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How to Get Going When You Just Want to Stay In Bed and Be Nothing

Some days hit you like a ton of bricks, and for those who already struggle, those days can be even harder. Hopefully, these little tips can give you a boost in your darkest moments.

1. Open a window, let some light and fresh air in. You might not want it now, but it will help you feel better in the long run.

2. Take a shower. Sometimes, this can be more difficult than we expect, but that’s okay. Just letting the water hit your back, or washing your face can make you feel more refreshed.

3. Work on a hobby that gets you going. Unfortunately, as good as it feels in the moment, lying in bed and watching netflix while the work you have piles up will only make you feel worse. Now, maybe you can’t tackle your assignments right now, but sitting up and drawing your favourite character or watering your plants while blasting some music will get you in a better mindset.

4. Change your music. Sometimes we need to listen to a sad ass song and just get all our emotions out, but once that’s done and dusted, don’t dwell. Listen to some up-beat music (if I may, I recommend our Pick Me Up Playlist by You) and try to keep your environment from matching your mood.

5. Get a healthy snack and drink some water. Never underestimate the power of good nutrition. If you can’t handle the thought of a full meal, some fruit will suffice for now. But remember what you eat fuels your body, so if you can bring yourself to fitting in a remotely well-balanced meal, you’ll be all the better off.

6. Make a list, pick one, simple task, and get it done. Maybe you have laundry to do and it’s piling up. Maybe you have to wash down the kitchen counter. Maybe you have a worksheet for school. Maybe it’s just making the list. Whatever you need to get done, write it down, and rather than letting that overwhelm you, pick one thing from that list to tick off. Slowly but surely, you will be able to tackle the bigger things.

7. Go for a walk. Getting some fresh air and simple exercise will refresh you without tiring you out. Bring some water, or maybe make it a trip to get some of your favourite snacks and a smoothie from Jamba Juice. If you’re struggling to get up and out, having something nice to look forward too can motivate you. 

8. Think of why you’re feeling this way, and then let it go. More often than not, there is a reason you’re struggling to get up and out. Understanding the root of this feeling can help you move past it, tackle it, or keep it from holding you back.

I know this is pretty standard advice, but I think we all need that little reminder every now and again.

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Hello everyone!

9|02|2019

Hi everyone! It’s been a while. Quick little life update:

I graduated from college a semester early (woohoo!) and I’ve started a job in a pathology department at a hospital near me (adulting!). 

I wanted to get back on here because I’m starting to study for my MCATs (I’m hopefully going to take them in January) and I want to be more productive. I’ve been trying to study for the past couple of months and I can’t get into it. I keep making it seem like I can keep pushing this off because I had so much time, but now I don’t and I need to start focusing.  

I’m also planning on taking an EMT course and am currently retaking biochemistry. Oh... and I’m also partaking in two different research projects. Of course all while on top of a full-time job. Have mercy, please. 

So today is going to be the start of my journey through coursework hell. 

I want to ask that if anyone is an EMT/MCAT studying blog, to leave a like and I want to follow you! Any advice or resources would also be greatly appreciated. 

Thank you all for tuning back in. Let’s get to work ☕️📝

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If you’re a bystander to a medical emergency...

A group of amazing bystanders did such an excellent job on a call yesterday I figured everyone could use a guide of what to do if you witness a medical emergency. (Even for you doctors and nurses out there-you may be the BEST provider ever but the prehospital environment can be pretty different and these are some great specific ways to help the patient’s overall care)

1. Make sure its safe to help. Seriously. Please please please do not put yourself in danger. So many people get killed every year stopping on the side of highways, ect-not only is it the LAST thing we want to happen, but it can also make a situation that much worse. 

2. Call 911. Get help going. Its okay if you don’t know exactly whats going on. Its okay if you don’t know if anyone else has called. They’d rather you call and have it be nothing than nobody call at all.

3. Stay calm. Take a deep breath. This is not your emergency, it is theirs and you need to keep a calm head to help. 

All Patients

Other than doing CPR if needed the MOST important thing you can do to help EMS out is to write down the patient’s name, date of birth, social(if you can get it), medical history, and allergies. You might be able to get information from the patient, a bystander who knows the patient, or a wallet/medical alert bracelet. This saves US so much time and searching.

When EMS arrives, be prepared for ONE person to calmly explain exactly what you saw. Helpful phrases are if the patient complained of anything before the emergency occurred, and if they made any abnormal movements(like twitching). Telling me the patient had a seizure when I’m not sure what you think a seizure IS, is a lot less helpful than ‘he started jerking, foaming at the mouth, and he peed on himself’. 

Don’t be offended if we’re doing things while you’re talking. We have just a few minutes to assess the patient, figure out what may be going on, stabilize life threats, and figure out how to get to the ambulance with the patient. Multitasking doesn’t mean we’re not paying attention or that we don’t appreciate everything you’ve done-it just means there is a lot to do at once. 

