I asked Dr. Strauss if I could follow him, he is an older guy, probably in his 50s, who always wears cool clothes, has his hair slicked back, and seems pretty buff for a guy his age. He said he would but not that night because his voice was almost gone, and to try again some other time. I worked up the courage to ask Dr. Ellis and she gladfully said to no problem. There was a patient who had a dizzy spell, 2 patients who had chest pain, a woman suspected to have MRSA, and a pregnant 17 year old who was spotting. I'll elaborate on each case later. It was a very fun night. A nurse got a really good looking carry out dish from a chinese place. She said it was "Singapore Chow Mein Fun". I want it.
Also, wanted to put down some notes that I took from when I followed Dr. Frizner two weekends ago.
Diaphoresis = sweating
PET scan - sugar metabolism. Cancer cells light up, need biopsy.
Arterial blood gas
Metastisized - means the cancer has spread
Albumin - protein
Sarcoma - cancer that starts in the muscle
Banana Bag - Sodium Chloride with a bright yellow color, used to sober up drunks. Whenever you see one, you know someone was having a good time.
Also here is a chart that he writes down on each patient's paper:
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A device that resembles Star Trek's medical tricorder uses high-intensity focused ultrasound rays to repair punctured lungs at the Harborview Medical Center, which is working with the University of Washington to hone the equipment.
"No one has ever looked at treating lungs with ultrasound," bioengineering professor Shahram Vaezy told SpaceRef.com. "The results are really impressive," he added, but the technique is not yet being tested on humans.
No longer merely a diagnostic tool, ultrasound is being used to develop bloodless surgery techniques requiring no scalpels, allowing invisible rays to heal injuries. The focused beams create an extremely hot spot in the tissue, heating the blood cells until they cauterise the wound without generating heat through the surrounding tissue as a laser would.
"You can penetrate deep into the body and deliver the energy to the bleeding very accurately," Vaezy explained, Tests on the lungs of pigs showed that the ultrasound could seal injuries in under two minutes.
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What's up?
I just saw Superbad again for the 2nd time, it was much funnier the second time around. I laughed my ass off both times, but this time I was able to see the jokes coming, and was able to laugh before they dropped.
It was great, I related to much of it haha.
Beat Kirby for the NDS, it had amazing art, grade A, and was funny. The whole story is that one day Kirby was about to eat his strawberry short cake when some evil mice steal it. He fights his way through armies in order to get it back. Amazing little guy. It was a pretty easy game to beat but fun as hell. I look forward to the new zelda game and the ninja gaiden games for the NDS.
New semester starts on Monday, hopefully I can get into the classes I need and concentrate. It is going to be a tough one. Biology, Physics, and Organic Chemistry.
Oh yeah and Super Monkey Ball for the Wii is awesome and incredibly hard.
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Got an A in chem2, it was even harder than chem1, and I was seriously close to getting a B. I almost developed an ulcer after I took the final exam yesterday, waiting in anticipation to find out my grade. It was a huge relief. I plan on going to the beach this weekend with some friends, and then getting ready for the Fall semester.
Hell yeah!
Oh and Brothers in Arms for the Nintendo DS is the most amazing ds game I've yet to play.
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Better by Atul Gawande
his 5 suggestions on becoming a positive deviant:
1 - Ask an unscripted question
2 - Don't complain
3 - count something
4 - write something
5 - change
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This is a dialog between a Celestial (which is a type of God) and an Eternal (a human endowed with god like abilities in order to protect the Celestials):
Eternal: Why did the other celestials put you to sleep?
Celestial: You wouldn't understand.
Eternal: TRY me.
Celestial: No. There are concepts you have no referent for.
Eternal: I'm pretty bright.
Celestial: Can you explain Democracy/Tyranny/Comedy to a bacterium? Try explaining the concept of the holy trinity to a blade of grass. They are concepts they...
Eternal: ...have no referent for. I get it.
Pick up the comic miniseries of The Eternals by Neil Gaiman and art by John Romita Jr.
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This is what I hope the future holds...
http://actionnooz.com/video/tech/neuros ... brain-tech
Playing video games with our brain waves, or turning the lights off without even having to clap (if you have the clapper) if you are too lazy.
Amazing
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