how can a craniotomy patient be taught to do the swollowing?are there any course regarding this?
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This person needs to be evaluated by a Speech therapist/pathologist. they have certain tests they can administer to find out if it is safe for the person to even begin to take anything by mouth. the danger with swallowing problems is that the person can aspirate food or liquids into the lungs and develop pneumonia.
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1. Don't aggravate the scary ppl (such as the second answerer)\n2. Don't get in any fights (physical chance of skull trama, verbal stress)\n3. wash it every once in a while.\n4. Take vitamins with extra calcium
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Become a Neurosurgeon.
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Get the victim out of the water if you can do so safely. \nMonitor for breathing and pulse. If no breathing and no pulse, do CPR. If no breathing, but there is a pulse, do rescue breathing.If victim is breathing and has a pulse, put him or her in the recovery position. This position keeps the airway clear and allows swallowed water or vomit to drain. \nTake cold, wet clothes off the victim and cover him or her with something warm to prevent hypothermia.Get Emergency Care and give first aid before emergency care:
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Check with your local hospital to see if they offer such workshops. I know most hospitals do. If they do not ask them where to check on them.
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Sure you can do it! Pop over to the local Veterinarian supply, and pick up some horse tranquilizer, good tin snips, some duct tape,alcohol, (3 rolls, at least!), some Cheez Nips, and a case of Coke and a bottle of Jack.\nStep by step:\n1.Have wifey duct tape you to the dining room table.\nInject tranquilizer, and cleanse area with alcohol.\nWifey takes a swig of Jack. Chase it with a few sips of Coke.\n2.Using sterilized snips, cut off manly appendages. Dispose,(pets love these if you boil them a bit), and fold excess saque skin inward. Duct tape.\n3.If hubby wakes up, at this point, hit him on the head with bottle of Jack. Have 3 more swigs of Jack, one of Coke. Proceed.\n4.Pour liberal amounts of alcohol on freshly made Hoo-Hoo, (formerly known as mr.smartypants), more swigs of Jack. More alcohol. Using a hair dryer, aim at area and dry off.(towels would be excruciating at this point).\n5.Move groggy patient (victim?) into bed, fall into bed next to him/her with 1/4 bottle of Jack clutched tightly in your hands. If patient awakens during the night, give him/her the rest of Jack.\n6.Next day, clean up surgical area,(bloody, duct taped table mess). Pop over to the liquor store for a case of Jack.\n7. Continue to keep patient ansethetized with Jack for 3 to 4 days, until incisions have time to close in, forming a slitted appearance.\n8. By next weekend, you girls should be out shopping for your new wardrobe, and sipping Manhattens at the local pub!\nCAUTION: Do not take your wifey's pills, this will only make your boobs enlarged, and do nothing for the south end.\nP.S. Note bottle of Jack in piccy of me, Dr. Zaius.
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Heck, do both.  Drink a lot of bourbon in your coffee all afternoon while finishing up that bid.  Multi-tasking is the only way to go.  As soon as I finish my break here between  neurosurgeries, I'm gonna have another shot of Tequila or two and get right back in there. There's nothing like a good stiff drink to steady the scalpel hand!!
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I'm a scientific / non-orthrodox / non-rituals guy. But one of my aunts had her stuttering cured by following (what sounds to me as a stupid but harmless (and it worked!)) age-old indian tradition. She used to hold a pebble the size of a plum (clean it first!) in her mouth for several hours a day. \n\nIt is also important to encourage the person to talk freely (without explicitly asking them to speak freely... you know, just make them talk). Do not feel frustrated or look too much into their mouth or too much away from them when they are stuttering. Some folks just get out of it by improving their confidence. If they like music, create a good environment to make them attempt to sing a song (again, don't ask them to sing. They might think that you are trying to pull a prank on them and it might hurt them). That helps too (my aunt was encouraged to sing). My aunt has improved quite effectively now. She stutters only very rarely.
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Sure. I'll personally teach you it over the internet. I won't eat or sleep for 4 years until you have mastered it. E-mail me.
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I would like to be a reconstructive surgeon myself and i am currently in medical school, and im sorry to say that this type of "cosmetic" surgeon cannot be done in a hospital "legally" this is something you would have to get done by someone who does things such as slipping tongues, placing horns under the skin, and things like that which are all done with no anesthesia, so if u can stand the pain go a head, but u will have to find someone who is skilled and someone u can really trust.
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ASAP before it rots the rest of your skull away and your face collapses in.\nAren't you in pain ? even if you're not, the damage an untreated abcess can do is monumental. bite bullet and go have it yanked. get a general anethesia (i had to).
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You MUST have a living will for this information to be known!  Personally if I'm breathing on my own, and show signs of brain activity then chances are I will awaken. If I show none of the previous signs then by all means pull the plug & let my children, and the rest of my family remember me as I was.  As a healthcare professional I applaud you for having a living will, that's a hard desicion to make that is sometimes asked of our loved ones, one that I have seen people make with their hearts, instead of their heads.  Good for you! :-)
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If you can't go straight to the source (shadowing a neurologist or neurosurgeon for the day) then I would suggest contacting a medical school at a university close to you and inquiring about their neurosurgical program. Doing a quick Google search for "Neurosurgeons" will bring up a lot of basic information as well.
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Thing that helped me...\n"Be comfortable being uncomfortable"\n\nIf all else fails, we (as paramedics) don't HAVE to be able to interpret EVERY rhythem.  If all else fails, all we have to do is tell Medical Control what the rhythem is doing.  Be able to say if their's elevated ST's, say if the P wave is always absent.  You WILL run into rhythems that you wont have a clue what is going on!!  Even once out of school you can't let that wig you out.  Go with what you can, treat the patient and not the monitor.  \n\nKnow the RULES of the majority of the rhythems and then you build off of those.
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He's not lying. "Stomach pumping" is not something that is routinely practiced any longer. \n\nThe other way would be to charcoal the patient.
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Years ago, no there were no requirements.  They trained you on the job.  Now a days I believe they require you to attend a couple hours of instruction in order to "let you loose on the patients."  You need to know the things you are and are not allowed to do, such as fill up the water jug or not.  Someone may ask for water and not beable to have any because of surgery etc.....So, you must call your local hospital, ask to speak to someone who is in charge of candy stripers, that you would like to know what the job requirements are and would be interested in applying after you receive that information.  They will connect you................good luck........volunteer work is very self gratifying........you'll love it
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Walk your tail off, That is what i had to do,  YOU DON'T WANT TO BE MEDICALLY INDUCED UNLESS IT IS NEEDED.  Walking helps alot