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I like almost nothing better than seeing someone’s passion come out through a response to another blogger’s post. You know those emails. The ones that just send your mind on a tangent, get your blood boiling, and your fingers typing fast, but your brain going faster.

I have done it myself here.

I posted a quick link to the MSM post: “When Does ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ Make Sense?” Christian over at Pallimed left a comment with a link to his rebuttal. His response deserves both a mention here and a read.

Thanks Christian.

Camarillo doctor’s emails describe fight for lives in Iraq
Surgeon in combat
By Tom Kisken
Sunday, February 10, 2008

The bullet sneaked through a very small gap in the axillary (armpit) area of his body armor. A tiny hole,” he pecked out on a Dell laptop from an Army hospital in Mosul, Iraq. “He arrived unconscious with no vital signs. Everyone tried but his blood was somewhere else A sniper shot. An unlucky shot. A cheap shot. Shot through the heart and under the flag.

This is why I still wear a uniform.

*stands at the position of attention, offering crisp salute*

[h/t Michael Yon]

Tattoos may be tomorrow’s vaccines
Posted Fri Feb 8, 2008 11:29am AEDT

German scientists say that work on mice showed that tattooing was a more effective way to deliver a new generation of experimental DNA vaccines than standard injections into muscle.

Right on! I knew my tattoos were good for something. Uhhhh, that is what I am telling my mom at least!

[h/t Health and Nursing Issues Australia]

Down with the 12 gauge Sickness!

Look at those veins! And that hyper-extended right knee???

[h/t io9]

I don’t usually get all excited about anything in the MSM, but this was well written and highlights a battle each of us fights when caring for patients:

When Does ‘Do Not Resuscitate’ Make Sense?
By SCOTT HAIG

This is when you know you are having a bad day.

Story here.
More images here.

[h/t my favorite flight communicator Gwen!]

Man I can’t believe it has been so long since I posted here. Balance between the blogs has not been struck. With that said, here is a summary of some recent announcements:
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I will be a guest on EstroFest hosted by Doctor Anonymous at BlogTalkRadio.

Information here.
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Kaplan Publishing is looking for submissions for a series of Nursing Anthologies.

Information here.
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I will be hosting Change of Shift on 21 February 2008.

Information here.
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Hopefully this will be me getting caught back up. I really have to quit with the “I haven’t been her much” posts! I have, as per the above been busy!

Finnish patient gets new jaw from own stem cells
Fri Feb 1, 2008 1:46pm EST

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Scientists in Finland said they had replaced a 65-year-old patient’s upper jaw with a bone transplant cultivated from stem cells isolated from his own fatty tissue and grown inside his abdomen.

Researchers said on Friday the breakthrough opened up new ways to treat severe tissue damage and made the prospect of custom-made living spares parts for humans a step closer to reality.

The possibilities this raises are exciting. Too bad the stem cell controversy continues to rage.

[h/t io9 via pa12ick]