Head-to-Toe

Head-to-Toe

By Marie MacMillan
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Head-to-Toe episodes

  • Mixing Medicine and Art: A career profile with Jorge Muniz, PA-C and medical comic artist
    Mixing Medicine and Art: A career profile with Jorge Muniz, PA-C and medical comic artist
    Spotlight on Jorge Muniz and how his comic art provides medical education to the masses

    Jorge gives us the low down on how he got in drawing comics and how that translated to mixing medicine and art. We discuss the smashing together of seemingly unrelated fields, and how big our professional crushes on ZDoggMD are.

    “Don’t be afraid to be judged by your peers just because you’re presenting information in a different way.”

    Show Notes
    • Jorge’s books can be purchased on amazon: https://medcomic.com/shop/
    • He offers bulk discounts to universities/organizations for Sparkson's Illustrated Guide to ECG Interpretation and Medcomic: Third Edition, to inquire email: [email protected]
    • Visit Jorge’s website to see, admire, and utilize his artwork for education - medcomic.com
    • That actor I couldn’t remember is Ken Jeong, and you can watch his American Heart Association “Hands-Only CPR” here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5hP4DIBCEE
    • Everything ZDoggMD > http://zdoggmd.com/ and on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ZDoggMD/ 
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      Intro Outro Music by Rhombus Rare – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b841a7zh9aU&t=739s

      Podcast Sponsor: Luxe Pillow - Sleep Better. Feel Great. Achieve More. Listen to the end of the show to hear the 10%-off coupon code! luxepillow.com 
      As always, feel free to get in touch!

      Marie MacMillan

      RN / Writer / Podcast Host
      Podcast: headtotoe.podbean.com
      Website: mariemacmillan.com 
      Facebook: www.facebook.com/macmillanpages
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      Podcast feedback line: 503-512-0185
      23 min
    • Career Profile: Echos on the Heart, a hospital romance

      Spotlight on Mike and Pat Cyll, retired couple with combined ~90 years of experience in echocardiography and nursing. They’ve been married over 40 years.

      From smoking in hospital breakrooms, to echocardiograms on neonates, to robots and holograms, to a coffee date in a hospital cafeteria that lead to over 40 years of marriage. Warning: Swooning may occur. Listen to the latest Head-to-Toe episode for Mike & Pat’s story.

      Show Notes

      Anything from the episode or guest that the listener might want to look up later – i.e. links to the guest’s website/blog, links to related organizations or websites

      • What the heck is a “rotating tournicate” for pulmonary edema?
      • Here is the 1974 article published in Circulation claiming it’s usefulness http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/circulationaha/50/2/366.full.pdf
    • The purpose of them: “The application of blood pressure cuffs to three extremities; formerly used in certain types of medical emergencies, such as acute pulmonary edema, to reduce the return of blood to the heart. The patient is placed in a head-high position (Fowler's). The pressure is kept midway between systolic and diastolic. Every 10 min, the cuffs are deflated and when inflated, the previously free extremity is now used. This allows each extremity to be free of a tourniquet for 10 min out of each 40-min cycle. Note: A cuff would not be applied to an extremity into which an intravenous infusion is running.” https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/rotating+tourniquet
    • And here’s the 1987 article contesting its use https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3592330
    • Photos of rotating tournicate setup: https://thoracickey.com/medical-treatment-of-heart-failure-2/ 
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      • Example of 3D echocardiography: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlAwQ9E0u6o

       

      Intro Outro Music by Wesley Price
      • https://soundcloud.com/wesleypricemusic
    • https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesleypricemusic/
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      Episode Sponsor: Luxe Pillow – luxepillow.com

       

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      Marie MacMillan

      Writer / Podcast Host
      Podcast: headtotoe.podbean.com
      Website: mariemacmillan.com 
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      LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/macmillanpages/
      28 min
    • Career Profile: Carmen Buck, Nurse Practitioner and Photographer
      Career Profile: Carmen Buck, Nurse Practitioner and Photographer

      Spotlight on Carmen Buck, nurse practitioner, photographer, and author. Her new book “Just See Me: Sacred Stories from the Other Side of Dementia” highlights thirteen families caring for loved ones with dementia. 

      “In truth they’re just beautiful stories of inspiration…thirteen really unique messages.”

