CPR w/Julie

05/30/2026

Each breath you take contains 21% oxygen. When you exhale it contains 17% oxygen! Pass it on, give breaths!

05/25/2026

05/25/2026

Chat GPT thinks I have great writing skills, upside down!

04/28/2026

All my dental office friends,

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Healthy Smiles, Healthy Hearts Office Hours

04/26/2026

04/16/2026

Edith Lynch arrived by ambulance on last night’s episode of *The Pitt*, complaining of right-sided chest pain that barely responded to nitroglycerin. Her first EKG was read as clean.

It wasn’t. The leads were placed incorrectly.

Dr. Robby caught it immediately, pointing out that the anterior leads had been set too low because, as the medic admitted, she had large breasts and he didn’t want to reposition them. Eight minutes later, she went into VTach arrest. They shocked her back. She survived. A corrected EKG revealed a massive lateral STEMI that the first test had completely missed.

Dr. Robby didn’t let it slide. He called it out in front of everyone, then turned to the room and asked the female staff: death with modesty, or life with brief nudity? Every single hand went up for life.

Here’s the uncomfortable part—the science backs this up.

Research published in *Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine* shows that paramedics often misplace EKG leads on female patients due to hesitation or discomfort around breast tissue. Clinical guidance from GE HealthCare also confirms that electrode misplacement affects over 50% of EKGs, with women at higher risk because providers are not consistently trained to handle anatomical differences properly.

This isn’t rare. It’s systemic.

Women are already more likely to have cardiac symptoms dismissed as anxiety, stress, or just “heartburn.” Edith Lynch came in saying she had severe heartburn. She was having a heart attack.

And the one who caught it—Nurse Dana—isn’t just another character. She’s been positioned as the moral anchor of the show, the same person who last week had to physically restrain a violent patient to protect her team.

It’s a strange reality when a fictional drama feels more protective of women’s lives than parts of the real system.

If you’re a woman and you’ve ever had an EKG in an ambulance or ER, you are absolutely allowed to ask if the leads were placed correctly. You’re allowed to ask them to redo it. That’s not being difficult—that’s staying alive.

03/11/2026

Today is National Popcorn lovers day😎. While I do love some fresh movie theatre popcorn Did You Know?
Popcorn can easily lodge in a child's small airway, leading to serious respiratory issues. Choking Risk- especially for those under 4 yrs of age. 🤪

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03/06/2026

Its that time again, dont forget this weekend. Im so excited for Spring...not time change but the dummies seem to be taking it all in stride.

03/04/2026

Every training session with Honey Grove, leaves laughs in the air. From Adina calling "991" to Serbian breast implants but yet dont forget calling "124" in Bosnia. She then sings to top off her warm up dance with the dummy! Dr Azar, hes going to learn the rest of the song, Dr Christina shes got the best singing voice.
A job is never work if you love it.