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BMC Racing Team Assistant Director Max Sciandri, a former Trentino stage winner himself, said the four-day race offers a number of challenges, beginning with a 14.3-kilometer team time trial on the opening stage. There are also mountain-top finishes on Stages 2 and 4, as well as a Stage 3 ascent of an 8.5 km climb featuring an average grade of 15 percent. "For many guys, this is a finishing off race for condition heading into the Giro," Sciandri said. "Everyone has slightly different goals, but we'll meld together as a strong team." Marco Pinotti said he is encouraged by his recent form, which led to a fourth-place finish in the time trial at last week's Vuelta al Pais Vasco. "That race was not so easy, with bad weather and full gas racing all day," he said. "But it gave me a boost of confidence because I finished strong. I look forward to keep improving and Trentino is a lot of climbing. That's what I need to work on now – the long climbs."
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Sunday, 5 July 2009
Funny Complaints: The Nurses Cannot Win. EVER
To be honest I have also been having a bit of blogger block. I think have about 30 half finished posts.
I don't have a lot of time today but I thought I would check in anyway. A couple of work related incidents have made me laugh out loud this week.
A large medical ward such as mine takes a large number of elderly patients at any give me time. This means that we often take patients who have hearing loss. It also means we have a large number of extremely grumpy and self centered people. I don't care if that last sentence sounds offensive. It's true. You and I will more than likely be self centered, miserable and easily stressed over nothing when we are elderly as well. Reality. Deal with it. I don't do politically correct on this blog. The fact of the matter is that old age sucks and that it will come to most of us someday.
Let's start with the hearing loss. We obviously have more than a few patients with some type of hearing impairment. Their hearing aids are usually lost somewhere between Casualty and the medical express units. By the time they get to the ward we have a serious barrier to communication. Whiteboards and notebooks don't always work out too well due to additional problems with eyesight, crippling arthritis etc. Most of these patients have only suffered from hearing loss recently and do not use sign language. If the hearing aid is awol we will try and get audiology to sort it out. If we are lucky they will come and the see the patient about 800 years after the initial referral. That's deemed quick.
So my patient cannot hear me. I am going a mile a minute and can usually only spend 10 seconds with any patient at any given time. This is bad. The patient has no understanding of what I have on my shoulders and thinks that I am running in and out of the room without taking the time to explain things because I am an inconsiderate bitch. Yes, we know that this is what you think. I do try to explain things in the few seconds I have between dealing with the transfusion reaction in bed 4 and the fall in bed 28. Sometimes I will fly into your room to give you a much needed pain killer when I am in the middle of an emergency elsewhere. I shouldn't leave the emergencies to give a pain killer. Not ever. But if I don't use the 2 seconds I have right now to do it, before the bleeder really starts to crash, then you may not see me again for 2 hours.
Multiply this situation by about 12. Realise that often the nurses are in this situation almost at all times. due to short staffing. Then you will see why we fly in and out of the rooms to fast. We are not trying to be rude or inconsiderate. If you think I can control how long I spend with a patient your are completely crazy.
Often we are trying to communicate with our hearing impaired patients by just talking loudly and trying to help them to lip read. Sometimes it works. Sometimes I just cannot work it all out due to time constraints. Most of the time the patients in near beds will complain about the nurses "talking to loudly and disturbing them". This is especially a problem at night.
Example: Patient with hearing impairment rings bell because they have started having pain. Nurse has to ask questions. If things like notebooks etc are out of the question ...then the nurse has to speak loudly and clearly. It's not a good solution but what else can your do at 3 AM if all other options are out of the question. The rest of the patients on the ward go ballistic and threaten to "strangle that deaf bitch and the nurse". We are often trying to communicate with patients who have difficulty hearing during the night. Unfortunately you are not all in private rooms. This is not a situation that was created by the Nurse so fuck off.
On the other hand, and often at the exact same time...we get complaints about the nursing staff from hearing impaired patients. The nurses offended them by "talking too softly and quickly when she knew I was deaf" and "not taking all the time that was needed etc". The former occurs because we have multiple other patients on the ward who complain about the lack of quiet on the wards. The latter occurs because we are always rushed due to factors out of our control.
Patients in general: We are not talking loudly to piss you off. Patients with hearing impairments: we know that there are mega barriers to communication and we are really doing the best we can with the resources and time that we have. We are not being "insensitive" the the fact that you have hearing loss. Nor are we insensitive to the fact that patients really need peace and quiet. We do get that. Yes, really.
But sometimes there is just going to be a lot of noise.
I'll never forget the night that my colleague found a young patient in full respiratory arrest (but with a pulse) during her rounds at about 2 AM. I was the only other nurse and was on the complete other side of the ward. ANNNNNNNNNNNE!!!!!! The way my junior colleague screamed my name made me go cold. It was an unexpected arrest and a young patient. Then there was the chaos of the cardiac arrest, the senior docs and ITU team shouting orders. The patient survived. The next day multiple other patients complained all day long to anyone who would listen about the horrendous noise they were subjected to at 2 AM. They complained about how much they suffered and how dreadful the nurses were for disturbing them like that.
Why is there always this bad attitude and towards the nurses? Why all the assumptions that all these bad things happen because the nurses are being cruel, insensitive, inconsiderate, thick etc. The answers to those questions can be found if one studies the history of the nursing profession and the subconscious images that people have of nurses. I'll get around to finishing that post.
My children were promised a day out today. I'll try and add to this in another post later.
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- Nurse Anne said...
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- 5 July 2009 03:37
- Nurse Anne said...
I'll just clarify something here.
My ward is a mix of nightengale, bays and 2 side rooms. This set up causes a lack of privacy and quiet for the patients. It has detrimental effect on patient dignity no matter what the nurses do. The nurses did not design/and or agree to this set up.
Working in these conditions makes it extremely difficult...well impossible even to do everything properly for every patient at all times. It takes talent to do things as well as we do. Our actions may not always fit into the public's ridiculous, unrealistic, and nutty idealistic expectations of how everything should be on a ward. This does not meant that the nurses are indifferent, lazy, thick etc etc.
It means that the public (and nurses that have been retired for years) need a bit of education regarding the entire situation before than can make an informed opinion.
I think I am going to start a "Leave the nurses alone and take a goddamn look at the conditions that they are working in, you fucktard" group on facebook.
Or how about "For christ's sake, one nurse cannot physically feed 12 people by herself while managing critical patients at the same time or develop the powers to astroproject just because you don't want to spend money,you fucktard."
