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The Power Of A Nurse

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The engine is cut. He signs off the last of information on his seventh patient to his replacement, sharing the important medications, vitals, activities, and care-plan in depth. Uniquely, I have had the pleasures and memories of working beside so many incredibly talented nurses as I traveled through medical school and residency.

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How to identify a victim of heat exhaustion or heat stroke

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Wood, director of Northeastern Universitys Extreme Medicine Certificate Program, says its important for people to recognize the signs of heat illness and how quickly heat exhaustion can progress to heat stroke, when immersion in cold water is necessary to save lives. Heat stroke is the most serious heat illness, Wood says.

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