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Sue Crocombe
@shinybluedress.bsky.social
Critical Care (ICU) nurse,
Salisbury. #nursesky

Loves Dorset & Cornwall

Am also on Twitter (X) but am disillusioned by it
Here’s me on Newsnight during COVID
https://youtu.be/hHcTZ8tHKW8

Also a CSAsurvivor https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0390214
Medical Pumpkins 🎃 #happyhalloween
October 31, 2025 at 8:27 AM
5) so PLEASE people who design or advise re #disabledaccess toilets STOP PUTTING PEDAL BINS IN THEM

Because a large percentage of people with a #disability who need to use #disabled toilets CANNOT USE THEIR FEET
June 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
4) Surprisingly I’ve found some hospital toilets have this flaw too.

The ONE #disabledaccess loo I applaud👏🏻 is at @JerseyWarTunnel

Their bins had alternative access at the top
& the drying facilities were next to the sink

(PS fab Museum too by the way)
June 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
3) I end up putting towels either on top of bin or throwing them on the floor

Plus the towel dispenser or hand dryer is often too far away from sink so
I’m left leaning against it with wet hands unable to dry them
Then I can’t use my crutches safely!
June 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
2) I’m non weight bearing using either traditional crutches
or @iwalkfree knee crutches to get around.

So how am I supposed to open the pedal bin when I’ve only got one leg?
More importantly how do people #disabled with a spinal cord injury open the bin with ANY foot?
June 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
A🧵about Pedal Bins in #disability toilets:

1) Having used said toilets over past 4 weeks I’ve found a major flaw in ALL bar one
Pedal bins
With no other way to open them except with a foot
How crazy is that:
June 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Waiting for emergency surgery in the sunshine
#maisonneuve fracture

#medsky
May 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Even in the rain the gardens look beautiful at
@kingstonlacey.bsky.social
April 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Crescent moon 🌙, Venus & Salisbury Cathedral at sundown yesterday
@salisburycathedral.bsky.social
March 2, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I took this photo from our back door last night & a knowledgeable friend told me what I was looking at:

Mars, Castor & Pollux:
Below them - Orion & lots of bright stars inc the distinctive belt running left-right & the sword below it running roughly up-down
#astronomysky
March 1, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Note the fact that they’re not wearing gloves. (Circa 1970s prior to Universal Precautions when gloves weren’t worn for anything except in theatres)
For dressings, we were simply taught good hand washing techniques & we used forceps for a non-touch technique
#nursesky
February 21, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Feeding the ducks 🦆
didn’t go quite as planned
#grandparenting
#blueskykids
#blueskygeese
February 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
I asked this Question to our private “40th nurses reunion” FB group:

“Does anyone know when nurses were finally allowed to get married but still work as a nurse?”

See one of the replies 🤭
#nursesky #historysky
January 31, 2025 at 7:40 AM
When you get a card from your toddler grandchild… made with their fingerprints
#ohmyheart ❤️
#blueskyart
January 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Today on a cloudless sunny blue sky day we did the Spire Tour of @salisburycathedral.bsky.social
#bluesky
January 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
#WaxingCrescentMoon
🌒🌙
Photo taken from my garden with an iPhone!
#Dorset
#UK
#moonsky
January 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
So last night was a busy shift but we just about managed to gather together in time to raise a plastic cup of Nosecco 🥂 at midnight
#HappyNewYear
#NightShift
#ICUnurse
January 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Tonight I will be seeing the new year under bright coloured lights & in style:
Recording the patients hourly observations at midnight

#HappyNewYear
#ICUnurse
#nightduty
December 31, 2024 at 5:37 PM
December 24, 2024 at 7:03 AM
Shift work at Christmas = early preparation
#ICUnurse
#Grandma
#LoveMyFamily
#nursesky
December 22, 2024 at 10:46 AM
Study day today involving practical aspects of evacuation of ICU patients in the event of a fire ( using simulation )

We did some theory first, including the behaviour of people…
#nursesky
#medsky
#firesky
November 19, 2024 at 7:12 PM
The future looks bright.
The future is @bsky.app
#bluesky
November 17, 2024 at 11:19 AM
Great day out at Longleat Safari Park
#Autumn #blueskies
November 16, 2024 at 10:30 PM