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I love these videos
(Looking at Pokémon cards)
8yo: “Will you trade me for my Pussyduck?”
6yo: “No thank you, I’ve already got a Pussyduck.”
Me: “Guys? Um. Somebody want to spell that one out for me?”
8yo: “P-S-Y-D-U-C-K. Pussyduck.”
Me: “I see. Well, we’re gonna go ahead and call that guy ‘SIGH-duck. SIGH-duck.”
whats new pussyduck
after about six or seven whats new pussyduck drop in one it’s natu unusual
Writing Traumatic Injuries References
So, pretty frequently writers screw up when they write about injuries. People are clonked over the head, pass out for hours, and wake up with just a headache… Eragon breaks his wrist and it’s just fine within days… Wounds heal with nary a scar, ever…
I’m aiming to fix that.
Here are over 100 links covering just about every facet of traumatic injuries (physical, psychological, long-term), focusing mainly on burns, concussions, fractures, and lacerations. Now you can beat up your characters properly!
General resources
PubMed: The source for biomedical literature
Diagrams: Veins (towards heart), arteries (away from heart) bones, nervous system, brain
Burns
General overview: Includes degrees
Burn severity: Including how to estimate body area affected
Burn treatment: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degrees
Incisions and Lacerations
Essentials of skin laceration repair (including stitching techniques)
When to stitch (Journal article—Doctors apparently usually go by experience on this)
More about when to stitch (Simple guide for moms)
Incision vs. laceration: Most of the time (including in medical literature) they’re used synonymously, but eh.
Types of lacerations: Page has links to some particularly graphic images—beware!
Puncture wounds: Including a bit about what sort of wounds are most likely to become infected
Wound assessment: A huge amount of information, including what the color of the flesh indicates, different kinds of things that ooze from a wound, and so much more.
Home treatment of gunshot wound, also basics
More about gunshot wounds, including medical procedures
Tourniquet use: Controversy around it, latest research
Location pain chart: Originally intended for tattoo pain, but pretty accurate for cuts
General note: Deeper=more serious. Elevate wounded limb so that gravity draws blood towards heart. Scalp wounds also bleed a lot but tend to be superficial. If it’s dirty, risk infection. If it hits the digestive system and you don’t die immediately, infection’ll probably kill you. Don’t forget the possibility of tetanus! If a wound is positioned such that movement would cause the wound to gape open (i.e. horizontally across the knee) it’s harder to keep it closed and may take longer for it to heal.
Broken bones
Setting a broken bone when no doctor is available
Healing time of common fractures
Fractured vertebrae: Neck (1, 2), back
Broken digits: Fingers and toes
General notes: If it’s a compound fracture (bone poking through) good luck fixing it on your own. If the bone is in multiple pieces, surgery is necessary to fix it—probably can’t reduce (“set”) it from the outside. Older people heal more slowly. It’s possible for bones to “heal” crooked and cause long-term problems and joint pain. Consider damage to nearby nerves, muscle, and blood vessels.
Concussions
Mild Brain Injuries: The next step up from most severe type of concussion, Grade 3
Second impact syndrome: When a second blow delivered before recovering from the initial concussion has catastrophic effects. Apparently rare.
Symptoms: Scroll about halfway down the page for the most severe symptoms
General notes: If you pass out, even for a few seconds, it’s serious. If you have multiple concussions over a lifetime, they will be progressively more serious. Symptoms can linger for a long time.
Character reaction:
Shock (general)
Fight-or-flight response: 1, 2
Long-term emotional trauma: 1 (Includes symptoms), 2
First aid for emotional trauma
Treatment (drugs)
Treatment (herbs)
Miscellany
Snake bites: No, you don’t suck the venom out or apply tourniquettes
When frostbite sets in: A handy chart for how long your characters have outside at various temperatures and wind speeds before they get frostbitten
First aid myths: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Includes the ones about buttering burns and putting snow on frostbite.
