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COVID-19 - random thoughts
Cutting to help people who're limiting what they're reading about this
Wondering whether the sequence of handwashing is important or whether it's enough that you've washed all of your hands and the sequence shown in NHS posters/videos is random. I've now basically got the technique without having to think too much about it, but it's not automatic, so I'm swapping the steps around most times I'm washing my hands.
Some of the resources I've seen (maybe from the WHO?) talks about washing your wrists as you wash your hands. Others don't. Wondering if we should all be giving up on wearing wrist watches to make sure we wash our hands (and wrists) properly and if wearing old fashioned nurses watches [of the sort you pin to your top] will catch on. Also wondering whether anybody's making any devices to hold smart watches to a piece of clothing rather than a wrist - this would seem to me to be an untapped gap in the market for people who like their smart watches.
Also wondering why in ITUs they initially sedate and intubate people, rather than giving them tracheostomies where they could have less sedation. [google might help me with this, haven't been wondering intently enough to go looking yet].
Wondering whether the sequence of handwashing is important or whether it's enough that you've washed all of your hands and the sequence shown in NHS posters/videos is random. I've now basically got the technique without having to think too much about it, but it's not automatic, so I'm swapping the steps around most times I'm washing my hands.
Some of the resources I've seen (maybe from the WHO?) talks about washing your wrists as you wash your hands. Others don't. Wondering if we should all be giving up on wearing wrist watches to make sure we wash our hands (and wrists) properly and if wearing old fashioned nurses watches [of the sort you pin to your top] will catch on. Also wondering whether anybody's making any devices to hold smart watches to a piece of clothing rather than a wrist - this would seem to me to be an untapped gap in the market for people who like their smart watches.
Also wondering why in ITUs they initially sedate and intubate people, rather than giving them tracheostomies where they could have less sedation. [google might help me with this, haven't been wondering intently enough to go looking yet].