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familyfirstplaytherapy · 1 year

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PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENTS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH BY QUALIFIED PSYCHOLOGIST

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As children grow and develop, they sometimes have trouble learning in school, difficulty concentrating, or problems getting along with others.When this happens, a psychological assessment can pinpoint where the difficulties lie.

Psychological assessments at Family First offers insights into a child’s learning, social, behavioral and personality development, with the goal of tailoring recommendations to plan a child’s educational and mental health needs. The Family First Psychological & Educational Assessment program provides a broad range of testing services to school -age children and youth which concludes with a comprehesive report summarizing educational and mental health recommendations and next steps.

#child trauma #child psychology #child psychologist #counselling #teen counselling #burlington #grief #trauma healing #trauma assessments

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skyloftian-nutcase · 6 days

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Four was honestly surprised how many people were here. It was his first big trip, and it was definitely overwhelming. He was usually a loner, but he had to admit… he was thankful he’d asked a friend to come along.

Legend laughed as he texted someone, face glowing with glee. He elbowed Four mischievously. “We should definitely send pictures to Wars.”

“Is that who you’re texting?” Four asked with a smile, enjoying the cheer from his usually grumpier friend. Legend adored education conferences - his friend was nothing if not a lover of learning and exploring new things.

“Oh absolutely,” Legend replied, showing his phone. “He’s upset because I went to the emergency medicine conference and then went to this one. Personally, I think he’s just jealous because I have a cert he doesn’t.”

“Wait, Wars doesn’t have his CCRN?” Four questioned, confused. He figured Warriors, who had everything in his life in order, would have his critical care nursing certification. It was fairly common for nurses in ICU and ED settings.

“Nope!” Legend quipped with delight, obviously ecstatic that he had something over the military nurse.

“Okay, but important question: where are we going to get dinner?”

“Somewhere it doesn’t cost half our paycheck.”

Four glanced around at the skyscrapers. “Uh… not sure we’re going to manage that. I didn’t think the Hebra Mountains had cities like this.”

“Well, then we can contemplate Brugada Syndrome and complicated EKG rhythms while we starve,” Legend supposed.

“Oh, don’t be like that,” Four laughed. “This is a trip, we shouldn’t worry about the cost too much.”

”We don’t make Time’s salary.”

“But we make decent salary.”

Legend bit his lips, stubborn. Four narrowed his eyes analytically. “This isn’t about how much the food costs; it’s because you’ve blown your budget on coffee, isn’t it?”

His friend immediately flushed, guilty as charged. “They charge ten rupees for coffee! Ten!! This place is ridiculous!”

“I told you your caffeine addiction would come back to bite you someday,” Four smiled. “Or, well, more so than it already has.”

“I swear, if you bring up the SVT episode one more time—”

#writing #lu in healthcare #lu four #lu legend #Ok the last few classes have been WAY more interesting than the one that was putting me to sleep lol #poor Legend will never live down his SVT fiasco #Even tho Four definitely put himself in SVT from too much coffee one time #But he converted himself out of it without telling anyone #The world will never know #Except Wild because he was there #I should write that lol #Gonna go to a trauma assessment class and I am definitely just gonna be thinking of Four and his trauma ICU LOL #Hope everyone is having a good day! :D #Warriors is totally jealous of Four and Legend btw #Legend is giving him minute-by-minute updates just to annoy him and show him what he’s missing out on #Also why the FRICK is an iced coffee TEN DOLLARS HERE WHAT THE HECK #Cities are stupid expensive #I don’t even really drink caffeine when I’m not working but I did a hard sleep cycle reset and could use some #BUT NOT FOR THESE PRICES WHAT THE FRICK

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foxx-queen · 7 months

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i keep thinking about the datamined conversation between halsin and minthara and what gets me about it is that if you side with halsin and turn minthara away, thats objectively the bad choice.

like at this point, you've rescued minthara from moonrise. you know now that she was being controlled to act against her will. you've gone to the trouble of rescuing her from her tormentors, and you've experienced what it felt like as they tried to destroy her mind. you know what will happen to her if you turn her away. and if you do, you're willingly condemning her to that fate. you've essentially allowed her to experience freedom, to regain her sense of self, only to tear that away from her again.

