Cyclone Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 On a recent visit to a hospital I saw signs scattered about along the lines of "please don't use your mobiles, they interfere with machines". Whether that is actually correct or not I don't really care, I'd rather not risk being the person that causes problems in machines keeping someone alive etc. There is no doubt in my mind mobile phones have the potential to interfere with electronics, just have to put one near a speaker to hear it. It's basically not true. And if it were it would depend on you being close to that important piece of equipment. Maybe on the ICU ward it would make sense, but when you're just wandering down a corridor or in a medical ward there's basically nothing to disturb even if it were true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wackyjaki Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Of course it's fine for them, they are the doctors. I know it's trendy to think "no one is better than anyone else" etc but I've got some bad news for you. Doctors are more important than others in a hospital. Can you guess why? dont be sarcy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purdyamos Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 How very hypocritcal of you, i'm sure other people had genuine reasons to themselves to have their phone with them. So just to re-cap, its fine for you to take your's in as you think you have a genuine reason, but anyone else is being inconsiderate..... As you don't know what my genuine reason was you're in absolutely no position to judge. My genuine reason was embedded in my medical history. And the alternative was a private room - which was NOT a demand from me, it was the staff nurse who suggested it and I turned it down as she'd already agreed to allow me my lifeline. Everyone who knows the details of my clinical record agreed that I was an appropriate case for a discrete exception to be made. And if you read what I posted, you'll see that even if everyone were allowed a phone, there is a world of difference between quietly texting with the ringer switched off and yakking away in front of people. That IS being inconsiderate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harleyman Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Mobile phones have to be switched off in hospitals and clinics in my part of the world. Interfere with equipment in some way so the warning signs say. If I had to share a room I wouldn't want some motor mouth yakking on his cell phone 8 hours a day either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppins Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Mobile phones have to be switched off in hospitals and clinics in my part of the world. Interfere with equipment in some way so the warning signs say. If I had to share a room I wouldn't want some motor mouth yakking on his cell phone 8 hours a day either. Not where I am Harley, all the nurses & tecs carry them, the nurses keep in touch with the doctors through texting, not the kind of texting thats used normaly, the textings done somehow from the nurses staion...not sure how but they can get info to a doctor in seconds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harleyman Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Not where I am Harley, all the nurses & tecs carry them, the nurses keep in touch with the doctors through texting, not the kind of texting thats used normaly, the textings done somehow from the nurses staion...not sure how but they can get info to a doctor in seconds Maybe I'm a bit behind the times poppins. I had a stint in hospital just over 3 years ago. There were a couple on instances when patients were in cardiac arrest and the nurses yelled "Code Blue, Code Blue" over the intercom and that alerted doctors and other other emergency staff to the location. I still see signs in clinics asking patients to turn off their phones when inside though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madasfish Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 How very hypocritcal of you, i'm sure other people had genuine reasons to themselves to have their phone with them. So just to re-cap, its fine for you to take your's in as you think you have a genuine reason, but anyone else is being inconsiderate..... Why the judgement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFKvsNixon Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 It's basically not true. And if it were it would depend on you being close to that important piece of equipment. Maybe on the ICU ward it would make sense, but when you're just wandering down a corridor or in a medical ward there's basically nothing to disturb even if it were true. What about an insulin, morphine or other medicine pump? I heard a story going back a fair few years where a film crews camera caused a morphine pump to malfunction by giving the patient a higher dose of morphine than it was programmed to. I'm led to believe that modern mobile phones are considered safe however, and the worry nowadays is more a privacy issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppins Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Maybe I'm a bit behind the times poppins. I had a stint in hospital just over 3 years ago. There were a couple on instances when patients were in cardiac arrest and the nurses yelled "Code Blue, Code Blue" over the intercom and that alerted doctors and other other emergency staff to the location. I still see signs in clinics asking patients to turn off their phones when inside though. I don't think there aloud in the ER areas, but elswhere everyone uses them, although not many patients do...too sick to be bothered, also who would ring someone up when their sick in a hospital bed, i know I wouldn't, most people enquire at the nurses station first, most floors have visitors lounges for them to contact other family members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harleyman Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 I don't think there aloud in the ER areas, but elswhere everyone uses them, although not many patients do...too sick to be bothered, also who would ring someone up when their sick in a hospital bed, i know I wouldn't, most people enquire at the nurses station first, most floors have visitors lounges for them to contact other family members. The only one I wanted to talk to was my wife while I was a patient. They fixed up a bed for her next to mine as I had a private room which was very nice of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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