What does EMU stand for?

Well in most of the hospitals I attend it's Emergency Medical Unit.
Having said that there rarely seems to be anything of an emergency nature going on in there.

By in large they are waiting areas.

Waiting to go up stairs to a ward from the ED.
Waiting to be collected by family or us for transport home or further care.
Waiting for discharge from the unit back into society.

All the big hospitals have them.

I found this at the little inner city hospital that we usually take the abdo pains and drunks to the other day.

Officially none of the staff knew of it's existence!


Look at it, I know there have been cuts in the budget for hospitals but no mattress!
Just one blanket!


I'm not sure that OH&S would be happy with a glass bottle and the neck is terribly narrow to take a whizz in anyway!


And that dear reader is my silly post for the silly season.

See you at the big One.

Taz