They don't use the intercom much at the hospital where I volunteer. Usually it's the last resort to round up stray doctors (or, sometimes, patients), but even though it probably has nothing to do with you, and likely never will, you have to listen to it anyway, because if there's a code, even lowly volunteers have to know what each code means and what's entailed. You know, in case the hospital catches on fire or something equally unlikely.
This morning was no different in the rounding up of a stray doctor. But the details are where the difference was made. Overheard around ten a.m.
"Available OB to Room 222. Stat."
Three minutes later, the same voice and message appeared. The difference was in the delivery.
Available OB to Room 222. STAT."
Two minutes later, another announcement came booming through the loudspeakers:
STAT! ANY AVAILABLE OB TO ROOM 222! STAT!"
Shortly thereafter the familiar, light, cheerful chimes rang throughout the hospital, on, of course, the intercom system.
Room 222 is located in the maternity wing and the chimes ring whenever a baby is born.
Posted by Kathy at February 6, 2008 10:57 PM | TrackBack