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  • Study Shows Oxygen Less Functional When Nasal Cannula Worn as Headband

    Study Shows Oxygen Less Functional When Nasal Cannula Worn as Headband

    ATTLEBORO, MA – A recent study shows that oxygen administration is significantly less effective for patients who wear their nasal cannulas as a headband.

    Study Shows Oxygen Less Functional When Nasal Cannula Worn as Headband
    “Let’s try oxygenating your knee caps”

    Nasal cannulas are traditionally placed inside the nares, possibly causing mild discomfort but allowing the necessary oxygen to freely flow directly into the body through the nose. However, patients have found new and clever ways to wear their nasal cannulas: as headbands, necklaces, or even one-sided earrings.

    Given the increase in patients’ demands to wear nasal cannulas in the most creative and ineffective way possible, nurses Erin Rose and Kerry Ryan decided to conduct their own study to determine the best way for patients to wear nasal cannulas.

    “We see patients everyday who prefer to wear their oxygen differently and the most popular choice is as a headband,” reports Ryan. “We wanted to see which method would work best to help patients receive oxygen.”

    Rose on the other hand, has a more honest opinion of the study: “Quite frankly I don’t understand why I have to explain to my patients that you don’t get oxygen if the cannula is not in your nose. So maybe if this is backed by science I’ll get my patients to see the light.”

    The study included 10 patients who required oxygen administration in order to stay alive and each patient required a nasal cannula to receive oxygen. The study found that in all 10 patients, the most effective way to wear the nasal cannula is in the nostrils. Headbands caused a decrease in oxygen saturation to 80% and lower, while other methods caused similar results. Shocking results indeed.

    “Could nasal mean it belongs in the nose?” asked Rose, shaking her head. “Mystery solved.”

  • MRI Technologist And Radiological Technologist Are Among The 100 Best Jobs of 2017

    MRI Technologist And Radiological Technologist Are Among The 100 Best Jobs of 2017




    In the hunt for a new opportunity or gainful employment, it’s best to start at the top. Wednesday morning, U.S. News and World Report released its 2017 list of the 100 best jobs.

    More than half of the 100 best jobs are linked to health care. Dentist was at the top of the list, followed by nurse practitioner and physician assistant. Several medical positions also topped the list of best-paying jobs.

    The 100 Best Jobs of 2017: Health Care Leads All Sectors In New List

  • I Didn’t Vaccinate My Kids and the One Who Lived Turned out Fine

    I Didn’t Vaccinate My Kids and the One Who Lived Turned out Fine

    TRUTH ALERT: I didn’t vaccinate my kids and the one who lived turned out just fine.

    You heard me. When each of my five children were born, my husband and I made the decision NOT to pump our kids full of “vaccines” and “preventative medicines” despite the societal pressure to do so. And today we have one perfectly fine child who lived to see her 13th birthday.

    If you want to hear the TRUTH that the vaccine industry doesn’t want YOU to know, keep reading.

    Like most mothers, I take my children’s health and well-being very seriously. When my beautiful babies, who I miss so much, were born, I went with my gut and the advice of my yoga friends and didn’t vaccinate them. Now I am asking you to PLEASE do the same.

    I’m a mother and I read a lot of stuff on the internet; I know vaccines are approved by the FDA to prevent disease BUT I’M NOT CONVINCED! And I’m here to convince you to not be convinced by their “science” and “research.”

    Would you rather take advice from me, a real mother who raised five kids and still has one wonderful, beautiful teenage daughter? Or would you rather listen to the BIASED media, or worse, the corrupt doctors?

    The choice should be simple.

    Don’t even get me started on those death peddlers. At best, doctors are snake oil salesmen trying to pump our kids full of vaccines they don’t need. At worst, they are actively trying to kill our children. MY children, my friends’ children, and if you’re not careful they’ll come after YOUR children.

    I have one perfectly healthy child and I do not want DOCTORS anywhere near her.

    As soon as my first baby was born, which I’m ashamed to say happened in a hospital, the doctors immediately tried to vaccinate him. They said they wanted to prevent the spread of diseases that I’m pretty sure they were making up! Is anyone fact-checking doctors these days?

    THEY SHOULD BE.

    Besides, if doctors were so smart, why couldn’t they cure my oldest son when he got measles? Or my second daughter when she got cholera? Where’s their science when we really need it

    Exactly. If they really knew about the immune system or any of these diseases they’d know how to fix them and not just try and fill our babies with chemicals AND LIES.

  • Abbott’s tiny wireless pacemaker is now MRI-compatible

    Abbott’s tiny wireless pacemaker is now MRI-compatible


    The FDA approved MRI-conditional labeling for Abbott’s tiny wireless pacemaker, making it the smallest and longest-lasting MRI-compatible device of its kind. The new labeling also applies to a pacing lead.

    The company picked up the Assurity MRI pacemaker and the Tendril MRI pacing lead in its acquisition of St. Jude Medical, which closed earlier this month. The pacemaker allows physicians to wirelessly monitor their patients, which can reduce the need for office visits, Abbott said in a statement. The Assurity pacemaker allows remote access to diagnostic data and daily device measurements using wireless radiofrequency (RF) telemetry.

    The new labeling means that patients implanted with these devices may now undergo diagnostic MRI scans without fear of damaging their implant. During an MRI procedure, a hand-held device is used to activate preprogrammed MRI settings for the implants. These settings are individualized to each patient and can help cut down on the effort, time and inconvenience linked to traditional pre- and postscan pacemaker reprogramming, Abbott said.

    “A long-lasting and small wireless pacemaker that allows patients to undergo MRI scans is an important step forward in growing our available treatment options for patients,” said Dr. David Sandler, director of electrophysiology at the Oklahoma Heart Institute in Tulsa, in the statement. “The ability to choose a device to best address a patient’s cardiac condition no longer has a tradeoff with MRI compatibility. It’s the best of both worlds.”

    Earlier this month, an FDA safety communication identified patients with RF-enabled St. Jude Medical implanted cardiac devices and a corresponding Merlin@Home device—which transmits device data to St. Jude’s Merlin patient care network—to be at risk of harm from “cybersecurity vulnerabilities.”

  • Do You Know The Names Of These Surgical Instruments ? (3rd part)

    Do You Know The Names Of These Surgical Instruments ? (3rd part)

    Pick The right Option.



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