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Injury angst for writing dummies.

Hospitals and injury are always such a staple of angst fics, but 9 times out of 10 the author has clearly never been in an emergency situation and the scenes always come off as over-dramatized and completely unbelievable. So here’s a crash course on hospital life and emergencies for people who want authenticity. By someone who spends 85% of her time in a hospital.

Emergency Departments/Ambulances.

Lights and sirens are usually reserved for the actively dying. Unless the person is receiving CPR, having a prolonged seizure or has an obstructed airway, the ambulance is not going to have lights and sirens blaring. I have, however, seen an ambulance throw their lights on just so they can get back to the station faster once. Fuckers made me late for work.

Defibrillators don’t do that. You know, that. People don’t go flying off the bed when they get shocked. But we do scream “CLEAR!!” before we shock the patient. Makes it fun.

A broken limb, surprisingly, is not a high priority for emergency personnel. Not unless said break is open and displaced enough that blood isn’t reaching a limb. And usually when it’s that bad, the person will have other injuries to go with it.

Visitors are not generally allowed to visit a patient who is unstable. Not even family. It’s far more likely that the family will be stuck outside settling in for a good long wait until they get the bad news or the marginally better news. Unless it’s a child. But if you’re writing dying children in your fics for the angst factor, I question you sir.

Unstable means ‘not quite actively dying, but getting there’. A broken limb, again, is not unstable. Someone who came off their motorbike at 40mph and threw themselves across the bitumen is.

CPR is rarely successful if someone needs it outside of hospital. And it is hard fucking work. Unless someone nearby is certified in advanced life support, someone who needs CPR is probably halfway down the golden tunnel moving towards the light.

Emergency personnel ask questions. A lot of questions. So many fucking questions. They don’t just take their next victim and rush off behind the big white doors into the unknown with just a vague ‘WHAT HAPPENED? SHE HIT HER HEAD?? DON’T WORRY SIR!!!’ They’re going to get the sir and ask him so many questions about what happened that he’s going to go cross eyed. And then he’s going to have to repeat it to the doctor. And then the ICU consultant. And the police probably.

In a trauma situation (aka multiple injuries (aka car accident, motorbike accident, falling off a cliff, falling off a horse, having a piano land on their head idfk you get the idea)) there are a lot of people involved. A lot. I can’t be fucked to go through them all, but there’s at least four doctors, the paramedics, five or six nurses, radiographers, surgeons, ICU consultants, students, and any other specialities that might be needed (midwives, neonatal transport, critical retrieval teams etc etc etc). There ain’t gonna be room to breathe almost when it comes to keeping someone alive.

Emergency departments are a life of their own so you should probably do a bit of research into what might happen to your character if they present there with some kind of illness or injury before you go ahead and scribble it down.

Wards

Nurses run them. No seriously. The patient will see the doctor for five minutes in their day. The nurse will do the rest. Unless the patient codes.

There is never a defibrillator just sitting nearby if a patient codes.

And we don’t defibrillate every single code.

If the code does need a defibrillator, they need CPR.

And ICU.

They shouldn’t be on a ward.

There are other people who work there too. Physiotherapists will always see patients who need rehab after breaking a limb. Usually legs, because they need to be shown how to use crutches properly.

Wards are separated depending on what the patient’s needs are. Hospitals aren’t separated into ICU, ER and Ward. It’s usually orthopaedic, cardiac, neuro, paediatric, maternity, neonatal ICU, gen surg, short stay surg, geriatric, palliative…figure out where your patient is gonna be. The care they get is different depending on where they are.

ICU.

A patient is only in ICU if they’re at risk of active dying. I swear to god if I see one more broken limb going into ICU in a fic to rank up the angst factor I’m gonna shit. It doesn’t happen. Stop being lazy.

Tubed patients can be awake. True story. They can communicate too. Usually by writing, since having a dirty great tube down the windpipe tends to impede ones ability to talk.

The nursing care is 1:1 on an intubated patient. Awake or not, the nurse is not gonna leave that room. No, not even to give your stricken lover a chance to say goodbye in private. There is no privacy. Honestly, that nurse has probably seen it all before anyway.

ICU isn’t just reserved for intubated patients either. Major surgeries sometimes go here post-op to get intensive care before they’re stepped down. And by major I mean like, grandpa joe is getting his bladder removed because it’s full of cancer.

Palliative patients and patients who are terminal will not go to ICU. Not unless they became terminally ill after hitting ICU. Usually those ones are unexpected deaths. Someone suffering from a long, slow, gradually life draining illness will probably go to a general ward for end of life care. They don’t need the kind of intensive care an ICU provides because…well..they’re not going to get it??

Operations.

No one gets rushed to theatre for a broken limb. Please stop. They can wait for several days before they get surgery on it.

Honestly? No one gets ‘rushed’ to theatre at all. Not unless they are, again, actively dying, and surgery is needed to stop them from actively dying.