- 5 July 2009 03:51
EXACTLY Anne...........sometimes i am just too tired to articulate how i feel........but i just read your post and then i understand exactly how i feel, why i feel it and i feel this huge relief that the disstress i am feeling (why do i cry suddenly when i hear my daughter singing? i just cry for no reason ect) Its because of all the frustrations you articulate so well on your blog. one day you will write a book like that woman who wrote "call the midwife". you have no time now (but you will in your old age). PLEASE keep blogging it helps us. (tell your hubby its better than having an affair or drinking alcohol)
- 5 July 2009 08:47
I'm a doctor. There has been months of understaffing propped up by agency nurses (who can't even find the gauze), recruitment attempts = no one turns up at the interview, no one wants to work in gen med/elderly care. Nasty relatives criticizing (the worst are often actually other nurses). Families who hate each other so much they can't stay in the same room all abusing the staff. The only thing I can do is put an arm around the nurses who are weepy, try to cheer up the frightened/anxious ones who no senior nurse has the time to support, never tell the nurses off (difficult at times) and bring in cakes. I have tried writing to head of nursing, patient safety person, safeguarding adults person about insufficient nursing numbers....nothing happens. What can be done?
- 5 July 2009 10:09
- Catharine said...
This weekend a patient in my ICU had a tattoo on his arm which read "Born Loeser." Poor guy. I know just how he feels.
- 6 July 2009 02:38
- Nurse Anne said...
Thanks for all the comments.
We cannot win this fight unless we open people's eyes to what is going on. The outdated images that people have of nurses are the direct cause of a lot of these problems. If people (the public, hospital business managers etc) had any kind of understanding of what the actual situation is things would change.
Until this understanding comes about all the incident forms, letters, unions etc etc will continue to be futile.
- 6 July 2009 03:29
See, we are always told people behave the way they do because they are sick and in the hospital. However, they rarely shout at anyone BUT nurses.
Example: I was walking over to an angry looking man with his pills. There is an open plan dining room in our facility where he can see the kitchen. I said the usual "My name is Nurse Blah I'm taking care of you today" and he screamed at me that his breakfast was 15 minutes late. I pointed out the man who was making the breakfast and the male aide that was responsible for bringing the trays and feeding and that they would be able to help him and I'm sure it wouldn't be too much longer. More screaming. At the end of the confrontation I said "Why don't you scream at the people responsible for your breakfast? Or is it that you prefer to scream at women?" He shut up but was polite as pie to the male aide.
I've also asked people who scream at me that the doctor promised to be here in the afternoon and where is he that they could perhaps scream at the doctor in the same fashion. But they don't.
I think it's down to screaming at people that they know there will be no consequences for their actions, and it's always easier to scream at a woman than it is a man.
- 6 July 2009 05:42
- Nurse Anne said...
It is all about an attitude problem towards nurses.
Do you know who nurses were in ancient times up through to victorian times? They were criminals, prostitutes,invalids and indentured servents who were forced (often with physical harm) to do the work of nursing. During the American civil war prisoners of war were forced to work as nurses in the army hospitals. It was considered a humiliating punishment. It's not as if nurses needed any kind of training or knowledge to work back then. Hell, neither did the doctors really. Medical schools were a joke back then.
In the 18th century prostitutes were forced to work as nurses in order to keep them out of trouble. I have seen one example from the 18the century but that is not the only time this occured. Even further back in history nursing was forced into people with debt problems. Basically, nursing as a job was forced onto the most undesirable members of society.
During the American civil war Dorothea Dix demanded that all her female nursing recruits be very unattractive and from poor families. Attractive women and women from good families were turned away from nursing in the army hospitals even though there was a dire need for nurses. Part of this was victorian sensibilities and part of it was maintaining the ideal of what a nurse should be.
None of those people wanted to be nurses. It was basically a humiliating punishment or indentured servitude for the poor. They had to be disciplined harshly and frequently to keep them from neglecting and harming their charges.
In the 21st century we have highly trained professionals who work in all areas of healthcare delivering complex holitistic care. These people are today's nurses and what they do is very different from being a doctor who diagnoses a disease process and prescribes a treatment. It includes the jobs that nurses did over the last few hundred years plus a million other things. Nurses assess patients and monitor their conditions. They can only do this well with a high level of training. Modern innovations have changed the way that healthcare is delivered. It's damn complicated and a far cry from the days when a STD riddled prostitute was forced to work as a nurse i.e. washing bandages.
The job of today's nurses( who take on more responsibilty and use more critical thinking skills on the job than other 3-4 year grads) is extremely complex. We can't just go to work and mop brows and wipe bums. There are millions of other things we need to follow through onas well to avoid harming or killing our patients. We are nurses.
A 21st century nurse is different from a 19th century nurse. In the 19th century "doctors" who had less training than a barber cut people's limbs off with a dirty knife and wiped it on the bottom of their shoes. People didn't think that doctors needed to be very well educated back then either. At that time doctors were considered very "beneath" proper professionals such as lawyers and writers. Hell a poet was more respected as an intelligent person than a doctor was. More on that later. With that being the case you can imagine what people though of nurses.
Nursing school is so damn tough now that you cannot make it through unless you are highly motivated and want to be there. And it needs to be that tough.
The public hasn't realised that changes in healthcare have led to changes in nursing. Their image of a nurse and people who go into the profession is still very much centred on what a "nurse" was throughout human history.
Our patients, their relatives, the public and our employers still see "nurses" as undesirables who are doing the job as a punishment. They still see nurses as undesirables who have been forced into the job, and need watching with a close eye. They may not realise it,but this kind of thinking is in the back of their minds. This kind of thinking is rooted deep down into their subconscious minds as a result of thousands of years of human history.
There in lies the crux of the whole problem.
- 6 July 2009 06:15
- Nurse Anne said...
Oh and Nurse Anne is really very well versed in history..... Specifically 19th century american history.
I recently read a book about medicine in the 19th century (about 100 of them actually). To those people the idea of a doctor needing an education or needing to be anything but a brute with a strong stomach was laughable.
But things changed and now doctors need to be the most intelligent and best educated out of all of us in order to do their job well.
These same changes have caused the nursing profession to have to step things up as well in order to do their own jobs well. We are just about 100 years behind the docs as far as getting respect from the public.
- 6 July 2009 06:21
- Nurse Anne said...
Why have humans come around to the idea that doctors need to be well educated and intelligent to do their jobs well? The need for this only came about in the 20th century onwards. Seriously. Up until then medicine was a fucking joke and medical school was for retards.
Why do they resent nurses when changes in healthcare demand that nurses need to be smart and motivated as well?
