Aura V. @auravulpes@computerfairi.es

So, I don't really know much about The Last of Us, but, like, did they try amphotericin? Fluconazole? Voriconazole? Flucytosine? Anything? Or did they just assume that antifungals would be useless for dealing with a fungal pathogen? I mean, apparently, they decided bombing a city was a better idea than public health measures, so who knows.

There are 1+2i wolves inside me: the two imaginary ones y'all keep telling me about and one real one who's a tad upset I'm typing this joke out while he's trying to fuck me.

Hold on...

Is that...

AMOGUS?

You ever just hear someone remark about not getting something and light up into the biggest smile because "Holy shit! I know this! It's time!" and you know you could just launch into a massive infodump? Mom's studying for her ESL certification and she remarked about not understanding how Russian was alphabetic and I just lit up. Just, "Ooh! I know my types of script! It's time! deep inhale" That was fun. I don't get to talk about that stuff much.

Anyways, it is still really cool and I am really enjoying it. It's a cool field and I'm surrounded by some pretty cool folks, both instructors and classmates. Overall, I have no regrets, and if you think you're interested in going into medicine but aren't sure, a phlebotomy certification program is a pretty good way to get a foot in the door without getting too invested. Would recommend.

On the latter, there seriously is a lot. Regulations and laws; tube colours, additives and order of draw; proper procedures; different types of collection devices; different CLIA-waived tests; and I'm sure there's more I'm forgetting to mention. And I've got 8 weeks to learn it before I get thrust into a hospital to start doing it for real. Yeesh!

On the former, the tourniquet seems to be the bane of my existence right now. It's tricky to tie one of them things and to tie it just tight enough to restrict venous flow without just outright cutting off circulation. Also, for some reason, I always forget to undo it before taking the needle out :P

It's certainly interesting. It's also kinda weird, because it's both easier and harder than I expected. Like, on the one hand, the procedures aren't that hard. I wouldn't let just any random person do it, but it's not that hard to learn how to put a needle in someone. But there are things that are tricky, and there's also a lot to learn in a pretty short time.

Am I seriously sitting in the lobby of the health science building installing Arch? Yes. Yes, I am. Should I be? Probably not, but fuck it. Lab isn't until 13:00, so I've got some time.

(To be honest, while I'm curious to see how this will go, I only posted this for that doas joke.)

Alright, UNIX-y types. How do you pronounce sudo?

I've said multiple times over the past little while that you should absolutely learn CPR. Well, while this isn't a replacement for actually taking a CPR class, here's a blog post I've written up on CPR and a bunch of related topics:

https://aurav.neocities.org/blog_posts/save_life_psa

I will emphasize that this is not a substitute for a proper CPR class, but if you can't take one for some reason or something happens before you can, maybe the info in this blog post will be helpful for you.

Some bois at the campus bookstore