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CollegeLyfe: A photo hunt

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CollegeLyfe: Photography - Light

Week 5 is based on light. I tried to modify my position to get a lot of different lighting conditions. I found " DPS: 9 Lighting Types to Harness & Improve Your Photography " really useful for ideas. I am hoping to do some more shooting in the future and add more to this. The lighting conditions I had to work with were fairly direct, I was very happy with the lens flares I got and especially the lantern shots! Don't forget to see my other stuff on social media! Behance: https://goo.gl/PPU6f2 Instagram: https://goo.gl/rAdlqL Twitter: https://goo.gl/8JV2Dv SnapChat: https://goo.gl/gsE416 Thanks, Nicholas.

CollegeLyfe: Photography - Depth of field

Week 4... Which was 2 weeks ago... Week 4 was based on Depth of Field. I got woefully behind due to some poor life choices (Yes, I do want to work a 60 hour work week! Great idea!) but I'm back on track and moving forward! I have got Adobe Lightroom working, which is what is running the lovely slide show you see above! I did most of my work this week in Aperture mode, The Canon 80D has a touch screen... which made focusing a little bit of a cheat, but I also did some manual focusing. If some pictures appear out of focus... that's why. Thanks, Nicholas.

CollegeLyfe: Capturing motion

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closest thing I got to panning...  It's kind of weird to be start blogging 3 weeks  into a semester, but I felt I wanted to share my college experiences and what I'm learning. So this post focuses on photography. This weeks assignments was to capture motion. I should go back and document what all the different shutter speeds were.... but that's a lot of work. Instead, just enjoy the motion captured! I tried capturing some panning, but It proved difficult, especially with a spastic kid as my subject... I finally did capture the first picture of his face mostly in focus. I then tried to capture him in motion while keeping the rest of the scene clear. Some of the technical aspects of this photo aren't great. The sky is rather blown out, I'm still learning to work with color corrections...  To capture a good motion blur I meant to go to an overpass and get a great shot, but that opportunity didn't come. The motion blur of this picture is the beast I cou...

Prehospital Ultrasound in Undifferentiated shock, Cardiac Arrest, and the End of Resuscitation.

Please feel free to comment, on the topic or my grammar! This paper has already been graded. ;-) Prehospital Ultrasound in Undifferentiated shock, Cardiac Arrest, and the End of Resuscitation. Nicholas Jackson Southern Maine Community College For years ultrasound was an imaging modality for sonography technicians who acquired them and the radiologist who reviewed them. With the rapid rate technology has evolved and developed we now have point of care ultrasound. Point of care ultrasound allows physicians in the emergency department and office setting to acquire diagnostic quality imaging at the bedside. While physicians have a vast array of transducers, protocols, and views The question remains, Can paramedics perform the same feats to help our patients? In this paper we will review the “Focused echocardiographic evaluation in life support (FEEL)” protocol, the “Prehospital Evaluation of Effusion, Pneumothorax, and Standstill (PEEPS)” protocol, and assessment of non shockab...

Cranial nerves and hard ons, oh my...

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"Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, to touch a female vagina, gives Victor a hardon." Patrick J. Lynch, medical illustrator See, I said it. Vagina, hard on, and I'll just go ahead and add penis to this sentence. However, It worked for it's purpose. Remembering the 12 Cranial nerves. I – Olfactory II – Optic III – Oculomotor IV – Trochlear V (1,2,3) – Trigeminal VI – Abducens VII – Facial VIII – Vestibulocochlear IX – Glossopharyngeal X – Vagus XI – Accessory XII – Hypoglossal  - ( Via Wikipedia ) (Yes, I'm using Wikipedia as a source. No this isn't a scholarly or even very intelligent post, it's okay.) Sooo, I was suppose to memorize the 12 cranial nerves and their function (sensory, motor, or both) for a test this semester. I didn't, the test didn't go well. this is the point of test (or is how I use them at least). They are to show you what you need to learn! Within hours of that class ending, the tale of Victors sexual adv...

Medic school paper - Appropriate Utilization of Helicopter EMS - Draft

(Please comment! If you want to comment on the paper in Google docs then I will happily share the link! Thank you!) Helicopter based emergency medical services (HEMS) are an essential part to any EMS system.  The first benefit noted with HEMS is that it gives prehospital providers access to rapid transport without the difficulties of traffic or terrain. HEMS utilizes staff ranging from a critical care paramedic to a physician led team. Working under an expanded scope of practice compared to the traditional ground ambulance. However, HEMS can be misused and abused like the rest of the EMS and emergency response system. According to Taylor, C. B. (2010) annual cost range from $115,777 to $5,571,578.  The LifeFlight Foundation annual report states that in 2013 alone Maine’s very own “Green Angels” had expenses equalling $9,109,732 (2013, p. 22). That cost can be placed with the patients and insurance or absorbed by the government and citizens. No matter where the funding co...

Medic School Presentations: Tetanus, Infectious disease process

What type of organism is involved in spreading this pathogen (bacteria, virus, etc.)?  Identify the name of the organism (if any).  If you have been provided with an organism/pathogen what disease does it cause? Clostridium tetani spores Anaerobic gram-positive, spore-forming bacteria Spores found in soil, animal feces; may persist for months to years They can survive autoclaving at 249.8°F (121°C) for 10–15 minutes. The spores are also relatively resistant to phenol and other chemical agents. Tetanospasmin estimated human lethal dose = 2.5 ng/kg Causes Tetanus (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2012, p. 291). What is the common route of infection (air, blood, etc.)?  Identify what would be the most likely way a paramedic would be exposed. Spores usually enters the body through a wound or breach in the skin. Toxins are produced and disseminated via bloodstream and lymphatic system (Centers for Disease Control and Prevent...

Medic school Response: Into the water

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Into the Water — The Clinical Clerkships — NEJM Something that I have a hard time with and work equally hard at is understanding that I think, I make the world around me. I get so focused on trying to be "the best I can be" and all the silly ideas that come with that. I focus on the best I can be, which turns into just focusing on me, which turns into not thinking outside my own head. So it's good to hear I'm not alone in that thought. It's better to know that I can change it. I hope that as my education and understanding of the world around me gets better I'll remember to think more. Now I've been in EMS for 2 years, which is a small chunk of time in the scheme of things but I do understand how the clinical clerkship can affect providers. Tuesday night I had an elderly lady with chest pain. A man in his 50s who was having a STEMI.  98% occlusions of the circumflex was the cath lab report when we got back. A post arrest, vented Pt who was bucking the ...