whereas if you side with minthara, and halsin leaves, that's the only consequence he experiences. that he's not a companion anymore. at this point, we've saved the grove, we've saved him, and we've lifted the shadow curse. we've helped him achieve what hes been hoping to do for over a century. leaving your party won't see him lose his free will. he can return to the grove and live his life.

the choice is essentially either condemn someone to a fate worse than death, knowing exactly what that entails vs not letting someone travel with you anymore. its pretty clear cut to me.

its just interesting to me that they've switched the morality of it around given that minthara is considered the 'evil' companion by so many.

#baldur's gate 3 #baldur's gate 3 spoilers #bg3 spoilers #minthara #minthara baenre #before anyone comes at me and says that halsin is allowed to have his prejudice and his trauma. im not saying hes not #not sure about someone being allowed to have prejudice but yes thats part of human nature i guess #my point isnt that hes not allowed to react like this #my point is that hes wrong.#sure he can be struggling with his trauma and his prejudice over minthara being a lolth sworn (even if shes not anymore)#BUT. at this point we as a character /know/ theres more to her. we know that hes making an unfair assessment of her #which is even more jarring if you're a drow/lolth sworn drow #and at this point. you've saved the grove youve saved him youve helped him break the curse. he tells you its a debt he cant repay #and that hes so thankful. but he wont trust you or your decision. he won't even attempt to #and u know what thats fine. he doesnt have to. but if you're siding with him you're condemning her. you're killing her #if you side against him. he can go back to his responsibilities as an arch druid rather than leaving it in someone elses hands (which was?)#that is the lesser of the two evils here #yes you can call minthara the 'evil' character because shes a lolth sworn but thats just buying into the prejudice halsin is showing #and its wrong #anyways. my point is good for him if he wants to demand you make a ridiculous choice #but turning her away is the bad choice and tbh i feel like the game wants u to know that #and sure if you want to boil it down to which character u like more than the other and u prefer halsin. ur obvs gonna side with him #but in that case u probably wouldn't even get this conversation #because why would u have bothered to spare / save minthara in the first place?

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luinhealthcare · 4 months

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Does Hyrule mind teaching how to assess a patient??👉👈

"You... want to learn how to assess patients?" Hyrule asked hesitantly.

Wild shrugged. "What if I want to be an EMT?"

"You also said you wanted to be a chef in the hospital."

"I can do both, you know."

Hyrule laughed. "I suppose so. Well... we'll need a patient for this to work."

Wild immediately snatched Sky, who yelped as his friend snaked a hand around his wrist. "Sky's the patient, heaven knows he needs to be looked over anyway."

"Look who's talking, Mr. I-Have-Seizures-and-Don't-Tell-Anybody," Sky grumbled as he was manhandled to sit between the other two.

"Well, everyone knows now."

Hyrule and Sky gave Wild a scalding look. Adequately apologetic, Wild shrugged sheepishly.

"Anyway," Hyrule sighed, shifting his focus to Sky. "Assessments come in different forms. You've got a primary and a secondary assessment. Primary is kind of a general overview and checking for life threatening stuff, secondary is in-depth on what the issue actually is. Make sense?"

Wild nodded.

"Great!" Hyrule continued with a smile. "Okay. Sky's our patient. Sky, you got shot once, right?"

Sky nodded, and Wild balked. "He what?!"

"It was a long time ago," Sky waved a dismissive hand.

"Okay, so that's our scenario," Hyrule said, standing. "We're dispatched for a 21-year-old male with a GSW--"

"That means gunshot wound, right?"

"Yeah. GSW, conscious patient. That's all we've got. So, you get on scene, and the very first thing you do is check for scene safety. If the scene isn't safe, we're not going in. First thing you're taught in EMS - your own safety comes first, because if you're shot you can't help the patient. It's you, your partner, then the patient."

"How often do you actually listen to that rule?" Sky asked, raising an eyebrow.

