If a tree falls in outer space, does it make a sound? No you stupid, space is a vacuum. And there aren't any trees.
For halloween, I'm going as Hypatia, the coolest chick scientist ever. Probably the hottest too. Nevermind that I suck at any math that I don't have a practical application for (anesthesiology, for example, requires intense multivariable calc*. no problem. however, I have yet to pass intermediate algebra), dressing up as Hypatia is way cooler than being a hooker or whatever.
In other news, I'm certified in radiology technology now. Hooray for being legal and qualified to take veterinary rads (not to say I haven't been taking them already...)!!!! I feel quite confident that the 24 hours of lecture I sat through has given me all the information I would ever need to take a radiograph of any part of any critter that comes into our clinic. And not just any average rad, I will take kickass high diagnostic quality rads!!!!!
I love my job. Times one million.
*To put an animal under anesthetic, I first have to calculate the dosage of IV drugs for my cocktail. I have to know the mgs per kg, mgs per mL, weight of the patient, and how to adjust and calculate for hyper/hyposensitivity or geriatric/ill/pregnant/lactating cases. Once my cocktail is drawn up (usually Ket/Val), I have to calculate the oxygen requirements for that specific animal (based on weight, height, length, breed, etc). I then have to find what percentage of the total flow (which is typically 1-1.5 L/min, based on animal size, rebreather or non-rebreather systems) should be anesthetic (usually isoflurane), which is based on temperature, size, sensitivity, and the plane of anesthetic (who nother big mess) I need to achieve. I then administer the IV anesthetic to induce, then intubate (which requires calculating an estimation of tracheal length to avoid inserting the ET tube past the point of bifurcation, as well as the diameter of the trachea) and maintain on my pre-determined anesthetic parameters. Once the animal is under and hooked up to monitors (ECG, PulseOx, tidal CO2, temp, etc.), I can then fine tune my anesthetic settings to maintain optimal anesthetic.
Oh yeah, I didn't go to school for that...
For halloween, I'm going as Hypatia, the coolest chick scientist ever. Probably the hottest too. Nevermind that I suck at any math that I don't have a practical application for (anesthesiology, for example, requires intense multivariable calc*. no problem. however, I have yet to pass intermediate algebra), dressing up as Hypatia is way cooler than being a hooker or whatever.
In other news, I'm certified in radiology technology now. Hooray for being legal and qualified to take veterinary rads (not to say I haven't been taking them already...)!!!! I feel quite confident that the 24 hours of lecture I sat through has given me all the information I would ever need to take a radiograph of any part of any critter that comes into our clinic. And not just any average rad, I will take kickass high diagnostic quality rads!!!!!
I love my job. Times one million.
*To put an animal under anesthetic, I first have to calculate the dosage of IV drugs for my cocktail. I have to know the mgs per kg, mgs per mL, weight of the patient, and how to adjust and calculate for hyper/hyposensitivity or geriatric/ill/pregnant/lactating cases. Once my cocktail is drawn up (usually Ket/Val), I have to calculate the oxygen requirements for that specific animal (based on weight, height, length, breed, etc). I then have to find what percentage of the total flow (which is typically 1-1.5 L/min, based on animal size, rebreather or non-rebreather systems) should be anesthetic (usually isoflurane), which is based on temperature, size, sensitivity, and the plane of anesthetic (who nother big mess) I need to achieve. I then administer the IV anesthetic to induce, then intubate (which requires calculating an estimation of tracheal length to avoid inserting the ET tube past the point of bifurcation, as well as the diameter of the trachea) and maintain on my pre-determined anesthetic parameters. Once the animal is under and hooked up to monitors (ECG, PulseOx, tidal CO2, temp, etc.), I can then fine tune my anesthetic settings to maintain optimal anesthetic.
Oh yeah, I didn't go to school for that...
I tried my best to pretend i understand the whole procedure to sedate an animal and actually shame on me I used to understand that language, but you lost me with that treee in space question. Let's have a space mission try it, how about that?! with tax money of course.
Homer will be captain.