#mypatients

[elenaburstrdh-blog]

I'm trying this hands free perio charting from dentalrat. Cant wait to try it. #dentalrat#dentalyhygienist#handsfree#savestime#mypatients#periodontaldisease#gumdisease#fightingbacteria#perfectnumbers https://www.instagram.com/p/ByBCJJ-HkxC/?igshid=1madg9yru5owd

[grupposaneudine]

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UN RINGRAZIAMENTO SPECIALE A TUTTI VOI ❤️ STO PER TORNARE PIÙ FORTE DI PRIMA ❤️ #drnicolaimbriani #grupposaneclinic #grupposanemovement #grupposanefisioterapiaeriabilitazione #love #mypatients #udine #italia #italy #grazieatutti (presso Gruppo Sane Clinic Fisioterapia Riabilitazione Ozonoterapia)

[domonicpjones-blog]

"I love all of my patients!!! ❤️❤️❤️🤗 Remember to share your smile with everyone you see" #DPJ #doctorofpositivity #keepitpositive #laughterishealing #toomuch #kriskross #areyousure #mypatients #loveoneanother

[aacshospital]

اخترنا ان نقدم لكم هذه المعلومات القيمة تأتيكم من الدكتورة جيهان عبد القادر لاهمية استخدام واقي الشمس و أهمية اختيار النوع المناسب لكل بشرة، نتمنى أنكم استفدتم من هذه النصائح 💐💐💐Repost @drjeehan with @repostapp. ・・・ واقي الشمس من اهم المستخدمات الحياتية اليومية صيفا وشتاءا . ولو عرفوا الناس قيمته العلمية فما استغنوا عنه ساعة واحدة . كيف يعمل ؟. يعمل على عكس أشعة الشمس فوق البنفسجية عن سطح الجلد، للحماية من مؤثرات عديدة منها : – يحمي الجلد من أشعة الشمس الضارة كالـ UVA و UVB. – الوقاية من الشيخوخة وذلك يقوم بحماية البروتينات الهامة في البشرة والتي يضر بها التعرض لأشعة الشمس باستمرار مثل “الكولاجين”، و”الإيلاستين”، و”الكيراتين”، والتي هي مسؤولة عن نضارة البشرة وصحتها وبقائها شابة. – يحمي الجلد من إمكانية حدوث حروق الشمس لجميع انواع الجلد . _يحمي الجلد من إمكانية ظهور التجاعيد المبكرة والكلف والنمش . ويعمل على عدم ازديادها في حالة وجودها . _ التعرض المستمر لأشعة الشمس من دون حماية قد يؤدي إلى الإصابة بسرطان الجلد على المدى البعيد. يجب ان يؤخذ بعين الاعتبار ؛ ان لكل بشرة نوع واقي الشمس المناسب لها، فهناك أنواع متخصصة للبشرة الدهنية، الجافة، والمختلطة، وتلعب مكونات واقي الشمس الدور الكبير في انتقاء النوعية المناسبة ، وسوف لن أخوض في هذه التفاصيل كي لا اشتت افكاركم ،مناقشة الامر مع طبيب الجلد اثناء الزيارة هو الحل الأمثل في اختيار النوع الافضل للحالة ، وليس لحرارة الطقس او برودة الطقس اي علاقة بوضعه او عدم وضعه لان ضوء الشمس يصلنا في كل فصول السنة مهما كانت حالة الطقس مع اختلاف درجات الحرارة . لذلك يجب وضعه بانتظام على مدار السنة . #الدكتورة_جيهان #الدكتورة_جيهان_عبدالقادر #شمس #واقي_الشمس #حماية #صيف #شتاء #جلد #ثقافة #توعية #Drjeehan #instajeehan #skin #sunblock #sunscreen #protection #me #love #mypatients #dubai #mydubai #doctor #doctors (at لكل من سأل عن واقي الشمس و انواعه)

[mypatients]

Josephine

I was floated again yesterday (but my frustration in never being on my unit is another story). Sent to ICU overflow, the majority of  my 4 patients were needy and believed I should be constantly in the room with them.

Except the sickest one. In her early 80's, Josephine still lived alone, cooked all of her meals, drove, bought all her own stuff, had an active social life, and besides having a lump removed from her breast nearly 30 years ago, has never had any serious illness.

She's been hospitalized for two weeks now, and if yesterday was any indication, she's not quite half through.

She came to our ED with increasing SOB, and they couldn't stablize her oxygenation, so she was admitted. 

She coughed up multiple mucus plugs the first week, then blood, and twice went into Afib with RVR and had to have a rapid response called. Several cardiac drips later, they also had to start her on continous bipap.

This week, she's had two more rapid responses called, and twice more, she was stablized. 

I lifted her bipap mask for less than 90 seconds so she could take her pills, and she desatted into the 60s so fast it scared me. 

So when it came to be lunchtime, I hovered in her room. I put her on hi-flo oxygen through a nasal cannula, but even at 15L, she hovered in the mid 80's. Since I was spending so much time with her, we got to talking.

And I was amazed. Besides having children, she has never stayed overnight in a hospital. She took two pills a day - pepcid and calcium. She participated in things to benefit the elderly, and often served people younger than her, and knew she should be thankful for how mobile and "with it" she was at her age. 

And then she teared up.

"What did I do to get pneumonia and all this other stuff?"

I held her hand and reassured her, and talked about the (very) small improvements in her last couple daily chest xrays, but she never seemed convinced - and no small wonder, given how many times she had been through a rapid response, the scary unknown of 12 people filling your room and analyzing you.

Throughout the day, more cards and letters arrived, and I taped them to the wall in front of her - just today, her card collection grew from 12 to 18 - and most cards were signed by multiple senders. It touched me to see how much this woman is loved and known in her community, and how many people were on her side. 

"I just want to do right by them." she would say.

So do I, Jo. It's not that we treat our patients any differently knowing there are people out there counting on you; I'll give you excellent care regardless. But we do feel the weight of how many people love you, and are pulling for you.