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macgyvermedical · 8 months

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I don’t know what nursing or medical student needs to hear this, but you need to take a first aid course if you have not done so. Preferably a higher level one like wilderness and remote first aid or even an EMT if you can spare the time.

Someone is going to get suddenly hurt or sick and everyone is going to look at you. And you’re not going to know why you have no idea what to do because all you’ve been doing for the past few years is learning how to take care of hurt and sick people.

The thing is, knowing what to do in the moment, being able to keep yourself and your patient safe while not making anything worse is a completely different skill than taking care of someone in a hospital or nursing facility. And its okay if you never want to do remote or on-scene medicine as a job, but everyone is going to expect you to be able to for some reason so getting some first aid skills is going to really help you in the coming years. Promise.

#whump reference #writing reference #nursing #nurblr #medblr #hospital life

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torturing-characters-101 · 3 months

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i've never been admitted to the hospital so i'm a little confused regarding the hospital gowns. is every patient required to wear them when they get admitted? or even when you visit a & e? or only certain patients depending on their ailment? if i remember correctly, when my dad was in hospital for appendicitis he just wore comfortable sweats and a t-shirt from home but i'm from a european country so that might differ as well... anyways i've always been a little confused about pretty much everything regarding hospitals so i hope you can help me out with this!

Nope, no one is required to wear a gown, and a lot of people do bring their own clothing or pajamas from home. The thing is there are a lot of things that can stain clothing in a hospital- blood, betadine, bleach, etc... and we generally will suggest if someone wants to keep their clothing nice that they wear a gown instead.

#whump refererence #writing reference #hospital life

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mordorhodor · 8 months

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I don't know how much longer I can work overnights AND go to school. I'm too old for this nonsense. I need a large man to come walk on my back ❤️

#i'm so tired #dirty thirty #hospital life

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kutyozh · 3 days

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guysss muscle relaxants are THE shit I'm lying in bed feeling so two dimensional rn. happy flat fuck friday 😩😩😩

#. LAUGHING SO HARD.#. it's such a funny feeling i literally can't stop giggling about it #tw medical #hospital life #r.txt

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in-2-ition · 14 days

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Just a gay and their fanny pack against the world.

#gay #cute #love #nurse #sexy nurse #cnalife #medical #hospital life #lgbtqia #lgbtq #gayboy

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clonemedickix · 8 months

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You remember that whole Umbara Arc, when Kix lost his cool and so desperately tried to pull his brothers to safety and render aid, even though it was hopeless and at risk of his own life? Everybody was present with him that day, given a little insight into his perspective. Or, who remembers the medic from Saving Private Ryan, who did the same in more graphic fashion, risking his life and losing it because it was better than watching others suffer?

I know how they felt. Not in the sense of my brothers and sisters are dying in a war, though we fight a different type or war. But in the perspective of watching the inevitable clutches of death take your patient, no matter how you fight, no matter the highly trained skills, no matter the expensive equipment and priceless experience brought to bear. Or when you realize that perhaps you’ve gone past the point of humane, trapping a soul in a broken body that can no longer support them. When no one listens to you, when you want to help but have your hands tied. When that ONE THING eludes you that could have helped. When you’ve moved so past the point of desperate that your team’s humor takes on a dark shape and you can only laugh to stave off the feelings of insanity at what you’re doing, how hopeless you feel, how much you’d like to leave and scream in a quiet place. When you feel invisible because everyone else has such tunnel vision they can no longer hear a voice of concern or reason.

It’s not because people don’t care. Rather, everyone cares so much that they really no longer know what to do. And so every team member walks away wondering if they did enough. Did they fail the patient? Did they miss the piece that could have fixed it all? Were they too afraid to speak up when that would have helped? Could they have saved that patient if only they’d done a little more, had some other idea, pushed that blood faster… anything. At the end of it all you’re left in silence, trying to recover and make sense of the storm. You’re left with ghosts, which will never leave you. Haunted by those you couldn’t save, who whisper to you in the quiet.

It’s not really even their voices you hear - it’s your self condemnation for not beating Death, for not being enough. Or at least, that’s what a good medic hears. The ones who care enough to let it drive you to save the next one. The ones who fight on in your memory, learn from the mistakes and the pain and the loss, who willingly carry your ghost with them for the rest of their lives and to the end of their usefulness.

I once had an experienced coworker from another specialty tell me, “You’re not normal. This unit is not normal. You should not walk among the dead like you’re in a war zone, and just go on to the next patient. How do you do this job?”

