Tag: Stress
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The revision roller coaster
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At this stage of the year, it’s hard for me to write about anything but revision. So, for those of you reading this as a means to escape, I can only apologise. At the same time, if your idea of time off from studying is reading my work-related articles, then I think we need to…
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Five strategies to develop your resilience
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The ability to learn resilience is one reason research has shown that resilience is ordinary, not extraordinary. Like building a muscle, increasing your resilience takes time and intentionality. With that in mind – and following last week’s article, which explored what resilience is – here is a five-point plan to help develop it. 1. Develop…
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What is resilience?
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Resilience is the ability to bounce back from problems and setbacks or when things don’t go as planned. It’s a quality we all possess to some degree, but some of us can draw on it more easily than others, or can take bigger knocks (or more knocks) than others can. Resilience is important because it…
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Managing workloads
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It’s 2023. I’m most likely closer to my date of dying then I am to my date of birth. This doesn’t terrify me, but what does scare me is the fact I seem to be “growing up”. How did this happen? Can I reverse it? Can I get a refund? I’m sure many of you…
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Systemic hypertension, part 1
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Blood pressure monitoring is a standard practice as part of human medicine physical examination. In veterinary medicine, however, this is often omitted due to patient compliance issues, as well as inaccuracy as a result of transient hypertension caused by stress and fear. Systemic hypertension ultimately results in target organ damage – brain, heart, kidneys and…
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To resect, or not to resect…
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To resect or leave in a piece of intestine that is concerning you is a common source of stress when performing exploratory laparotomies. In many cases, this is straightforward; in some, it can be difficult to decide. The risk is if you leave in a piece of intestine and it devitalises, then leakage of intestinal…
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Dangers of festive gatherings
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Christmas is a great time for family gatherings, but this does not necessarily mean it is a great time for pets. In fact, it can often be the opposite, with veterinary clinics seeing a major increase in patient numbers that come through the door. One common emergency we see at the emergency hospital during the…
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Is puppy yoga flexibly ethical?
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Is puppy yoga the new cat café? Is it a new passing trend or here to stay? Either way, as a student with a passion for both fitness and animals, I was initially intrigued. But I can’t help but have concerns for whether this practice is beneficial for all members of the class. Five freedoms…
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Laryngeal paralysis
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This patient was brought to us for exercise intolerance, breathing difficulty and loud airway sounds. The patient has laryngeal paralysis. This is where the muscles controlling the arytenoids cartilages do not work and leads to failure of opening of the arytenoids during inspiration. Most commonly seen in middle-aged large breed dogs, it can occur acutely,…
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Abdominal ultrasound, pt 3: scanning procedure
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I cannot stress enough how crucial it is to develop a systematic approach to doing ultrasounds. Not only will this approach help develop an anatomic mind map, it will also safeguard you from accidentally overlooking organs. When examining each individual organ, the same theory applies. This will ensure you look at each organ in its…