Huh, well lookie at that!

It's December. When did that happen?

It's been a busy semester. It's going to be a busy two weeks. Tomorrow I have my ACLS exam and a major Shock and Trauma exam. On Thursday, we have Fall Summatives (OH SHIT!). Then next week, we start pre-finals*, followed immediately by FINALS. I'm looking forward to Winter Break, even though it's been shortened due to a serious of misfortunate events. I have to make up about 80hrs worth of internship due to illness (on my part and my preceptor) and random change in schedules. Ah well, I love being on the truck, so I don't mind cutting my break short.

In the mean time, I'll leave you with this bit of entertainment...

Prof quote of the day

Prof: "...FTD syndrome. You guys know what FTD syndrome is, right?"

Class: "Uhm..."

Prof: "Fixin' to die. It's a scientific term"

Professor quote of the day

“Worked with a guy, we called him Lucky*…He defibrillated himself five times. He had really curly hair…”

*Nickname changed to protect the *cough* innocent

(Note: This is meant to be humorous. We thought it was anyway.)

Word of the day

Abuts: Verb (used without an object)
             To be adjacent; touch or join at the edge or border (often followed by on, upon or against)

As in "The open part of the C-shaped ring, which abuts the esophagus, is connected by smooth muscle."
    ~Essentials of Pathophysiology, Carol Mattson Port, Ch 21 p 516

Learning point of the day...

Evidently Spock has green blood because he is a copper based organism.

The things we learn...

And on that note...

"There are these people with an LVAD in them. No heartbeat, no blood pressure. You listen to their chest and you don’t hear ba-bump ba-bump, you hear whhrrrrrr." ~Pharmacology Professor 

Quote of the Day

"That's how you make a cat sound like a dog, you know? You dump some gasoline on them, light it and they go 'WOOF'."