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077 Mental Health: Taking Stock of Where You Are

4/13/2021

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Mental Health: Taking Stock of Where You Are
First: We are not mental health professionals. We recommend you seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified provider with any questions regarding your mental health.
We understand this may be a very sensitive subject, some of these conversations may be triggers for certain people.
If you are feeling suicidal, thinking of harming yourself, or are concerned that someone you know may be in danger of hurting himself or herself, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255) or visit your local emergency room.

Text: HOME to 741741 in US and Canada or 85258 in UK, 50808 Ireland

The information in this podcast episode is intended to help listeners learn about mental health and suicide prevention. It is for information purposes only. This episode should NOT be used as a substitute for medical advice, counseling, or other health-related services.

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076 Mental Health: Understanding Burn Out, Compassion Fatigue, and Depression: Mental Health Series

4/6/2021

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Mental Health: Understanding Burn Out, Compassion Fatigue, and Depression: Mental Health Series
First: We are not mental health professionals. We recommend you seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified provider with any questions regarding your mental health.
We understand this may be a very sensitive subject, some of these conversations may be triggers for certain people.
If you are feeling suicidal, thinking of harming yourself, or are concerned that someone you know may be in danger of hurting himself or herself, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255) or visit your local emergency room.
Text: HOME to 741741 in US and Canada or 85258 in UK, 50808 Ireland
The information in this podcast episode is intended to help listeners learn about mental health and suicide prevention. It is for information purposes only. This episode should NOT be used as a substitute for medical advice, counseling, or other health-related services.

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075 Mental Health: Kicking Stigma Out of Veterinary Medicine

3/30/2021

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Mental Health: Kicking Stigma Out of Veterinary Medicine; We get personal this week, get ready to hear us very raw.
First: We are not mental health professionals. We recommend you seek the advice of your mental health professional or other qualified provider with any questions regarding your mental health.
We understand this may be a very sensitive subject, some of these conversations may be triggers for certain people.
If you are feeling suicidal, thinking of harming yourself, or are concerned that someone you know may be in danger of hurting himself or herself, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (1-800-273-8255) or visit your local emergency room.
The information in this podcast episode is intended to help listeners learn about mental health and suicide prevention. It is for information purposes only. This episode should NOT be used as a substitute for medical advice, counseling, or other health-related services.

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074 Megaesophagus: Deglutition Goes Wrong

3/23/2021

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Deglutition is the action of swallowing. This means when food travels down the esophagus from the mouth down into the stomach. Well, with megaesophagus, there is a lack of movement from the esophagus and it becomes very dilated. Dive down the esophagus with us to get a clearer picture.

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073 Gastrointestinal Strictures: Too Tight to Move

3/16/2021

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Esophageal, small bowel, and large bowel stricturing. I know we are thinking of the typical stricturing, but this can mean anything that compresses the GI tract in a specific area. We talk about everything that encompasses stricturing.

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072 Hemorrhagic Gastroenteritis: The Bloody Blowout

3/9/2021

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Bleeding bowels??? Yet, only the large intestines this week are affected. We discuss possible causes, as well as how these patients may present.

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071 Constipation: Moisture, Mechanical, or Mystery

3/2/2021

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There can be several causes for constipation. Yet, is it constipation, obstipation, or tenesmus. This week we learn the difference, and we get our wheels spinning to determine possible causes that would stop up our patients.

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070 GI Blood Loss, the Where and Why?

2/23/2021

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There is bleeding coming out of your patient? Where is it coming from? Is it the mouth, the small bowel, the large bowel, none of the above??? Why, what do you mean? What should we do?? Oh, we talk about all the things to determine where a patient is bleeding from.

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069 Back to Basics; Gastrointestinal

2/16/2021

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One Jordan’s favorite subjects! That is right, back to basics… good old anatomy and physiology of the gastrointestinal tract. Oh yeah baby, we talk layers, ducts, muscles, and all the things in between. Can you tell I am excited?