In my quest to build up a better page of Research & Resource links for nurses and allied health professionals, I’d like to mention a recently added and relatively new online resource called TheHeart.org

TheHeart.org has a tagline of “10 Years of Online Cardiology”, and appears to be a rather extensive resource platform for all things cardiac related.

The Heart is owned & produced by Medscape (one of my favourite online resources), but has a distinct focus on recent articles, trends and research in the world of cardiology. In particular, there is a focus on providing information on caring for people with disorders of the heart & circulation, and on disease prevention.

While most of the information appears to have originated in the Americas, I will say that the information and research is certainly applicable to medical & nursing professions worldwide, and many of the articles are great for any cardiac related study or research that you may be involved in.

Registration is free for healthcare professionals, & main topics generally revolve around specific cardiology themes such as ACS, Arrhythmias, Heart Failure, Hypertension, Thrombosis etc.

A few sample articles (may have to register before you can view):

• Prehospital triage “immediately successful” in boosting rates of thrombolytic therapy for stroke
• Dabigatran
• No link seen between heart failure and coffee intake
• Heartwire news

Anyway, I love finding new resource sites for nurses in particular – please let me know if there are any others we can add to the Research & Resource pages.

** Cringeworthy Competition Winners **

Thanks so much to all who entered our ‘Cringeworthy’ competition! It was a close call with so many great entries.

Many of the entries featured faeces and/or maggot related stories, so I guess these rank quite high on the cringe-o-meter!

Winners!

The five winners are:

Di:
patient presented to emergency having a sausage stuck in his throat. After removing such sausage the doctor left it on the overway, patient re-ate it

Sascha:
When opening up a spigated NGT the gastric contents in the tube flicked up and hit me in the face and mouth. Yuck!!

Kim:
During a code blue, a male colleague of mine knelt on a suppository that had popped out of the collapsed patients bottom!

Julie:
Young bloke, Pilonidal sinus. Asked me out while I was pulling out packing from his a***. Then – said I was “stuck up” for saying NO.

Daina:
The removal of a tampon that had been in situ for just under one month. Still makes me shudder.

Congratulations winners! Prizes will be sent after confirmation of your details.

Special thanks to NurseStuff, who stock some awesome nursing gear. If you missed out on a prize this time round, make sure you go check out their current specials.

Special mention should also go to the following great entries – maybe you can relate to one or two:
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