Two things. The way media in the 21st century depicts nurses and doctors is one.
The second thing is that throughout thousands of years of human history doctors may have been considered brutes with strong stomachs but they were not the most "undesirable" people in society as nurses always were. Therefore people do not recoil so much at the idea of a doctor being respectable.
- 6 July 2009 06:29
- Nurse Anne said...
Fuck. I need to get that into a blog post.
- 6 July 2009 06:30
- Nurse Anne said...
...and pull out all my books to get refs. fuck.
- 6 July 2009 06:40
Thanks Anne :)
- 6 July 2009 09:04
- Happy1 said...
Welcome back Anne ;)
"I think I am going to start a "Leave the nurses alone and take a goddamn look at the conditions that they are working in, you fucktard" group on facebook."
I'll join your group. I got a gob full last week off a 'normally respectable' woman (relative) who was stood in the cubicle doorway watching the scene in the A&E dept on an extremely busy night. Like Beruit it was.
Her relative was the well-est patient in the department. She watched doctors and nurses running in and out of a cubicle with bags of blood and all sorts of high-tech equipment. She watched me fly into resus with a baby, shouting for help, fighting my way through ambulance crews and patients in the corridor on route. People collapsing all over the place, other people screaming out in pain waiting for pain relief, nurses RUNNING around like mad to attempt to keep everyone alive and safe. She COULD SEE with her own eyes what was going on. But still chose to 'scream' at me when asking how long they were going to have to wait.
Why scream at me??? Why?!?! She was a 'normally respectable' woman. I know she was worried about her relative, I understand that, I really do. But why scream at the nurses when you can see the ridiculous conditions they are attempting to manage. I attempted to pacify her more than once - with explanations that any normal person couldn't really argue with. But...oh no, no. Not the NHS patient/relative... They only see what they want to see. Bollocks to the other patients.
So I'll join your group Anne...
I'll keep my eyes open for it ;)
- 6 July 2009 10:04
- Nurse Anne said...
That's the thing.
These assholes walk onto a ward (or an A&E) and they fucking SEE that the nurses are overloaded.
Do they really think that 2 nurses on a ward of 21 patients could really get around to everyone, spend enough time for everyone, and do everything that needs to be done for everyone? It should be obvious that this isn't going to happen. It should be obvious that it is going to take me 3 hours to get everyone their 8AM medicines. It should be obvious that even when I am giving 110% that people are going to have to wait hours for things.
But they are all crazy and don't want to face facts.
Management knows that they will just blame the nurses and that they themselves will get off scot free.
- 6 July 2009 10:23
- Nurse Anne said...
I should have said that it should be obvious that people are going to wait hours for things that they should only ever wait 5 minutes for.
- 6 July 2009 10:24
- Catharine said...
Anne, you are right on the money, every time. Nurses are expected to be both humble and obedient servants AND skilled professionals (patients/families are outraged when we don't answer the call bell soon enough -in less than thirty seconds- but they are also none too pleased if we administer an inappropriate medication AS ORDERED BY THE PHYSICIAN, we are supposed to (and do) know better). I did not study to become and am not licensed to be a servant. Yet servant I am. Physicians, on the other hand, are WORSHIPED, despite their average intelligence. Medicine is awfully science-y sounding these days, but the truth is (in practice) medicine remains more art than science. Scientists, who are the ones largely responsible for medical progress, get very little credit and (compared to physicians) minuscule paychecks. Nursing is BRUTAL and I have to find a way out because it is KILLING me. Period.
- 6 July 2009 11:35
- Nurse Anne said...
It is Brutal. There is no other way to describe. I have submitted my resignation 4 times now, and been on this blog saying "ha ha I am gone". But you get sucked back in. It's like going back to an abusive relationship because you "love him".
I nearly collapsed on the ward screaming on Friday. I had a patient going bad and I couldn't even get to him due to being bombarded with questions and interruptions (mostly from relatives) and when I did get to him I couldn't concentrate on what I was doing because the patients in the next bed saw me and started shouting for their cupboards to be organised and stuff. I nearly made a fatal mistake.
The thing was, I was the only nurse so all the MEDS, PROBLEMS, LABS, FOR THAT GROUP OF PATIENTS FELL TO ME ALONE. More was happening with that than I could keep up with despite running around like a headless chicken.
I did however have a gaggle of healthcare assistants. Why couldn't the patients go to them with the "organise my cupboard right now" stuff? It's not like the care assistants could take over the complicated stuff while I was off playing servant.
But you cannot explain this to the patients without them jumping up and down and accusing you of being a twat who doesn't want to be bothered with "caring". Therefore there is no point in pointing out to them who is the care assistant and who is the goddamn nurse.
- 6 July 2009 12:33
- Catharine said...
For fuck's sake, I would bring a lawsuit against your hospital/government for reckless endangerment (of your license and of your patients)! It *is* very much like an abusive relationship. You are the victim yet you get blamed for any 'shortcomings' in patient care. Find some way to get the situation in the news -- the papers, television, everywhere -- before a (preventable) death happens. It's inevitable. And YOU are the one who will be crucified.
- 6 July 2009 14:44
- Nurse Anne said...
Going to the media will solve nothing. I'll be made out to look like a liar. I'll lose my job and get blackballed. The story will die down. It's not just my hospital that has this going on.
The layout of my ward is such that no matter where you are, the patients and visitors and everyone can all see you at all times no matter where you are. It's like being in a fishbowl and you cannot go more than a minute without "excuse me, can you sit my father up in the bed".
There is no time set aside for the nurses to get on with it uninterrupted. Even outside of visiting hours. We cannot even read the notes at the nurses station or stand at the end of the beds assessing and doing flow sheets without all the patients in the next beds immediately on us simultaneously with requests.
- 6 July 2009 23:19
I have emailed and tried to write in the "readers comments" every time The Times, The Guardian, The Daily Mail et al write some garbage report about nurses being "too posh to wash" and "not caring" Not once have I had a response. My "readers comments" are often not published. They'll publish the Bring Back Matron readers comments.
If journalists really wanted to do some "investigating" they'd tell the truth. Because of the articles I've read about nursing in the UK I don't really trust any of these papers to be a valid source of truth. I'm unsure as to why they don't want to tell the truth.
The papers are all perpetuating the story that nurses are all lazy.
The UK definitely needs a Suzanne Gordon figure that would expose all this stupidity.
Diane in USA
- 7 July 2009 07:34
I've also written into the Daily Mail, with emotive and strong accounts on how it is for nurses, and why care is so poor. Also never acknowledged or published once.
