Acute Hemorrhage … is actually a very serious situation. I have been learning all about CT (computed tomography) Scans in school lately. Basically, they are just x-ray slices used to give clinicians a 3D image of the body part in question. For cases of serious trauma, they are the 1st imaging technique utilized because they visualize bleeds … Continue reading
Happy Valentine’s Day Friends Many of us have metaphorically given our hearts to those closest to us and today we take a little special time to celebrate that love. This Valentine’s day falls on a very special milestone for my family. 3 years ago, someone gave the most wonderful gift to my family, they literally gave their … Continue reading
Sometimes, it is just nice to look at beautiful things: “Full Moon Silhouettes is a real time video of the moon rising over the Mount Victoria Lookout in Wellington, New Zealand. People had gathered up there this night to get the best view possible of the moon rising. I captured the video from 2.1km away … Continue reading
My classmate Jenni (@theJayhay) put it perfectly yesterday: PT school lesson: non-exercise clothes usually mean high stress situations. “With good fashion comes great responsibility” -Jenni As 2nd year students we start each week with a standard patient encounter, historically very high stress type of situations. The unique bit about this set up is we have … Continue reading
A goose foot that is! This afternoon no one was feeling too keen on staying during open anatomy lab, so lucky me I got to do a little dissecting of my own! (YAY) Today I started working on a knee joint prosection, which is kind of a tricky dissection to keep everything looking pretty and intact, but … Continue reading
You know that feeling when you sit down to do something and your body physically & mentally rebells? “NO!” it says sternly. It may speak to you….either subtly or a perhaps something a bit more overt (I’ll never forget the feeling of utter repulsion as I lifted that 3rd Red Bull to my lips at 4am … Continue reading
Working through musculoskeletal cases always leaves me with a lot of questions…. it is satisfying when I have a few that I can answer concretely !! When looking at a patient’s medications, you may see: Tylenol PRN – which essentially just means they take it as needed for their pain. Ok, I know what it means…but what … Continue reading
Pain is a very important protective sensation, it lets us know that we’re touching a hot iron, if we’ve over done it a tad durring an intese workout, or when we’ve stepped on a tac…ouch! However, there are many individuals who experience pain even if there is no longer a stimulus causing it. This is … Continue reading
There are DAYS in PT school…. and then there are DAYS ❤ Today, was one of the latter. We had the absolute privilege to have a special guest in pediatrics today: “Jack” “Jack” is a super precocious 3 year old who loves basketball, playing at the park, drawing (“I draw with anything I want!”), and his physical … Continue reading
Seriously, if you are grossed out easily just look at the cute little pic and move on! An interesting addition to the curriculum this semester is the management of integumentary dysfunctions or wound care. I’ve never been very squeamish and while this class is fascinating, it also continually tests my rather iron stomach. Today we learned about … Continue reading
A Cup A Day 