WILTIMS #179: Don't Panic

Today, I sensed a disturbance in the force - like a handful of data points cried out and went tragically uncollected. 10 days ago, I transitioned the research project I worked on over the summer so that the two residents I worked with would take over our biweekly data collection while I was in school. But I had a feeling, a spidey-sense even, that the admittedly very busy residents would forget to collect and restock the data cards we have scattered all over the hospital. Apparently I was the last person to collect anything.I think we need a new plan... 

The fun activity for today was our pharmacology problem solving section. For these we break up into small groups and try to figure out which mystery drugs match the vitals signs recorded under various conditions. You work on the puzzle with your team and hope that your team comes to the same conclusions as the other teams. After, you have to justify your answer in front of the class (while being pimped by the professor, regardless of the correctness or completeness of your answer). "Yes, that is what that drug would do under all reasonable conditions, but what about this unreasonable condition?"

Thank the Flying Spaghetti Monster It's Friday! See y'all next week.

TIL: Freaking out during a heart attack will kill you (faster). Activating your sympathetic system increases the workload on your already ischemic heart muscle, which can cause the muscle to fail more rapidly and be more prone to dangerous arrhythmias. Not sure what you should try to feel other than panic during a heart attack though... a macabre curiosity? A stoic determination to make it to phone/hospital?

Folliculitis = inflamed hair follicles
Furuncle = infected hair follicles (aka a boil)
Carbuncle = a cluster of interconnected furuncles (typically caused by a combination of staph infection and diabetes mellitus)

Hashimoto's thyroiditis causes hyperthyroidism then hypothyroidism. This autoimmune reaction causes inflammation of the thyroid, causing it to release more hormones than normal, then as the self-destructive attack continues, the thyroid is damaged to the point of hypothyroidism.