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I am a Registered Respiratory Therapist residing in the State of Indiana. I love this job. I believe that being a Respiratory Therapist is the same as being the in hospital emergency department. We are the life support people!

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Health & Fitness > Alternative Health (Other) Quit smoking: Natural solutions to help you quit smoking: 5 of 20
My Mom smoked Pall Mall non filtered cigarettes. She did for years and years. My mom started smoking when she was 16. Everyone smoked back when my Mom turned 16. She will be 84 in December 2007. Anyway, she had her kids a little later in life. She began having her children at age 34 had three girls and finally at the age of ... More..
Health & Fitness > Health Care Defining good health care for individuals: 2 of 8
I would like my needs to be taken care of well. I would like good doctors and other health care professionals who care about their patients and their families. I would like health insurance that takes care of most if not all of those costs. -Needs taken care of well. A person who is ill whether that be chronically ill or acu... More..
Sciences > Disease & Illness Arterial blood gas: 1 of 4
Arterial Blood Gases or (ABG's) are usually done when a person is feeling short of breath. They give the Doctor several values which tell him/her (along with other things) exactly why a person is breathing so badly. A Doctor will order them to be done on a patient when it is suspect that there might be some big infection, di... More..
Health & Fitness > Allergies & Asthma (Other) What are your options for over the counter asthma medications: 1 of 4
"When you can't breathe, nothing else matters..." -American Lung Association The treatment of asthma differs from person to person depending on how bad their asthma really is. In order to treat Asthma, one must understand what asthma is, how it effects the airways, and what exactly can we do to make breathing easy again. Edu... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Social Values & Norms Taking a look at stupidity in today's society: 11 of 42
I was working in a hospital on the eleventh floor. Some people came in to visit their family member. When they were getting ready to leave, they asked, "Hey are these elevators up here as slow as the ones downstairs?" My friend that they were addressing thought they were kidding. When she realized that they were not kidding,... More..
Sciences > Psychology How to recognize the risk of violence in an individual: 4 of 15
"The female of the species is more deadly than the male..." In the last few years, we have seen an incredible amount of violence, terrorist activity, and inhumanity. People who claim that their people are a peaceful people are committing acts of violence and hurt that this world has not seen since the Spanish inquisition. Pe... More..
Relationships & Family > Family Life Do single mothers raise bad sons?: 10 of 35
It was like a scene from Cosby and would have been absolutely hilarious if the situation hadn't been so intense. My dear friend's ex-husband was to pick up their two sons. Now the reason he was her ex-husband was because he almost killed her by beating her, including slamming a door on her head several times. She said, "Mart... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Family Law Should "deadbeat dads" face jail time?: 6 of 21
Over $40,000 behind in child support. The man never paid child support. He was there at the conception of those two boys, but he refused to support his ex wife in helping raise those boys. We are from a small town where everyone knows just about everyone. The police know this guy by his first, middle, and last name. He has b... More..
Religion & Spirituality > Christian Doctrine & Issues Christianity and sex: Assessing the compatibility of religious beliefs and sexuality: 6 of 20
A lot of "religions" have rules that allow the head of that religion to have sex with the parishioners children? The rape of little girls goes on all the time in the name of religions. Islam allows girls to give sexual consent at the age of nine. Mormonism allows the husband to have as many wives as possible. The Catholic ch... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Hunger, Disease & Poverty Why we should treat the homeless with compassion: 6 of 19
"I've had my moments, days in the sun, Moments, I was second to none..." This country song is about a man going up to a bridge to jump. A homeless man sees him and tells him about how he hasn't always been homeless that he has had his good times. He hangs out with the man who was going to jump because he sees that he is in t... More..