Poisons: Why inducing vomiting is a bad idea
Dislocations: Symptoms 1, 2; treatment. General notes: Repeated dislocations of same joint may lead to permanent tissue damage and may cause or be symptomatic of weakened ligaments. Docs recommend against trying to reduce (put back) dislocated joint on your own, though information about how to do it is easily found online.
Resuscitation after near-drowning: 1, 2
Current CPR practices: We don’t do mouth-to-mouth anymore.
The DSM IV, for all your mental illness needs.
Electrical shock
Human response to electrical shock: Includes handy-dandy voltage chart
Length of contact needed at different voltages to cause injury
Evaluation protocol for electric shock injury
Electrical and lightning injury
Delayed effects and a good general summary
Acquired savant syndrome: Brain injuries (including a lightning strike) triggering development of amazing artistic and other abilities
Please don’t repost! You can find the original document (also created by me) here.
Not technically about Steve, but you know.
this is a fabulous resource for all those who write whumpy fanfiction! (is there another kind??)
Oh my god, this is going on my list along with doesthedogdie.com
Holy shit that’s useful
horricule
I probably won’t find myself using this but for my followers: if you can’t handle this shit, USE THIS. If you think a movie or tv show may be hard to watch, do your homework.
eitherpennyorlily
1 - the very reason why I don’t watch GoT
2 - This and rotten apples are some of the best sites ever
3 - Does the dog die have a TON of subcategories, such as jumpscares, strobe effects, does a kid die, does an LGBT person dies and many, many others (they actually link to unconsenting media under “someone is sexually assaulted”). Please save it to tour favorites is really freaking usefull
the Irish word for Santa Claus literally translates to “daddy december” and I don’t know how to feel about that
great now i have to kinkshame ALL of IRELAND
Today the teacher asked me how I view gay relationships…
Apparently “in FULL HD” wasn’t the right answer
Apps To Kill Time On
Keep seeing some posts circulating about popular websites and wanted to make a version for apps.
These are apps I’m way too addicted to. Am I missing any?
P.S. I’m on an iPhone so these are iPhone apps, but probably have an Android version too.
Edit: Sorry for all the time I’ve taken away from your life
- Commaful - popular fanfiction, story, and poetry community 👑
- Bettr - the reason my friends are jealous of my Insta
- Spellbound - addictive horror 👻 and romance stories
- Sweatcoin - get paid to walk
- Helix Jump - legit the most addicting game on my phone
- Tenkyu - tilt your phone and watch the relaxing magic happen
- Calm - Award-winning app for meditation and sleeping better
- Baseball Boy - addicting game where you smash a ⚾️
- Hempire - become a plant mogul
- Dune! - Ride the sand dunes like a baller!! so much fun
- Betternet - free proxy/VPN to be anonymous/bypass school filters
- Sling Drift - beep beep - level 70 is insane 🚗
- Bumper - kill them all!!!!! 😈 (i alway win)
- 1Q - get paid to answer simple questions
- Wind Rider - fly through a city in a wing suit
- Spill it - drop balls and break glass
- Fire Balls - shoot balls at obstacles. gets pretty hard
- Two Dots - a fun puzzle game. easy time killer
- Golf Orbit - play golf on mars
- Axe Climber - climb mountains (easy to learn, hard to master)
- Splashy - bounce the ball accurately to survive. requires focus
- Snakes Vs. Blocks - even more fun than the original snake hehe
- Twenty48 Solitaire - best toilet game
- Tornado - be a tornado and destroy everythinggg
- Knock Balls - shoot down blocks with a canon - surprisingly relaxing
- Wishbone - fun game for comparing stuff like hair, celebs, sports
- Hole - fuck up a city muahaha
- Dosh - get paid to shop
- Yarn - stories that are seriously creepy af
You’re welcome 😉
cyndaquil.
*＊✿❀ sakura ❀✿＊*
