Renowned Researcher To Study Children's Asthma In Pittsburgh

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09002/939107-85.stm

New Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Continues the Next Step of Going Paperless

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08366/938589-114.stm

UPMC Adopts New Rule As A Result From a Patient's Death

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08366/938745-114.stm

A Quick Review of the 12 Cranial Nerves

1st -Olfactory nerve - relays smell

2nd - Optic nerve - transmits visual information

3rd - Oculomotor nerve - supplies external muscles of the eyeball with motor and sensory fibers

4th - Trochlear nerve - also supplies external muscles of the eyeball with motor and sensory fibers

5th - Trigeminal nerve - supplies muscles concerned with chewing and relays sensations from the face

6th -Abducent nerve - concerned with lateral eye movement and blinking

7th - Facial nerve - controls the muscles of facial expression, serves the taste buds on the front two-thirds of the tongue, and sensation to the skin of the fingers and toes

8th - Auditory nerve - concerned with hearing and balance

9th - Glossopharyngeal nerve - carries sensation and taste from the back of the tongue and throat; helps control swallowing

10th - Vagus nerve - carries both sensory and motor connections to many organs in the chest and abdomen

11th - Accessory nerve - supplies two neck muscles, the sternomastoid and the trapezius

12th - Hypoglossal nerve - supplies the muscles of the tongue and some of the small muscles of the neck

November is American Diabetes Month

Fast Facts:

http://www.diabetes.org/uedocuments/ADM2008-Fact-Sheet.pdf

I love this idea. Wedding favors that benefit the American Diabetes Association, go to:

https://www.diabetes.org/support-the-cause/make-a-donation/wedding-favors.jsp

Blood Gases

Arterial

pH: 7.35-7.45

pCO2: 35-45

pO2: 70-100

HCO3: 19-25

O2 Sat %: 90-95

Venous

pH: 7.32-7.42

pCO2: 38-52

pO2: 28-48

HCO3: 19-25

O2 Sat %: 40-70

October is SIDS Awareness Month