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Post 11: Part 3 -Moroccan Grappling and Pottery
Today we went to the place where we were able to make pottery, baskets, and mosaic. It was very interesting to see how pottery was made in Morocco, this place mainly made Tajins. Tajins are serving dishes with food inside that keeps the heat in to cook and maintain the meat at a good temperature
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Post 10 – Part Two of Morocco
Today we relatively did not do much, but what we did was very insightful. We Visited a university in Rabat and met Moroccan English students. Though I didn’t interact with them much many of them seemed very intelligent. Moroccans and many mainland Europeans seem to speak 3 or more languages very well and I’ve always
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Post 9: Entry one – Morocco Study Abroad
To make up my absence I will share with you guys an 8-part mini blog series on my journey to Morocco, followed by getting a look at the Moroccan healthcare industry and resume to regular programming. I went on a study abroad with my university for a Moroccan history course. Over the course of the
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Post 8: Why Left is Right
Over the weekend I worked a shift in a notorious part of Downtown Dallas, Deep Elum. My shifts in Deep Elum consistently have had numerous cases that are rare to witness in the rest of Dallas. However, the case I want to discuss in this post was just a simple patient who got too drunk
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Post 7: Bonesetters and blog update
As of two weeks ago I passed my National Health Association EKG technician test, officially making me an EKG technician as well as an EMT. I have not been able to post for the past few weeks unfortunately, as my school load has picked up I have not been working as much/not many eventful cases
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Post 6: Part 3: A Nazi Doctor Who Helped Jews?
Each night O’Reilly threw a massive party with an open bar, country music, arcades, a rock-climbing wall, and almost every entertainment item possible over the course of two nights, Friday and Saturday. On Friday night we were called for a patient complaining of chest pains in the party hall, when we got there, he told
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Post 5: Part 2: Apparently if you are anxious you are a witch.
O’Reilly’s national convention which consisted of over 7000 people will easily be an intimidating event for many people. Executives, presidents, directors are all there watching the thousands of employees attending and it can be a very stressful situation. As in the previous post, I covered how many patients were hypertensive and mentioned that obesity was
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Post 4: Part 1: Did you say his BP was 220 over 20??!?
In the title, I listed part 1 which means, I will be doing a mini blog series on the last four shifts I worked. Over the week, I worked as the standby medical staff at the O’Reilly Auto Parts national convention in Dallas where my team and I had at least 400 patient contacts. One
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Post 3: A Battle Raged Coma?
In my EMT job I frequently have cases that involve drug overdose, especially in downtown Dallas. Normally when we think drug overdose it would involve cocaine, methamphetamine, heroine or any mainstream narcotic. In this shift I faced a different drug, Ayahuasca. The band I was medical standby for was Heilung, a Germanic-Norse band that focused
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Post 2: Attack on NYE
As the New Year rang in, I found myself working the night shift. I received a call to a New Year’s Eve party, where a patient was slumped over and complaining of chest pain and a feeling of impending doom. Upon arrival, I assessed the patient and determined that he was experiencing stable angina, as
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