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Public Service Announcement: I do not have TB! Not that I thought I did or anything. We went and got our TB tests checked out on Friday, and then met with the Radiation Safety Officer (who is actually a graduate of our program). He talked to us about radiation safety obviously, which includes dosimeters/radiation badges, shielding, pregnancy, etc. It was interesting stuff, but mainly because I don't want to die from radiation so it's pretty important. Over the weekend I had some reading to do (anatomy) but mostly I worked on Medical Terminology, because our first quiz is due tomorrow. I did it today though and I passed!

Yesterday in Anatomy we worked on the Upper Limb and Thorax. Mainly we focused on the vessels and nerves of the upper limb and the rib cage. It is amazing how much stuff goes into anatomy, and also how much stuff I can remember and have already learned! Today we did the back, which most of our time was spent on the spine and the vertebrae. We did arts and crafts to help us remember:
This is a typical vertebra. Blue = body, Green = pedicles, Purple/Pink = transverse processes, orange = luminae, Brown = spinous process. I'm quite proud of our artwork. I also made a weiner dog (no picture available). Our first exam in anatomy is next Monday, less than a week! I'm sure I'll be prepared by then, but not yet!!!!!

Intro to Radiologic Science is going fairly well, too. I really like this professor - but she's pregnant so she will be leaving us mid-July to October. :( We started Infection Control today so we're learning about sterile procedures, how to keep a sterile field clean, the difference between medical asepsis and surgical asepsis, how to put on a sterile glove, differences between precautions (standard - everyone is potentially infections, airborne, droplet, contact, etc). Tomorrow we start meds and contrast, yay. I had my first lab today, and I learned how to take blood pressure! I do it better on the manakin than I do on a real person, but that's because it's electronic. I just need to practice more. I have low blood pressure, which I already knew.