- 7 July 2009 07:57
- Nurse Anne said...
Same here guys. Same here.
- 7 July 2009 08:01
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The measure approved 94-22 will go to Senate after one more House vote this week.
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RALEIGH (AP) — A new study ranks Wake County as the healthiest in North Carolina.
The University of Wisconsin released the rankings, which show the county has a relatively low smoking rate of 14 percent, compared to 21 percent for the state. It also cites the number of primary physicians and dentists available in the county.
The study released Wednesday says 12 percent of Wake County residents are in poor or fair health, compared to 18 percent statewide.
Columbus County ranked as the unhealthiest county, with 37 percent of children living in poverty, compared to 25 percent statewide. The study says 28 percent of its residents are in poor or fair health.
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Epinephrine (Auvi-Q)
What is Epinephrine?
Epinephrine is a chemical that narrows blood vessels and opens airways in the lungs. These effects can reverse severe low blood pressure, wheezing, severe skin itching, hives, and other symptoms of an allergic reaction.
Epinephrine injection is used to treat severe allergic reactions (anaphylaxis) to insect stings or bites, foods, drugs, and other allergens. Epinephrine is also used to treat exercise-induced anaphylaxis.
Epinephrine auto-injectors such as EpiPen and EpiPen Jr. may be kept on hand for self-injection by a person with a history of an severe allergic reaction.
Epinephrine injection may also be used for purposes not listed in this medication guide.
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What is the most important information I should know about Epinephrine?
Epinephrine injection is used to treat severe allergic reactions (anaphylaxis).
Seek emergency medical attention even after you use epinephrine to treat a severe allergic reaction. The effects of epinephrine may wear off after 10 or 20 minutes. You will need to receive further treatment and observation.
Before using epinephrine a second time, tell your doctor if your first injection caused a serious side effect such as increased breathing difficulty, or dangerously high blood pressure (severe headache, blurred vision, buzzing in your ears, anxiety, confusion, chest pain, shortness of breath, uneven heartbeats, seizure).
What should I discuss with my healthcare provider before taking Epinephrine?
To make sure epinephrine is safe for you, tell your doctor if you have:
- heart disease or high blood pressure
- a heart rhythm disorder
- coronary artery disease
- Parkinson's disease
- diabetes; or
- a thyroid disorder
FDA pregnancy category C. It is not known whether epinephrine will harm an unborn baby. Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant.
It is not known whether epinephrine passes into breast milk or if it could harm a nursing baby. Tell your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.
In an emergency situation it may not be possible to tell your caregivers if you are pregnant or breast feeding. Make sure any doctor caring for your pregnancy or your baby knows you have received this medication.
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Epinephrine Side Effects
What are the possible side effects of Epinephrine?
Before using epinephrine a second time, call your doctor if your first injection caused a side effect such as increased breathing difficulty, or dangerously high blood pressure (severe headache, blurred vision, buzzing in your ears, anxiety, confusion, chest pain, shortness of breath, uneven heartbeats, seizure).
Common side effects may include:
- sweating
- nausea and vomiting
- pale skin
- feeling short of breath
- dizziness
- weakness or tremors
- headache; or
- feeling nervous or anxious
This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.Back to Top
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Epinephrine Interactions
What other drugs affect Epinephrine?
Tell your doctor about all medicines you use, and those you start or stop using during your treatment with epinephrine, especially:
- digoxin
- a diuretic or "water pill"
- levothyroxine, Synthroid
- an antidepressant--amitriptyline, doxepin, imipramine, nortriptyline, and others
- a beta-blocker--atenolol, carvedilol, labetalol, metoprolol, nadolol, propranolol, sotalol, and others
- cold or allergy medicine that contains an antihistamine
- ergot medicine--ergotamine, dihydroergotamine, ergonovine, methylergonovine (Methergine)
- heart rhythm medication such as quinidine (Quin-G); or
- an MAO inhibitor--isocarboxazid, linezolid, phenelzine, rasagiline, selegiline, tranylcypromine
This list is not complete. Other drugs may interact with epinephrine, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal products. Not all possible interactions are listed in this medication guide.Back to Top
What should I avoid while taking Epinephrine?
Do not inject epinephrine into a vein or into the muscles of your buttocks, or it may not work as well. Inject it only into the fleshy outer portion of the thigh.
Accidentally injecting epinephrine into your hands or feet may result in a loss of blood flow to those areas, and resulting numbness. If this occurs, seek emergency medical attention.Back to Top
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How should I take Epinephrine?
Follow all directions on your prescription label. Do not use this medicine in larger or smaller amounts or for longer than recommended.
Seek emergency medical attention even after you use this medication to treat a severe allergic reaction. The effects of epinephrine may wear off after 10 or 20 minutes. You will need to receive further treatment and observation.
The auto-injector device this medicine comes in is a disposable single-use system that contains a spring-loaded needle. Epinephrine injection comes with patient instructions for safe and effective use. Follow these directions carefully. Ask your doctor or pharmacist if you have any questions.
Do not remove the safety cap until you are ready to use the auto-injector. Never put your fingers over the tip when removing the safety cap or after the safety cap has been removed.
To use an epinephrine auto-injector:
- Form a fist around the auto-injector with the black tip pointing down. Pull off the safety cap
- Place the black tip against the fleshy portion of your outer thigh. You may give the injection directly through your clothing. Do not put your thumb over the end of the unit
- With a quick motion, push the auto-injector firmly against your thigh. This will release the spring-loaded needle that injects the dose of epinephrine. Hold the auto-injector in place for a few seconds after activation
- Remove the auto-injector from your thigh. Carefully re-insert the used device needle-first into the carrying tube. Re-cap the tube and take it with you to the emergency room so that anyone who treats you will know how much epinephrine you have received
- Use each auto-injector only one time. Throw away after one use, even if there is still some medicine left in it
Do not use the medication if it has changed colors or has any particles in it, or if the expiration date on the label has passed. Call your doctor for a new prescription.
Store at room temperature away from moisture, heat, and light. Do not refrigerate this medication, and do not store it in a car.Back to Top
What happens if I overdose on Epinephrine?
Seek emergency medical attention or call the Poison Help line at 1-800-222-1222.Back to Top
What happens if I miss a dose of Epinephrine?
Since epinephrine is normally used only as needed in an emergency, you are not likely to be on a dosing schedule. Do not use repeat doses of epinephrine without a doctor's advice.Back to Top
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Mendenhall encouraged by team's resilience
Mitch Davis | posted Oct 28th - 11:40pm
BYU head coach Bronco Mendenhall is encouraged by his team's resilience and desire to keep improving as it seeks to end its four-game losing streak when it takes on Middle Tennessee this Saturday.
