adjemt

@adjemt (16)

United States • Age 66

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Why do folks do this?

Adoniah @Adoniah (7513) • United States 13 Dec 07

I went to visit a friend of mine at an Alzheimer's Day Care Center again today. She does not have Alzheimers. Her husband died about a year ago so she was left alone and her daughter decided that since she was 80 something and a...

warehousing the elderly

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adjemt Hi, I'm not justifying what she has done. She apparently didn't do her homework and arranged daycare for her in a poor environment. I have found (in my nursing classes) when we are "in the field" the best places are the faith based care centers. The person...

26 Jan 08

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How many guys out there do the cooking? Care to comment anyone?

Coralie Raia Darsey-Malloy @Perspectives (7131) • Canada 21 Jan 08

This discussion was prompted by my hubby David who does all the cooking in our home. A girl friend of ours is staying with us for the next week to ten days...and now he is willingly cooking for both of us...because he is a great...

my hubby the great cookhow about other guysc

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adjemt Hi, Yes I cook and bake. My wife has no problem with it and she likes the break. Especially on her day off I try to do the cooking. Where she works she cooks for the patients she takes care of so it's a good break for her. Most of the time I do alright (I've...

21 Jan 08

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My husband is having surgery this afternoon

Debs_place @Debs_place (10520) • United States 17 Jan 08

He is sitting here, hungry of course, and he wants to go and get the surgery done. He has been up since 3 AM, he woke up and could not fall back to sleep. He wants it over so he can eat. Have you been in such a situation? What...

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adjemt Hi, I'm Debs husband. Thank you all for you nice wishes. I'll try to answer some of the questions I've seen. The operation was an arthroscopy. 2 incisions, I was done in approximately 1/2 an hour. I was awake in recovery within 45 minutes of the beginning of...

21 Jan 08

what can you say for organ donation?

spoiled311 @spoiled311 (5500) • Philippines 3 Jan 08

in the united states, i have watched tv shows featuring those organ donations and their success stories. but those who donate are the educated ones who donate their loved ones dying parts to the hospital. here in the...

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adjemt Well, when I was student, back in the 70's, I sold blood --I got enough money to eat for a week. Now, I think it is illegal. I do have an organ donor card and I am also in the bone marrow registry. I also used to give blood and platelets regularly, but the...

3 Jan 08

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training day week 4

mr_merchant @mr_merchant (21) • Philippines 20 Jul 07

from now on i'm gonna start posting my training progressions here, so at some point, somebody can at least say something about how i lift. for the past couple of weeks, i have started to lift again going back to the basic 3...

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adjemt How often are you lifting? Are you doing cardio? What is/are your goal(s)?

29 Jul 07

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let's play a little game:)

liana_pescarus @liana_pescarus (1168) 28 Jul 07

Rules: a) Put your music player on shuffle. b) Press forward for each question. c) Use the song title as the answer to the question even if it doesnt make sense. NO CHEATING! d) Give your own comments on how it relates to...

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adjemt My player includes quite a few genre's, so here goes... 1.How are you feeling: This can't be love (Toni Tenille) 2.Will you get far in life: Mack the Knife (Bobby Darin) 3.How do your friends see you: Hungarian Rhapsody 4.Will you get married: Love...

28 Jul 07

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Lady Dies in ER because non one would help her

Aurone @Aurone (4755) • United States 13 Jun 07

Did you hear about this? A lady died in the hospital waiting room because no one would help her? She lay bleeding for 45 minutes before she died. People tried calling 911 to get her help, but 911 would not call an ambulance to...

911

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adjemt Hi,First let me say...it is absolutely outrageous that this happened. I'd like to address this from an EMS standpoint. As a former 911 operator (the "official" title is Emergency Medical Dispatcher, or EMD) I believe it would have been against the law to...

14 Jun 07

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Let's Put the "E" Back in "ER" Folks!

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 7 Jun 07

That's right folks, the "E" in "ER" stands for "Emergency", that means something really, really, really bad. What isn't an emergency? Well, a few hints would be... ~if you sit in the ER waiting room for more than an hour......

bleeding

broken toenail

emergency medical services

emergency room

ems

parated2ks not so famous sayings

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adjemt Amen and hallelujah I'm an ER Tech and EMT (yes I'm the one that was sitting next to Debs_place). I think you pretty much hit it, and, I'd like to add... -If you don't have a PMD (primary doctor)...GET ONE the ER is not a clinic/substitute for your own...

11 Jun 07

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How many jobs have you had and what were they?

Serina @Serina (70) • United States 5 May 07

I have had so many jobs in my lifetime I can not even count them now. I have worked at McDonalds twice. Once when I was 22 and here recently at 40. I have worked at practically every burger joint known to man kind including Burger...

jobs

life

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adjemt Hi, Well here we go...I did lawn care and snow removal around the nieghborhood (sp?) I grew up in until I was 18(ish). Since I was 13 I have officated baseball & ice hockey. During high school I was a reporter for a weekly newspaper, worked as a busboy in a...

6 May 07

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have you experienced someone die in front of you?

eemee468 @eemee468 (446) • Philippines 4 May 07

..it's an overwhelming fear to captivate your mind and all your senses.. so scary and you feel you can't talk and all.. specially if you know the person, worse if you love him/her.. i haven't experienced it, but i just can't...

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adjemt Hi, Yes I have. I am a technician in an emergency room. There was a patient I had seen all night. The patient wasn't in my "zone", but, had attended to his needs on occasion during his stay. He was going for chest xrays, and the xray tech came running back...

5 May 07

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