Medical Personnel Torture: The High Fidelity Code Simulation Lab

Off the top of my head, I'm trying to think of professions that have simulators and airplanes and NASA shuttles are the only ones I can think of. Plenty of professions run simulated experiences-- like police, firefighters and the like.Code SimulationIn medicine, we too run simulations. Often these are called mock codes. Sadly, it's really hard to practice real code events in a non-threatening situation because people don't voluntarily offer to be...

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Author Question: Gunshot Wounds

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Up and Coming

Hello Redwood's Fans!How has your week been?This coming week is very exciting for me. I'll be heading out of town for the annual ACFW conference. ACFW is the largest group of Christian Fiction authors and includes all different types of fiction genres.My debut novel, Proof, was nominated for the Carol Award in the debut novel category. This week, well Sunday, Sept 15th-- I get to find out if I actually won at the award's banquet.More than that, the...

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Losing a License

Sometimes you need a medical character to go through the wringer-- I mean really go through the wringer. One possible way to do this would be to have them lose their license.But what could cause a medical person to lose a license?Remember, each state has a governing board that manages all kinds of licenses-- not just those covering medical persons. There are licenses granted to plumbers, cosmetologists, and massage therapists so this could be a drastic...

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News Stories for Authors: Police Sue Woman

Honestly, sometimes you just don't have to go very far to get plot ideas. They are in the news every day.This news story totally shocked me-- and honestly it takes a lot to do that for me these days.Evidently, a woman called 911 yet "failed to report how serious a situation was" though evidently did say a man was on bath salts and acting belligerently. The situation became volatile and the man was shot and killed but one deputy was injured in the...

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Up and Coming

This Labor Day weekend was my birthday! Yea, me, right?I don't know if birthdays are as sweet as they once were. You get to a point where you don't want to see your age increasing. What I will say is that I do feel better this birthday than I have for many of my past ones because of some physical challenges I put myself through over the last several months. Things like running a 5K, a 10K and a mud obstacles course.And some thought I hadn't truly...

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Being a Male Nurse

If you've seen the movie, Meet the Parents, you very early on painfully realize the torture than Ben Stiller goes through as his character Greg Focker is a male nurse. Of course, there is parody and good ribbing from Robert De Niro but what's it really like to be a male nurse.No, this is not my co-worker.Evidently, being a male nurse is becoming a little less rare. Male nurses have tripled in the work force since the 1970s and 1 in 10 nurses are...

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