pain
by
Gertrude
Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine
Mine and theirs. Somedays I feel like I wear the pain of all those I have encountered. Weighing me down like a heavy coat in the rain. Suck it up buttercup. Yes I know. Find ...
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PTSD Survey
by
Gertrude
Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine
I know it has been a ridiculously long time since I have blogged about anything. But I have been buried to my eyeballs in college. I am currently writing a paper on PTSD ...
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SANE cases
by
Gertrude
Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine
People. We deal with people everyday. But how often do we deal with the victim of sexual assault? When we do, do we allow our perception of the world to color our views of the ...
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Loss
by
Gertrude
Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine
Our department lost a man today. A firefighter,paramedic, brother and friend. He was my preceptor when I came to the city. He terrified me at first but we got into a comfor ...
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Airway Class
by
Gertrude
Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine
Today we had airway training. Our numbers have not been so good even though we have multiple different airway devices on board. Our OMD came and taught our class. We got to pr ...
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One less
by
Gertrude
Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine
The loss of anothers life can be tragic. After a few years on the job you see many different types of death. Natural and unnatural violent death. The man who walks to the stor ...
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The sugars
by
Gertrude
Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine
We have all had some patients with low blood sugar who do some really bizarre things. Today my good friend had one that topped it for me so far. This dood was lying on the por ...
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patterns
by
Gertrude
Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine
In school our head is filled with shiny brand new knowledge that we have no idea what to do with. We want to get it all out and play with it like a kid at Christmas. When you ...
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Thank you
by
Gertrude
Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine
For doing what I could not. For leaving your loved ones to hold down home so I can live the life I do. For taking care of your buddies when they need you the most. For givi ...
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breathing difficulty
by
Gertrude
Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine
I have been running a special on breathing difficulties that aren't lately. They all have been dispatched as breathing difficulty but have ranged from cardiac arrest to "I shu ...
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mine
by
Gertrude
Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine
Patients have a way of becoming ours. When you are responsible for the care of another you feel some obligation. How many times have you heard stories start out with "my kid w ...
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word
by
Gertrude
Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine
There are some words I just love. In french class it was the word travailler. It just sounds so cool rolling off the tongue. In this job there are also words I just think are ...
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attention L&D nurses
by
Gertrude
Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine
Please please try to remember when we are giving you turn over that we tell you what the patient tells us and what limited info we find on our assessment. No matter how absurd ...
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And here comes #9
by
Gertrude
Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine
Late 20's female G-9 P-8. Not due for 2 more weeks. Has pain for an unknown amount of time, sits down on floor and here comes #9. By the time we got there she was holding numb ...
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