Except emergency caesarians. Them babies will always get priority over old mate with the broken hip. A kid stuck in a birth canal and at risk of death by pelvis is a tad more urgent than a gall stone. And the midwives will run. I’ve never seen anyone run as fast as a midwife with a labouring woman on the bed heading to theatres for an emergency caesar.

Surgery doesn’t take as long as you think it does. Repairing a broken limb? Two hours, maybe three tops. Including time spent in recovery. Burst appendix? Half an hour on the table max, maybe an hour in recovery. Caesarian? Forty minutes or so. Major surgeries (organs like kidneys, liver and heart transplants, and major bowel surgeries) take longer.

You’re never going to see the theatre nurses. Ever. They’re like their own little community of fabled myth who get to come to work in their sweatpants and only deal with unconscious people. It’s the ward nurse who does the pick up and drop offs.

Anyway there’s probably way, way more that I’m forgetting to add but this is getting too long to keep writing shit. The moral of the story is do some research so you don’t look like an idiot when you’re writing your characters getting injured or having to be in hospital. It’s not Greys Anatomy in the real world and the angst isn’t going to be any more intense just because you’re writing shit like it is.

Peace up.

#writing tips

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heshikiru · 7 years

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art cheats

hello i am here today to not lose track of the art cheats i have discovered over the years. what i call art cheat is actually a cool filter/coloring style/way to shade/etc. that singlehandedly makes art like 20 times better

80’s anime style

glitch effect

glow effects

adding colors to grayscale paintings

foreshortening ( coil )

foreshortening ( perspective )

clipping group (lines)

clipping group (colors)

dramatic lighting ( GOOD )

shading metal

lighting faces

that is all for today, do stay tuned as i am always hunting for cool shit like this

#art tutorials

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heshikiru · 7 years

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Broke af?

But still interested in feeding yourself? What if I told you that there’s a woman with a blog who had to feed both herself and her young son…on 10 British pounds ($15/14 Euro) per week?

Let me tell you a thing.

This woman saved my life last year. Actually saved my life. I had a piggy bank full of change and that’s it. Many people in my fandom might remember that dark time as when I had to hock my writing skills in exchange for donations. I cried a lot then.

This is real talk, people: I marked down exactly what I needed to buy, totaled it, counted out that exact change, and then went to three different stores to buy what I needed so I didn’t have to dump a load of change on just one person. I was already embarrassed, but to feel people staring? Utter shame suffused me. The reasons behind that are another post all together.

AgirlcalledJack.com is run by a British woman who was on benefits for years. Things got desperate. She had to find a way to feed herself and her son using just the basics that could be found at the supermarket. But the recipes she came up with are amazing.

You have to consider the differing costs of things between countries, but if you just have three ingredients in your cupboard, this woman will tell you what to do with it. Check what you already have. Chances are you have the basics of a filling meal already.

Here’s her list of kitchen basics.

Bake your own bread. It’s easier than you think. Here’s a list of many recipes, each using some variation of just plain flour, yeast, some oil, maybe water or lemon juice. And kneading bread is therapeutic.

Make your own pasta–gluten free.

She gets it. She really does. This is the article that started it all. It’s called “Hunger Hurts”.

She has vegan recipes.

A carrot, a can of kidney beans, and some cumin will get you a really filling soup…or throw in some flour for binding and you’ve got yourself a burger.

Don’t have an oven or the stove isn’t available? She covers that in her Microwave Cooking section.

She has a book, but many recipes can be found on her blog for free. She prices her recipes down to the cent, and every year she participates in a project called “Living Below the Line” where she has to live on 1 BP per day of food for five days.

Things improved for me a little, but her website is my go to. I learned how to bake bread (using my crockpot, but that was my own twist), and I have a little cart full of things that saved me back then, just in case I need them again. She gives you the tools to feed yourself, for very little money, and that’s a fabulous feeling.

Tip: Whenever you have a little extra money, buy a 10 dollar/pound/euro giftcard from your discount grocer. Stash it. That’s your super emergency money. Make sure they don’t charge by the month for lack of use, though.

I don’t care if it sounds like an advertisement–you won’t be buying anything from the site. What I DO care about is your mental, emotional, and physical health–and dammit, food’s right in the center of that.

If you don’t need this now, pass it on to someone who does. Pass it on anyway, because do you REALLY know which of the people in your life is in need? Which follower might be staring at their own piggy bank? Trust me: someone out there needs to see this.

#survival #cooking

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heshikiru · 7 years

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We hope you’re excited because Touken Ranbu Big Bang officially begins! Writer sign ups are open so head on over to the short sign up sheet to send us your details. Sign ups close midnight June 15, 2017.

Notes:

We’ve opened our Twitter! Be sure to follow for announcements and reminders. You may also track #tkrbbb2017 or follow our Tumblr.

Check our Info Page to find out the roles and requirements for TKRB BB.

Also check our Event Timeline to find out our schedule for this round.

Lastly, read our FAQ Page if you have any questions. If they’re unanswered, send us a message!

We hope to see a lot of works this year!

