0
March 1981, Vol 135, No. 3 >
Article | March 1981

Send for the Engineer! FREE

HERBERT BARRIE, MD, FRCP
Am J Dis Child. 1981;135(3):284-285. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1981.02130270076031.
Text Size: A A A
Published online
Article
Comments

ABSTRACT

London.—My Chief 30 years ago (I shall have more to say about him this year when he celebrates his 85th birthday) endeared himself to us in many ways, one being the way he might suddenly bellow in the middle of a ward round, "Send for the Engineer!" An urgent summons could be dispatched by all kinds of minor defects, for instance a flickering x-ray viewing box or a squeaking crib. The cribs all had overhead telescoping lights which you were supposed to push up out of reach of small fingers, but they rarely worked so "when they were up they were up, and when they were down they were down, and when they were only half way up they were neither up nor down." Elbow-taps were another special bête noire because they invariably drew nearer and nearer the wall until they defied the most determined and pointed elbows. Up

First Page Preview

View Large
First page PDF preview

Figures

Tables

Interactive Graphics

Video

Country-Specific Mortality and Growth Failure in Infancy and Yound Children and Association With Material Stature

Use interactive graphics and maps to view and sort country-specific infant and early dhildhood mortality and growth failure data and their association with maternal

References

Correspondence

Submit a Letter
CME
Accreditation Information
The American Medical Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The AMA designates this journal-based CME activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM per course. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Physicians who complete the CME course and score at least 80% correct on the quiz are eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM.
Note: You must get at least of the answers correct to pass this quiz.
Clear Answers | Save For Later
You have not filled in all the answers to complete this quiz
The following questions were not answered:
Sorry, you have unsuccessfully completed this CME quiz with a score of
The following questions were not answered correctly:
Commitment to Change (optional):
Indicate what change(s) you will implement in your practice, if any, based on this CME course.
Your quiz results:
The filled radio buttons indicate your responses. The preferred responses are highlighted
For CME Course: A Proposed Model for Initial Assessment and Management of Acute Heart Failure Syndromes
Indicate what changes(s) you will implement in your practice, if any, based on this CME course.
NOTE:
Citing articles are presented as examples only. In non-demo SCM6 implementation, integration with CrossRef’s “Cited By” API will populate this tab (http://www.crossref.org/citedby.html).
Compression-Only CPR: Pushing the Science Forward
Cone
AAM 2010;304:1493-1495.
All you need to read in the other general journals
BMJ 2010;341:c5893-c1494.
Submit a Comment

Some tools below are only available to our subscribers or users with an online account.

Related Content

Customize your page view by dragging & repositioning the boxes below.

© 2013 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
Powered bySilverchair Information Systems