For my darling...

Happy Valentines Day to you dear! =) Take good care of urself, be happy always and may God bless us along the way...

With love,
yenny

My piece of art - 'My Home, My Country' , produced during my Medical Psychology cycle. Well, i have to admit that i have no talent in drawing,and as far as i could recall, this is the 1st drawing that i have completed since years ago...Last drawing i produced was in Form 3, Arts class i guess. haha...this is just meant for laughing! Btw, my home is in the bottom left corner of the drawing.

p/s : Tomorrow will start Infectious Diseases cycle.

Who's Misha ?

The 1st time i met Misha was in late 2004, that was my 1st year in Volgograd. He was just 3 months old that time,very cute right? The guy holding him is his father, Mihail, our Baha'i ABM (Auxiliary Board Member ) for Volgograd Region.

























Today, we went to a gathering at his house. And met him again. Guess what, he's now 4 years old, will be 5 in July. He's very playful, but then never turned us down whenever we asked him to help us doing things. Gonna miss this kid when i go back to Msia in the future!

The Stones

I picked these stones while walking along the beach of the Black Sea. Hopefully i can make a nice gift for my dear with these stones. Hope she will like it. Ideas? Currently i have a few in mind, but it still depends which one i will be able to make it. Well, still have 23 weeks to prepare for this. Shall take my own sweet time to think . :-D

Winter Break 2009

Nearly forgot that i still own a blog... Just wanna share how did i spend my holiday. Exam finished on 24th. On 25th ( New Year eve), 13 of us had our 'reunion dinner' at the hostel. Well, you can see the dishes prepared in the photo .I prepared the 'Emperor Chicken',the ones which were still wrapped in aluminium foil..And this year i lau-sang-ed too, something which isn't commonly practiced at my home .. During the process of lau sang, we need to speak good words, e.g Gong Xi Fa Chai...

On 26th Feb, 16 of us took the train to Sochi, which is 20 hours away. Just for your info, Sochi is the organising city for Winter Olympics 2014.. And certainly the purpose of me going there is to ski ,or to be exact, to experience skiing. After few attempts, obviously i noticed that i have no talent in skiiing. Managed to snap some nice photos on top of the mountain , which is 2228m above the sea level. Enjoyed walking along the Black Sea in the morning, and the winter in Sochi is so nice. During day time, it was just +10celcius..I could just go outside with a thin jacket. Spent 2 nights in Sochi and then came back to Volgograd... Everyone of us liked Sochi...Wonder if MMC will recognize Sochi State Medical University (if there's ) one day?If that happened, i would encourage students to go there...Haha..Reason? Sochi is a much comfortable city to stay in :-D
Well...these were the 2 major events in my winter break.. Of course I bought a Valentine's gift for my dear too. Wanted to post it, but i wasn't allowed to, as it's a fragile item. Btw, my gift is labelled as 'obscene' and 'shocking' by my dear, who's an innocent girl who still lives in kuno era. Hehe.. Shall reveal the gift on the blog when time comes....And if you are thinking something really obscene , i would suggest you to stop it right now...Because when you see the gift, you might end up saying 'cheh, this also called obscene?shocking?'...Hehe.

Read through few topics of this book, easy to understand and digest...It's now on the top of my booklist for next academic year!

Sleeping Less Than 7 Hours Per Night Increases Common Cold Risk (Interview with Dr. Sheldon Cohen, PhD, Carnegie Mellon University)

(January 12, 2009 - Insidermedicine) Getting at least 8 hours of sleep may help stave off the common cold, according to research published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.

Here are some tips to help you sleep well:

• Go to bed only when you are tired.

• Avoid taking naps. If you can't get through the day without one, limit them to less than one hour, before 3 PM.

• Get up and go to sleep at the same time every day.

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University interviewed over 150 healthy adults about their sleep habits. They then quarantined each person and gave them nasal drops containing the cold virus.

Those who slept less than 7 hours a night were nearly three times as likely to develop cold symptoms as those who slept 8 hours or more. Those who spent less than 92% of their time in bed asleep were over five times as likely to develop cold symptoms than those who spent 98% or more of this time asleep.

