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WCDT: 2882-2886 (26-30 January 2015)
maxh:
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--- Quote from: MooskiNet on 26 Jan 2015, 06:07 ---My interp of the comic:
Marten was alarmed at her unresponsiveness (panel 2) and called paramedics who arrived and checked her vitals (panel 4). They took her to the ER, where she was walking under her own power, led by Marten (panel 6), until she became aware of where she was or simply had a break/panic attack and punched Marten (panel 8 ). She briefly regains consciousness to see her hand with an IV drip (panel 10), and fades out again, either due to alcohol consumption or a a sedative (panel 11).
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:-o :-o :-o
WHO in their right mind would give a patient with alcohol poisoning a SEDATIVE ?!?
I'm not a doctor or anything, but in my mind somebody who has already been poisoned by one drug surely shouldnt been given another drug on top of it. That could kill them !
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Not that sort of doctor, but I'm fairly sure a combative patient with acute alcohol poisoning can be given benzodiazepines and antipsychotics if being carefully monitored in a hospital setting.
aphanisis81:
--- Quote from: Half Empty Coffee Cup on 26 Jan 2015, 06:03 ---
--- Quote from: Scarblac on 26 Jan 2015, 05:58 ---
--- Quote from: Larry of Super Saturn on 26 Jan 2015, 01:24 ---Hey, first time poster here.
Genuinely surprised you missed the crossover in the latest strip. Jeph knows his stuff.
(click to show/hide)
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I'm completely clueless on this one, can someone give me a hint?
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A reference to another comic. See, a few years ago, this comic called Control+Alt+Delete ran a pregnancy arc. Then, in one strip, with no warning, turned it on its head with a poorly-written and unforeshadowed miscarriage that was widely panned across the web, making this an empty and inevitable comparison.
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I've never read this other comic, but miscarriages are often quite unforeshadowed in real-life, so I don't see why that would be a point of criticism necessarily.
BenRG:
--- Quote from: aphanisis81 on 26 Jan 2015, 07:57 ---
--- Quote from: Half Empty Coffee Cup on 26 Jan 2015, 06:03 ---A reference to another comic. See, a few years ago, this comic called Control+Alt+Delete ran a pregnancy arc. Then, in one strip, with no warning, turned it on its head with a poorly-written and unforeshadowed miscarriage that was widely panned across the web, making this an empty and inevitable comparison.
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I've never read this other comic, but miscarriages are often quite unforeshadowed in real-life, so I don't see why that would be a point of criticism necessarily.
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It was more of a 'mood whiplash' thing. Up to that point, the strip had been so light-hearted that it caught a lot of readers completely by surprise. In fact, the whole thing turned into a major and long-running drama that polarised the Internet community's view of Ctrl+Alt+Del and its creator. However, it's off-topic for here. We can discuss it on ENJOY/Webcomics if you like.
bhtooefr:
There's also plenty of other reasons why the internet had problems with Tim Buckley, though.
Like him deleting an entire subforum and banning anyone who he thought might have read it, because of an accusation that he raped someone.
phyllis:
I'm a nurse--not in an A&E department, but still in a hospital.
a) The Machine That Goes Beep. There are actually a lot of machines that go beep. The two that are used most commonly on our ward are an oxygen saturation monitor (generally used intermittently for spot checks, but running continuously for patients with the potential to develop airway or breathing difficulties, on our ward generally post-tonsillectomy, or anyone who needs a "close eye" but isn't critically ill), and a cardiac monitor (running continuously). High dependency patients, including patients in diabetic ketoacidosis, patients who have had treatment for a paracetamol overdose, and patients struggling to recover from an anaesthetic are all likely to be on a cardiac monitor. Whether or not the machine actually goes beep or not depends on the brand, & the settings required for that patient. I'm guessing Faye is on a cardiac monitor--I don't know much about the treatment for alcohol poisoning as it's not an issue we see often on our ward, but if it's anything like the treatment for paracetamol overdose, the treatment itself can cause cardiac issues, in addition to the original poisoning.
b) Marten not being in the last panel. Faye is looking at the hand on the side of the bed with plugs & sockets & machines. The emergency equipment on our ward, and every ward I've worked on, is on this side. If a patient as ill as Faye was in my care, I would want the friends/relatives on the other side, to allow for easy access to the oxygen/suction/emergency buzzer. It may sound stupid, but the thirty seconds it takes to get someone out of the way in an emergency can make a massive difference--for example, if Faye started choking on her own vomit and the nurse couldn't get to the suction to clear her airway. It's also possible that she was being rushed to the ICU in the previous panels, whereas she's now arrived, and the staff have asked Marten to leave whilst they get her settled/have handover from the paramedics to the unit staff/possibly change her out of vomit-stained clothes & other things that she might not want him to see if she was entirely lucid. People whose friends do really dangerous things (like get unconscious-drunk) due to mental health crises are often angry, but more about the damage they've caused to themselves than anything they've done as a result of being in such a mess. I seriously doubt that one more punch from an obviously-impaired Faye would make someone as caring as Marten bolt.
Also, excellent/heartbreaking comic today. Those final two panels are chilling (although I agree that she is not dead, just drifting out of consciousness).
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