Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Above All, Do No Harm

This code for any medical caregivers applies to me.  I think I violated the basic tenet when I shoved Pat out of bed the other night.

Of course, no action has no consequences and consequently, I've not slept since, wondering when I was going to do it again.  And this morning's paper had a big story on adults dying from bedrails. I guess the solution is to hire someone to stand over us and make sure it doesn't happen again.

Perhaps one of those laid off during the government shutdown?

Here's a good story from an Ohio author James Thurber that has absolutely nothing about pushing people OUT of beds but I thought about it anyway.

http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1933/07/08/1933_07_08_011_TNY_CARDS_000228579

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