Winner!!-- And Up and Coming

I'm pleased to announce that Ira won Sarah Sundin's book With Every Letter. Ira, I've sent you an e-mail so be sure to send me your address so we can get you this wonderful book.A big thanks to Sarah Sundin and her readers for participating in my blog contest. It was great to see all the comments and I was happy to learn about Cherry Ames! Have to check those books out.It was a pleasure having all of you.For you this week:Monday: JoAnn Spears...

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Medical Air Evacuation in World War II—Part 3

I am so so pleased to host amazing author and fellow research hound, Sarah Sundin, back to Redwood's this week. Sarah is a fabulous historical author whose novels highlight the WWII era. This week she is discussing her research into medical air evacuation and flight nursing. Sarah has also graciously agreed to give away one copy of her newest release, With Every Letter, to once commentor on any of this weeks posts. Simply leave a comment with your...

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Medical Air Evacuation in World War II—Part 2

I am so so pleased to host amazing author and fellow research hound, Sarah Sundin, back to Redwood's this week. Sarah is a fabulous historical author whose novels highlight the WWII era. This week she is discussing her research into medical air evacuation and flight nursing. Sarah has also graciously agreed to give away one copy of her newest release, With Every Letter, to once commentor on any of this weeks posts. Simply leave a comment with your...

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Medical Air Evacuation in World War II—Part 1

I am so so pleased to host amazing author and fellow research hound, Sarah Sundin, back to Redwood's this week. Sarah is a fabulous historical author whose novels highlight the WWII era. This week she is discussing her research into medical air evacuation and flight nursing. Sarah has also graciously agreed to give away one copy of her newest release, With Every Letter, to once commentor on any of this weeks posts. Simply leave a comment with...

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Up and Coming

Hey Redwood's Fans!!This will be short and sweet as I'm just getting back from Dallas, Texas and the amazing ACFW conference. I'll share some about that next week.For you this week: Sarah Sundin is BACK!! I truly adore Sarah and her posts. Sarah writes novels surrounding the WWII era and her latest book, With Every Letter, just released. Sarah will be posting all this week on her flight nursing research and is even giving away a copy of...

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The Secrets Nurses Keep: 2/2

In the November, 2011 issue of Reader's Digest-- there was an article entitled 50 Secrets Nurses Won't Tell You. I mean, of course, I am going to read this. As a nurse, as an author, and as a blog editor-- I'm going to see what it has to say. Please, take some time to check out the full article. I thought I'd give my thoughts here on whether or not I agree with the trueness of these statements. I'm not sure that's truly a word-- so don't use it in...

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The Secrets Nurses Keep: 1/2

In the November, 2011 issue of Reader's Digest-- there was an article entitled 50 Secrets Nurses Won't Tell You. I mean, of course, I am going to read this. As a nurse, as an author, and as a blog editor-- I'm going to see what it has to say. Please, take some time to check out the full article. I thought I'd give my thoughts here on whether or not I agree with the trueness of these statements. I'm not sure that's truly a word-- so don't use it in...

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The Universal Language of Parenthood

I'm pleased to welcome back Dr. David Carnahan as he writes about a personal experience caring for an Iraqi youngster during his military service. Welcome back, David. It was easy to hate the people who had produced the martyrs of 9/11. Maybe hate was too strong a word, but I certainly had no compassion for them, even though I’d taken an oath to do so. That was until one night in Iraq, when the squawk box relayed a trauma on its way in. “Trauma...

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Up and Coming

First, I want to thank everyone who downloaded Proof when it was free Monday-Friday last week for Kindle! It stayed in the top 100 free books for Kindle for most of the week. You are all AmAzIng. It is still inexpensive at $5.00 so download and give this book a try. See if Library Journal knows what they're talking about!For you this week:Monday: Dr. David Carnahan is back posting about a heart wrenching experience of caring for a young Iraqi boy. Wednesday and Friday: The secrets nurses keep. These two posts piggy-back off of a...

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Strangulation: Care of the Victim 3/3

I'm concluding my series on strangulation today. You can find Part I and Part II by clicking the links.Victims of strangulation/hanging require emergent evaluation due to the structures in the neck that could have obtained injury (trachia, hyoid bone, vocal cords, blood vessels, and brain from lack of blood flow). image by thetombstonesnake courtesy of Flickr via baratunde.comIf the victim was hanged, it is important to know the height from which...

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Strangulation: Facts 2/3

I'm continuing my series on strangulation injuries. Here is Part I. I once worked with a physician who was having a baby. Her father handmade her a crib. Sadly, his grandchild was strangled in that crib.Vintage crib where slats are too wide.I often think about that family-- how he must feel to have constructed the tool of this infant's demise. How was the relationship of that woman with her father after that? Definitely enough conflict in just that...

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Strangulation: What Really Kills the Victim 1/3

I got a message from a new blog reader with this comment:Finding this blog is so timely for me, as my protagonist witnesses a strangulation in the first scene of my WIP, and I haven't been able to find out the precise observable symptoms.  I wanted to ask if you'd done a posting on strangulation.  I've looked back a bit in the blog archives, but haven't seen that topic yet.Well, let's just fix that for Colleen.I'm sure many of you,...

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Up and Coming

What a great group of posts last week on quality of life issues. If you missed them-- go back and take a look. A lot of great comments and stories. Thank you to everyone who shared them.For you this week, we're focusing on strangulation injuries. These posts were prompted by a reader comment that I began to research and I actually learned a lot of interesting stuff that I thought would be beneficial to pass onto you. Also-- my debut novel, Proof,...

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As I Am: A Quality of Life Issue

I'm pleased to welcome Dr. Karen Pirnot as she talks about an amazing patient of hers, Garret Frey.Welcome, Karen!Imagine yourself totally paralyzed just below your chin.  You can move nothing but your head.  And then imagine a ventilator attached to your throat to help you breathe.  This is not a temporary “nuisance” condition.  This is the life of Garret Frey of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.Injured in a motor vehicle accident at the age...

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What are Life Saving Measures?

To say there is some confusion among authors as to what constitutes lifesaving measures really should not be a surprise. After all, most people not involved in medicine can have a difficult time with the concept.Lifesaving measures is a broad term. It can be used to describe any futile care to a patient that is likely not to live. However, often times these same lifesaving measures are really a bridge to get a patient through a critical...

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