BYU defense trying to overcome growing pains
Mitch Davis | posted Oct 28th - 5:20pm
A struggling BYU defense continues to seek improvement as the players and coaches work through the growing pains of getting younger players experience as they finish out their season.
Kruger leads Browns to victory over Raiders in Week 8 of the NFL
Jon Oglesby | posted Oct 28th - 8:24am
Utah alumnus Paul Kruger had three sacks and a forced fumble in the Browns' 23-13 win over the Oakland Raiders.
Cougars look to finish strong despite adversity
Sydney Carlson | posted Oct 27th - 5:08pm
BYU keeps expectations high this week as the team looks for redemption in the midst of a 4-game losing streak.
BYU picked second to Zags by WCC coaches; Haws, Collinsworth named to preseason All-WCC team
Greg Wrubell | posted Oct 27th - 4:35pm
West Coast Conference basketball coaches have picked Gonzaga to repeat as league champion, with BYU tabbed as runner-up in preseason balloting released on Monday.
Cougar Sports Saturday: October 25, 2014
Jason Shepherd | posted Oct 25th - 6:00pm
The CSS crew recapped BYU's loss at Boise State and discussed where the Cougar football stands.
Season low point comes in BYU's 55-30 loss to Boise State
Kyle Spencer | posted Oct 25th - 1:22pm
The Cougars got off to a slow start and couldn't make up for it, displaying poor execution once again in their fourth consecutive defeat.
Grant Hedrick leads Boise State past BYU, 55-30
Jason Chatraw, Associated Press | posted Oct 24th - 11:35pm
Grant Hedrick threw for a career-high 410 yards and had four touchdowns passes in Boise State's 55-30 victory over BYU on Friday night.
BYU loses 4th straight and Twitter is fed up
John Clyde, KSL.com Contributor | posted Oct 24th - 11:02pm
Boise State throttles BYU 55-30 and Cougar fans took to Twitter to make their frustrations heard.
Game Center: BYU at Boise State
KSL.com | posted Oct 24th - 7:00pm
Follow along as the BYU Cougars take on the Boise State Broncos at the Albertsons Stadium in Boise, Idaho with KSL.com's live Game Center.
KSL.com college football predictions, week 9
KSL.com | posted Oct 24th - 11:52am
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Hatch, Murphy score brace as BYU women's soccer earns 1st win over Santa Clara
Sean Walker | posted Oct 23rd - 10:39pm
Michele Murphy and Ashley Hatch each scored two goals, and No. 17 BYU women's soccer picked up its first win over Santa Clara in program history with a 5-2 win in front of 2,279 fans at South Field on Thursday night.
BYU needs to bust the Broncos at Boise State
Marc Lyons, KSL.com Contributor | posted Oct 23rd - 3:44pm
BYU might have to outscore Boise State this week to get a win. That might be a tough order to carry out. However, Nevada put up 46 points on the Broncos, BYU might need that many points to get a win, or just maybe the defense steps it up.
Dave McCann goes 'One on One' with Cecil Samuelson
Dave McCann | posted Oct 23rd - 3:01pm
Dave McCann sat down one on one with Cecil Samuelson to chat about what it's like to be a die-hard Utah fan while serving as president of BYU.
KSL.com midseason college football awards
KSL.com | posted Oct 23rd - 11:48am
The college football season is already to its mid-point, and we've already seen plenty of ups and downs. The KSL sports team has reviewed the first half of the season and have given out some midseason awards to local players.
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Quinoa, Brown Rice, & Beyond: 15 Ways to Eat Whole Grains at Every Meal
Recipe Roundup
What would life in the kitchen be like without whole grains? For me, it would be a sadder existence. Oats, whole wheat, and pseudo-grains like quinoa and amaranth provide pops of protein and healthy fiber. But they offer more than healthy benefits, too. They are delicious! Where would meals be without nutty brown rice, tender oats, and delicate quinoa? Here are 15 of our favorite whole grain recipes for every meal: Quinoa chili and salads, whole wheat muffins, a brown rice bowl with lemongrass, tofu, and cashews. There's a warm farro salad with roasted vegetables, and whole wheat couscous, too. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner — there's a whole grain to enjoy.
• 1 Golden Quinoa Salad with Radish, Dill & Avocado
• 2 Black Bean and Heirloom Tomato Quinoa with Lemon Dressing
• 3 Grilled Halloumi and Quinoa Salad
• 4 Black Bean, Sweet Potato and Quinoa Chili
• 5 Brown Rice Salad with Apples, Walnuts, and Cherries
• 6 Brown Rice Bowl with Lemongrass, Tofu and Cashews
• 7 Brown Rice Appams
• 8 Black Rice Salad with Avocado and Grapefruit
• 9 Quick, Easy & Moist Whole Wheat Muffins
• 10 Whole Wheat Pearl Couscous with Cherries & Arugula
• 11 No-Knead Multi-Grain Peasant Bread
• 12 Breakfast Grain Salad with Blueberries, Hazelnuts & Lemon
• 13 Warm Farro Salad with Roasted Vegetables and Fontina
• 14 Chickpea, Barley and Zucchini Ribbon Salad with Mint and Feta
• 15 Simple Breakfast: No-Cook Overnight Steel-Cut Oats
On Cooking Whole Grains:
• How To Cook Fluffy, Tasty Quinoa
• How To Cook Steel-Cut Oats for Breakfast the Night Before
• A No-Fuss Method for Cooking Almost Any Whole Grain
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LOVE these great takes on whole grains. Try cracked wheat Lebanese-style--Toasted Bulghur with Poached Chicken (can do it vegetarian too, with onions):
I'm allergic to gluten and most grains but appreciate the recipes anyway because thank goodness I can eat quinoa! Most of these will work with that lovely grain. Thanks!
Is couscous really a grain?
Wow -- great recipes! For health reasons, I recently started eating only whole grain foods and I can't wait to try these. Quinoa is my new favorite ingredient, and this past summer I discovered whole wheat couscous, as well as black quinoa. If you can't find these at your local grocery store or whole foods market, you can order online from several different sites.
Faith, your posts are always a pleasure to read. Thanks for the Monday morning pick-me-up and healthy recipe inspiration! :-)
I've spent most of the summer looking to incorporate grains into our meals. I usually like to put a sweeter or acidic component in them to brighten/lighten up our meals.
