Basic and Advanced Life Support

Check this out guys... I found this while googling, just to have an advance input for my workshop tomorrow in ACLS. This is a great slideshare presentation of the said subject. ;-)

Basic and Advanced Life Support

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An Education Movie

A very splendid performance by Carey Mulligan. I love this kind of movies, a coming-of-age story, a throwback British film making. It is all about the life of Jenny, a 16 yr. old girl, played by Mulligan, havin' her dream to take her college in Oxford University. It just became complicated when she met David, an older men, played by Peter Sarsgaard. In which David showed her all the fancy and extravagant things in life that made Jenny happy and experienced life as a woman... The story plot is simple but a pleasurable one. Something suited for our youth now... Thinking they are wiser and clever but the truth is they're still not...

Directed by Lone Scherfig with a script from Lynn Barber & British author Nick Hornby.

London, UK? Is it a dream land for Filipinos?...

Majority of us, Filipinos, prefer to work abroad to earn a greener pasture.  Some just don't mind how will it be living there or the situation will be.  They just gamble everything just to get to their dream land and believed that they hit jackpot.  Well, it is just that, we have that thinking of as "Big Time" when someone is in abroad.   Well, many Filipinos are already successful in abroad and sad to say some are not.  Like this news, I've heard of this many times and I also considered myself to apply for it, huh!  Well, I got this in a forum... Here is it...



NO TO (ISA) INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ADVISORS-UMIIYAK KAMI NG DUGO DITO SA UK DAHIL SA SCAMMERS NA AGENCY NA TO

We STRONGLY DISCOURAGE ALL student visa applicants bound for UK from processing your visa through ISA.

Herewith is an email from a Niner Reviewee suffering helplessly in UK because of ISA

wag nyo sila iendorse sir. pls lang. naiiyak nga ako halos araw-araw dito sir. kasi probinsya napagdalhan sa akin tapos yung rent ko 310pounds (roughly 21k Philippine peso). pero yung rate ko eh 5.8 per hour lang, mga nasa 50k a month lang yun sa pinas. yung isang kasamahan ko sa trabaho 2 years na wala pa ring increase kaya di na ako umaasa na maiincrease-an pa ako. di ko gusto magyabang pero ang ganda-ganda ng credentials ko sir pero tinapon ako dito sa baryo tapos residential home pa! ang work ko magpunas ng pwet, magpaligo (expected sa caregiver na pinasukan ko) pero naglilinis din ako ng kubeta, kwarto, sink, cupboards, commode, etc! naglalaba pa ako. dapat pang cleaner lang ito sir! Nurse ako! Di ako domestic helper

tapos, sabi ng teacher ko wag daw sya tatanungin sa pag-transfer. dapat ISA daw kausapin dun pero pag napaalis daw kami ng carehome komo considered as work placemet namin yun eh madadrop na din daw kami sa school. pag nangyari yun baka daw madeport kami. tapos tinanong ko ISA sabi nila di daw sila nagtatransfer kasi ang dami daw gusto pumunta dito at madami nangangailangan ng job. hassle lang daw pag nag transfer.

tapos pati pagopen ng bank acct siningil kami ng isa ng 40k samantalang libre pala dito yun. DECEIVING! basta sir, pls lang idiscourage nyo mga tao mag-ISA. kung gusto nila, try nila iba... pero wag ISA. exploited kami sir. as in!

meron pa silang bagong style ngayon... may pinapipirmahan sa amin na student/home agreement and commitment ang ISA. may part dito na nakasaad na "EARLY LEAVERS-- if you decide to withdraw from the programme you will be in breach of your Student Visa and will therefore be liable to return to the philippines. ISA 4U Ltd. should be informed immediately. Every effort will be made to counsel and support you in this decision.

parang magandang basahin may pa support support pero nananakot sila na madedeport pag di kami pumasok sa carehome namin. ang mapagsamantala ko namang employer gusto ipapirma sa amin ito ng hindi pa namin nababasa. nasa ikalawang page pa lang ako eh... sabi nya "it basically said that you would have the right for equal opportunities, etc etc" tapos gusto nya sumign na ako agad! no way! di ako pumirma... nklagay sa last part na this agreement is binding. this learner agreement is subject to british law and any legal action taken must be taken within the UK under the jurisdiction of the british legal system.

