The morning after a big night of drinking, which included everything from beer-pong to car-bombs, Aza & I were feeling...how do you say....like shit. Theoretically, the majority of hangover symptoms are simply due to dehydration, so, as young "doctors", we knew the solution: fluid replacement therapy!
We'd taken a bunch of needles, IV bags, etc. from the last blood-draw workshop, and wasted no time in using them.
I set up one in Aza first. We had to use a latex glove as a tourniquet (the 1 thing we forgot to jack):
A minimal amount of bleeding, and the line was secure:
I cleaned up the extra blood and Aza was feeling less hungover in no time (go placebo effect!):
Next, it was my turn. Aza did it like a pro:
But for some reason, the IV wouldn't drip:
Hmm, must have gone all the way thru the vein:
Aza put it in 1 more time, and nectar of the Gods began flowing perfectly. I cleaned up the extra blood, and felt great knowing I finally learned something useful in my 1st 2 years of med school:
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
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that was awesome, we finally learned something in med school! And the bags are still hanging in my room...
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