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Hospital Life

I could make out Doctor, Water, Food, Pill, Bed, Wheelchair, and Cigarette.
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Nifty find!
Lady Ethereal Butterfly
Sat 03-05-2011
Cool find!
TootUncommon
Sat 03-05-2011
Is that fire damage or water damage ?
ferdy
Sat 03-05-2011
I think it's just "mold damage."
Motts
Sat 03-05-2011
The dreaded "mold damage". Yuck. (I hope you had your mask on!). :)
Kathy W.
Sat 03-05-2011
All the basic needs.
Larry D
Sat 03-05-2011
I wonder what that one in the upper corner is...looks kind of like a sink?

Neat find. :) More evidence of real people with real needs. :)
MamaToFiveInPA
Sat 03-05-2011
It's a soap dispencer! Weren't we talking about all the basic needs?
Kaipirinha
Sat 03-05-2011
Man that must be old to have cigarettes on there.
A D Nilsen
Sun 03-06-2011
Guy in the wheelchair looks like he's bowling.
Felyne
Sun 03-06-2011
I'd guess the one in the upper corner is bathroom. This chart was used when patient's were unable to speak. You held it up and the patient pointed to what they needed. I remember using one, in ICU, with a patient on a ventilator.
Claudia
Sun 03-06-2011
I wonder how old that is. I hate all that mold, bad to breathe it
JackieB
Sun 03-06-2011
Claudia, that makes perfect sense, thanks!
Motts
Sun 03-06-2011
Flash cards like this are still used today, at least in England. Although they tend to be decks with one picture per card. I've used them extensively with learning disabilities patients. Saves a lot of frustration for both the patient and the carer!
Amincale
Sun 03-06-2011
Claudia's comments beats my thought of a bingo card, yeah I know.
mikeyintheoc
Sun 03-06-2011
Felyne you are right! hahaha! Strike!
LucieLou
Sun 03-06-2011
Ok, it took me a few minutes to figure this out; (I'm a little slow sometimes!)
The sign is hanging off the edge of a hole in the floor. I was wondering what that grey board underneath the sign was. The edge of the floor. For some reason, I missed it! Duh....
Phiftybuick
Sun 03-06-2011
*puts finger on drugs* No gin and tonic?
autoguy
Sun 03-06-2011
wow look at the pill section and look at all the pills that are in that block
Joe
Mon 03-07-2011
Either the guy in the wheelchair is bowling or flipping someone off...

HEYYY I'm rollin' heah (NY accent)

Oh, and by the way...
BINGO!

Sorry, couldn't resist...
MamaToFiveInPA
Mon 03-07-2011
*points* I WANT TO GO BOWLING!
Felyne
Mon 03-07-2011
GAD! I remember when you could smoke in a hospital, now they have signs outside, you can't smoke within 50 yards of a hospital! Smoking on busses, in grocery stores, restaurants. . all a thing of the past!
eldokid@aol.com
Mon 03-07-2011
I remember when we could still smoke in Federal buildings. My boss smoked and I hated going into her office. I drew he a picture of a retractable "smokers dome" that would drop down around her while she smoked. Complete with microphone and speakers.
liza
Wed 02-08-2012

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