but did you die?

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Alexander Tsiaras’ Anatomical Photography

You’ve seen his art before on tumblr, in google search gif sets (where I found some of these images) and facebook, but you likely don’t know the author of the art because people fail to give artists credit. Tsiaras’ work pops up on my dash constantly and has never been sourced as far as I’ve seen it. So here you go, tumblr. Meet the artist. Learn more in the links provided below.

“Alexander Tsiaras, Founder, Editor-in-Chief and CEO of TheVisualMD, has been called a “Digital Age Leonardo da Vinci”. He is a technology innovator, whose roots are based in his art and science photojournalism background. Tsiaras has developed cutting edge scientific imaging software that enables him to scan and record the human body at every stage; from a single cell at the moment of conception, through the biological development of man and woman and he tells compelling stories of wellness and prevention with them. His images simply and compellingly explain health and illness in terms that anyone can understand. Most importantly, they give you a visual map to plan your own optimal Health!“

See also:

Ted Talks

Discovery Biography

Publications

(Source: Alexander Tsiaras)

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So cool!

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antibiotic resistance is no joke, people.  so here’s a limerick.

Said ID, “Isolate him for MRSA.

Among bacteria, fewer are worse-a.”

No antibiotic could win,

Flesh-eating infection set in,

And the patient discharged in a hearse-a.

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when it’s 4am and your patient wants to get up to the chair

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nursing horoscopes I

Capricorn: You will regret signing up for that extra shift.  

Aquarius: Prepare for diuresis without a catheter.  

Pisces: It’s no coincidence that you’re in an isolation room every time the phone rings.

Aries: One of the perks of being loud is that you don’t have to adjust your voice when a patient is hard-of-hearing.

Taurus: All your patients will be constipated, except for the one who has C. diff.  

Gemini: Why give just 1 mg of Versed when you could give 2?  

Cancer: It is not you who are late, but rather the shift that is early.

Leo: It’s probably too late to give up and become an astronaut.

Virgo: There will be a cyst. Resist the urge to express it.

Libra: When your patient elopes, remember it’s them, not you.

Scorpio: Someone knows about your secret stash of linens.

Sagittarius: You will return home feeling like you are covered in feces.  You will be right.

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when a patient wants privacy in the bathroom

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2 sides of the coin......

As a healthcare professional, when we have an ache or pain it is either….. 1. We are bleeding out from an appendage being ripped off and we “just suck it up, some steri strips will fix it” or… 2. Have a mild headache and seek out our favorite neurologist to rule out a tumor or aneurysm.

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So true.  T’other day, I made about 5 different people look at my pupils because I thought I detected anasocoria.  

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What my med-room cry sessions look like...

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patient face

I wanna heal ‘em like on Grey’s Anatomy,

Hold ‘em, please don’t hit me while I put in this Foley (I love it).

Nursing intuition tells me to get the crash cart,

And after he’s coded I’ll be the one who starts his heart.  

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh-oh-e-oh-oh-oh

Give him a shot, this might hurt a lot.

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getting an admission after 6 o’clock like

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doing anything after lunch

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PMH includes dementia

Patient:

Same patient, 3 hours later:

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backing out of a chatty patient’s room like

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taking off IV tape like

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when my impulsive pt gets out of bed AGAIN

You have two choices: the bed or the chair.

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when I start crying during an emotional movie but I’m really crying about work

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little things

I feel like we all have moments that “get” us, things that patients do or say that bypass our protective emotional barriers.  Not too long ago, I had a rather crotchety patient break down a little bit while talking about his parrot.  “I miss my bird,” he said plaintively, his face crumpling, and it made me so sad.  That man and his absent bird scooped out a little hollow inside me, an empty pocket where his words still echo. 

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“The monetary cost for a rape victim to receive treatment at a hospital in the United States.”

[other-wiser]

EVERYONE

EVERYONE

EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THIS

[northwestnurse]

Jesus Christ as if the poor person hasn’t enough to deal with without that bill

Makes me love the NHS more and more. You guys have it rough :(

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