"That's not what we're learning today," Hyrule waved off easily. It was pretty common knowledge that while he would never put his partner's life at risk, he'd gotten himself into dicey situations before. But he knew how to get himself out of those situations too. "So, we determine the scene is safe. Next, is our primary assessment. The purpose of this assessment is to check for life threatening things, and an overview of major body systems. Neuro status, bleeding, and your ABCs: Airway, Breathing, Circulation.

"The situation is pretty dynamic, like sometimes you walk up and somebody's got an arterial bleed and spurting blood everywhere, your assessment stops right there and you go fix that bleed. But generally you'll have time to do the entire primary assessment."

"Okay, so neuro and ABCs?"

"Yeah. And the good thing is that most of it happens all at once, you know? You walk up to Sky and he looks at you, then boom, you've got a good neuro - he's awake, he's alert. He may not be oriented, but you can figure that out by just talking to him. And by this point you can tell if there's life threatening bleeding. Then it's ABCs - is his airway patent, or open? Is he breathing, and is he doing so normally? Is his skin warm, dry, and normal tone for him? You can literally do al these things by just walking into the room and looking at him for five seconds. The primary assessment is done really fast and, the more times you do it, basically automatically."

"What would be an example of something being wrong?" Wild askd.

Hyrule glanced at him. "When I got on scene for your crash, you were unconscious and unresponsive--in other words, you were not only unconscious, but nothing would wake you up--and your breathing was gurgling sounding because you had blood in your airway."

Glancing at Sky, Hyrule said, "Sky can give us an example of a not great primary assessment, I'm sure."

Helpfully, Sky immediately flopped off the chair he was sitting on, collapsing to the ground with a crash. Wild laughed, and footsteps rushed from upstairs into the living room.

Twilight immediately froze in the entranceway, eyes wide and fixed on Sky. "Sky, what the--guys what the hell is hap--"

Sky perked up immediately. "Oh, sorry! I'm just helping Hyrule teach Wild!"

Twilight froze a moment and then sighed heavily, pinching the bridge of his nose and grumbling under his breath.

Hyrule smiled, pointing at Twilight. "He just perfectly showed a good primary assessment looks like! He walked in and saw the patient down on the ground, tried to figure out a neuro by calling out to him, and when Sky woke up he immediately could tell he was fine. Neuro intact, not bleeding, had a patent airway because he's talking, breathing normally, and skin looks normal."

"I hate all of you," Twilight groaned, walking out of the room.

"Okay, but by skin looking normal... what does it mean when it doesn't?" Wild asked.

"Your skin can tell a story," Hyrule explained. "If you're diaphoretic, which means sweating, something is likely wrong. Though it depends on context - if your patient's sweaty but they were just exercising, it makes sense. If Sky's sweaty on the ground after being shot, he's in shock. If the skin is cool, the body isn't circulating well - that can sap the color right out of your skin - the lighter your skin tone the more notable it is, but darker skin tones can become paler too. A lot of times with darker skin tones you'll want to look at their palms or their lips, that'll help you determine it. Another color is grey - that usually means cardiac and it's bad. So skin can tell you a lot!"

"How did my skin look?" Wild questioned, curious.

"Pale," Hyrule immediately answered. "Anyway. Sky's your patient. Look him over."

"Okay," Wild blew out a breath, approaching Sky and kneeling beside him. "So he's unconscious, that's my neuro so far."

"Can you arouse him at all?"

Wild poked Sky in the neck. Sky flinched. Wild poked again and Sky giggled. Wild's eyes widened in realization, and a mischievous smile crossed his face.

"Wild, wait--"

Sky started laughing hysterically as his friend tickled him, wiggling and trying to shove him away.

"Get--off of m--Wild you jerk--"

Hyrule chuckled. "Well, we're not taught to tickle our patients, but that works."