      Carmen Buck Photography 
       www.CarmenBuckPhotography.com

      You can purchase Carmen’s new book on Amazon!

      Click here: https://www.amazon.com/Just-See-Me-Stories-Dementia-ebook/dp/B07C8NV9YB/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1525318146&sr=8-4&keywords=Carmen+buck

      Intro Outro Music by Wesley Price
      • https://soundcloud.com/wesleypricemusic
    • https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesleypricemusic/
    • 24 min
    • Extraordinary Stories: Wellness in War Zones
      Extraordinary Stories: Wellness in war zones
      Nina Ng, RN nurse administrator and wellness consultant for volunteers, enlightens us on what managing trauma is like in war-torn Middle Eastern cities.
      • “What was most touching to me was this profound sense of appreciation from these civilians we took care of…”
      Feel free to get in touch with Nina at [email protected]
      Show Notes

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      Marie MacMillan

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      Website: mariemacmillan.com 
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      30 min
    • Extraordinary Stories: Finding the Zebras
      Extraordinary Stories: Finding the Zebras
      Spotlight on Jonathan Tan, PA

      Chief complaint: refractory hiccups. Praise for preceptors. Finding the medical zebras. And choosing life over all your limbs. This RN turned PA shares stories from the provider side of ICU, ER, and the urgent care world.

      “The nurses on the floor, the nurses in the ICU, the nurses in the ER…they are truly amazing people and they don’t get the recognition they deserve.”

      Donate $2 for Head-to-Toe’s 2nd birthday!

      I write/record/edit/and produce the podcast entirely by myself. The podcast is currently free and I'd love to keep it that way! But since I don't get income from producing Head-to-Toe, once a year I ask for "birthday" money to help support creation and production of the podcast. Thanks for your $2 or amount of your choice! I'll be sure to put it to good use!

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      Intro Outro Music by Wesley Price
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    • https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesleypricemusic/
    • 23 min
    • Extraordinary Stories: Baptized in blood, and here's another chart. Welcome to the E.R.
      Extraordinary Stories: Baptized in blood, and here's another chart. Welcome to the E.R.
      Dr. Zahir Basrai, an emergency room physician, shares a story from his residency days and how he was baptized by blood, then handed another chart. Wash, rinse, repeat. Welcome to the E.R. 

      Find Zahir's podcast/blog "The Physician Grind" - it is really cool! Great reads, great listening.There you can find the sister episode The Other Side featuring yours truly.

      Find it on the Home Page: Http://www.blog.numose.com

      iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-physician-grind-podcast/id1206740792 

      Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/physician-grind/the-physician-grind-podcast?refid=stpr

      Connect with The Physician Grind

      Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/numosemed/
      Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/physiciangrind/
      Twitter: https://twitter.com/numosemed

      Intro Outro Music by Wesley Price
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      • https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesleypricemusic/
      • Podcast Feedback Line 503-512-0185

        Marie MacMillan

        Writer / Podcast Host
        Podcast: headtotoe.podbean.com
        Website: mariemacmillan.com 
        Facebook: www.facebook.com/macmillanpages
        LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/macmillanpages/
        9 min
      • Extraordinary Stories: Baptized in blood, and here’s another chart. Welcome to the E.R.
        Extraordinary Stories: Baptized in blood, and here's another chart. Welcome to the E.R.

        Dr. Zahir Basrai, an emergency room physician, shares a story from his residency days and how he was baptized by blood, then handed another chart. Wash, rinse, repeat. Welcome to the E.R. 

        Find Zahir's podcast/blog "The Physician Grind" - it is really cool! Great reads, great listening.There you can find the sister episode The Other Side featuring yours truly.


        Find it on the Home Page: Http://www.blog.numose.com


        iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-physician-grind-podcast/id1206740792 
        Stitcher: http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/physician-grind/the-physician-grind-podcast?refid=stpr


        Connect with The Physician Grind
        Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/numosemed/
        Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/physiciangrind/
        Twitter: https://twitter.com/numosemed


        Intro Outro Music by Wesley Price


        • https://soundcloud.com/wesleypricemusic

        • https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesleypricemusic/


        • Podcast Feedback Line 503-512-0185


          Marie MacMillan


          9 min
        • Career Profile: Eileen Anderson, RN, CCRN Alumnus, Reiki Master Practitioner
          Career Profile: Eileen Anderson, RN, CCRN, Reiki Practitioner
          “It gave me a good career. It gave me a good life.”

