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I don't know what people will think of this.
The core story is that NHS staff are wearing a specially designed 40 stone fat suit to help them empathise and understand the needs of obese patients.
" They have been told the outfit will help them think about morbidly obese patients ‘in a different way’. "
It also helps staff learn how to operate machinery etc.
I have pondered this all day and think its an excellent idea. I don't think its a waste of a thousand pounds it cost to make the suit....
I think Mindfullness and compassion training might achieve good results too.
One member of staff commented upon the difficulty she felt in the suit when it became hot. How she could not get up from lying down and had difficulty breathing.
How she had difficulty walking.
" Julie Tebb, of the hospital’s moving and handling team, said: ‘I found it quite uncomfortable to be completely flat on my back. It restricts my airways, I find it difficult to breathe.’"
So here is why I am posting...
Why not have an M.E. C.F.S. SUIT ?
to help staff empathise and understand?
Could this be a fantastic learning tool?
Whether or not such a thing would ever happen, this obese suit in itself sows the seeds of empathy for the obese which can then be transferred to other patients later on.
Golden
I don't know what people will think of this.
The core story is that NHS staff are wearing a specially designed 40 stone fat suit to help them empathise and understand the needs of obese patients.
" They have been told the outfit will help them think about morbidly obese patients ‘in a different way’. "
It also helps staff learn how to operate machinery etc.
I have pondered this all day and think its an excellent idea. I don't think its a waste of a thousand pounds it cost to make the suit....
I think Mindfullness and compassion training might achieve good results too.
One member of staff commented upon the difficulty she felt in the suit when it became hot. How she could not get up from lying down and had difficulty breathing.
How she had difficulty walking.
" Julie Tebb, of the hospital’s moving and handling team, said: ‘I found it quite uncomfortable to be completely flat on my back. It restricts my airways, I find it difficult to breathe.’"
So here is why I am posting...
Why not have an M.E. C.F.S. SUIT ?
to help staff empathise and understand?
Could this be a fantastic learning tool?
Whether or not such a thing would ever happen, this obese suit in itself sows the seeds of empathy for the obese which can then be transferred to other patients later on.
Golden
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