The sad thing is that this thread is atypical. In the real world the Beddy's are the majority and we are the minority.
Beddy. You cannot sleep a child with pneumonia on one of those hospital chairs. They are narrow and shallow and a 4 month old could easily fall. If the child was feverish then your lap could stifle him. The issue here is that the best option the lady had was the floor. That is not acceptable. That is also not staging a picture but showing the truth.
The NHS is underfunded and overworked!
Many years ago, when I did first aid training, it was recommended that anyone who you suspected might pass out, would be safer sat on the floor, (in the absence of a seat that would prevent falling, ie sofa, armchair etc) as there would be less harm done than if they had fallen from height, from an armless chair for example.
This lad, as it turns out, had tonsillitis and flu, which in my humble opinion would have raised the possibility of him passing out, owing to the probability of a high temperature and dehydration, and put him at risk of falling to the ground and potentially adding a broken bone to his other problems. I think his mum did the right thing.
A few years ago, a visiting friend had a seizure in my home.
She was sat on a dining chair and before I realised what was happening, she hit the concrete (carpet covered) floor with one hell of a bump, including bumping her head.
When the seizure stopped I put her into the recovery position, seconds before she vomited her lunch all over the carpet.
When she had recovered a bit, I persuaded her to stay where she was until after the ambulance had arrived, which she did.
Oddly enough she had never had a seizure before and she hasn’t had one since.
