Silly Question...

[erin-x]

I'm just watching One Born Every Minute and I was wondering what would happen if the fire alarm went off during the last push? Would they just stay and deliver the baby or tell her to stop so they can evacuate?! haha!

[rozia]

stay i presume.....i watch this, and it makes me sad sometimes, coz i would love a baby now.

[rozia]

or they can push on the way out, it will take their minds of the pain...lol

[Eve]

I'd have thought there would be wheels on the beds? Maybe they can wheel them out (or at least to a safer place) if too dangerous to stay and safe to do so. I guess there must be some kind of policy in place - for operations and such too.

[erin-x]

Oh it puts me off... From watching this I now realise I have a phobia of pregnant bellies... =s They give me the boak!

[China Doll]

Depends where the fire alarm is. If it's intermittent then it's probably not very close and your fire doors buy you an extra hour (maybe 2 actually) so you would just crack on. It's a real pain to evacuate an entire hospital, especially areas like neonates, intensive care and theatres so our fire doors are pretty useful and you actually will move people further and further behind the doors before it gets to the point where you have to start shifting them; and then it's a whole other process... provided some hasn't shoved a fire extinguisher next to the door to keep them open, then they're useless :c)

[Smowball]

Interesting question! Assume they would wheel n push lol

[lcg]

there are very strict guidelines for evacuating hospitals - far too complicated to describe in detail here. but yes, if there was a fire in that particular zone of the hospital you would have to cart people out as is. x

[erin-x]

Never thought about the bed with wheels!! What a pleb!

I'm sure this one woman was on the floor though... what a pain having to get up and manoeuvre onto a bed! I don't fancy this pregnancy malarkey at all.... :|

[hc4361]

There is nothing more beautiful than a pregnant woman, except for the pregnant woman you love.

[lcg]

china doll gives a good bash at explaining it! but when the alarms go off, you Sugar yourself. i've been on duty twice and had to evacuate a secure psych ward after people have set fires in the building. the last one was at 1am!!!! not funny at the time and an absolute bitch to sort out! x

[erin-x]

It's just the bump creeps me out... the thought of having a little person inside you... =s

[hc4361]

You should never have watched Alien. :(

[erin-x]

Oh I don't envy you that job Lcg... I would panic too much x

[nungate]

Hc you romantic you! Pregnancy can be fun Erin, especially the bit where you're sitting doing pretty much nothing and your stomach moves all on it's own - just like Alien............

[erin-x]

Nahhhh.... that's just horrible... It really does give me the heebie jeebies!

[Eve]

Ability to use lifts would be another issue I guess though for people on higher floors even on wheelie beds. Doesn't bear thinking about really!

[Eve]

Ahhh I think it's an incredible thing. Been awwwing over the latest scan picture of my niece/nephew to be all day today :)

[erin-x]

Good point Jenna... It would be a horrible situation! :|

[sherrardk]

Imagine having two in there - now that's weird.

[nungate]

Erin, you and my daughter have got to stop watching this programme. Everytime she watches it I get the third degree, honestly the things she asks! Seriously though, it's not that bad I actually felt empty when the baby was born, I'd become so used to the little person inside me that I missed her - besides she was much quieter on the inside! ;)