#72 hours to go #SIGN UP SIGN UP #COME ONE COME ALL

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We hope you’re excited because Touken Ranbu Big Bang officially begins! Writer sign ups are open so head on over to the short sign up sheet to send us your details. Sign ups close midnight June 15, 2017.

Notes:

We’ve opened our Twitter! Be sure to follow for announcements and reminders. You may also track #tkrbbb2017 or follow our Tumblr.

Check our Info Page to find out the roles and requirements for TKRB BB.

Also check our Event Timeline to find out our schedule for this round.

Lastly, read our FAQ Page if you have any questions. If they’re unanswered, send us a message!

We hope to see a lot of works this year!

#bigbangtkrb #whoooop SIGN UP ON THIS SHIT GUYS

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heshikiru · 7 years

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I don’t mean this to be harsh (actually the opposite) but it is a disservice to friends to assume they are insincere when they say they like and appreciate you. A disservice borne of low self esteem, maybe, but still a disservice

I choose to believe my friends as an expression of support & love for them & honestly that is working better than believing them out of self love (a motive which always feels uwu and embarrassing even when I intellectually know it’s not)

#good shit

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heshikiru · 7 years

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AB2017 - TKRB Panel

Hey guys! @pandacath and I are back at it again this year with the Baeblades 2.0 Touken Ranbu 101 Panel at Anime Boston 2017!

Join us at Hynes 306 on Sunday, April 2nd 12-1:30pm to learn about the game, its impact in Japan, and the history behind it, welcome to beginners and veteran saniwa alike!

#ab2017 #anime boston 2017 #touken ranbu #tkrb #anime boston

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heshikiru · 7 years

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Date Masamune x Quatro Gats 2017

3/11, the anniversary of the devestating Tohoku Earthquake in Japan is coming up. In memory of that and to raise money for the still-ongoing reconstruction efforts, Japanese leather company Quatro Gats is collaborating with Date Masamune, the 16th century warlord who administered over the affected region. Masamune was known for, amongst other feats, his rocking fashion sense.

So they decided to come out with a limited edition line of wallets featuring the signature pattern of Masamune's legendary "Murasakiji Raseita Goshoku Ransei" (紫地羅背板五色乱星) which roughly translates to the "Purple Land Thin Felt Five Colored Wild Star" pattern. Which looked something like this:

Now picture an actual warlord wearing this in the 16th century.

All in all, it's a really gorgeous display of historical fashion and fusion with modern design, all for a great cause, and I find it really quaint that the Tohoku Dragon's flashy tastes are still helping out his people to this day. And that's super cool.

#sengoku #date masamune #carpwords #i just think this is super cool ok #masamune was such a frickin chuuni look at that name #put your guns on #and help out the tohoku reconstruction effort!#let's party

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heshikiru · 7 years

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Don’t worry, be happy!

#sunflowers #doggo #good shit

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heshikiru · 7 years

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hey.

you have staying power in people’s lives. I’ll say it again: you have staying power in people’s lives.

you exist. you have a presence in your best friend’s life. you have impacted their life. you exist to them regardless of whether or not you’re in contact with them at this very second. in the course of their day, they will see things that can (and have) reminded them of you. they think about you. they miss you when you’re not there.

you’re not a nebulous creature that has no sway in another person’s life. no, my treasure, you are a person who is full of personality, light, love and interests shared in common with the people you most care about.

I know what you feel, but I promise you.

You matter, objectively, to the people who love you. They’re not going to forget about you. You are not disposable.

#good shit

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heshikiru · 7 years

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@heshikiru Happy Hasebe Holidays! I’m your secret santa that doesn’t really know how to use tumblr… You might have seen the one I posted on twitter instead already but here it is again. I wasn’t sure what to do about the background, so I apologize for that. Also I just realized that you said Hasebe WITH any group- I’ll draw you another one if this is no good T^T Enjoy the udon at least? He made it ‘specially for you, possibly with his tears as a secret ingredient.

#tkrb #touken ranbu #i will be your blade #hasebae #AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA #tkrb ss #HE'S SO CUTE WITH THE UDON AHHHHHHHHH HE'S ADORABLDA

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heshikiru · 7 years

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“what started the first world war?”

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heshikiru · 7 years

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Han is all “there’s to much Vader in him,” without mentioning that there is too much Vader in Leia too.

Like, Bail Organa, bless his poor poor soul, tried to politician the Vader out of her. He tried SO FUCKING HARD.

But the fact that she abandoned politics to be a General in the Resistance says a lot about her similarities to Anakin Skywalker.

#star wars #i'm wheezing lmaooo

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heshikiru · 7 years

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Moriyama: Just dropped my new single. Wanna hear?

Kaijou: …

Moriyama: …It’s me. I’m single.

#kuroko no basuke #moriyama yoshitaka #jesus moriyama #never change

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heshikiru · 7 years

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PSA

y’all

need

to

read

Shimanami Tasogare

It is an amazing manga with an almost entirely LGBT+ cast and talks a lot about gender identity, sexuality and troubles faced by those within the LGBT+ community (especially for younger members). Also it is fucking BEAUTIFUL.