mukhang pera ISA sir! parang scam maningil yan. pag naginquire ka sa phone sasabihin nila within this week kailangn magbayad ng 20 thou para makasali sa promo na magmaminus ng 70 thou sa babayaran. tapos pag nakabayad na ng 20 thou pang video interview eh sasabihin ng ISA na kailangan daw magbayad ng 150 thou para makasali sa promo. (kwinestion namin sila dati kasi sabi nila pag nagbayad ng 20thou nasa promo na. ang ginawa nila nagturuan lang at ang ending sinabi na di totoo yung promo.)

tapos pag nagbayad ka na next week ng 150k kailangan nanaman daw ng 150k next week para makaenrol na. as in next week na daw kasi kung hindi eh matatagalan bago makaalis. pag nakabayad na ng 150k tatawag agad yung Arlene, maniningil ng 30 thou para sa visa processing (12 thou lang naman talaga bayad dun). naniningil sya nun kahit wala pa ako passport at visa letter! tama ba yun! pasigaw pa. nung nagreklamo ako sa sigaw nya, di na ako kinontak ng mga 3 mos. ako pa tumawag para magfollow up

pagtawag ko siningil nanaman ako. 30 thou daw kasi nag-email na daw school na ipapadala na yung visa letter. nagbayad na rin ako para matapos na. sabi ko noon basta mapaalis lang ako ok na. kaso nung nagkavisa ako nginarag na kami. within 3 weeks kailangan makabayad na daw ako ng buo. ayun... before lang ng flight ko tsaka ko nalaman placement ko, sinearch ko sa net nalaman ko na sobrang baryo pala

pagdating ko sa england kinausap ko agad yung agency na magpatransfer. ayun tinakot na ako na ippadeport kasi pumunta daw ako dito para magaral at di magtrabaho. dapat daw nagrequest ako na sa portsmouth ko pala gusto. sabi ko nagrequest ako. wala daw sila natatanggap dapat daw sinend ko dito sa uk. sabi ko naman matagal ko na sinasabi sa pinas. kaso nung nagkavisa ako 1 week before umalis naging hectic naman sched ko (kasi araw araw pumupunta sa agency madami additional na binabayaran na wala sa package. )sabi sa akin nung mga tao dito di na daw nila kasalanan yun. di rin daw sila nagtatransfer kasi andami dami daw nila mga student na pinapalipad na naghahanap ng placements.

If you love your friends and are concerned about their welfare, please spread the word, discourage them from processing with ISA or else, be doomed in UK

Please pamalita nyo ito sa lahat ng kakilala forward nyo tong email n to sa forum,facebook dyaryo,TV ETC.. Halos libo libo kaming nandito sa UK n naloko nitong ISA n to, Yung director nyan n putang ina puro pangako sa Phil Leonard, wag kayo maniwala dyan. Puro pangako n 2 years work, pagdating dito wala naman talaga work, iba sa pinangako nila, araw araw kaming umiiyak ng dugo ditto sa hirap di kami makakabalik dahil utang lang ibinayAd sa kanila. Kahit libre pala ditto may charge sa kanila.ina. Maawa kayo sa susunod n mabibktima nito. 

Link: http://www.nclex-rn.net/nclex/messages2009/279835.html

NARS (Nurse's Assigned in Rural Service) Project

What the heck?!  I've been out from blogging for more than a year now!  Well, I know it's my fault.  Eventhough, I love writing as in blogging now :-), I still fashion this thing aside from photography.  It's just that, I was deployed in our hometown province to serve as a Rural Health Nurse for six months last year of April and until the last day of September...  The experience I had was one of the highlights of my nursing profession.  I am so glad, I was one of the chosen one. hehehe... Well, I've got here my intro to my journal that I passed as a completion of my work as NARS Project Trainee.

Traffic what really made me bored while I was driving along the highway of EDSA Cubao.  Then, I decided to change the station of my radio into AM frequency.  I listened to the flashed report of DZMM that was about the NARS or Nurse’s Assigned in Rural Service Project of Dept. of Labor and Employment. 

