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meditation: sitting on the dot.
It is still dark when I slide a leg out of bed to test the temperature. And so cold!
Puling on tracksuit pants. T-shirt slips over my head but feels all wrong, so I pull through my arms and spin it around my neck and try again. Over this, my favorite thick wool jumper. The one [...]
reflective practice.
why we (probably) should fear the pandemic.»
For the majority of us the current pandemic will be little more than a few days of fevers, cough, and aching joints. Not that different than the usual seasonal influenza that seeps through the community each winter.
Government health officials have modified our pandemic plan in response to the relative softness of the virus and the [...]
clinical skills
pushing buttons.»
Walking into a typical shift on most hospital wards will push your buttons. Guaranteed.
Working at such high levels of intensity, conflict and friction is inevitable. Oftentimes we bump up against each other with interpersonal issues, other times its ethical dilemmas or glitches in our moral matrix.
Writing in the Advanced Critical Care journal for the American [...]
tips and tricks
in-poo-enza.»
As of right now the number of confirmed cases of H1N1 in Australia is 51 (update: make that 147, 200, lots), all of them are said to have mild flu-like symptoms and will undoubtedly make a full recovery.
I expect that if the virus has taken hold in the community, which it evidently has, confirmed cases [...]
the funnybone.
Nasti-Barb: the needle you wish you had.»
From the same impacted labs that brought you the uber-defibrillator, we now are proud to present Nasti-Barb.
How many times have you gone to give an injection only to have the patient flinch, or jump, or move, risking a needle-stick injury and necessitating a second stabbing?
Well fret not. With Nasti-Barb, your patient isn’t going anywhere.
Also considered [...]
not just a nurse.
kinda sorta vegetarian.»
Around 9 years ago I decided to stop eating meat. I get quite a few people ask me why I became a vegetarian. Is it for health reasons? Or religious beliefs? Or am I just one of those people against animal cruelty?
Well, I could tap on about the pain and suffering inflicted during the production [...]
ectopics
Alzheimer’s: like I need a hole in the head.»
New Scientist reports on the work of neurophysiologist named Yuri Moskalenko who is proposing that people with Alzheimer’s disease may benefit from trepanation (the drilling of a small hole in the skull).
Trepanation has been practiced by various cultures for thousands of years to treat everything from schizophrenia to migraines to uncorking evil spirits trapped in [...]
