gwenllian
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- Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean the world isn't out to get you...
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Hi! I’m Gwen, I'm a RN who is the Head Nurse / Health Services Coordinator for Tippecanoe School Corporation and also works in the ER at Home Hospital in Lafayette, IN. We live in West Lafayette, Indiana now (and rent a house from a Presbyterian church, hee hee...). I’ve been an EMT, an Army medic and a research assistant at Wolf Park in Battle Ground, IN. I’ve got 3 kids, Rowan (Erika), Ian and Maya (gwenatrix), and 2 dogs. I’m in the SCA (Barony of Rivenstar), interested in chirurgeoning, waterbearing, music, sewing and dance (as well as most other stuff). I LOVE to read (anyone know of a 12-step program for that? Anyone?!?), especially SF/fantasy and medical thrillers. In short, I’m an utter geek. I appreciate feedback, especially the constructive stuff. I hope I can keep up the noding despite all the shit that's going on right now *heavy sigh*. Thanks, guys! You've all been great help to me, especially the critical feedbacks. This was unexpected, my soul's connection to you (place) Don't do this. Just don't... this is ficitonale , don't follow in anyway . anthroism - basic old testament stories but with animal twists adem and eve , are reincrnated animals . 1. all humans were once an animal , 2. that animal is the pureist form 3. try to become the most animal you can . - tattos - eat meat raw - don't shave ,unless pervous form had no hair - act like an animal - walk nude ect . Here's how to tell when very very few people are on:
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5 Least Reputable Writeups Ok, I don't normally do this - but check out the XP!: Monday, November 25, 2002 at 2:15:24 Statistics XP 1337 Writeups 88 Node-Fu 15.2 Honor Roll Merit 9.60 LF 0.8153 Noders I've met:
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the SWEETEST things people say...: ^Davion^ says There once was noder named Gwenillian/Who's noding was one in a million/if she quit/we'd all be in shit/because we think that she is just brilliant. ocelotbob says /me wraps his paws around you. "I got you now, my pretty." etouffee says humble too!..take care you cerebral noder you. Cletus the Foetus says Yay, I just called home to get my messages. Huzzah for obscene limericks! Bitriot says re nineteen eighty-borg brilliant. Wuukiee says re Russian Cream: i LOOOOOVE you! PMDBoi says you, m'lady, rock harder than an unbalanced washer load. i'll have to try some russian cream some time. mirv> The Gwen is a very cool noder, not a dumbass kiddie. Things that I wish I hadn't heard (or said) in the catbox: Maylith: Well, duh, this is the catbox, and your very words are now being googled. So do you wanna talk about it or not? :) gwenllian stalks the wild radish and slays it in its lair gwenllian: vee haff veys off meiking you tock, Herr Haze... den Spoon, bitte... JeffreyAtW: I do not like you, can't you see? I do not like you, EDB. dannye: C Busta Pack / And now he's back / But his lines won't work / Screw that jerk / Must be da Fez / Messin' wid his head / etc. 03:07Cletus the Foetus: ANYBODY who wants to call my house and leave a poem on my answering machine, should /msg me right away! grundoon: Chiisuta, she is such a stud/her wang, it is never a dud/ the life of the party/it is such a smartie/Humongous, and COVERED WITH SPUD!!! wick: amib: I suck at poetry! Check it out: "Rose are red, violets are blue, this poem rocks but it doesn't rhyme." rootbeer277 No... this is important. The Apple keypad DOES have the equal sign. It shortened up the plus sign to make room. Things my EMT instructor has said that scare the crap out of me: Never use an oropharyngeal airway on infants and children, cause it will stimulate their vagal nerve which causes their airway to swell shut. WRONG!!! Stimulating the vagal nerve causes slowing of the heart; however, the reason you want to be careful with an oropharyngeal airway in a child is that it can easily cause laryngospasm (the vocal cords snap shut, cutting off the air supply) Name the ring-shaped structure at the bottom of the trachea wellll... there isn't one. There's a ring-shaped structure at the bottom of the LARYNX, the cricoid cartilage, but the bottom of the trachea consists of the carina and bronchi (Y-shaped, yes, ring-shaped, no) You have to worry about ruptured organs, like ruptured spleens, after a fall. When they fall from a height, the force has to go somewhere, so it turns into a chemical, usually potassium, which causes the organs to burst. I must have looked as if I had just had a stroke when she came out with this one. Yes, organs rupture after a fall (it's not the fall, it's the sudden stop... ;-) ). Ruptured cells spill potassium into the bloodstream. Yes, there is a higher blood potassium level then. Potassium does NOT rupture organs (it can stop your heart, but that's a different story..). Plus - *EUREKA* this woman has discovered transmutation!! Energy turns into potassium when it hits the ground!! Real or malarkey? You decide... After a patient has used their inhaler, the pulse rate speeds up because the heart goes "Woohoo! Oxygen!!", so it tries to make up for the oxygen it didn't get before. *BZZZZ* I'm sorry, that answer is incorrect. Their pulse rate speeds up because these medications are beta-adrenergic agonists, and they stimulate the receptors in the heart to speed up - it has nothing to do with the heart going "woohoo". Don't give COPD patients high-flow oxygen because their lungs are filled up with fluid, and the fluid is absorbing all the oxygen in their body, so if you give them lots of oxygen then the fluid is going to build and build until they can't handle it. Erm.. ah..nope. Normal people breathe when the carbon dioxide in their bloodstream gets too high. COPD patients have a constant high level of carbon dioxide, so their main stimulus to breathe is low oxygen levels. If you give them lots of oxygen, they may literally 'forget' to breathe. COPD itself does not mean that they have fluid in their lungs, although they can (due to infection or CHF or so..), and the fluid does NOT suck the oxygen out of their body. It does get in the way of gas exchange, though. The larynx is not part of the respiratory system. Say WHAT??? Since when, and what IS it part of?? Congestive heart failure is built up fluid in the sac around the heart. Uh..noo.. that's pericardial effusion or tamponade.. A distended abdomen looks like someone has a grapefruit under their ribcage Sorry, wrong again. Someone with a distended abdomen has firm swelling of their entire belly. What she is describing sounds much more like a hideously huge abdominal aortic aneurism or some kind of tumor.. Swelling is due to irritation of muscles, not water. Edema is always squishy because it's just water. Ok, once again.. thanks for playing, I'm sorry, the answer is incorrect. Gah. Edema = swelling. Both caused by fluid accumulation. Nope, not irritated muscles. Edema/swelling can be either firm or squishy, but it IS fluid. Try telling someone with a bad sprain their ankle's swelling cannot be hard or tight because it's only water... Mind you, this woman is employed by the university I go to.. I'm sure she's a competent EMT, but her grasp of anatomy (not to mention physics..) is truly frightening... (Note to self) Future writeups:
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