In the following podcast, Dr. Sheldon Cohen, the principal investigator of this study, offered some further insight.

Today's research adds to the mounting evidence that a good night's sleep is important for optimum health. It is possible that sleep helps regulate the changes that occur in the body that cause symptoms of illness.

Happy New Year 2009

Happy New Year 2009 everyone! Best wishes from Volgograd, Russian federation. Tonight is the time for feast and party. Haa...

A good news for Malaysian Housemen

Read about this good news on TheStar Online,

Day off after 24-hour duty for trainee doctors

KUALA TERENGGANU: Trainee doctors will now get a day off after carrying out their 24-hour on-call duty.

Health Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai said the directive will take effect immediately.

He said it applies only to housemen on active call and at the hospital the entire time.

“We will not let these trainee doctors be overworked. We will look into their welfare,” he told reporters yesterday after visiting the Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital.

Liow was asked to comment on grouses from trainee doctors that they sometimes had to work almost 24 hours and then report to their superiors the next day.

Some trainee doctors complained that they had to work seven days a week without a single rest day during their two-year stint in government hospitals as housemen.

Liow said trainee doctors should also be allowed to concentrate on getting the right exposure and medical proficiency by giving them off-days.

A trainee doctor at Sultanah Nur Zahirah Hospital, who only wanted to be known as Sally, said she was relieved to hear that the ministry would look into their welfare.

“Frankly, we are very exhausted as we have to focus on our training and also carry out clinical rounds frequently,” she said. “It is stressful.”

Sally said she and her colleagues were unable to pay attention during their stints due to fatigue and time constraints.

Some thoughts to share after reading ?Mine is just simple : Same pay, more time to study, less time getting scolded. Haha....Anyway, i was joking about the 'less time getting scolded' part.. I am sure the senior doctors scold the trainee for their own good rite. :-)

24th Birthday Celebration

1stly, thanks to my groupmates from Group 38 (Yat, Mozac, Ben, Cip, Cud, Ina and Diana) for celebrating my birthday with me at Yat'&Mozac's place on 13th Dec...Shall update the pics after getting them from Ina:-)...
Now i wanna update the pics taken during my birthday celebration in Kim hostel by my hostel mates, on 14th Dec(the exact day). Thanks so much! To Melvin, Bernard, Yhu Voon, Hannie, Yi Jia, Huey Yee, Tesini and Li Liang...I didn't expect all those, esp.ly a home made cheese cake..hehe...Since it' was a celebration at the hostel, somemore it was in my room, so it's considered 'informal',and we just wore like usual...
And finally, thanks to those who wished me, either in person or via internet/phone:-)

















Hostel mates (from the left) : Huey Yee, Hannie, Yi Jia, Li Liang, Yhu Voon, Bernard(in white ,with specs), Melvin (in black)..And i am the one in the middle,squatting...























Melvin's turn to be the photographer..Newly included in this pic is Ms. Tesini Nathan.


















Me with a home made cheese cake..It tastes yummy!Hehe...heard it was being baked 'illegally'.















Cake handing ceremony, by our guest of honour, Ms.CHN.

How to perform a perimortem cesarean section (c-section)?

Read about this in a newly located site : My EmergencyMedicine Blog.

Indications:

• pregnant patient in cardiac arrest who has not responded to resuscitation efforts within 4 minutes of onset
• viable fetus, generally > 24 weeks (but somewhat institution dependent)

Procedure

• vertical incision from 2-3 cm above pubic symphysis to 1 cm below the umbilicus
• extend incision through subcutaneous fat to rectus sheath
• grasp rectus sheath with forceps and carefully make incision through it with scalpel/Mayo scissors
• expose the uterus
• make midline vertical incision through uterus with scalpel/scissors
• deliver fetus

Sources

Reichman, E MD and Simon, R MD. “Perimortem Cesarean Section” Emergency Medicine Procedures. McGraw Hill. 2004.

Roberts, J MD. et al. “Perimortem Cesarean Section” Roberts: Clinical Procedures in Emergency Medicine 4th ed. Elsevier. 2004.