And I'm "speaking" as someone who spends inordinate amounts of time re-working computer code that should have been right all along (and some of it dates from as far back as ten years or so ago).

All true non-Baboons take the trouble to do things right the first time. That way they only need to be done the once!

Meanwhile, back to mains leads and plugs ...

My six years in the NHS taught me a lot (I was also lucky to have had an excellent manager). The biggest problem here mate is maintaining my predecessors hard efforts! However again we have an excellent team here too!
However, vendor help is pathetic, vendor knowledge is non existent so it certainly isn’t a bed of roses! However bypass these “Maffee Muk’s” and deal direct with the manufactures and presto “Maffee Mushkalla”!

Now here’s the big one! Though it would probably be totally illegal in the UK but man it does work! …

To permanently exit this country one needs to have approval (signatures) from a number of official bods, including the property department! All unit managers are personally and legally (yes legally or they may be detained at the end of their contract) responsible for their allocated equipment inventory! Units can officially loan equipment to other units! All equipment loaned across units is recorded and signed for! So the onus is placed on the unit managers to track their own allocated inventory! As you can guess finding equipment for PPM here is an easy task!

Eddie