If you’re a medical professional, identify yourself but don’t try to take control of the scene. We have specific guidelines based on what we can allow bystanders(even doctors) to do. Its like this-I know how to start an IV, but I can’t go in the hospital and start an IV on your patient because you’re the one responsible for them in that setting and I have no ability to practice there. Believe me, if we need you to do something, I WILL ABSOLUTELY ask you. As it is, I’m just incredibly appreciative that the patient had a solid basis of care established. 

Unresponsive with no pulse

3. If the patient is unresponsive, ask another bystander to find an AED immediately. If you are the only person there do the following-

 Feel for a pulse by putting two fingers gently on the side of the patient’s neck. If there is no pulse or you’re not sure, immediately start pushing hard and fast in the center of the patient’s chest between their nipples. Hum ‘Staying Alive’ to yourself to keep the right rhythm(you’re aiming for at least 100 compressions per minute and you want to compress at least 2 ½ inches down on their chest.). Don’t stop compressions unless someone is there that can switch out with you, you become so tired that you cannot continue, or an AED arrives. Don’t worry if the patient has no pulse but appears to be gasping. This is normal and you’re not hurting them-its just something that sometimes happens when someone is dying. 

4. When an AED arrives, open it up and turn it on ASAP. Thats literally all you need to do. Its going to talk you through everything else. 

Unresponsive with a pulse but not breathing or only gasping

5. Tilt their chin back and put your mouth over their mouth. Pinch their nostrils shut. If its a child, put your mouth over their mouth and nose. Give 1 breath and watch their chest to see if it rises. If it does not rise, try to tilt their chin back again and give another breath. Give rescue breaths every 6-8 seconds. 

Unresponsive and breathing with a pulse

6. Roll the patient onto their side so that if they vomit, they won’t choke. Keep them safe and warm and look for any clues to what may have happened(did they bite their tongue? Did they urinate on themselves?)

 Responsive with various complaints(in no particular order)

7. If they have chest pain-give them 4 tablets of 81 mg baby aspirin. Seriously. Saves lives. Carry it in your pocket everywhere. 

8. Provide comfort measures specific to the situation(aka cool compresses for the forehead, ect.) General rule is to keep the patient safe and warm. 

9. If they’re a family member or you have access-gather the patient’s medications together in one spot for EMS to take to the hospital. 

10. If the patient is a known diabetic and feels that their sugar has dropped, the best things to give them are things like orange juice and peanut butter crackers-basically complex sugars and carbs. While better than nothing, candy bars and sodas are too sugary and will shoot their blood sugar up really fast only to have it crash again later if they don’t get complex carbs into them. 

11. If the patient is responsive but confused and you’re not sure if they can swallow, DO NOT GIVE THEM ANYTHING TO EAT OR DRINK. 

12. If the patient has been exposed to something they’re allergic to and they are complaining of things like feeling like they can’t breathe, like their tongue is swelling, they have hives, or are vomiting, ask if they have an Epi-pen. If they do, pull it out of the package, pull out the cap(but don’t put your fingers over where the cap was!!!) and push the pen firmly against their thigh until you hear a ‘click’. Count to 10 and then release the pen. You don’t need to take off their pants to do this. If they don’t have an epi-pen, give them 2 benedryl tablets.

13. The best way in the world to calm down someone who is having a panic attack is to be calm yourself. Eliminate external stressors, removing them from the environment if possible. Sit quietly with them, and talk softly. Ensure they stay safe and warm(seriously. 90% of first aid is keeping folks safe and comfortable). Talk them through breathing slowly to the count of ten in through their nose and out through their mouth like they are slowly blowing out a candle. 

14. If someone is bleeding profusely, the best and #1 thing to do is apply pressure directly to the site of the bleeding with a (preferably gloved) hand. If pressure doesn’t stop the bleeding and its an extremity wound, tighten a belt above the wound until the bleeding stops. Secure the belt at this point until help arrives to take over. 

15. Birthing babies! If baby is coming there isn’t really anything you can do to stop it. The best indicators that birth is imminate is the patient reporting a feeling of needing to go to the bathroom OR (no shit) the appearance of a head/hair in between the patient’s legs. Mom will do the work here. Your job is to keep mom calm, and to gently support the baby’s head/body as it emerges. It will be slippery so- Don’t. Drop. The. Baby. If you see the umbilical cord wrapped around the baby’s head, gently and quickly unwrap it before the rest of the baby is born. After baby is born, vigorously rub it dry with a towel to stimulate crying. If the baby does not cry/remains blue and is not breathing, wrap your hands around the baby’s chest until your thumbs encircle and push hard and fast in the center of the chest until help arrives or the baby pinks up/starts crying. Keep the baby at the level of the umbilical cord until it stops pulsing. Tie off the cord in two places 4-5 inches apart with a string or shoelace and cut between the strings. If baby is okay(pink and crying), place on mom’s bare chest, and keep both mom and baby safe and warm.

