Up and Coming

Hello Redwood's Fans!!Hope your week has gone well and that this upcoming week you have special plans for July 4th!I am wrapping up edits on Peril! Final round. That's a big relief.I got AMAZING news last week that I finaled for a Carol Award through ACFW in the debut novel category for Proof. This is a prestigious award and I'm super excited to be nominated with such amazing authors. I won't find out anything until September.Keep your fingers crossed...

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Author Question: Hallucinogens

Stephane Asks:I'm writing a story where one of the characters comes in contact with a hallucinogen that plagues the person with their greatest fear. Could this hallucinogens be fatal? Would there be long term affects? How long does a normal hallucinogen last? What are the affects on the human body? Heart rate, breathing and so forth. Jordyn Says:What are the common hallucinogens? These would be LSD, Hallucinogenic mushrooms, Psilocybin (active...

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Fall Call: Dianna Benson, EMT

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Author Question: Injuries Sustained from Physical Assault

Kara Asks:I am a fan of your Medical Edge blog. Back in August of 2012 you answered a question for me regarding drowning for my current WIP. The information you sent and posted on your blog about drowning was invaluable and I made sure to save it in my research files for future reference. That same WIP is now finished but as I am going through and tweaking the chapters, I've come up with one more question I could use your help with. If a woman...

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Up and Coming

Hello Redwood's Fans!Hope you had a GREAT week and enjoyed the Redwood's Comedy Break.How's your summer going? Enjoying the kids-- grandkids?We recently went on a camping trip. The first time we took our two girls. We decided to go horseback riding. Well, you know when you combine the two, someone is coming off a horse.Yes, it happened. My youngest one got knocked off her horse. Thankfully, she was okay. An adventure she'll get to share with her...

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Summer Comedy Break: Jim Gaffigan

This week I'm taking a blog vacation but I thought I'd leave you with some fun-- so I hope you enjoy these You Tube clips of comedians/funny situations. We'll be back to regular programming Monday, June 24th!Hope you had a laugh!...

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Summer Comedy Break: Funny Situations

This week I'm taking a blog vacation but I thought I'd leave you with some fun-- so I hope you enjoy these You Tube clips of comedians/funny situations. We'll be back to regular programming Monday, June 24th!Special for the male readers. Women-- you will enjoy them, too! Hope you had a lau...

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Summer Comedy Break: Tim Hawkins

This week I'm taking a blog vacation but I thought I'd leave you with some fun-- so I hope you enjoy these You Tube clips of comedians. We'll be back to regular programming Monday, June 24th!Hope you had a great lau...

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Up and Coming: Summer Comedy Break

This week I'm taking a blog vacation but I thought I'd leave you with some fun-- so I hope you enjoy these You Tube clips of comedians/funny situations. We'll be back to regular programming Monday, June 24th!For all my church going friends . . .Hope you had a laugh. ...

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Author Question: What Type of Injury?

Pat I. Asks:I needed help with a scene for my book and Bonnie said you might be willing to share your nursing expertise.The scene-- in an early American historical: A young woman has a sack thrown over her head. In the next instant, her head is pushed down and she's driven forward into a tree trunk face/head-first.She's found a few minutes later unconscious and the sack is removed. What kinds of injuries would she sustain? I'm hoping such...

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Disasters and HIPAA

HIPAA, the patient health privacy law, is not only a medical/writing hot topic-- but evidently a social media one as well.Here at Redwood's, I've blogged A LOT about HIPAA and writers violation of the act. You can read some of those posts by following the links:My Author Beware series: Includes HIPAA basics and examples of frequent authorly violations.Part I: http://jordynredwood.blogspot.com/2011/12/author-beware-law-hipaa-part-13.htmlPart II: http://jordynredwood.blogspot.com/2011/12/author-beware-law-hipaa-part-23.htmlPart...

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The FDA's Law Enforcement Arm: The OCI

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 I'm excited to host Bette Lamb today as she blogs about her latest medical thriller, The Bone Pit. Sounds right up my alley. Plus, she shares about the law enforcement arm of the FDA. Did you know about them? Let the conspiracy theories begin.Welcome back, Bette! At some point in...

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Winner and Up and Coming

Hello Redwood's Fans!!How's your week been? Mine-- good.FINISHED my book proposal and the edits for Peril. Just one more proofreading round to go and my baby will almost be ready to be released to the world. October will soon be here. It's a great, scary read and I've been fortunate to have some amazing authors endorse it.To celebrate-- we decided to go camping. I know-- I think I heard some brakes screeching. What a way to celebrate, right? My ideal...

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Author Question: Radiation Leak

Olaf asks: I'd like to write a novel concerning a radiation leak at a hospital. How would the leak be detected? How would they determine which patients need to be evacuated?The inspiration for his story came from this real life incident. A radiation leak at a hospital in Hawaii.You can read about that story here.Jordyn says:How would a radiation leak be detected?The first thing to understand is that there are two different types of devices...

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Author Beware: Know Your Equipment!

I have a confession to make-- I am LOVING the new series Hannibal on NBC and I hope it sticks around for a while.It's a great study in the uber-maniacal villain. The actor who play the psychiatrist/serial killer, Mads Mikkelsen, is amazing and I think he's performing Lector better than Anthony Hopkins-- which is saying a lot. And I know-- what a name for the actor to have!This is definitely an adult show-- not for kids under 17 (I would say) but...

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Principles of Radiation Exposure

Even as nurses, we're exposed to radiation-- particularly in critical care areas. X-rays can be taken by a portable machine in the ER and ICU for patients that are too sick to move. Taking critically ill patients to radiology for CT scans who need to be monitored closely during transport and during their procedure. Patients getting reductions of fractures and dislocations in the ER where they bring a different type of x-ray machine that can take...

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