          39 years of nursing later, Eileen reflects on decades of hospital work, performing Reiki, and her new retirement chasing Laura Ingalls Wilder.

          Eileen’s Reiki website:

          www.reikiwitheileenanderson.com

           
          Intro Outro Music by Wesley Price
          • https://soundcloud.com/wesleypricemusic
          • https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesleypricemusic/
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            Marie MacMillan

            Writer / Podcast Host
            Podcast: headtotoe.podbean.com
            Website: mariemacmillan.com 
            Facebook: www.facebook.com/macmillanpages
            LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/macmillanpages/
            30 min
          • Trending Topics: Silent No More, the origin story with Angela Simpson

            “I can really harness this energy and use it for good.”  Spotlight on Angela Simpson, national director and founder of the Silent No More Foundation, and the origin story of #silentnomore  

             

            Show Notes

            • Join the conversation on the Facebook group: Healthcare Workers Protection Act https://www.facebook.com/groups/healthcareworkersprotectionact/
            • Visit the foundation website for more information: https://silentnomorefoundation.com/
            • News story about Delnor lawsuit: http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-nurses-added-delnor-hostage-lawsuit-st-0601-20170601-story.html
            • Show Me Your Stethoscope Foundation: http://smysofficial.com/
            • Nurses Take DC April 25-26th 2018 www.nursestakedc.com
            Intro Outro Music by Wesley Price
            • https://soundcloud.com/wesleypricemusic
          • https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesleypricemusic/
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            Marie MacMillan

            Writer / Podcast Host
            Podcast: headtotoe.podbean.com
            Website: mariemacmillan.com 
            Facebook: www.facebook.com/macmillanpages
            LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/macmillanpages/
            24 min
          • Best Stories 2017: Making a difference

            SHOW NOTES

            Best Stories 2017 – “Making a difference” version

            Opening an innovative hospital unit. Speaking at the Smithsonian. Finding restitution for cancer victims. Supporting medical students in the Third World. Launching a national foundation. Publishing a book. Starting a podcast. Seven professionals discuss highlights from their healthcare work in 2017.

             

            Dr. Tiffany Kelley, Nurse Entrepreneur – Nightingale Apps

            • Website: https://www.nightingaleapps.com/

            Dr. Carrie Sue Halsey, CNS Center for Nursing Excellence, St. Luke’s Health

            • Website: https://www.stlukesonline.org/

            Kim Visintine, Cold Water Creek Just the Facts

            • Website: http://www.coldwatercreekfacts.com/     
          • Twitter: @CWCreekFacts
          • Facebook: Cold Water Creek Facts https://www.facebook.com/groups/217215444963933/
          • National Priorities List online: https://www.epa.gov/superfund/superfund-national-priorities-list-npl
          • Yun Cee Dirsa, RESUS Nurse Podcast

            • Yun Cee Dirsa, RN, CEN is an Emergency Nurse who works in New York City. She is also the podcast host of the Resus Nurse Podcast and Blog. Her interests include critical care in the ED, multi-disciplinary treatment plans, and empowering nurses. Non-clinical interests include practicing Iyengar Yoga, surfing, and traveling. 
          • Twitter: @resusnurse
          • Website: resusnurse.com
          • iTunes link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/resus-nurse-podcast/id1240890161?mt=2
          • Angela Simpson, Silent No More Foundation

            • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SilentNoMoreFoundationInc/
          • Website: https://silentnomorefoundation.com/
          • Dr. Ken Waxman – Doctors Without Borders and Future Doctors for South Sudan

            • Website: https://www.futuredoctors.org/

            Dr. Jim Rickards – Moda Health

            • Book link: https://www.amazon.com/Our-Health-Plan-Community-Healthcare/dp/1683502981 

             

            *Episode Music by Rhom - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b841a7zh9aU - debut album found on YouTube, sophomore album coming out 2018

             

            Marie MacMillan

            Writer / Podcast Host
            Podcast: headtotoe.podbean.com
            Website: mariemacmillan.com 
            Facebook: www.facebook.com/macmillanpages
            LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/macmillanpages/
            Podcast Feedback line: 503-512-0185

             

            34 min

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