medicalschool:

Open Heart Surgery Explained (click here to view bigger)

idledancer:

1. Never say the words “quiet shift” or “hope there’s no codes today”

2. Working with the nurse who’s a JINX - makes for a rough shift

3. A patient who suddenly looks alert and oriented after being unstable – many would have the crash cart ready

4. Certain rooms…

nurse-with-a-smile:

cranquis:

uhh-mayze-ing.

nurse-on-duty:

10 REVOLUTIONARY MEDICAL ADVANCEMENTS ON THE HORIZON

lulz-time:

This post has been featured on a 1000notes.com blog.

dogganghappened:

raiseyourweapon:

alcohol-is-sexyy:

The many faces of rape.

This makes me sick to my stomach. 

i just got sick.

neurolove:

Basal Ganglia [Image Source]- FLASHBACK

The basal ganglia are nestled inside cortex, surrounding the thalamus (see image above).  The striatum (part of the basal ganglia circuitry) is composed of the putamen, caudate, and nucleus accumbens.  Other important parts of the basal ganglia are the globus pallidus (which has an internal and an external segment, GPi and GPe respectively) and the subthalamic nucleus (STN).

The basal ganglia function in a type of “loop” by which information enters the basal ganglia from cortex and then goes out through thalamus and back to cortex.  Different parts of striatum control the loops for emotion (nucleus accumbens), movement (putamen) or thoughts (caudate).  There are two kinds of loops for each of these systems- the direct (which is excitatory) and indirect (which is inhibitory) loops, which I will talk about in more detail in the next post.

ladystilts:

My Wife’s Fight With Breast Cancer
one of the saddest and most beautiful photo essays I’ve ever seen

Powerful.

nightvisioninvestigations:

www.nightvisioninvestigations.co.uk

kellyjacobsbooks:

HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE

Let’s say it’s 6.15pm and you’re going home (alone of course), after an unusually hard day on the job. You’re really tired, upset and frustrated. Suddenly you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to drag out into your arm and up into your jaw. You are only about five miles from the hospital nearest your home. Unfortunately you don’t know if you’ll be able to make it that far. You have been trained in CPR, but the guy that taught the course did not tell you how to perform it on yourself..!!

NOW HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK WHEN ALONE…

Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, without help, the person whose heart is beating improperly and who begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness.

However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very vigorously.

A deep breath should be taken before each cough, and the cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest.

A breath and a cough must be repeated about every two seconds without let-up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again.

Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating.

The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm. In this way, heart attack victims can perhaps buy precious time to get themselves to a phone and dial 911.

Rather than sharing another joke please contribute by broadcasting this which can save a person’s life!

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thenursingblog:

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