#sorry this took so long!#needed to manifest some energy to write healthcare au stuff lol #lu in healthcare #asks #writing #lu hyrule #lu wild #my gosh guys it's been SO LONG since I've looked at an EMT textbook I actually had to look up primary v secondary assessment definitions #just to make sure I was explaining it right #because I just automatically do it and haven't used the terms 'primary and secondary assessment' since EMT class #and that was more years ago than I care to admit LOL #in fact it's been so long I'm pretty sure they teach the primary as ABCDE #*puts on grey wig* back in my day #we just had ABC for the primary assessment #airway and breathing and circulation #but now it's airway/breathing/circulation/disability/expose?? I think??#disability makes no sense to me #but all expose is saying is expose areas so you can see what you're dealing with #like for a trauma patient you gotta cut the clothes off to make sure you aren't missing an injury #I think disability is neuro related but they were stretching it ok #medical world and it's dumb acronyms #honestly I say just stick to ABCs #lu sky #lu twilight #poor twi lol #he's so done with their shenanigans #he's been on edge ever since Wild's hospitalization #anybody having issues makes him have a meltdown

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baladric · 13 days

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therapist trying to help me feel calmer about the pressure of being a full-time teacher this summer as a person with an increasingly low masking/communication threshold, her like "i have observed that when i ask a lot of people on the spectrum when they've felt most alive, there's a fairly frequent response that it happens while they're giving lectures on topics they know about, because of the guaranteed space to exercise their minds and interests—does that resonate with you?" and i had to be like absolutely fucking not, i hate public speaking, nothing makes the mean old man in my head louder on the Hating Myself front, no matter how confidently learned i am on the topic at hand, the two key things that make me feel Alive™ are singing in operas or full concerts, and receiving feedback from people who've had emotional reactions to something i wrote, and my therapist was like "ah... Well" like yes 40 hours a week of teaching children is probably going to be a very bad and possibly harmful job fit, unfortunately i need money desperately

#she is also on the spectrum and was speaking from personal experience too #and i'm like man i Wish i had that brand of the thing #unfortunately my various traumas have amplified the autistic fear of being misunderstood by 1000 #so talking for long periods of time to Anyone about Anything is an exercise in managing panic responses about being yelled at #it's not even stage fright either!! like i'm fucking fine in front of a packed opera house for any other goddamn thing #it's just having the workings of my own thoughts exposed to external assessment in a live real-time situation

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hesbuckcompton-baby · 2 months

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the jump from writing I'm Your Man to writing Better Off is so funny to me like... if you thought the build-up to Frankie and Rosie was painful you might need to sit this one out because I have created the most uncommunicative awkward couple of all time and it is actually decaying my brain as we speak

#rest in peace susie lamb. you would've loved autism assessments #susie is pathetic to an extent it actually makes me laugh. but then there's The Trauma #this is absolutely not on demarco he just got attached to a woman with the emotional capabilities of a wet paper bag

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benbamboozled · 2 years

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“He never trusted me.

I never trusted him.

Neither of us lived up to the idea of ‘Batman and Robin.’

The ‘Dynamic Duo.’

Because Batman and Robin…

…Requires trust.”

—Jason Todd

Batman: Urban Legends #4

#Jason Todd #Red Hood #Batman #Bruce Wayne #comic pages #narratives around Jason Todd frequently treat his actions while he was a kid…#with the same weight as Bruce’s when Jason was a kid…#ignoring that Bruce is a fucking adult #and also literally Jason’s parent.#like…it makes perfect sense that Jason would view not trusting Bruce as his own personal failing.#but frequently the narrative seems to AGREE with his assessment.#and treat it like…idk… ‘taking responsibility’ or some shit.#instead of an obvious coping mechanism for all of his various traumas.#jason needs an ‘IT’S NOT YOUR FAULT’ moment…#in the regular continuity.#is what I’m saying.#I’M BEGGING A WRITER TO DECONSTRUCT HIS COPING MECHANISMS GDI!!!!

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ashes-in-a-jar · 3 months

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The Sheridan Tapes episode 59

#jovians: we assess threat level of species on different planets to determine if we need to destroy them #you there! represent your species #kate: fambily. sam: trauma dump #jovians: .... yeah we should leave this planet alone...#also ohhhh now i get the connection between anne bonny sam bailey and sam walsh...#tst relisten #the sheridan tapes #i looked up Fulgurite and they look really cool. id also think aliens if i saw them.#also on the nose irony that the aliens show up to judge humanity on the site of atomic bomb experimentation #and find there poor sam and kate of all people lol

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viperwhispered · 2 months

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So, as much as I love a dom Jamil, I do also love the idea of him calling me you mistress/master in bed.