One of my new favorite ways to do this is by taking fruit salsa I like to make and adding quinoa or Israeli couscous, this could be pineapple, cucumber, jalapeno and red pepper, with rice wine vinegar, or mango, pepper, cucumber with lime juice, etc. etc.
I also love quinoa three bean salad and quinoa caprese salad.
Keep these grain recipes coming please!
@SIDNEY R. nope, couscous is a pasta, not a grain. I just included it here because of the whole wheat aspect. That whole wheat couscous is really tasty.


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The YEA! Arts program enables the Ringling College to hire students to provide instruction and experiences in arts and crafts to youth at sites located around Sarasota County. These are youth who have limited opportunities to experience the arts and will include sites such as youth shelters, foster care group homes, transitional housing, programs through the Juvenile Justice Department, second-chance schools and alternative schools.
Student instructors are responsible for designing all art activities and projects including the gathering and distribution of supplies. Student instructors are supported by on-site staff in all locations and are not responsible for classroom management or discipline. Time commitments will vary from one or two sessions a week at about one hour per session. Summer employment opportunities are available as well.
Other requirements: Students who apply will need to pass a background check by the Juvenile Justice Department. Experience working with children is a plus but not required. Ability to work professionally and be punctual is a must.
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Reflections from YEA! Arts Student Instructors
"The semester with YEA! Arts was at times exciting, frustrating, confusing, exhilarating, and the whole time a learning experience. Starting off I had no idea what to really actually expect. Once I started I began to understand these kids. What works for all the girls at the youth shelter is probably not going to work for the boys at the group home. The kids surprised me. Some projects that I was convinced they would love they hated. One example is when for Mardi Gras we made masks. They did not want to do this at all, but I tried joking with them about their masks and they warmed up to it. Everyone was laughing with each other, not at each other.
Honestly, throughout the semester sometimes I found it really hard to find motivation to get ready for class and to go because the previous week the kids were misbehaving, but always when I got to class, I would give my 100% and the kids would do great. Towards the end staff were telling me that the kids were asking where I was and when they were going to do art. That made me feel great and could see that if I continued for a year I could really affect these kids for the better."
Valuable skills learned or improved as a result of participation in the program:
• Patience- This was a very valuable skill to hone during this semester. One must have patience with the kids and with the staff. I would just take a deep breath when I would get frustrated and then look at the situation in a different way.
• Tolerance- Not necessarily tolerant towards race and gender, I already have a good handle on that, but tolerance for these kids' ideas. If one is not tolerant of their ideas, they will just butt heads and then nothing gets done.
• Thick Skin- This is big time. The kids need to respect you. I was able to have control of the class, but not seem like an authority figure. The kids will always trust staff more than they trust outsiders, but still they felt they could draw and do things in art class that they could not do in other parts of their life. For that they respected me.
• My global perspective is larger now dealing with these particular kids because you never really hear about these kids or ever have an experience with them, so now I am clued into this part of our world.
How the experiences were meaningful to the student instructors and how they influenced their experience at the Ringling College.
• These experiences were very valuable to me. They taught me so much, but also reinforced a lot of what I already knew.
• This opportunity was so great because I was able to jump into a teaching position without needing prior experience, now I have that experience, but it was neat figuring it all out on my own. Figuring out organization, time planning, and lessons, and really understanding what has to go into a class that is only an hour long.
• It taught me that these kids just need more positive experiences to get out of where they are.


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A few weeks ago, I wrote about an attorney who faced some humiliating — and completely false — allegations. Doesn't get much worse, I thought.
Wrong. This week we have another intersection of technology and false accusation. But this time, the attorneys appear to be the bad guys.
A recent Canadian court ruling sheds a pretty messed up light on a major technology company and its attorneys, who reportedly conspired to have a former employee — who happened to be suing the company — arrested in the middle of a deposition, on what a judge later found to be bogus charges. Then the company let the man, a British citizen, languish in extradition limbo for nine months, until a judge finally benchslapped the devious corporate lawyers.
Let's find out more about this super-friendly corporation's unorthodox litigation strategy….
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Forward thinking and incredibly useful, iPhone 5s brings the future of technology to work. With a remarkably thin, light design, the A7 chip with 64-bit desktop-class architecture, a fingerprint identity sensor, innovative apps for business and ultra-fast wireless, iPhone 5s sets a new standard for business.
iPhone is ready for work with non-stop features to get you through your business day with ease. Powered by an incredibly advanced mobile operating system, it's no surprise that iPhone has become the business standard for companies around the globe.
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With iPhone on the job, you can keep your business on tap wherever your work takes you. The amazing set of built-in apps gives you anytime access to the essential information you need throughout your day. iPhone is ready for work with Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Safari, Siri, AirDrop, Control Centre and smarter multitasking at your fingertips.
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With a 64-bit architecture, remarkably slim design and breakthrough technology like Touch ID, iPhone 5s is ready for work. And business professionals will enjoy the incredibly fast performance and true-to-life graphics with the A7 chip, which doesn't sacrifice battery life.
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iOS is the best platform for business, providing a powerful yet simple integrated experience. With hardware and software made for each other, the unique features of iPhone are brought to life in engaging ways. And the powerful iOS platform offers a secure foundation to support all types of businesses.
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Salisbury man stabbed in the stomach by mother's boyfriend
Authorities charged a Rockwell man who they said stabbed his girlfriend's son in the stomach Saturday night.
John Patrick Benfield, 47, of the 100 block of Sunset Drive, is charged with misdemeanor assault with a deadly weapon, a Rowan County Sheriff's Office report said.
Frank Joseph O'Brien, 27, told a deputy he and Benfield had been talking at the end of Benfield's driveway around 11 p.m. Saturday when he felt like he'd been punched in the stomach.
O'Brien did not immediately realize he'd been stabbed, the report said.
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This is the golden cordless prelit holiday trim that can be hung anywhere indoors or outdoors without requiring unsightly extension cords or proximity to an outlet. Reminiscent of the opulent holiday decor gracing the residences of London's St. John's Wood, the wreath, garland, basket, and sconce are decorated with golden-painted ornaments with shiny and matte finishes. Frosted in gold paint, woody pinecones, clusters of berries, willow branches, and filigree leaves nestle among dense greenery that replicate the growth patterns of actual conifer branches. Each piece of trim is festooned with glistening white LEDs that provide cheerful illumination. Boughs are made of weather-resistant PVC that will last for years. An automatic timer turns the LEDs on for six hours and off for 18 hours. Each piece of trim requires two D batteries that will power the lights for an entire holiday season. With 50 LEDs, 111 branch tips, 19 ornaments, and four pine cones. Hangs from 15" chain. 20" Diam. x 13" H. (12 lbs.)