Because there’s always the next person you COULD save. Because life is worth fighting for. Because even after all the grief and failure and loss and heartbreak, somehow we stand up to try again. Because we have hope. Or at least, that’s what we tell ourselves when the call comes out for the next run. When we pull ourselves back together, shut our eyes to the devastation, and try again. This time we will win.

In the silence, I know what Kix felt, when Rex wrenched him from the line of fire. We can’t save them all, but by god will we try.

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thejadedjeanster · 7 months

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I only packed the essentials (I'm going to the hospital lol)

#day in the life #hospital life #don't worry #it's only a couple days #spamton plush #jevil plush #deltarune plush #deltarune #utdr #I'm totally not a tag sellout

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cherry-pop-elf · 4 months

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Birthday 🎂 Commission Sell!

Hi! My name is Belladonna and I’m taking commissions for writing. My birthday is in a few weeks, but my family is forced into a tight budget because I’ve been in and out of the hospital all year long

It would be nice to buy myself something for my birthday, given it doesn’t look like I’ll be able to afford much in general for a while. Gotta love the American health system sucking you dry of any money you got heh

My birthday is January 17th, and I hope to sell some more writings before then, so I can buy myself something nice. It’ll be my 22nd!

So obviously this isn’t any like Emergency funds, so don’t panic. Just a glimpse into the life of someone who has disability’s. So don’t feel like you HAVE to give me money. There are people on this site that need it way more than me

There are people here needing to flee abusive homes, their own medical bills, etc. I’m just here wanting to afford a birthday present for myself. I’m LOW on the totem poll

So take this as just a friendly reminder! My link is HERE to my commission page.

And if you wish to just donate, because YOU CAN AFFORD IT, my cash app is $BellaDonnaBucks

Don’t feel forced. This is just one person who isn’t in dire need of this. Just shooting my shot. Alright? Other people need it way more than me. People who don’t have money for food or even water. Focus on them. Not me. Got it?

Have a Merry Christmas/Happy Yule Tide/Winter Holiday/End Of The Year Tidings! And all the birthdays in between!

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ley-med · 2 years

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What nobody prepared me for is the one aspect all these medical dramas get exactly right about real life hospitals: the amount of gossip. Oh my god there's so much gossip...

#medblr #hospital life #everyday i learn things about my colleagues against my will #and like half of the rumours are just way too wild to be true #but whatever #everyone is always like #really? fascinating. tell me more

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antiquecactus · 1 year

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#cnalife #cna #nursing assistant #nursing school #student nurse #nurblr #studyblr #nursing #positive mental attitude #patients #my patients #hospital life #cnablr #healthcare #hcw #healthcare worker

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macgyvermedical · 5 months

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Announcing Medley: A Medical Primer Course for Fiction Writers

Do you write whump or stories with a medical focus? Do you struggle with accuracy or feel like you could use a course that covers the basics of medicine so you can wade through your research with a more knowledgeable eye?

Introducing Medley, a live, online course that helps writers understand the basics of medicine, nursing, first aid, and more!

Starting January 2024, this 8-week course covers the most important topics for writers and answers your questions.

Topics:

WEEK 1: Hospitals and the People Who Work There

WEEK 2: The Physical Exam

WEEK 3: First Aid, Codes and Emergencies

WEEK 4: Recovery and Aftermath

WEEK 5: Remote and Improvised Medicine

WEEK 6: Historical Medicine

WEEK 7: Mental Healthcare

WEEK 8: Medical and Nursing Education

The instructor (me!) has 7 years of nursing experience and has taught medical and nursing students for 5 of them. He is also a wilderness first aid instructor and has run a tumblog specializing in answering medical questions for fiction writers for 9 years.

Fee is $32 total for all 8 sessions. If you are interested, please email [email protected] for more information and to get signed up!

#whump reference #writing reference #writing #whump #hospital life #medicine #nursing #courses #classes

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torturing-characters-101 · 2 months

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How do ICU patients keep entertained? As in, if someone is mostly conscious but otherwise intubated/hooked to many machines and immobile, what do they do (or have done to them) to pass the time?

Mostly watch TV, read, look out the window, hang out with visitors, etc...

#whump reference #writing reference #hospital life #ICU

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psychologeek · 4 months

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30 minutes of total confusion at the local (borrow/buy medical supply) added in success!

Cashier (old man): *trying to explain to me what I need for the breast pump*

Me: trying to understand why I need the electric device for hand devices*

Both: *never used this shit*

The other cashier (old woman): What are you supposed to connect this to?

Me *confused, nearly in tears*: I DON'T KNOW I NEVER USED/NEEDED THIS!

The nursing council on my phone: yes. You need the pump+bottle.