Whether he'd be actually willing to do that is another matter, though.

So, I'm curious. Assuming an established relationship where they're comfortable exploring kinks together,

And to clarify: I'm not asking if he'd try it once, but rather if it's something he'd have be a part of their repertoire with his s/o, so to speak.

#twisted wonderland #jamil viper #as much as I'd love to answer yes I kinda suspect it's actually a no #not that that's gonna stop me from enjoying the idea but still #on the other hand there is that concept of reliving/reclaiming your trauma through kink so...#and I still do stand by my assessment that a gentle dom could be really good for him #someone to just take care of him and take charge without overriding him or making him uncomfortable #anyways #curious to see how others view him in this regard #ner talks #eta: apparently because I made this on a sideblog even I can't see the results before voting #thanks tumblr

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skyloftian-nutcase · 2 years

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Who wants a random Linked Universe Healthcare AU scene? My brain did.

@servantprincess @triforce-of-mischief

"Time."

Time grimaced, pulled from peaceful slumber by the familiar voice. He felt warm and comfortable, with weight pressed against his left side and an arm draped over his stomach. Breath tickled his neck and chest. His left arm was a little numb, being slightly squished by whoever was snuggled beside him. He flexed his fingers and felt a shirt, rubbing the person's back absentmindedly.

"Time, wake up, honey. You're getting called in."

Called in? Oh. Oh. He'd forgotten he was on call tonight.

Opening his eyes, Time saw Malon hovering over him, looking apologetic. She had his cell phone in hand with a text message on the home screen. Rubbing his eyes, he asked, "Any info?"

"GSW, accidental discharge, I think? But it sounds like there's no exit wound, went into his abdomen. BP's low, he's shocky, they're flying him in now. Got the fifteen minute notice just a moment ago."

Time sighed, looking down and seeing Sky's head tucked under his chin. "I suppose the residents are getting everything ready."

Malon pulled the blanket off him and Sky. "Yeah. I've got coffee brewing for you."

"Thanks, dear."

His wife walked away for a moment to help him gather supplies, and Time scraped his face with his hand in an attempt to wake himself up some more. When he looked at the clock on the wall, he bit back a groan at seeing the hour hand settled firmly on three.

Noise caught his attention and he looked to his right to see the TV was still on, some animal documentary playing. Reaching over to grab the remote, he turned it off and started to maneuver out of Sky's hold. The young man grimaced at the movement, his fingers curling around Time's shirt.

Time pressed a quick kiss onto Sky's head and pulled his hand off him. Sky started to shift, growing more alert, but Time got him situated comfortably on the couch and covered him back up, which was enough to get him back to sleep.

Malon met him in the kitchen as he threw on some scrubs and poured the coffee into a travel mug. He pecked her on the lips and gave a small pout. "All right, but why am I on call and you're not?"

Malon nuzzled his nose with hers. "Because we agreed that somebody has to keep an eye on the boys."

Time hummed absentmindedly, his mind focusing and starting to think about whatever he was going to be encountering at the hospital.

The drive was a quick one, and before he knew it he was walking into the emergency department. A gaggle of residents and surgical fellows were awaiting him, and apparently the patient was just about to arrive via helicopter. When he entered the trauma bay, his eyes scanned the room to see who he would be working with, and he immediately caught sight of Warriors and Legend.

He smiled.

"Well, well, well," Warriors said, putting his hands on his hips. "Come to join the fun, eh?"

"I'm surprised he's conscious," Legend quipped with a smirk. "Poor day shifter, you holding up all right?"

Time harumphed. "I can adjust well enough, thank you. It's you who are incapable of adapting."

"Ha! Like I'd ever work days," Legend fired back as he set up some more equipment. "Why would I ever want to deal with management? Or people?"

Time rolled his eyes. "Which one of you troublemakers is my primary nurse?"

