Medical students request, participate in legislative course
State Senators and Representatives instructed medical students on leadership and the legislative process: A session all 17 students requested and enrolled in.
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More self-adulation information on my class. I’m in the second photograph, and we CLEARLY are NOT POSING. Bah, hum-bug.
Future physicians hear from state leaders – Live, Local, Late Breaking news, weather, and sports
Future physicians hear from state leaders – Live, Local, Late Breaking news, weather, and sports.
Since I’m the VP of MCG’s Southwest Campus, I was briefly interviewed for this story. I hear that I was on local TV…I apologize if I looked tired and sounded sorta out of it. I don’t do well in front of cameras (yet). But I guess we’re working on that, right?
I’m quoted in the news story, but there’s a spelling error. I must not have spelled my name distinctly enough. Oh well.
Rotation Wrap-ups and Such
I’ve changed my mind on writing about my rotations. While I would probably find it enjoyable, or at least cathartic in some way or another, to inform you of my adventures on my various rotations, I have learned from a little bird that doing so may very well jeopardize my residency plans (at least some of them). And I’d rather not do that.
So, I’ll blog about other random things, still weighing in on some medical issues. I’ll just not be summarizing my experiences, especially the bad ones. Hence, I’ve started the new mini-series on music and musicians. I hope I’ll have time to continue that one.
Thanks for understanding.
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Healing Begins*
*The first in a new installment of continuing (I hope) song and/or artist mini-reviews, with a video or recording of the song/artist.
I was introduced to this song by a friend of mine that I worked with on my OB-GYN rotation here in Albany. A great song with great words. I’m not a huge fan of Tenth Avenue North, but the lyrics of this song are quite powerful. My favorite part? “Sparks will fly as grace collides with the dark inside of us, So please don’t fight this coming Light, let this blood come cover us. His Blood can cover us.”
Not bad music either, actually.
Just the song, with the lyrics.
And the story behind the song. Never heard the story until today, but he has alot of good things to say in these 3:42.
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Edited to add: Sorry that these videos cannot be played here on my site. You have to go to YouTube to see them, but it’s worth it, in my opinion. Feel free to return to comment (but these aren’t my videos).
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Quick Update from OB-GYN
It’s one more reason, seen personally by Yours Truly, that I cannot in any way agree with elective deliveries away from a recognized health-care institution. (Now don’t you”natural people” go get all upset at me.) Simply put, a shoulder dystocia is defined by the anterior shoulder of an infant becoming entrapped behind the pubic symphysis, thereby disallowing a normal delivery. So there you are: baby is not moving anywhere, its head is saying “hello world” (fetal distress is, needless to say, strongly present) but shoulder is stuck securely behind the maternal pelvis. So, third-year-medical-student, what do you do? A simple easier-said-than-done process:
- DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME, OR ALONE, OR HOME ALONE. BADBADBADBAD!!!!
- Pray. Seriously.
- Check your pulse. The first pulse to check in any emergency is your own.
- McRobert’s Maneuver.
- Suprapubic pressure. That’s PRESSURE, not a light touch.
Yup, glad I read about that before it jumped me all-of-a-sudden yesterday. Scared me to pieces,but I’m SO GLAD there was someone with more training than I in the room, quarterbacking the situation.
It gave me time to check my pulse.
No grins.
Resolution: Baby lived, but took a few minutes several seconds to show any signs of life. I’m getting practice at swallowing my heart.
Relieved smile.
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NEWSFLASH #1. Obstetrics has a litany of things involved in it that aren’t pretty, or fun to deal with. It has its exhilarating moments, sure, but it’s not all fun and games.
NEWSFLASH #2. Gynecology is not entirely an enjoyable field either. There’s…never mind, I won’t go there. Just believe me.
NEWSFLASH #3. I’m enjoying OB-GYN more than I thought I would, but not enough to do it for the rest of my life.
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