I recently visited Busselton Hospital as a day patient for a minor procedure. The staff I saw were lovely and very helpful & supportive. My only issue was when I returned to recovery, I woke to hear voices in the next bed space saying "ok she's crashed.. what do we do now?" .. I have to add at this point that I'm a clinician... I was just about to panic thinking it could be me, and why don't they know what to do..... when I heard the very familiar 'click click click'.. of the resusci-annie doll as the 'person' was given CPR. When I realised what was going on, (which being immediately post-op did take a bit longer than usual) I can't tell you the relief, but had I not been a clinician, I feel I would have been extremely panicked !.. I strongly suggest that if BLS training has to be done in recovery, please don't do it when there's a patient in the next bed!
I did mention it to the nurse caring for me, but all they did was pull the curtain a bit more .. which I felt didn't help at all!
"My experience as a Day patient"
About: Busselton Health Campus / Day Surgery Busselton Health Campus Day Surgery Busselton 6280
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