"That would be me," Warriors answered. "Legend's the tech this time around."

"Not enough techs tonight?"

"When are there ever enough techs, especially on nights?"

Time looked at Legend. "I'm surprised you decided to help Wars like this."

Legend pocketed multiple flushes and vacutainers and gloved up. "I am willing to help, even if it's him."

Warriors snorted amusedly. "That's just because he didn't want to help the other nurse with the impaction."

Time laughed. "That'll do it."

"Here they come," one of the residents called from outside the room.

Time moved towards the back of the room so he could observe from the head of the bed. Respiratory therapy walked in with their equipment prepped, and Wind waved eagerly beside his preceptor. Time gave him a smile and a nod just as the helicopter crew brought their stretcher into the room.

"All right, let's get him over to the bed, and then we'll do the report," Warriors announced as residents and Legend crowded around the patient. They unfastened the seat belts holding the person to the stretcher with practiced ease and then stacked three people on either side of the stretcher and the bed. Legend stood on the far side of the bed and counted to three so everyone moved at the same time.

As soon as the patient was on the bed, the flight nurse moved the stretcher out of the way as the flight medic gave report. Warriors took notes and Legend maneuvered between multiple doctors, putting a tourniquet on the patient's arm above an IV and drawing blood for lab work.

"18 in the left AC," Legend said loudly so Warriors knew what kind of IV access was available.

Doctors started to assess the patient, their hands moving along muscle and bone as one of them brought an ultrasound machine to check for blood in the abdomen. Legend worked on getting vital signs while Time listened to the doctors report their findings out loud. Wind scooted over with his teacher as they stood by the patient's head, providing oxygen over the man's face.

Time crossed his arms, mulling over the information provided. It seemed likely the bullet was still inside, which meant they'd have to operate to take care of the issue. He'd wait until CT confirmed and showed what kind of damage they were dealing with. In the meantime, he'd make sure an OR was ready; the residents should have already done that, but he always double checked.

Legend and Warriors traveled with a couple doctors to get the patient to CT, and Wind hastily walked up to Time.

"Is it always this chaotic?" the boy asked, eyes wide. "Everyone was pushing each other out of the way."

Time had to smile at Wind's naivete. "Is this your first trauma alert?"

Wind nodded.

"They can be chaotic, yes," he answered. "But you'll learn far more from following your preceptor than talking to me."

Wind yelped, turning around to see his patient and his teacher exiting the room. "Wait for me!"

Time laughed out loud and headed for the OR to prep. As soon as he exited the emergency department he saw Wild waving at him with a smile. He looked like he was going to keep going to whatever destination he needed to reach, but then he paused and laughed out loud, pointing at a pen in Time's pocket.

"Oh my gosh did you get that bunny pen from Ravio?" Wild asked, cackling.

Time raised an eyebrow, glancing down at the pink pen in question. He supposed he'd grabed some of his wife's supplies instead of his own. "It's Malon's, but yes."

"Legend's gonna kill you."

"I can't help that Legend lets Ravio steal his pens and sell them."

Time's phone buzzed. It was a text from Warriors with information about the CT. He supposed an OR would be necessary after all.

"Hey, Time," Wild called as he started to walk away, recognizing that Time had somewhere to be. "Since Malon isn't here tonight, who's picking the music in the OR?"

"I'm still figuring that out," Time answered absentmindedly, pocketing his phone. "Why don't you pick a theme?"

Wild's face broke into a mischievous grin. "Oh? Me? Well... okay, but what mood are you in?"

Time shrugged, already moving. "Don't know. I fell asleep watching animal planet, maybe something adventurous."

Wild smacked his hands together. "Baby Shark song."

Time paused. "The what?"

"Just put it on when you start operating. You'll thank me later."

Shrugging, Time resumed his walk to the OR. "All right, then."

#Time hunted him down later #the patient was fine #Wild was not #I didn't think many people would care about my little LU boys in healthcare AU but some were having fun with it so here you go :)#y'all get to see what a watered down trauma assessment looks like #lu in healthcare #linkeduniverse #linked universe #writing

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hofftrans · 5 months

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also to add to that last post it's such a huge point of frustration for me that people get like... uncomfortable and judgemental when you describe your own trauma in a blaze or god forbid funny way.

