Problem: How to overcome internet boredom
Check your emails.
This could lead to more things to do such as replying to emails or checking out the new features on your favorite website.
Start a blog. OPTIONS:
- This will provide you an outlet for accessing your favorite websites. Immerse yourself in some of these people's lives.
- This is a fun project that will keep you entertained for hours. Read other people's blogs for inspiration.
- Remember that you don't have to be an engaged blogger to build a connection. It just helps if one of your friends has made it and, most importantly, helps draw people in.
- Create a name for your blog to cover all the things you enjoy outside of your current car, television, computer and friends. Instead of writing down everything on your mind, write about everything that comes your way in conversation with other people.

Answer: This is a fun project that will keep you entertained for hours. Read other people's blogs for inspiration.

Problem: How to draw an arterial blood gas
Keep an ice pack ready and labelled with the patient's name.
Arterial blood is prone for clotting and needs to be put in an ice pack as soon as it is drawn.
Take a 2cc syringe and load about 0.2cc of heparin solution in it. OPTIONS:
- Work the syringe/ice-pack's plunger down for about 30 seconds. That will force heparin solution slowly all the way down into the syringe.
- Heparin prevents clotting but too much of it can interfere with the results. Check the radial pulsation of the patient.
- This is known as cortisone. Squeeze about 16 to 24 drops of the solution into the syringe.
- Since you are going to draw heparin, make sure you fill the syringe about 1/4 of the way full. This is usually indicated on the packaging but if you can't find it, look in your refrigerator/pantry.

Answer: Heparin prevents clotting but too much of it can interfere with the results. Check the radial pulsation of the patient.

Problem: How to get what you want without being annoying
Be polite.
Whether communicating in person, over the phone, via text, or through email, it's important to be courteous. If you are wanting or needing something from someone, it's particularly important to be respectful. OPTIONS:
- You may be asking a favor of them, and they may not have to honor that favor. People are less likely to see you as annoying if you are genuinely polite, respectful, and friendly.
- Here are some useful tips to being polite : Don't be rude or mean. Don't be fake! If someone tells you a joke, be polite-and don't aggravate them by saying something rude back.
- Generally speaking, if someone asks you to do something for him or her, there's nothing worse than him asking you to do it in the first place. If the person you're speaking to clearly refers to you as an equal, then respect that statement.
- If you treat your host like a minion, people may feel that they haven't been addressed enough. It's always an impulse to make a show of how chivalrous your host is.
Answer: You may be asking a favor of them, and they may not have to honor that favor. People are less likely to see you as annoying if you are genuinely polite, respectful, and friendly.