16. If you stop at a wreck, unless the patient is not breathing or is in immediate danger, please DON’T pull them out of the vehicle. If they have a neck or back injury, you could cause them more harm. Instead, place your hands gently on either side of their neck to stabilize it and remind them not to move their head until help arrives to take over. 

…I think thats it for now unless anyone else has any other additions! Remember, stay calm, call 911, do CPR if needed, get patient information written down, and KEEP THE PATIENT SAFE AND WARM. You go lifesaver you! :)

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1.8.18 // Happy August!☕️

Here’s an overview of my bullet journal spreads for July!✨ If you don’t know, my theme for July was anatomy; however, I didn’t have a lot of time to decorate all of my spreads, at least not the way I would like them to look! I hope you still enjoy seeing them!☺️

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Types of Epithelium

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prove them wrong.

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50 Study Tips // Advice for Students by Students (By Ana Mascara)

Create and maintain healthy habits. For example, give yourself 2 minutes to center yourself before an exam begins. 

Dedicate a small portion of your study time to review what you’ve learnt the day before. 

Stop overthinking. Surround yourself with positive people. 

Never say you hate a subject. The resistance will make it more difficult to study and understand the material. 

Fake it till you make it. 

Use flashcards to study. A format you can use is writing a question on the front and the answer on the back. 

Give yourself sufficient time to study and don’t leave it to the last minute (basically, don’t cram for tests) 

Forget about people’s negativity. Go for the dream you’ve always wished for. 

Be your own hero, 

Don’t be afraid of exams. They aren’t a matter of life and death. 

Always find a way to improve and know what you did wrong in the paper. 

If you’re a little behind, don’t give up. You’ll catch up soon enough. 

Read beforehand. Reading what will be taught beforehand gives you the upperhand [so many hands] of grasping the material when it’s being taught. 

Before you begin studying for a test, make a list of the topics or concepts tested. This way, you will have an overview of what you need to learn and your progress and can manage your time wisely. 

Create a vision board of what you want to achieve in life to inspire and motivate you to succeed. 

Consistency is key. Study everyday, it doesn’t matter if it’s a short or long study session. 

Read your class notes, make flashcards, look at textbook illustrations. Even if you don’t have class that day or if you feel tired. 

Don’t study for grades. Study for knowledge. 

Do not pay attention to other’s achievements or failures. Focus on yourself.

Communicate with your teacher. Don’t be afraid of them and show up to every class. 

Make a study schedule and stick to it. 

Practise as much as you can. You can do previous year’s tests papers or go online to search for test papers. 

Focus and concentrate when you study. Give it your 100%.

Don’t worry if you’re progressing slowly. Everyone learns at a different pace. 

Take a day off if you need to, but make the most out of it. For example, you can stay in bed, go for a walk, read a book, it’s up to you. 

Never stop improving. Never do tomorrow what you can do today. 

Know what type of learner you are, and find ways that will suit you and help you to learn as much as possible. 

Believe in yourself !! 

Don’t ever, ever, give up. Slow and steady, but keep moving. 

After finishing a topic, teach the material to someone else or write down everything you remember about it, without looking at your notes. 

Learn to discern relevant and irrelevant information. 

Always keep the bigger picture or your main goal in mind. 

Participate in class as much as possible. 

Organise your life. You’ll thank yourself later. 

Maybe it’s the way I organised it, but there aren’t 50 points… 

Also, this took longer than usual to type. 

Like or reblog if this was helpful, and comment what other videos you’d like me to type out :-)

Watch the original video here: https://youtu.be/bu7hXbIqNQQ

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There’s always a balance! ⚖️✨ I’m working every day towards my long-term goals, but I also make sure to have fun in the short-term because you have to enjoy the present as well!🍦

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Today i realized  something important

Learning a language is like losing weight.

You won’t see any progress from the beginning but after a while , you’ll look back you’ll clearly notice it.

As a person who is trying to get more fit , i can admit that there are times where i feel like i’m still stuck. No progress , no nothing. But then i look back , i can see it.

I feel the same with languages and today i came across some italian words i used to struggle with a month ago. I just realized that for a month of doing ”nothing” i’ve learned so much.

It doesnt matter how slow/fast your progress is , as long as you’re trying.

So don’t give up

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Habits of successful students

Discipline: “discipline is doing what needs to be done, even when you don’t want to”, which means that you have to force yourself to start doing things. 

Concentration: when you make a real effort in your work (study, homeworks etc…) you will be more likely to actually focus, understand and learn. 

