Calgary General Hospital - In Cap and Uniform Yearbook (Calgary, Alberta Canada)

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Third East Now let us turn to Third East. The type of patients here are similar to those we have just seen on 3W, but the floor is only half the size. Let us stop for a minute in the kitchen— Food cart, toaster, shelves with trays. Hmmm! What’s on this tray? Potato puff, sliced chicken, creamed celery. It is good and hot! Yes, Mrs. -will like that. At the desk, all the work is organized. Each patient ' s prescriptions are carefully filled out and fluids, drainages, medicines accurately charted. That is the lock cupboard and inside are the clothes and some linen tucked away for a rainy day. On the right hand side of this corridor are the semi-rooms and on the left side are the general wards. At the end of these we see the neatly kept linen cupboard—sheets, gowns, spreads, etc. The hopper room with clean smelling basins and rows of pans. You must see our cheery look¬ ing private rooms at the other end. Due to the thoughtfulness of our supervision, the patient’s comforts, likes and dislikes are always considered. Fifty-two

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Gauze Room GAUZE ROOM BLUES The morns arc dark and dreary, When we stagger, rather weary. To our posts throughout the hospital, you see. But the place that keeps us snoring And by far the one most boring Is the position of the Gauze Room, you ' ll agree? First we argue over time slij And who ' s to make the war And when that ' s settled we Sorting covers by the score And then filling them once Knowing all the while our Then a full hour after, (We are on hour dafters!) We ' ve covers filled and pu Someone to the O.R. goes By the Autoclave she stow Our little cart which shows Then when coffee time dra We all shed a little tear Room for a while; We have a ripping time (Gee, this one ' s hard to rhyme!) Making all the various covers the right size With that stamping that you hear We make “4 x 4 ' s” and EAR , Laps , 8 x 4 ' s , COMPRESS GAUZE and EYI These finished we’ve a hunch That it ' s time to go to lunch So gaily to the Dining Room we go! And then our Hours off . . . (’Til we think we’ve had enough!) Then back we plod with steady step—but slow! Again, we visit every ward Collecting covers by the hoard And sort and fill them ' til our work is done. Then we clean up spic and span’’ Empty the old garbage can; And at seven o ' clock we drop the keys, and run! You may think tis easy life But you know not half the strife That goes on in those four walls ' til you ' ve been ther You’ll need it in small doses — Otherwise you ' ll find you’ll tear your hair! —Ruth Ragg, 1947.

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Fourth Floor I Accident beds, quickly! Four cases coming in right away. The rooms ' Be full, they will all have to go into the corridors. An intravenous must be iBirted immediately. Would you take those requisitions to the lab please? Kus is routine on fourth floor. I Here we see male surgical patients seeking aid for every type of ailment Horn craniotomy to amputation of the great toe. Treatments vary as greatly H do the patients and operations. Everything from pencillin to foments must bi carried out. ■ The orderlies play an important role. For if it wasn’t for them, who Mould be General Joe. Who would cut the casts, make the Balkan Frames g; e the enemeta, move the beds, do the heavy lifting, and who would drink He coffee in the kitchen, which is brought over from the cafeteria? Thanks H the orderlies, our duties are made lighter. ■ Every patient, whether in private room or in corridor, whether in Balkan Hrame and sectional mattress or on a soft spring-filled mattress—all get the ■ me care, the same consideration and enjoy their stay in hospital—we hope. I We now have a Stryker bed.