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By Angela
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These St. Jon's Wood pieces are just what I needed. I have three of the four. They make lovely decorations at the holidays.
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By Condoline
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I love it at the corner of the house near the front door! It looks spectacular. My only problem: the foliage doesn't sink down far enough into the basket.
Glorious basket
By Bonsai Baby
from Longmont, Colordo
The lovely basket is hanging outside my dining room window under the grape arbor. It is stunning. No trouble at all putting it together. I didn't need help. Lights are wonderful. I have them on 6 hr. twinkle. Thank goodness it doesn't need all the electric cords!
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Just like in the photo
By meg
from EDMONTON ALBERTA CANADA
Well packaged, needed my husband or two people to organize it. Needed to take it out of basket to organize the chain (take it right off, re-set the item back in the basket, put in batteries, re-set chain, pull out decorations, leaves etc then hang)
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Each year we hold a formal Installation of Officers, a Law Day luncheon featuring a guest speaker of topical importance, a Golf Outing, Judges Night honoring especially the judges of the Third, Fourth and Fifth Districts of Cook County, and in December a gala holiday party.
In addition to our social gatherings, we promote public service, pro-bono and charitable work, sponsor a scholarship fund, and provide educational speakers to area organizations. Our in-court lawyer program provides attorneys in the Fourth District courthouse three days a week to accept private criminal cases for immediate consultation and representation.
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I use this product at least once a day. I thought, toner--just helps thoroughly clean skin and unblock pores, right? Well, I was shocked into a new understanding. My skin...Read complete review
I use this product at least once a day. I thought, toner--just helps thoroughly clean skin and unblock pores, right? Well, I was shocked into a new understanding. My skin was not just temporarily refined, but softened beyond belief, much clearer on the acne front, and blotchiness was greatly reduced. I believe it's because the products actually do work together even better than they work alone. Problem--some of Dr. P's stuff does smell fishy. This is one of them, but the smell in this one does dissapate eventually.Get it!!!
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Smells too fishy!
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I was so excited when I received the toner, but once I put it on my husband said it smelled bad and had a fishy smell to it. I'm starting to wonder if all these products are like that. It's not worth paying the money for something that stinks.
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The best toner I have used
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This toner leaves my skin feeling so refreshed and alive, it works so beautifully with my other products, my skin tone is even and my texture is so soft! I haven't used a scrub in years and don't need too, everyone needs this product!
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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I use this toner morning and night and love how it leaves my skin feeling clean but not dry! It cleans skin beyond a cleanser's ability and leaves my skin primed for the rest of my regiment.
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I will be 50 this Halloween and men have told me I look 35 and my skin is glowing like a pregnant woman. This product is the foundation preparing your skin for the demands of the day. I love how clean and fresh it makes my skin feel prior to applying Dr. P's other products.
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These exercise room floor tiles can withstand all types of exercise equipment. This tile measures 21 mm thickness, + or - 1 mm. Each tile comes with two border strips attached. This flooring option is designed to last for years beneath exercise equipment.
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We take these portable mats to horse shows for when the stalls are on pavement. They are light and easy to transport and put together. I definitely recommend them!
Bend, OR
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Love the mats. Had them drop shipped to the NBHA Youth World Championship in Perry, Ga. After the two day trip from Houston to Perry I was not looking forward to learning how to and then putting the mats in two stalls. It was easy and fast!! We were very pleased with the whole process of ordering, delivery and installing.
San Felipe, TX
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Thickness uniformity could be a little better, but overall a good product.
Snohomish, WA
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MIdland, PA
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The mats are great!! Very user friendly and they did exactly what we expected them to do..,which was provide cushioning on our concrete garage floor for exercise. We love that they can be configured in any shape. They are commercial grade and very lightweight. We would recommend them highly.
The Villages, FL
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It was exactly what I was looking for. So far they have been great and I have had them in for around a month.
Mathew R
Montfort, WI
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Easy to install!!!! Only problem is my 2 year old like to pull the individual pieces up.
Auburn, AL
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Product was easily and quickly installed, works as advertised and is visually appealing.
Huntsville, UT
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Mats are lightweight and durable. The trim pieces can be like a puzzle trying to get them to fit different mat configurations. The challenge was fun, though. Shipping was reasonable and quick. I like that.
Larkspur, CO
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would definitely recommend this product to anyone!!
Sulphur, LA
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The mat is as "great" as advertised and works perfectly for what I bought it for - gym mat for the workout area in my garage. Furthermore, it was quick and easy to install.
Austin, TX
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I conducted an extensive web search before deciding on this product. The pricing was the best, and the reviews were consistently superlative. The actual results with this product were consistent with the reviews. My contacts with Greatmats were friendly and complete, shipping was prompt, and installation (which I did myself) was a snap. It was a winner in all regards.
Theodore J
Mars Hill, NC
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The only way they could be better is if someone else put them down and picked them back up for us! We use the at horse shows that have concrete floors in the stalls. They are light weight and put together easily. I'm going to order another dozen!
Grove City, OH
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This was the perfect product for my home gym. The mats are nice and firm to support my weights. The estimator was right on in figuring how many tiles I needed for my room that is a bit odd shaped. Great product and everything was delivered as expected with no problems.
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I am SO impressed with these mats!! My horse has had some navicular problems, so I bought these to take to overnight horse shows where they have concrete or packed dirt stalls. I tried using big rolled up mats, but I about killed myself trying to move them. I did lots of searching and research before finding these mats. They seemed too good to be true, but they were guaranteed, so I took a chance. First, let me say that the customer support was fantastic. I called because I wanted to be sure they would get here in time for a show I was going to. The customer service representative said she would personally watch for the order and ship it out immediately. It was at my house much earlier than expected. The mats themselves are high quality, lightweight, and easy to handle. (And the don't small bad either like some mats do!) I still wasn't convinced my horse wouldn't tear them up, though. When we got to the show, I quickly and easily laid them out. (You have to have them turned the right way for them to hook up, but I figured that out pretty quickly.) We put down some shavings and brought in the horse. By this point we had a small crowd gathered to check out the mats. Other people had brought in all kinds of things (insulation foam, carpet tiles, you name it) to try and soften the floor for their horses, and they were all interested in my mats. My horse was very comfortable for the three days we were there, but the best part was when we left. I easily pulled the mats up and hosed them off. And when I examined them, there were no indentations at all from my 1000-pound horse's hooves--not even on the ones at the front of the stall where she stood the most. The mats looked brand new! A few more people gathered to ask about the mats as I was hauling them back to my trailer. I couldn't say enough about them. The small investment was well worth it as I am certain these mats will last for years and save wear and tear on my horse. Thank you for the great service and the great product!!
