July 2011
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Batch 2012
Had our annual Tea Party last night. It was a blast!
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Phlebitis
Me: Friend, what's phlebitis again?
Friend: Inflammation of phleb. :))
lol
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Blood Extraction
So I let my best friend extract some blood from my arm this afternoon. I’m not sure if this is included in our competencies as students, but he really did a good job, hitting the mark one-shot. Puncture site still hurts almost 9 hours after the extraction.
That’s him, by the way. He’s scary friendly. :))
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"I open at the close."
Mom and I watched the last film in the series. While watching the film, I repeatedly told myself that I shouldn’t cry, yet the magic of Harry Potter shattered that shield and let those tears fall down. From the film I realized that I’m a wizard deep inside because the most powerful magic of all, just as Dumbledore had said, is love.
There is no point in saying goodbye to Harry...
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DEMS
The Department of Emergency Medical Services, or ER, as most of us would say, is perhaps the most action-packed area in PGH, with a patient brought in almost every 10 minutes. You get to see almost all kinds of problems here, with a particular spotlight on trauma and poisoning cases. Chest pains, difficulty of breathing, diarrhea, pyrexia are usual complaints by pedia and geriatric patients, and...
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If I will take another course in the future, I...
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Inquirer Youngblood: When Learning Ceases by Raiza... →
raizakasilag:
Sorry to those people who have witnessed the FB rage about my Inquirer article a while ago because this post would spam your feeds once again. My friends are requesting me to post the link here so eto. Thank you everyone! Go education!
Excellent writing skills Raiza. Seriously, this is a must-read article.
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Arcade
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A Pepper Lunch Dinner
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Will
Will be eating out with friends later at Pepper Lunch! Getting excited since it’s been more than a month since I used my camera. Been looking forward to try this place out since there have been rave comments about it from a few classmates.
Will stay at the library this afternoon to check out some books essential to finish another Medical Paper - this time on COPD, HAP, and MDR-TB…...
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StarCraft 2 is just awesome.
Glad that my netbook somehow met the specs for the lowest graphics settings of the game!
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Mathematicians Want to Say Goodbye to Pi →
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Last Day @ Central ICU
Patient: 63/M with COPD, HAP, R pulmo mass, PTB IV
Heart Rate: ~80s
Blood pressure: 105-115/70-90
Respi Rate: 21-27 (14-18 while asleep)
O2 Sat: 97-98% (Yaaaay! O2 sats were 86-95% for the past few days.)
Temp: 36.1-36.5
CBG: 323 mg/dL
Patient was pretty much asleep during my shift, only awake during feeding, meds administration, suctioning and grooming.
Night shift nurse noted no...
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You don't live here anymore.: Images of Old Manila →
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I chanced upon these relics from my Undergrad professor Paulo G. Alcazaren (also the Editor-in-chief of Bluprint magazine). He also writes for the Philippine Star under the column City Sense, every Sunday. Now let’s go back in time and see urban manila in its golden era.
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