As what the reporter said, with the pump priming strategies to mitigate the impact of the global financial crisis, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo launched the Nurses Assigned in Rural Service (NARS) Project on the 9^th of February, 2009 during the Multi-Sectoral Summit on "Joining Hands against the Global Crisis" in Malacanang Palace, Manila.  As what the qualifications were:  With valid nurse’s license issued by the PRC; Not over 35 years old; Resident of the identified municipalities; And no nursing-related practice for the past 3 years. 

On that moment, I thought of giving it a chance since I am qualified for that project and I want to gain experience as a rural nurse.  So, on that night, I applied online by visiting their site www.nars.dole.gov.ph I filled-up the designated blanks and I chose my hometown LEZO, which is a small town in the province of Aklan.

March 27, I received an electronic mail from DOLE, congratulating me for being one of the successful applicants.  I was elated on that time as I read the e-mail.  I can’t believe that I am one of them…  So, I told my parents that I will be going home in our hometown coz’ I was chosen as one of the nurse’s assigned for the NARS Project to serve my hometown as a rural health nurse. 

On March 31, I arrived in Kalibo airport.  I am happy because atlas, I am back in our hometown to do my job as a community nurse and as to promote health to the people in our hometown.

         

Craving

Craving

This blog entry was posted in my Friendster Account last  June 27, 2005
Here's the link: http://redgracei.blog.friendster.com/2005/06/craving/

Have you ever wonder how many restos are there in the Philippines… (Is it a trivia?) hehehe… Well, i’m just wondering to myself… Just last week while having my window shopping at SM Manila with my friend… I saw this resto named "Mini Shabu-Shabu".  I was intrigued by its name so, I tried to look at its menu coz it was posted outside.  As I looked at it, I definitely can say that it was a Japanese resto. So, a waiter came near us and guided us to where we’ll be seated.  So, I told him that we want to be in their bar area. Then a waitress from the bar, handed me their menu… I can see big red crabs, lobsters and shrimps… Wow, they’re all my faves.  But the prices were all too expensive… coz’ they were all priced as 1thousand pesos above… So, I asked the waitress if there were something suitable just for 2 persons… so, she pointed me to an individual shabu-shabu… and it was only for 330 pesos individually… Well, that was fine already than spending my money for a thousand pesos just for myself… I was looking around the resto when I noticed that in every table there were a boiling pots wherein the customers were likely cooking… So, when the waitress came back, I asked her if i’m going to cook my food which is I don’t know what to do… And she said that for 1st time customer, they will be the one to cook…

This entertaining dish is called shabu shabu because the ingredients are "swished swished" back and forth in a pot of boiling broth. Shabu shabu is one of Japan’s most popular dish cooked at the dinner table and very entertaining for each person actually cooks their own dinner. A wonderful and fun dish to have for dinner parties that involves all your guests.

I higly recommend this resto coz’ it is awesome… very entertaining… and delicious… At my second visit at their branch in Greenhills, I was with my Papa and Sister Faith, well, we ordered their Shabu-Shabu Specialty of the House, we spent more than 2thousand pesos… But it was the best!!! And my Papa was the one who paid the bill… hehehe…

Silent attack

Silent attack

Breastfeeding Campaign

Breastfeeding Campaign

This blog entry was posted in my Friendster Account last Feb.2, 2007.

Brestfeeding Campaign
February 2nd, 2007 by redgracei

MAHAL KONG ANAK

By Grace Balderas

Suso, mahal kong anak, suso.

Nang di ka magutom at mauhaw.

Damhin mo ang init ng gatas sa iyong tiyan.

Lasapin mo ang tamis mula sa iyong dila.

Suso, mahal kong anak, suso

Walang lamig at sakit.

Ramdamin mo ang init ng aking katawan.

Na ang aking mga kamay ay iyong pananggalang.

Suso, mahal kong anak, suso.

Walang lungkot at takot.

Aking lakas mula sa himig ng aking puso.

Na ang aking pagmamahal ay sa iyo lamang.

Lahat ito at marami pa ay iaalay ko sa iyo…

Suso, mahal kong anak, suso.

*** This was my project during my duty in Sapang Palay Hospital.

AMERICAN TV SERIES I’M HOOKED WITH…

AMERICAN TV SERIES

RUDE MAN!

RUDE MAN!