Preparedness for when

Popperwell

Having talked of Volcanoes and Earth Tremours...

http://www.airpano.com/360Degree-VirtualTour.php?3D=Kamchatka-Volcano-Plosky-Tolbachik

maryb

A very apt post from Rhonda

http://down---to---earth.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/homemakers-and-disaster-survival.html

ALIBOBSY

GreyQueen wrote: »

:T ALI, good news about your BIL, it's amazing how some people defy the odds, may he continue to improve.

Nice to see you again, margaret.

Pops, that care worker was beyond ignorant as well as cruel. When I was taught first aid (by a senior fire officer) we had it stressed to us that hearing is the last sense to go and the first to return and never to assume that what you say around someone isn't making a difference.

He was a big strong macho man and he told us about how he'd been injured at the scene of a fire in such a way that he was only semi-conscious and couldn't see (he recovered fully btw). And how utterly important it had been that another firefighter had stayed with him and held his hand and talked to him, even though he wasn't capable of responding.

So, even if someone is badly hurt or very close to death, assume that they can hear you and that words of comfort and reassurance may make all the difference.

We noticed with BIL that the nurses constantly tell him what they are doing e.g "just going to test your blood sugar". We honestly thought he was right out of it as he was on a ventilator and under sedation, so it really shows how much you are aware of.

Ali x

mardatha

Even people in comas have been proved to have heard things. You can look unconscious but still be hearing.

wondercollie

ALIBOBSY wrote: »

We noticed with BIL that the nurses constantly tell him what they are doing e.g "just going to test your blood sugar". We honestly thought he was right out of it as he was on a ventilator and under sedation, so it really shows how much you are aware of.

Ali x

During my training, we were always told to talk to the patient. We might be the last voice they ever hear and not to candy coat it. So yup, I will say, "time for your blood sugars", I tell them if they are getting their meds and what it is. Or, "time for a wash and freshen up". Always work on the principle they might just say "!!!!!! off, I don't want it".

I've sat with the dying. It's all right to tell them they can go. Usually we know within 24 hours when it's time. Many will look up at the corner of the ceiling and start talking and gesturing. It's like the ancestors have come to take them. I remember being with one woman who'd come to Canada after WWII and never married. Her nearest blood was 3 hours away but a lifelong friend lived in town. We called and her friend and children came to sit with her. The friend thought we were wonderful for letting them come so that her bestest bud wouldn't die alone. I'd rather die with my best friend at my side than a blood relative that didn't visit. Yes, I broke the rules but again I told my patient what I was doing and why. She died 30 minutes after I went home. Her blood relative wouldn't have made it in time and according to her notes it was unlikely he'd have come anyway.

I remember my favourite manager telling me, that no matter how busy the ward was, no patient should ever die alone. That's a conversation I've never forgot.

meme30

I have often had the privilege of sitting with someone who is dying, and yes have told them that it's alright to just let go.
My last job was on a children's ward where we didn't leave children who had died alone.
A mother asked me to stay with her eighteen year old son who had died while they went to get his sisters to see him. He was old for a children's ward but we had looked after him for years through his illness. We dressed him in his favorite clothes and I sat an hour or so with him listening to his favorite music until they returned. She also asked me to go with him to the morgue so he was not alone. I felt so guilty leaving him there in that cold place.:(

mardatha

Me too - I believe their famiy in spirit come to take them home, and they can see and feel them. Sometimes you do too, the room will fill up and feel so crowded.
Strongly held beliefs help in times like this, and Spiritualists have a head start in the comfort stakes

2tonsils

Just a quick update, this is from Mark Vogan, if you go to his website you can get the full service for free for a week

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Tomorrow Is Cold & Sunny Across UK But Nothing Compared To What’s Coming! (Includes Video!)
Europe, Great Britain & Ireland by Mark Vogan
The well advertised turn to not only colder but brighter weather is now moving in to make way for a bright and largely beautiful Saturday across much of the UK and Ireland, however you may want to grab a jacket before heading out the door. That north breeze will make it feel nippy out there. Don’t be surprised to see a SNOW shower along the North Sea coast where winds will be strongest, a covering is possible, especially over higher ground but low levels could see it too.
The ‘active’ pattern continues as winds return to a stiff westerly Sunday as the next system pushes in, however this is only part of a bigger story evolving as the air, albeit is westerly Sunday into Monday, the origin of this air is off Greenland and so, while tomorrow is chilly with highs between 1-5C UK-wide, this is nothing compared to the bite in the air Monday following the initial wind and rain from the low. The backlash flow will be bitter.

The European models are still showing the deep freeze hitting much of the UK and Europe with hurricane force winds, very very cold conditions and the chance of heavy snow in some areas...latest guess is around 10th but some say it may come next week. Be ready folks, the fake fur trapper hats need to be polished and ready...

Hobsons_Choice

My dad died in a hospice, I sat with him when he was in the final coma and talked about how much I loved him and how I was glad his suffering was almost over. His breath was rasping, but when I spoke you could hear the change in his breathing and I just knew he was listening.

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GreyQueen wrote: »

Of course, you're assumed to be a dirty rotten liar by TV Licensing and they are pestering me yet again this week. Yawn.

I get pestered every month by them.

I've just received my 36th Threat-O-Gram from them.

I've also had (to my knowledge) 10 visits.