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Undertoad · 05-11-2012, 11:23 AM

Center city at noon, looking east from the west philly hospital parking garage roof.

57 pulse, 98 blood oxygen, 130/51 blood pressure, 14 I never figured out.

Mom hates, *hates* bad pictures of herself, so don't tell her I did this. I think it was a physician's assistant who came in and tested her vision because she was having issues with her eyesight. She tested two things: peripheral vision, which is being tested here; and stroke, which was trying each eye out independently to make sure the vision was the same in each.

The machine there at the bottom of the pic is attached to the green cuffs around the calves. It squeezes the calves gently, regularly, like a blood pressure machine, to make sure no blood is pooling there. The red pillow on her lap is given to all heart patients, as a thing to squeeze to maintain a little reverse pressure on the chest when they want to cough, sneeze, or (I suppose) laugh. The orange footy socks are for all patients.

S.I.C.U. stands for Surgical ICU, and all hospital pros say "sick-you" and never "Ess-Eye-See-You". The other ICU here is Medical ICU, and I have yet to hear somebody say "mick-you", although surely they must.

Unlike other hospitals, every sick-you room here is private, and every room has all the supplies needed for patient care. One nurse described it as unique to her ICU experience.

Every room here, ICU and "regular", has a whiteboard for simple communications. Valentine, a tall, dark African man, was responsible for sticking her fingertips for blood sugar tests. She loved him, and by the end of her sick-you stay, they were sharing conspiracy theories about the oncoming inevitable war for water.

glatt · 05-11-2012, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

14 I never figured out.

Breaths per minute?

SteveDallas · 05-11-2012, 12:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

14 I never figured out.

Klout score?

05-11-2012, 11:23 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Center city at noon, looking east from the west philly hospital parking garage roof. 57 pulse, 98 blood oxygen, 130/51 blood pressure, 14 I never figured out. Mom hates, hates bad pictures of herself, so don't tell her I did this. I think it was a physician's assistant who came in and tested her vision because she was having issues with her eyesight. She tested two things: peripheral vision, which is being tested here; and stroke, which was trying each eye out independently to make sure the vision was the same in each. The machine there at the bottom of the pic is attached to the green cuffs around the calves. It squeezes the calves gently, regularly, like a blood pressure machine, to make sure no blood is pooling there. The red pillow on her lap is given to all heart patients, as a thing to squeeze to maintain a little reverse pressure on the chest when they want to cough, sneeze, or (I suppose) laugh. The orange footy socks are for all patients. S.I.C.U. stands for Surgical ICU, and all hospital pros say "sick-you" and never "Ess-Eye-See-You". The other ICU here is Medical ICU, and I have yet to hear somebody say "mick-you", although surely they must. Unlike other hospitals, every sick-you room here is private, and every room has all the supplies needed for patient care. One nurse described it as unique to her ICU experience. Every room here, ICU and "regular", has a whiteboard for simple communications. Valentine, a tall, dark African man, was responsible for sticking her fingertips for blood sugar tests. She loved him, and by the end of her sick-you stay, they were sharing conspiracy theories about the oncoming inevitable war for water.

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