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...serious hit are a headache that gets worse, confusion, disorientation and vomiting. Slurred speech, sleepiness, a droopy eye and clumsiness are also signals, as is any kind of amnesia. And the signs may not be obvious. "They gradually progress," says Dr. Carmelo Graffagnino, director of the neuroscience critical-care unit at Duke University. "Then suddenly it gets to the critical point that a person can't be woken...
...many of those 3,000 respondents had much they could boast about. Only 1.5% reported having a comprehensive EHR system in place in all clinical units. Another 8% to 11% had a basic system - defined as having eight to 10 of the 32 possible EHR functionalities in at least one unit of the hospital. Even one of the most straightforward functions - computerized drug-prescribing - had been implemented in just 17%. Physicians' notes - which can be confusing at best and flat-out illegible at worst - had gone digital in just 12%. The only bright spot in the findings was computerized results...
...rest of your unit react when they heard about your plan? A lot of our peers sort of made fun of us. They were cracking jokes. They thought it was lame to be starting a business, but maybe those same guys will be asking us for jobs next month. [Laughs...
TIME: How did you first react to your unit's new mission? Lichtenwalner: It was a shock, but of course, when I joined the Marine Corps, I anticipated having to be around death. I wasn't really crazy about being a cook, but when they switched our job up, I wasn't really crazy about doing [mortuary affairs] either. [Laughs.] But I was prepared to be around death, and once we got started, there was really no turning back. I realized just how important a mission Ryan and I both had. We kind of viewed it as a calling. Just...
...other soldiers treat your unit differently? It was sort of funny that when we'd chat with other Marines in the chow hall and they'd ask what we did, they would sort of stop talking with us. I think it definitely made our unit closer...