Like I'm so sorry that the terrible things that happened to me make you uncomfortable????? Am I supposed to break down and sob like a shakesperian actor everytime I describe my life story? If I do that I'll be considered hysterical. Like there's no winning

#trauma #was trying to blast through childhood info during my adhd assessment yesterday and the lsych kept stopping me to be like omg that is awful #like yeah no shit bud but it was my life so can you stop almost weeping over it

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sallytwo · 4 months

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i’m really loving EMT training 👍

#today we did airway adjuncts (oral and nasal) narcan administration trauma assessments for 5 scenarios and a full resuscitation #i’ve heard that when we get to vehicle extrications the training is really fun but uhh.#guy who has had to see people pulled from flipped planes… lol ��

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dontmeantobepoliticalbut · 1 year

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The U.S. Secret Service has released a first-of-its-kind report that analyzes 173 mass attacks that took place in the country from 2016-2020.

It's the first time the agency has put together trends collected from five years of data; the report examines everything from when in the year the attacks took place, to behavioral changes exhibited in the attackers. The report, which comes from the agency's National Threat Assessment Center, looked at attacks that harmed at least three individuals, not including the attacker.

The report comes just days after two shootings in California in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay killed a total of 18 people. So far in 2023, there have been 39 mass shootings.

Lina Alathari, chief of the National Threat Assessment Center, said she hopes the research and guidance provided in the report can help prevent future mass attacks.

"We must do everything we can to prevent these, which is why we're putting out this research for you. There is no community that is immune from this," Alathari said.

TOP DATA POINTS FROM THE REPORT

• LOCATION: Most of the attacks took place in a variety of public and semi-public spaces across 37 states, and Washington, D.C. The most common locations for an attack were businesses, including restaurants and retail.

• TYPE OF WEAPON USED: 126 of the attacks, or 73%, involved the use of one or more firearms. In nearly 1/4 of the attacks involving firearms, at least one of the firearms was acquired illegally by the attacker.

• DEMOGRAPHICS OF ATTACKERS: 96% of the attackers in the study were male. The USSS says that this finding is consistent with previous analyses of mass attacks. 57% were white and 34% were Black.

• CRIMINAL HISTORY: 64% had a prior criminal history, not including minor traffic violations. 41% of the attackers were found to have a history of domestic violence, but only 16% if those individuals faced domestic violence charges.

• ONLINE PRESENCE: A majority of the attackers had a identified presence online, and nearly one-quarter were found to have conveyed "concerning communications" such as threats, and posts about suicidal ideations, previous mass shootings, violent content and hatred toward a specific ethnic group.

• STRESSORS: Nearly all the attackers experienced "at least one significant stressor" within five years of the attack, most of which were issues with family and romantic relationships. 20% of the attackers experienced some kind of childhood trauma, including physical or sexual abuse, entering foster care, living in a refugee camp, or the death of a parent, the report says.

• FINANCIAL AND HOUSING INSTABILITY: 72% of the attackers experienced a financial stressor some time before the attack, and over half experienced it within five years. The report describes some financial stressors as bankruptcy, eviction, foreclosure and loss of income. 39% of the attackers also experienced unstable housing within 20 years of their attack, including homelessness and impending evictions.

CONCERNING BEHAVIORS AND MENTAL HEALTH SYMPTOMS AMONG THE ATTACKERS

The report says that of the 180 attackers examined in the report, 58% experienced mental health symptoms prior to or at the time of their attack, some of which included depression and suicidal thoughts, and psychotic symptoms such as paranoia and delusions.

The report makes it clear that mental health factors should not be considered causal explanations for why these attacks occurred.

"Mental illness is not a barometer for dangerousness and it is not a correlation for mass attacks. The vast majority of individuals with mental illnesses in this country will never be violent. In fact, often, they are the victims of violence," Alathari said.

The agency says violence like mass attacks are rarely spontaneous and almost always have some warning signs in the attacker. The report doesn't offer any kind of road map to prevent future mass attacks, but the agency recommends that "community systems" be set up to help identify and intervene when someone reports concerns about another person.

