Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Oct 24, 2005, at 2:45 PM, Ted Grant wrote: > Steve Barbour showed and replied: > Subject: Re: [Leica] hunter in the ICU > > > >> On Oct 22, 2005, at 6:27 PM, Alastair Firkin wrote: >> >> >>> Hunter 1 without a question for me. It has personality and the >>> second one looks like trachy removal sequence ;-) >>> >> >> >> he would not want to do that as he is on a vent.. >> > Steve<<<<<<< > > Hi Steve, > Given we can see Hunter is on a vent and being a little guy like > that with hands flailing about and grabbing at things, how do you > keep the vent attached to his body, neck, throat to stop him from > pulling it out? > > I photographed a great number of kids after the USSR Chernobyl > disaster who had IV's attached to their chests to avoid pulling > them out of their arms as they rolled about, so I'm aware of that > procedure after seing enough of them done and some being re-set due > to over activity. But a little guy like this? This is a very good question Ted, so I'll try to answer briefly here: constant surveillance, prayer, luck...and ultimately the instinctive learning by the child that this tube is critical, it is his lifeline... he actually learns to protect it... errrr, most of the time... Steve