wow. 6 months. well, it's too intimidating to catch up, so I'll just jump in and fill back later ( Read more... )

Allo. Just a quick post as I'm doing emergency room this week. I'm looking for someplace friendly to live when I move to Boston in June/July for my residency. I'll be working at BU hospital, but proximity to friends is far more important to me than proximity to work (since that's why I'm coming to Boston in the first place ;)). If anyone has ( Read more... )

hmmm... 3:15 am. Waiting to escort someone down to CT for an emergent pulmonary embolism protocol scan. Just ordered a humidifier and antibiotics... not in that order. Have I mentioned how incredibly much I would not want me as my doctor after 30 hours on the job? Luckily adrenaline kicks in when things get really bad, but not-immediately- ( Read more... )

...and then there are the days it's worth it. Like when the patient's family tells you that they appreciate you explaining things to them and that they're going to get him rehab after all (note: All I did was reread the information to them the physical therapist had already told them (and me). Apparently some people don't believe things unless ( Read more... )

DAMNIT. Another person dead on my watch. She probably would have been fine if she had never come to the hospital ( Read more... )

...and amazingly I haven't killed anyone yet. I really am tired... I need to learn to be more efficient while at the same time learning vast quantities of stuff I stupidly didn't learn back when I thought I was busy. I really do LOVE patient education... Explaining stuff to patients and their families is definitely my favorite part of the ( Read more... )

Wow. A loooooong time since I posted ( Read more... )

First the ego boost ( Read more... )

( Read more... )

So, the project I'm working on this month involves looking at using brain electrode inputs to control neural prosthetics for high level spinal cord injury patients... We're looking at a rat model with an electrode array implanted its motor cortex and trying to train it to control a device with mental commands to measure the effects of neural ( Read more... )