The people whose job it is to write up the schedule in the OR need to strive for something closer to correct, though. At least two patient's names were misspelled on there today, one with the name Michael. Micheal is not correct. It just isn't. And then there was this. "Pt is sudoneeze arobic speaking." (Pt for patient is correct) Knowing the name of the patient helped me sort this one, but it still took a moment. Sudanese, Arabic speaking. Not aerobic, or not particularly so. Nor from Sudon.
And then my surgeon, who is very good and conscientious and careful, made a mistake. Not one that will cause harm, in fact it was an indicated extra procedure, but that is not why he did it, that was just error. He was upset at himself, and very apologetic to the patient. Reminded me of when D had his second elbow surgery, and the surgeon did one last range of motion, and broke his arm again. Came out to me with his tail between his legs, as though I might beat on him, to tell me he had to put another plate and screws in.
If any of us where actually perfect, where would all the stories come from?
Oh, if any of you in North America would like to do a dialect survey, it's short and here, recommended by Language Hat.
We are doing research on different accents in American English. We know that Americans and Canadians have a great deal in common in the way they speak, but there are also differences. In order to study the ways that North American accents differ, we have put together a survey of common words, and we’d like you to participate!
1 comment:
(o)
Post a Comment