ATLS Advanced Trauma Life Support Certification-Practice Exam
Hi everyone, I'm looking to do a trauma course and was wondering if anyone had an opinion on which is better, the ETC or ATLS. They look to both be roughly the same price, although there seem to be more ATLS courses running than ETC. I'm an anaesthetic reg if that makes any difference. Any advice appreciated!
I've had him almost 19 years. If I see something move through the corner of my eye, I think it's him. An unmoving shape at night. Something brown as I turn my head. I'm just on the edge of full-on panic when I think of being without him, yet I have no choice, this is going to happen. Soon.
edit 2, A mobile vet came to my apartment yesterday and was extemely patient with me as I worked up the nerve to give her the go-ahead to euthanize my boy. He passed peacefully around 5pm on Saturday Oct 23. I am devastated. I think maybe it was better to do alone than with people over. In my desperation I had reached out to a bunch of randoms and people I didn't really know, with messages like "I know this is a bit odd but I have to put my cat of 19 years down and don't wan't to be alone for it and don't know many people to be here." As I said no one was took me up on that. However that night I drank an entire bottle of 4 roses with the wife of a friend I have downgraded to acquaintance. That's a whole other story but certainly CPTSD-related. I was able to fall asleep that night because I was pretty hammered.
edit, 8:44pm Fri Oct 22 - Thanks you all for your thoughts, I'm still reading through them. And I really appreciate all the sympathy, it's very anti-anxiety soothing, and gives me a lot to think about.
To people who have lost pets, or are like me are going to lose one soon - I am so very sorry.
And just to be complete here's an update from today. If you notice my tone is different from earlier today, I'm currently high and also on some clonzapam and I can't feel the panic and grief as much for now.
This morning he seemed to be breathing a little quickly so after speaking with my vet I took him to the ER where they drained some fluid from his lung, as he had done last Sunday (about 5 days ago). I spoke with the doctor and he said the cancerous tumor is probably pressing against the lungs or even the heart and causing the fluid buildup, and would just get worse over time. I feel like if I had some guts or more sympathy for my boy I would have had him euthanized there but I wasn't ready - I should have been. So I'm going to call an at-home euthanasia vet within the next few days and have him cremated, so I can put him under a tree at the home I'll be in, in about a year or so. I would not have been able to write this if I wasn't on drugs because I'd have broken down.
I drove him home with the top down because I think he likes the smells. I just disco
... keep reading on reddit ➡The part of the post that jumps out of me is this.
"The Iowa Department of Public Health reported Wednesday that nearly 82% of people hospitalized in Iowa for COVID-19 were not fully vaccinated, including 88% of those in intensive care. Overall, 30% of Iowa adults are not fully vaccinated."
This man died because people who refuse to get the shot are clogging up the health care system. What a sad world we live in when your freedoms of getting a shot are more important than human life. Here is a link to the article.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/iowan-dies-15-day-wait-120102806.html?.tsrc=fp_deeplink
When we are literally killed by nature (e.g. death by snake bite, grizzly paw, water buffalo horn, hippo jaw, fall from a cliff, exposure), we consider that an unnatural death. But when our life is being artificially prolonged by medicine, withdrawing life-sustaining treatment can be considered death by natural cause.
Im taking advanced medical life support in a couple weeks. Has anyone taken this?
If so what are some of the things they cover in the class?
Hey yall! looking for a PDF version of PALS. If you also have ACLS I would greatly appreciate a copy of that as well!! Thank you!
Mine was when i was in highschool, there was this guy who taught me maths and he hates me for some reason idk. One day me and my friends submitted a assignment a day late and he yelled at us for 25 mins and reduced 5 marks and then later some girls from our class went and submitted the same assignment and he gave them full marks😐, later i realised some kid from our class gave a complaint to HOD saying he can't teach well, his explanations are not clear etc..(which is true) and he thinks I'm the one who complained and everytime I submit a assignment he says " nee enik remarks kodum alle inni njan ninak orenam tharam" and reduce 1-2 marks and one of his fav hobbies is making me stand up and making fun of me in the middle of the class. All of his periods was torture for me💀
