@quixoticgeek I am reminded of the tale of a 747 that was bound from the UK to Orlando and over the Atlantic when a passenger had a heart attack. "Is there a doctor on board?" — asked the crew, and 50 cardiologists en route to a conference answered the call. (The patient survived.)
"High risk patients with heart failure and cardiac arrest who are admitted to major US teaching hospitals during national cardiology meetings, when some of the cardiology staff would be expected to be away, had a lower 30 day mortality rate than comparable patients admitted in the weeks before and after the conferences, a study has found."
@eris2cats@cstross@quixoticgeek
I once heard a story of some Shell production rig, where a high manager had ordered "no engineers to be involved, no optimization, just copy some other platform and get it from the lowest bidder", and the platform has much less technical issues than the original.
@Zamfr@eris2cats@cstross@quixoticgeek
Let me tell you the tale of a North Sea platform with a dozen plus other fields passing through it's pumping system, a clearly labelled "Field Shutdown Button" behind TWO layers of "molly guard", and a platform manager called "Dumbfuck Kevin" ... what, you've guessed?
@quixoticgeek
Do doctors still try to travel with their tools and drugs in a bag?
I've had enough problems with a pair of (admittedly fine-tip) forceps and a hand lens. They go as hold-baggage now.
@WellsiteGeo on a train. Domestically. Yeah. My friend carries some tools with them (mainly a really nice stethoscope and a manual bp thingy). But mostly they picked up their bag so they didn't leave the work laptop on a train...
@quixoticgeek@christianschwaegerl Also with that many diagnosticians the plane was probably met by an ambulance on the runway ready for delivery to an ER briefed on the patient's condition. I'm pretty sure even the US immigration folks don't make heart attack patients queue for the usual third degree grilling …
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