Hi everyone, it’s Breehan The Boston Marathon bombings occurred on April 15, 2013, a terrorist attack caused by pressure cooker bombs set off on the street near the marathon’s finish line by two young men. Three people died almost instantly and over 170 people were injured. Although many had to have amputated limbs, many […]
As I near the end of nursing school, I feel both excited and apprehensive. I am so ready to be done with the constant stress that nursing school causes, but at the same time, it feels like I will be stepping out of a protective bubble into the real world. As a student, I felt […]
Hi everyone, this is Breehan! For this neuro-related blog, I wanted to focus on an usual neurological disorder known as Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS), explained well in a 2015 article from the journal Vascular Medicine by well-known TOS surgeon Dr. Ying Wei Lum. TOS is when the brachial plexus and/or the subclavian veins […]
End of life care is a subject that is difficult for me to ponder. Although I know that death will certainly be part of my career as a nurse, I have never been one of those people who speak glibly about death. I have always seen it as a very serious and rather frightening topic. […]
I had never encountered the term sedation vacation before my time in the SICU last week. My nurse did bring up the term in educating me and said that it is used on critical patients such as the patient with a TBI I had on Thursday who was on long-term heavy sedation with Versed, Fentanyl, […]
It seems like everyone and their brother has a smart phone of some sort these days or at least is exposed to someone who has one. And for patients with pacemakers, this could be a dangerous combination. I look at the medical news on my favorite science-oriented website regularly and a new study from the European […]
CHF—Once upon a time there was a 69-year old caucasian man named Donald Trump who had an orange comb-over. He was very angry. He reported high levels of stress. His favorite food was Freedom Fries and he ate them at almost every meal. His health history included hyperlipidemia, a sedentary lifestyle, hypertension, obesity, heavy alcohol […]
Today, being a holiday, I started out my day with a late breakfast after sleeping in until 9:30am. I was in the mood for a pizza for my “brunch,” and had 4 slices of Trader Joe’s Four Cheese pizza at 380 mg of sodium and 1.5 grams of fat. I had water to drink with it. […]
Hi all! So far I am very excited about this course. With my EMT training background, I always loved emergency and critical care and am very excited for our clinicals. I am a little concerned about doing well in clinicals when faced with the daunting task of critically sick patients and my other concern is […]
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