#RRT

[niktropolis]

i'm rereading the entire red rising series and all i can say is.....mustang.......my beloved... .. . ........

[buddiebeginz]

I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz, or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off. I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul. I love you as the plant that never blooms but carries in itself the light of hidden flowers; thanks to your love a certain solid fragrance, risen from the earth, lives darkly in my body. I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you straightforwardly, without complexities or pride; so I love you because I know no other way than this: where I does not exist, nor you, so close that your hand on my chest is my hand, so close that your eyes close as I fall asleep. — Pablo Neruda (desktop wallpaper | phone)

[0the-duchess0]

For those of you playing the NSO port for Red Rescue Team: remember that the old Wonder Mail codes still work! Here is a list with a bunch of them.

For those that don't know how this works: in the startup menu of the game, there is an option at the bottom that reads "Wonder Mail". You can put a 24 digit code in there that will grant you items, get you special missions, etc. You will receive them in the mailbox once the right code has been redeemed and saved.

[respiratorybymatt]

The FDA approved inhaled ensifentrine (Ohtuvayre) as maintenance treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in adults, drugmaker Verona Pharma announced opens in a new tab or windowon Wednesday.

A first-in-class dual phosphodiesterase 3 (PDE3) and phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) inhibitor, the nebulized therapy acts as both a bronchodilator and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory, simultaneously relaxing airway muscles and reducing inflammation and mucus production.

[populationpensive]

As a critical care provider, I have NEVER heard of phasing out respiratory therapy. Our hospital is SHORT many RTs.

The fact of the matter is that y'all know those vents better than I do. I cannot do my job for all 10 of my patients if I have to sit and fuck with a vent for 20 minutes.

While I "know how to work the vent" in that I will want more Vt, change of a mode, etc, YOU as the RT know the technicalities of your vents. We (PAs - and honestly crit care docs as well) do not get trained that way. Period.

So, go be an RT if your heart desires. We need more, amazing RTs in this world. *shout out to Mama Poppi who is the BEST RT in the world*

This is probably a weird question, but I don't really know anyone who works in the medical field to ask directly. I've been considering a career change to respiratory therapy, but I knew there were several different areas in the healthcare field so I took a class at my local CC that involved "discovering different healthcare careers" and had us talk to and shadow many different occupations. I had 2 different professionals through this class tell me studying Respiratory Therapy wouldn't be worth it because they were being phased out because others within healthcare already know how to do the job they do. Do you know if this is true or not? I was really excited about pursuing this, but I don't want to spend time and money pursuing a degree if it is being "phased out." I haven't been able to find anything about this through just looking it up online, if anything my research indicates Respiratory Therapists are needed and in demand right now, so I'm a little confused.

Hi! Well I think that's a great question, but I am as "in the dark" as you are about this, since I don't work in a hospital setting with respiratory therapists.

I'm going to assume you're in the United States? You can send me another anon ask if not, so I can clarify the country in question for anyone who might have info on the topic.

Ok, let's punt this question out to the readers -- anybody have insights on the current and future demand for respiratory therapists in US healthcare?

[pardycity]

bugs when u. when u ummm

[okenki]

[the_ish]

a comic i made to encourage a friend some time ago (after i got vaporized…😔), i decided to share it, i did it in one night and drew as i went with no planning or sketching so it's a bit wonky and confused, but it got the spirit…! (???) sorry also if it is hard to read…

the idea was to show (?) that being consistent is very important if you want to achieve a goal, and that even just a little everyday can go a long way? It is also a call out to ME…😞

i am a little embarrassed aha, because i feel like it is clumsy and that it comes out as "there is one truth and it is mine" but that's not it… i got a little to passionate while sleep deprived but re-reading it now, i think it might give a little courage to someone else too???

or at least make you laugh? aaaaaa

[prince-liest]

Night shift in the hospital on Christmas week is so delightfully boring, hahaha. It's my first time covering nights on inpatient and I was relatively nervous about it at first because it involves covering nearly 30 patients alone (well, normally alone; this is a "practice" nights week for me so I have a senior with me)... but unlike day shift, you're not generally managing actual patient care at night, you're just fielding calls from the night nurses in case they need something that an MD/DO has to order. It's also generally day team's job to be like, "Hey, we anticipate X might happen with this patient. If that happens, do Y or Z."

So far it's been a couple of shifts and they've been quite delightfully boring, which is how I like it. Come in at 6pm, take signout from the two teams we're covering, admit anywhere from 0 to 3 patients and staff them with the night attending (admissions done by 10pm, he leaves at midnight), scour the emergency department tracking shell a few times to see if we're going to have to do any admissions after that (we're required to do admissions for any residency clinic patients - so far we haven't needed to), waffle around and finish our notes until it seems like a reasonable time to get a move on, have midnight lunch, and then retire to the call rooms until our alarms ring at 5:45am and we do sign out at 6.

Throughout this, we also get calls for things like "Can this patient have a melatonin?" and follow up on anything that was pending overnight (day team usually tries to make sure we don't need to but sometimes it can't be avoided - usually it's been trending troponins or hemoglobin), and on one occasion yesterday we went to a mildly funny rapid response that occurred because someone freaked out about a patient's pre-existing neurological deficits (she was super stable; not sure what the rapid team was, like, meant to do in that situation, lol).

Anyway, I've been sleeping from somewhere between midnight and 1am until 5:45am so far which has been great. The mattress in my call room is absolutely horrific, though, lol. It's like 4 inches thick and somehow has springs in there. Better me than my senior, though - she's got the slightly nicer mattress but still gets less sleep than me because I'm pretty good at just knocking out.

Today will be my first day taking calls independently, so fingers crossed it goes as boring as yesterday! I brought a couple fancy mini-bundt cakes for me and my senior because we both deserve something for working night shift on fucking Christmas, haha.

[cassiopeia-grimm]

John Grimm aesthetic 🧟‍♂️💉🧬

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These photos do not belong to me, all credits go to the owner. I just mad the moodboard.

[mountmortar]

i have got to play through the pmd games in their entirety one of these days if only to experience the feeling of palkia breaking into my house to try to kill me

[tineymang]

wahoo its my guys from my first rrt playthru!! team fireflower :] i need to replay rescue team dx.... for them........

[impossiblepluto]

inspired by the recent addition on that one ask

Hahaha!

And it's sad because it's true.

MacGyver Writers: how about an episode where Mac has a seizure and flatlines

Me *eyes dilating like a cat*: what's the catch?

MacGyver: you'll have to deal with season 4 and 5 to get to it

😑