I don't have a ps5. Maybe ace will get bored at work, play lots of poker, and then after I clean him our of his cash we can finally play for his ps5

Got a "thanks; we won't reply to all applicants" email so yeah going well so far

Probation passed!

£3000 budget to buy a new PC as well!

Thanks man.
Huge relief. Now I can start the process of mortgages and moving because apparently I want a stress induced heart attack.

Nice. Hopefully you get some nicer neighbours.

Brilliant news congratulations, and 3 grand'll get you something halfway decent too

That’s wonderful news liv. Congratulations.

Well in LivDiv

Liv would you like to adopt a 37yo manchild, I make very good cheese toasties.

Congrats bro.

I PC game on the TV. Get yerself a long HDMI cable and a controller. Like a console, but way better.

And congrats! Yaaaay mortgage!

I use a Steam Link. Once you get used to its quirks it works well. My PC is in the office upstairs.

Nothing back from PlayStation so we made need to veto them henceforth

The reason I ask is that we had a young girl at our school (who has a heart condition) start feeling very unwell during swimming. We got the defibrillator from the GP next door, in case it was required. Her heartbeat was irregular and she was not in a great way, I hear.

Shortly after, two doctors came and demanded it back. Wouldn't let us keep it with us, despite the girl being very unwell and waiting for an ambulance (which still hadn't come after 90 minutes, btw). They made the point of saying they weren't asking, they were telling us to give it back, as it wasn't suitable. Despite it having paediatric written on it.

I just wondered if they had panicked due to it not being in the right condition, because it seems mental to take it off us. If they are required to have one on site, I can perhaps understand some of the reasoning, but as we were literally next door and had an unwell child who was waiting for an ambulance, you would think we could have kept it with us...

tigersgogrrr wrote:

Are doctors surgeries required to maintain a defibrillator they keep on site? To ensure it is serviced?

As ERE said they are supposed to have one available on site for immediate use - it's a requirement for CQC.  Having said that, I've taken ours off site numerous times because it was needed in the community, and I can't imagine CQC spitting their dummy out if it was actually being used to potentially save someone's life.  But yeah, technically it's supposed to stay in the surgery at all times - it's certainly very unusual to lend it out and not, you know, have a doctor stay with it until they're happy the person in question isn't going to die.

RedDave2 wrote:

Was the child under 9? Isn't there something that it should only be used on children if there is no pulse at all?

Most modern defibs can be used on children down to about 1, as long as you're using the right pads and know where to put them. Equally modern defibs of the sort that tend to be in community settings (from GP surgeries to shopping centres) tend to be of the sort that won't deliver a shock unless it's actually necessary - that is it only gives a shock if it detects an abnormal heart rhythm that could potentially be shocked back into a regular pulse. (If the heart's really not beating at all, the defib won't do anything, which is why it's important to still give CPR.)

I hope she's ok?