Organization: always set tasks and goals and organize a study-schedule. Maybe you don’t really want to plan all the week, but if you just wake up and open your agenda/bullet journal/iphone calendar and write down all the things you have to do, setting due dates and deadlines, you’ll feel more conscious and encouraged to stay on track. 

Tasks-splitting: sometimes, you write down your tasks. Some of these tasks may be very hard and complicated, and it will take a long long time to complete them. So, you can split them in smaller tasks, so you will feel satisfied after a shorter period of time, instead of studying for hours and still seeing that chapter undone on your study-schedule. 

Watch the sunrise: when I wake up late, I feel like I don’t have enought time to do my work and lose my motivation. I literally panic and then I think “whatever, I could not complete all the things anyway”. So, if you wake up earlier you will feel more positive and  controlled. 

Smart reading: try not to read your textbook just like a newspaper. For every paragraph you read, try to underline and write down key words and then your question about that subject. Literally, turn your textbook into questions. If you write down question - particularly why…? - and think about the answer, you will be more likely to remember that stuff later. 

Healthy lifestile: if you don’t drink enough water in the morning, you will be more likely to have a decrease of concentration in the afternoon/evening, so: stay hydrated. Try also to have some snaks every one-two hours: feed your brain. 

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Day 8/100 | 03.04.18

It’s been a while since my last post, I’m still doing my 100 days of productivity! I’m just... not documenting it well...

Today I studied for my anatomy practical that I have tomorrow! Been having a hectic week and I can finally get back into a routine study schedule!

Who says science can’t be beautiful?

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i know im a small studyblr but what better way to grow than to make your own posts, right? these are my study tips:

1. work in a clean space: if you’re one of those people who thrives in chaos, good for you, i’m jealous! but for most people, a cluttered room or desk means a cluttered and unfocused mind. i like to take breaks between subjects to make sure my extra pens, papers and whatnot aren’t everywhere to make the space feel messy. 

2. don’t do your least favorite/most stressful subject first. don’t do it last, either: if you try start with the thing that’s going to be all ugh and stressful, you’ll be less motivated to work and more likely find ways to distract yourself! in the same vein, if all you’re working toward is something you don’t want to do, you’ll procrastinate by doing other things for longer. my method is to do my more neutral work first, then do the hardest or least favorite, and end with my favorite subject!

3. be comfy, but not too comfy: to me, everything is about balance and mediation. sure, you can study in sweatpants, but don’t crawl under the covers to do your reading. or if you know you won’t fall asleep in jeans, sit on your bed to study but wear your day to day clothes. it’s all about what works for you, of course, but i think it’s best to remember to keep studying fun while remembering to keep it at least somewhat separate from full-on leisure. 

4. eat before you study: have a snack with protein in it before you start your work, or have food with you! too many times have i found myself hungry and shaky an hour into my work and used my hunger as an excuse to take a much longer break than i should be taking :) similarly, have water or a drink with you while you study!

5. be productive in your breaks: clean up your space a bit, scroll through the studyblr tag, stretch, work on a bujo spread, etc—do things that will keep you in the motivated mindset so you won’t slip back into procrastinating or doing something else, but at the same time make sure you keep your mind away from your actual studies!

i hope you enjoyed this post, it’s the first one i’ve made like this! 

- mads

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My take on the problematic side of the studyblr community

The problematic side of the studyblr community is no shocker. We all see those “perfect” blogs with all of the latest amazing stationery, ivy-league bound, 4.0+ GPAs, aesthetics galore, etc. I’m just here to say that you don’t need all those fancy/expensive pens, muji hauls, font-like handwriting, and crap to be a studyblr. The whole point of the studyblr community is to grow as a student alongside others that are pursuing their academic goals. 

I go to a state university, have two part-time jobs, wasted the opportunity to earn amazing grades in high school that would get me a state-funded scholarship that would pay practically all of my tuition (I only got it back by working my ass off), and don’t plan on buying a kracaflaka bag (what I call kankens) any time soon. Does this make me any less of a person? Does this make me unworthy of being a good blog? No. I’m living life and minding my own while learning from my mistakes and becoming a better person. To all of you high school studyblr’s, don’t try to copy what you see is getting the most notes.  Don’t get discouraged because your blog doesn’t have 10k followers, just study hard and focus on strengthening yourself not your internet persona

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Day 7/100 | 02.12.18

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! In my instrumental lab, we worked with Iron ammonium sulfate and diluted it. Iron is very beautiful when diluted with HCl. A very fitting red color for Valentine’s day.

Additionally, in anatomy we’re being tested on the heart, so I drew one up ;D (discretion: the heart is NOT 100% accurate lol). Everything lined up nicely for today’s theme.

Hope you had a lovely Valentine’s Day. I got to spend mine with my love: my work!!