With the roll out of the USSS's report, they are also holding a virtual event, and Alathari said 21,000 people signed up to attend from all 50 states and 80 countries.

"Everyone has a role to play in prevention, it's [not] just one person's responsibility or one organization's responsibility. It is a community-wide, multi-disciplinary effort," Alathari said.

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naamahdarling · 7 months

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Time for y'all to

send asks!

again!

#i have to do a treatment plan tomorrow instead of you know actual therapy that might help me and MAN THOSE THINGS PISS ME OFF #y'all at Therapy Place make me take these but it's like...no #no i will not call 911 if i am suicidal #no i will not call y'all either #no i will not call a crisis line because i'm never suicidal from things they can actually help me with #and i can do the counting exercise alone #i have my own plan and you are not part of it and don't get to know what it is because you cannot be trusted with that information #it goes on the tall shelf away from the pathologizers kidnappers gatekeepers and just plain assholes #i SUPER like my therapist she's great but man these people expect me to barf my entire life story on demand any time there's An Assessment #and they don't give me anything in return #please #i want to know the worst thing that happened to you #no details just tell me in like three words what it was #and let it flash through your mind #i want you to remember it with me and for me on demand just for a second #and then we can look in each other's eyes and i won't feel like a dancing monkey and you won't feel like whatever it is you feel like #because you are insulated from the need for exchange of some kind between humans having intimate conversations by your job #must be nice for you #are YOU having nightmares? do YOU ever feel like the trauma is happening again? never almost never sometimes most of the time always #no but seriously i'm sure giving dozens of these takes a toll and i do have sympathy #but they still expect me to do it without any objections and I am NOT getting paid and they are NOT having necessary health care gatekept #so it's still really unequal #sorry not sorry

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clever-and-unique-name · 8 months

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Do not take your bleeding head wound to an urgent care after you regain consciousness! Go directly to the ER!!! AAAAAAAA

#this has been a public service announcement #most grey area things I understand #severe abdominal pain? chest pain? dizziness? probs sending you to the ER but I understand wanting to get checked out first #head trauma with loss of consciousness? NO. GO TO THE ER. we are NOT equipped to assess that!!!!#work stuff #personal #reblogs off because I don't want clowning

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cr1ms0nesp3ra-ac3 · 28 days

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Let me explain why I made this vid, is to show how my Tav OC is so different than the others-

And to say this... Tav back then, used to be a prince half-elf half-human archangel from heaven back then on 2000 years ago. Until when a new force came to cause chaos in Heaven.. it's the sirens instead of demons that the angel faced. But they're not coming to cause chaos... The Siren Entity Leader named Korin wanted to curse the prince archangel. And so he did because of Timothy being traumatised as hell— now he turned into a cursed fallen arch-angel- and forced to fell from heaven in order to leave..

Though... Tav used to have a gentle, kind and soft personality. But to now cursed he is- he has changed.

UNDERCUT FOR TRIGGER WARNINGS:

Since 100 years later, Tav was now desperate to find a cure to remove the curse. He now acts as a cold, rude and silent angel. And his cursed right eye was scarlet red. He even steals some things in order to make himself safe. But he felt bad for what he did.. and that's the only way to push everyone away.

Until he met Astarion. But there is a twist!!

Despite Tav being cursed, he had one of the new abilities to sense through anyone's lies and darkest signs(SLEEP TOKEN REFERENCE?!?!), which makes the cursed angel developing trust issues.. He managed to easily notice Astarion's manipulation and left lol- he also can open through portals quick, summon random cursed weapons and manipulate time.

So yeah, but when they didn't "know" is that Tav really felt so much sorrow, guilt and suffering that he really has to push everyone away because of how cursed he is- and Tav didn't want to curse everyone for sure, but actually.. Astarion doesn't care, so do the angel's companions. They all just wanted to help him!!

But don't worry, there's gonna be a lot of character development and angst development.. after all- my Tav OC is different. And I will torture him for sure..

He gonna kill me if he found out lol

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