I've been working afternoons for about 4 years. The whole being up until 1 or 2, then getting up with the kids in the morning (much as I am doing now, blogging at 6:35 am after working last evening) is getting to be too much.
I get to go to days after the next schedule, in about a month. And my boss is going to proactively look for ways for me to work my IT skills into my respiratory situation, either helping me get a job in the information management department, or possibly create something new in our department. That would be way cool.
I finished my first class in the MMI program. I did a lot better than I expected. Can't tell how much I struggled because I was rusty after being out of school for 10 years, or if I just got psyched out because I didn't know the jargon so well. This term, I'm taking the Introductory course.
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Nice Site for Stuff Other Than CEUs
Oooh, Me likey, Me likey. . .
Here's the "Medpage Guide to Biostatistics". It's a simple guide defining terminology, methods, and analysis in biological research. Very straightforward, and useful to those of us interested in the science of medicine.
Here's the "Medpage Guide to Biostatistics". It's a simple guide defining terminology, methods, and analysis in biological research. Very straightforward, and useful to those of us interested in the science of medicine.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Nice Site for Quick CEUs
In Illinois, continuing education credits from the AMA or an accredited source for nursing, counts toward RT licensure as long as it applies to respiratory care or some aspect of your specialty.
Here's a site that gives these quick little articles, keeps you abreast of a multitude of studies and findings, and take just a few minutes to read. Each one seems to be about .25 credits, but heck, a quick weekly read should do the trick. It's called "Medpage Today".
And here's my CEU article of note:
Two studies, one in Sweden, one in Japan, compared survival rates for CPR done with all the ABCs, vs resuscitation done with chest compressions only. Survival rates are similar, providing resuscitation lasted less than 15 minutes. ('Course, personally, I wouldn't want to survive a resuscitation that lasted longer than 20.) This jives with a decision in Australia to eliminate breathing as part of resuscitation, and proceed directly to chest compressions.
Very likely this change will be accepted immediately by all medical professionals without protest, as most new medical innovations are embraced in the medical community.
(In case you didn't know, that was a joke.)
Here's a site that gives these quick little articles, keeps you abreast of a multitude of studies and findings, and take just a few minutes to read. Each one seems to be about .25 credits, but heck, a quick weekly read should do the trick. It's called "Medpage Today".
And here's my CEU article of note:
Two studies, one in Sweden, one in Japan, compared survival rates for CPR done with all the ABCs, vs resuscitation done with chest compressions only. Survival rates are similar, providing resuscitation lasted less than 15 minutes. ('Course, personally, I wouldn't want to survive a resuscitation that lasted longer than 20.) This jives with a decision in Australia to eliminate breathing as part of resuscitation, and proceed directly to chest compressions.
Very likely this change will be accepted immediately by all medical professionals without protest, as most new medical innovations are embraced in the medical community.
(In case you didn't know, that was a joke.)
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