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understandinguncertainty.org was produced by the Winton programme for the public understanding of risk based in the Statistical Laboratory in the University of Cambridge. The aim was to help improve the way that uncertainty and risk are discussed in society, and show how probability and statistics can be both useful and entertaining.
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During my nurse training in 1994 I had a training placement at Hinchingbrooke Hospital A&E. During an afternoon session we had an emergency admission where a woman had drowned in her bath as part of a diabetic coma. As a student nurse I was called into resus to observe and help with this admission. Unfortunately, despite every attempt, the team were unable to revive the woman. I was asked if I would like to follow what happens next and accompany the body to the morgue, then follow the autopsy. This was my first meeting with a dead body in my training and I had found the ordeal quite harrowing. I chose not to follow the case further as the woman had been born on exactly the same day as me, not just the same date! To be finding myself in a fascinating new career was one thing, but to find more about my insides whilst doing so, was one step too far!
Date submitted:Sat, 31 Mar 2012 13:05:58 +0000Coincidence ID:6222
