读万卷书，行万里路

My name is Emrie. 33. MS4. I have my BA in Anthropology and Chinese. Medblr, langblr, Hufflepuff, ENFP.

[midnightinshadow]

[basicwitchstudies]

I'm watching the show Doc on Netflix.

Essentially, this incredibly miserable IM chief gets a TBI and loses 8 years of her memory.

I'm watching her interact with a... resident, I think she is? This resident has made complaints against her, and I can see WHY

Jesus, "Take the day off and think about that not everyone is cut out to be a doctor" (paraphrasing but pretty bluntly stated like this)

Hard to empathize with this attending main character, whom I would HATE as a student

[basicwitchstudies]

I got my intern year schedule.

No electives my intern year but rotations are only 2 weeks so it's like a whirlwind to get through the requirements.

I start off on Neuro then ICU... ouch.

[movementnudge]

Movement nudge, getting up off the floor!

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[cat-mermaid]

real talk, i saw this other vid 7 years ago where a trainer like this lady gave some of the most important physical health advice I ever heard that changed my life:

#1. You should be able to lay down on the floor (face down or back) and be able to get up without your hands. If you can't? Spend a little bit every day just doing that, laying on the floor and getting up again no hands style, then laying down again (you'd be surprised how fast it wears you out after a few times)

#2. You should be able to get up out of a chair without using your hands or grabbing on to anything. Can't? Fucking start training mother fucker! Just a few uppies every day could save your damn life when you get older!

#3. You should be able to turn your neck to the side without twisting your upper body in the same direction, you should be able to turn your head freely without moving your shoulders, chest or torso! Start looking up loosy goosy neck exercises! It makes such a HUGE difference!

#4. You should be able to motherfucking stand on one foot and keep your balance for longer then 15 seconds. Haha sounds easy right? Thats what I thought when I tried after watching that vid, i was horrified to find how hard it was! I started doing "one leggy style" standing any chance I got, when I'm in line somewhere, when I'm watching a video... just do a few rounds of 10 seconds on each leg for like 5 min every day!

You get older and you think you still have all the same limberness as you did when you were 8, but whens the last fucking time you ran around and played like an 8 year old? You loose that flexibility so subtlety and then one day when you need it? BAM ITS GONE

Start getting into these habits now, i don't care if you're 18/25/30/45/50 OR WHATEVER JUST START YOU WON'T REGRET IT!

[fiere-violet]

The ‘Dance of the Wilis’ Giselle by Ran Chilipye

[midnightinshadow]

[basicwitchstudies]

I have just interacted with something so… horrifically sad and I don’t have anyone to yell about It with. Or react or anything....

TW Suicide

Someone I follow found this reddit post from a year ago and reading it... She killed herself using the knowledge she spent years earning... to make things as painless and comfortable as possible. I am... bereft.

[goth-queen]

Goth decor

[basicwitchstudies]

Ok the internet was set up for the apartment.

No one has answered me about power/water...

[house0fburton]

[mariagoesmed]

Nothing like a good pastry and capuccino🥐

[magicaloxford]

An afternoon to myself at Oxford🪻. Warm sunshine, a purple cascade of fragrance tumbling over a college wall, then an icy lemonade with an apple crumble tart in a bookshop 📖☕🍰!

Read magical Oxford stories here *:･ﾟ✧!

[academic-vampire]

𝔴𝔦𝔱𝔥 𝔥𝔬𝔫𝔬𝔯𝔰

[ariaiscursed]

- mentioned in passing

[catchymemes]

[3liza]

Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth

A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.

talk to your coworkers about this. remember that the "taking advice from everyone except the experts" thing cuts both ways. you can be the non-expert guy at work who isnt an expert and gives someone advice they decide to follow based on vibes, but your advice can be the right advice instead. this is something we can all do.

the vitamin k shot has zero side effects, it is literally just a vitamin that does nothing except prevent babies from bleeding to death internally. its one of those things that does absolutely nothing except what it's supposed to do, is cheap, and has drastically reduced infant mortality this century and the last

[stormyrainyday]

also if youre wondering why the vit k shot is given (and it's a fair question!): some vitamin k is found in diet, but most vitamin k is typically produced by your gut bacteria. however, newborns have a sterile gut (meaning theyre born without bacteria in it) and dont start producing their own vitamin k until around 4-6 months of age. additionally, while there is vitamin k in breastmilk, its not enough to prevent life threatening bleeding and thats why we have the shot in the first place

vitamin k is important for making clotting factors that prevent severe bleeding from minor cuts.

more info here from uc davis's health blog

Facts and myths parents should know about vitamin K shots for newborns | Cultivating Health

Vitamin K shots are part of routine care for newborns. However, there are many myths about vitamin K injections. Our experts give you the fa

[dxmedstudent]

Prev's tags are great.

I was disappointed to be asked like 2 or 3 times about whether to give vit k to my baby, and whether it should be oral or the injection. In part because they didn't explain why it's given so it felt kind of optional? They also didn't explain why they offered different preparations or that oral is not nearly as good.

But mainly because as a Doc, I think it should be standard treatment and presented as "this is a lifelong treatment we give for this reason. There are infinitesimally small risks if we give it and much bigger risks if we don't. This is standard recommended researched backed treatment. We highly recommend this for your newborn for these reasons...".

I hope they were minimal with their explanation because I'm a medical professional, but i worry that in the general chaos, parents may be declining bevause they aren't adequately informed.

[thesecrethistori-an]

Last night's late inspiration. Started writing an article and hopefully I'll make the deadline to submit a first draft for a workshop