Blairsville, GA
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Great product. Makes for a clean install although helps to have a pro when there are cuts needed. One tile seems to be a little different in thickness. Hope to get a replacement.
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Sarasota, FL
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good value, room size 18' by 32' left 1/4" space to walls all the way around room, was not enough after material relaxed, having cupping issues
hailey, ID
Order was shipped promptly. Easy installation-no oder to the tiles. They seem very durable. Support large elliptical machine. Needed to order three additional tiles to cover area. Ordering staff were very helpful.
Nathrop, CO
The Pebble Top Foam Floor Mat looks great. We installed it into a home gym. The installation was simple. The tiles are easy to cut around steps etc. I would recommend the product.
Charlotte, NC
I did not know who www.greatmats.com was, but decided to search their site. I found the mats I thought I wanted but still unsure. I messaged them using their instant chat feature and got the info I needed. Shortly after I ordered and the mats were exactly what I needed for the gym and price. Thanks.
Albuquerque, NM
Everyone at our stable is very impressed with our mats. People keep coming by to see how they are holding up. So far, so good. Installation was far easier that expected. Being light weight and odorless (unlike rubber) was key to the project. Reuben, our horse, seems very happy with his new flooring, too!
Grayslake, IL
I loved how easy these mats were to install -- in a horse stall, yet -- however after several weeks, there's a big hillock of an air bubble in the middle of my mare's stall, as the mats have obviously expanded. They were not exposed to sunlight or heat (it's December in Massachusetts), and only to as much moisture as is inevitable in a horse stall that is covered with shavings and cleaned daily. I'll have to re-cut the edges to make the mats fit again, and hope the problem doesn't recur. If this is my only problem with them, they're entirely worth it. Very good padding over a concrete barn floor. I just hope they're durable. I certainly don't want to have to replace them every couple of years.
Dartmouth, MA
The product was exactly what I had hoped for.
Tucson, AZ
These mats are the best! They function just as good as the heavier mats,but are even better!
The mats look great and were a breeze to install. The room was a repository for all my late wife's unfinished projects and now is a fantastic exercise room
Tacoma, WA
The pebble mats are great. They are durable, easy to assemble and come replete with parts to close the exposed edges. They are much better quality than what I found at the local hardware superstore and more affordable. When you get them in the mail wipe them down to get rid of the rubbery synthetic smell. This was a great investment, and I'm glad I found greatmats.com on line.
San Antonio, TX
LOVE the mats!!! VERY easy to put together and take down. Light weight and easy to carry to the stall in the box. Horse loved having them so she didn't have to lay on the concrete stall floor with her bedding. HIGHLY recommend these to anyone.
Prescott Valley, AZ
We purchased the pebble mat flooring for our home exercise room. I ordered by phone and received very helpful information about measuring and installing. The installation process was easy and without problem. The finished floor is perfect for floor exercises as well as the heavy weights placed on it. We are very happy with our purchase!
This is an very high quality tile. It was very easy to install...it obviously fits together like a puzzle but is also easily cut to make a good custom fit to any room. Greatmats.com was also very easy to work with and the shipping time was much faster than advertised. A+++ all the way and if I ever am looking for another product like this GreatMats.com is the only place I'll be shopping.
Plano, TX
Love the mats so light and easy to work with.
Elkton, MD


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September marks the 40th anniversary of the Summit Series, the unforgettable clash between the N.H.L. professionals of Team Canada and the titans of international hockey, the Soviet national team.
J.P. Parise, now 70, played in six of the eight games of the 1972 series, a surprise inclusion in the N.H.L. squad from the Minnesota North Stars who wound up having two goals and two assists from the left wing. But he is best remembered for this wild outburst of temper that got him thrown out of the decisive Game 8, when he went at the German referee Joseph Kompalla with stick raised:
Last week Parise looked back on the passion, shame and, perhaps strangely, justification of that moment and on what it was like to watch in street clothes as his teammates won in the final minute, and indeed on his experience of being part of the most important hockey games ever played. Gregarious, insightful and funny, he spoke from his home in Minnesota, where his son Zach will be playing for the Wild once the new season starts.
You're going to Russia this month with some other Team Canada veterans. One of them, Bill White, told me it was his first trip back since 1972. Have you been back since?
Yes. When I was coaching at Shattuck St. Mary's [the Minnesota prep school known for alumni like Sidney Crosby, Zach Parise and Jonathan Toews] we took two teams to Russia — that was back in 1999 or 2000. And last February six of us old-timers from Team Canada went over because they were celebrating something like the 65th anniversary of hockey there. We sat down and had lunch with Mr. Putin. I felt very honored.
What is your most vivid memory from the 1972 Canada-Soviet series?
Probably for me, the first game we played in Montreal, on Sept. 2. I could not believe that there were so many good players on one team. As we got more in shape and more competitive it evened out, but that first game, they were prepared – they had been preparing for years. I was in awe. That first game Wayne Cashman and I and Bill Goldsworthy and a few of us, we did not dress, and we had to sit down and watch this stuff. The score ended up, 7-3. It could have been 15.
And then of course once we got to Moscow, the way of life of the people and how important the series became for their system. It was great propaganda for communism, how important it was for them to win this thing. We were the bad guys and the big fat Canadians, and they were the poor anemic Russian players challenging the N.H.L.'s best. They did a great job of promoting that we were the villains.
You say it was important for the Soviets, but it was important for the Canadians too, no?
Oh my God! Of course! It was our system against theirs. Back in those days the Russians were the enemy, and there was animosity. From a hockey series it became a political thing. It's amazing how patriotism becomes so important all of a sudden.
And that led to such extreme emotions. Bobby Clarke deliberately broke Valery Kharlamov's ankle. You almost attacked a referee. Had you ever done anything like that before?
I had never gotten a misconduct penalty. I don't know if I was ever kicked out of a game before, ever. The way that they tried to manipulate the whole thing – what happened there, going back to how important the series was to them, in the sixth game they had a German guy by the name of Joe Kompalla officiating the game. In that game he gave us 31 minutes in penalties, and just 4 minutes to the Russians. It was awful. And then the eighth game there was a Swedish official who was supposed to do the game, but he was nowhere to be seen – he was sick, or he just didn't come to the game. So the Russians insisted that Kompalla would do the game, in spite of our being against that. But there was nobody else.
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