Staff Duty with severe injury and on narcotics?
I have a serious spine injury that requires me to take strong narcotics that make me fall asleep. I've been on a L3 and U3 profile for over a year. I'm currently awaiting approval from WTB to be transferred to their unit. Am I allowed to be doing staff duties while on serious narcotics and with a spine injury?
Common abdominal injuries?
No abdominal injury is the same, but since it's not you and for a report, here's a list of "common" injuries that I usually go on calls for: Cholecystitis Hepatitis Pancreatitis Perforated Ulcer Renal (Kidney) Pain Gastrititis Abdominal Aortic Aneurism (AAA) Appendicitis Ovarian Cyst Ovarian or Testicular Torsion Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Ectopic Pregnancy Diverticulous Hernia Esophagitis Myocardial Ischemia Intestinal Obstruction There are many more but those are the main ones I've seen
My husband has lower abdominal pain and tenderness on the left side, what could this be?
pain is described as dull constant ache with sharp pains when he moves , coughs ect ..He also said that it is VERY tender to the touch , so much that the waist of his blue jeans cause him discomfort.
I get severe stomach pain after taking anything with codeine in it, what could this be exactly?
I've hunted and hunted and haven't been able to find out what it is exactly. I suffer from sever headaches and an old car accident injury makes my shoulder ache regularly. However, when I take anything for the pain that has codeine it it (like panadeine or disprin forte) about 20 minutes later I'm in excruciating pain. My stomach cramps up and it's similar to pain I would get when I had gall stones (I've had my gall bladder removed). The pain comes in waves and it's worse if I sit, or even lay down. It feels like my stomach is bloated and I get gassy. This can last anywhere from 20 minutes to 2 hours. I find standing in a very hot shower helps, but doesn't make the pain go away. Anybody have any answers?
Is it normal to cough blood after head injury?
A few days after falling (or after any other unexpected impact traumas), people are often surprised to find bruising or pain in places they didn’t realize were impacted. This is true when people are sober. This is especially true when drunk.The headache is to be expected after hitting your head.If you are coughing blood, you may have other chest or diaphragm level organ injury. You didn’t mention where you hit your head, but in some cases, depending where your head trauma was, blood from the trauma may be draining through sinus or other pathways. This can accumulate in the throat or upper lungs when sleeping and you end up coughing that up in the morning. Hard to say without a medical specialist looking at you and imaging.Nobody can diagnose your condition online. Because of the nature of your head and possibly chest or abdominal trauma, I recommend you put a call into your primary care physician or visit your local urgent care clinic for proper assessment.
Car accident injuries that require surgery?
Brain trauma ,abdominal injuries,chest injuries, spine fractures,pelvis fractures,and blood loss from a open wounds eg.artery rupture,facial bone injuries with severe bleed are emergencies in any accident,and depending upon the severity brain trauma,abdominal injury,pelvis fracture,chest injury,bleeding from any artery require emergency surgery
Why do a lot of cats have a drooping belly? Is there a way to prevent that?
It’s actually a normal part of your cat’s anatomy! The technical term for this flap of skin and fat is the “primordial pouch,” and you can also observe this feature on some big cats like lions and tigers. This bit of loose skin and padding at the belly provides extra protection and insulation to your cat during fights when a cat’s practice of “bunny kicking” with the rear paws could result in severe abdominal injury to their opponent. In fact, cats have excess skin covering the entire body which helps them squirm out of the grasp of other predators.Another function of the abdominal flap is to allow the cat freedom of movement to fully stretch and extend the back legs when in full stride. It’s also theorized that in our cats’ wild ancestors, the flap allowed the stomach to stretch to hold extra food when necessary, such as when gorging after a large kill in the wild.A visible primordial pouch is actually a part of the breed standard for certain cat breeds such as the Bengal and the Pixie Bob. The size and appearance of the primordial pouch varies quite a bit amongst cats. My petite 8 pound cat has a fairly large pouch that I affectionately refer to as her “cookie pouch” while my large 12 pound male cat has just a small, barely noticeable flap of extra skin.While the primordial pouch is a normal part of a cat’s anatomy, you still need to make sure your cat stays at a healthy weight so excess fat isn’t stored in your cat’s abdominal flap.(This is Daisy. She has quite a pronounced abdominal flap when she’s sitting or walking. When she’s stretched out, for example in mid-flight, the pouch disappears!)Edited to add a couple more shots from Daisy’s “JUMP!” photoshoot.