In an effort to procrastinate doing everything...okay, really simply to revise my material for next semester when I start working at hospitals (but the first one sounds less dorky D
...anyway...
In an effort to revise my material, I'm inviting each and every one of you to ask any questions you had on the human body (and mind). As long as it's medical, it can be pretty much anything- and I'll attempt to answer it as quickly as possible, hopefully off the top of my head.
I have heard that some people who need heart transplants can have synthetic hearts implanted. Is this true and if so how long can someone survive with one?
It is true! I know of at least one recent case in which a man had his heart replaced by a mechanical pump. I believe he lived for three years thereafter, though he was already generally in poor health, but it appears that the solution is quite viable.
I'm not sure what other cases there are, and I'm too tired to go looking for them right now, but that example should tide you over for now!
Does an initial Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of 15 mean there was no brain injury?
A GCS score of 15 is the highest score possible from the total sum of the three subdivisions (eye, verbal, motor) and, insofar as comas go, means that the patient is pretty much not in one as they are fully coherent and able to respond appropriately.
This doesn't necessarily mean that there isn't some brain injury, of course. But it does mean that there was probably no trauma that affected faculties of consciousness itself.
Well its something on your gum and its a lump and it really hurts if you have one!
Okay, what color and size is this lump? Is it actually an ulceration? There are a few kinds of inflammation of the gum with a few factors, from poor dental health to accidentally biting your lip to being really stressed (and not having enough zinc in your diet).
Unfortunately RollerCoaster doesn't air here...yeah, Victorian programming differs slightly.
Last time I was in Adelaide was in like 2001. And one of the first things I noticed was that your version of Today Tonight was still using the original theme music whereas Sydney's had already switched the year before!
Also in the case of an open wound, which are very susceptible to infections, they need to be cleaned, maybe drained, closed up and maybe covered (but not suffocated). Your skin is one of the greatest barriers to infection.
