February 2012
74 posts
Endocarditis.
fuckyeahmedicalstuff:
What is endocarditis?
Endocarditis is a serious infection of one of the four heart valves.
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Peripheral Vascular Disease
fuckyeahmedicalstuff:
What is peripheral vascular disease?
Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) refers to diseases of the blood vessels (arteries and veins) located outside the heart and brain. While there are many causes of peripheral vascular disease, doctors commonly use the term peripheral vascular disease to refer to peripheral artery disease (peripheral arterial disease, PAD), a condition...
Conditions Requiring immediate treatment
lalainern:
C- Cardiac Arres
A - Anaphylaxis
M - Multiple Trauma
P - Profound Shock
P - Poisoning
A - Active labor
D - Drug Overdose
S - Severe head trauma, seizure
S- Severe respiratory distress
The patient does not care about your science; what he wants to know is, can you...
– Martin H. Fischer
So true.
(via medicalschool)
18 Patient Identifiers HIPAA Defines as Off Limits... →
cranquis:
ermedicine:
dorasnursing:
The Nerdy Nurse blogging about HIPAA.
Things to avoid if you blog about medicine.
Can I Blog About My Patients?
“You can absolutely blog about specific patient encounters, but you have a duty to be respectful of the patients privacy. They allowed you to participate in their care and they deserve the utmost respect from that. However, if telling a...
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Crabby has graduated.
Today, I took my last exam paper of my physiotherapy school life. It also signified the last paper of the Singapore education system that I partook in, for the past 15 years. I was imagining things like confetti, shouts/screams of joy, loads of hugs and photo taking. But that didn’t really happen (partially because my dear juniors were still taking their papers).
The expected exhilaration...
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To my Year 2 Juniors,
Here’s wishing you all the best for the first day of your last placement of year 2. (What a mouthful!) Anyway, you guys know the drill etc, but I know the heart never feels less uneasy/anxious/excited. But have faith in your brain stuffed with knowledge and your very good learning attitude! :)
5 weeks will fly past, and before you know it, you’ll be having your break (please really go...