Where has September gone? We are sorry that we haven't posted anything as of late, but this has been a wild month between school, work, and home improvement projects. Yes, we are still working on the house, but we are getting close. Pictures of that project will soon follow, we promise. We have the siding completed, but there is a small amount of final touches and painting the windows and doors that I need to finish.
This month has flown by! I can't believe how fast the weeks have gone by. This semester will be a quick one. We have been learning a great deal of new information. Most recently we have been learning about, and practicing intubation and manual recesitation. Intubation is interesting, I have some experience from my EMT courses, but practice is always welcome. Basically, to begin with, you place the patient into a "sniffing" position. Then you insert a laryngoscope, and lift the tongue, and epiglottus out of your way. This allows you to peek down their throat and see the vocal cords (trachea), and esophagus. The idea is that you pass the endotracheal tube (ET tube) past the vocal cords and down about 9 cm. You inflate a pillow (cuff) with air, which allows it to stay in place and provide ventilation for the pt.
Seeing how this isn't something we can practice on each other, we have manikins. Every day a few more are being pulled out which we haven't seen before to accommodate more people practicing. This week we found two that we found extremely funny. One resembled Voldemort from Harry Potter, and the other's mouth resembled something from Wallace and Gromit. Look for yourself, and see what you think!
This month has flown by! I can't believe how fast the weeks have gone by. This semester will be a quick one. We have been learning a great deal of new information. Most recently we have been learning about, and practicing intubation and manual recesitation. Intubation is interesting, I have some experience from my EMT courses, but practice is always welcome. Basically, to begin with, you place the patient into a "sniffing" position. Then you insert a laryngoscope, and lift the tongue, and epiglottus out of your way. This allows you to peek down their throat and see the vocal cords (trachea), and esophagus. The idea is that you pass the endotracheal tube (ET tube) past the vocal cords and down about 9 cm. You inflate a pillow (cuff) with air, which allows it to stay in place and provide ventilation for the pt.
Seeing how this isn't something we can practice on each other, we have manikins. Every day a few more are being pulled out which we haven't seen before to accommodate more people practicing. This week we found two that we found extremely funny. One resembled Voldemort from Harry Potter, and the other's mouth resembled something from Wallace and Gromit. Look for yourself, and see what you think!
This is Gunther. We think that he strongly resembles Voldemort.
This is Lord Voldemort. Gunther has to be his brother!
This manikin still remains unnamed. However, his mouth represents anyone in Wallace and Gromit's Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
Wallace and Gromit.
Stay posted (that was funny) for another new post with pictures of house coming soon!
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