NursaMedic

Soooooo…where do I start?

Oh yeah, survived two years of an associate degree program in nursing, set to take that lovely NCLEX within a month now…and it only became two years because the beginning of my final semester started off with a divorce hearing…

*sigh*

It was a divorce that was a long time coming and not wholly unexpected for me, but it is a complex story of a woman thinking she could fix a man…

…ignoring red flags of anger management issues…

…discovering he may have classic narcissism…

…hey, awesome, it’s domestic violence without physical violence…

…get. me. out. of. this. marriage.

For now, I am somewhat functional with a job and preparing to more baby steps towards financial independence, but I’ve definitely become a different person over the past few months.

I’m back, kids. For better or for worse.

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The following scenarios describe  different vehicle accidents. Please identify which patient(s) require emergent EMS transport, and which pt should have known better that there are key words that earn you a backboard and c-collar. (Drugs are not a contributing factor, and no LOC in any of the following cases.)

#1: Post-2000 4-door sedan stopped at intersection rear-ended by similar-sized at 10 mph. Minor damage to fender, car is still drivable. Belted adult-sized occupant years of age A&Ox4 with zero health history. No airbag deployment Complaints: neck pain.

#2: Post-2000 sports car going 60-70mph on highway. Unknown vehicle malfunction causes driver to lose control of car, car makes big-ass dent in guardrail before driver manages to steer car to shoulder. No air bag deployment. Front end is buggered up, but no passenger compartment damage. Middle-aged belted occupant has history of hypertension, torn and repaired ACL surgery, and currently  complains of tenderness in chest area, but breathing not compromised.

#3: Post 2010 sedan-ish car traveling at 60 mph. Driver hits object that fell off another vehicle. One of the front wheel is damaged beyond a drivable state and curtain airbag deployment on same side. Belted adult yuppie occupant has sole complaint of face pain, but healthy adult yuppie w/no significant health history is pretty sure their pain is related to the curtian airbag inflating into their face.

#4: Belted occupant driving a 19-year old car loses control of said car at 60mph. Car does a lovely sideswipe of the concrete barrier, occupants bites her tongue REALLY EFFING HARD, but driver gets car to shoulder without killing herself or anyone else in the process. Car is all sorts of damage, but no passenger compartment damage. Driver complains of neck tenderness and EMS notes a fabulous tongue bruise.

Pencils out, kids!

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Anybody still here? 

(I’ve really let this blog sit dormant for over a year?)

So if you’re an e-mail subscriber and you get this, surprise, I’m back.

Let’s see, June of 2013…what happened? Ah, yes, now I remember: workplace politics and injured egos may or may not have threatened my job status and made my life unpredictable for a year, and I may or may not have had unexpected allies, and maybe  and I DIDN’T start playing the Mass Effect video game trilogy, and then I had to uproot because, reasons, and where was I going with this? I’m not sure. Let’s start over again.

Short version: El Capitan Chia Pet and have returned to our roots, he’s got himself an adorable little civy job when he’s not playing Reservist, and I’m working on getting back into the medical field via…NURSING SCHOOL! (And another avenue, but once again, I apparently didn’t burn as many bridges as I thought I did, much to my pleasant surprise.)

Once a week, I promise. With Pudgy Pup pictures at the very least as I attempt to bop into other blogs and get in touch with my writing side again. 

(I blame Snigs for my return to this blog. That is all.)

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