Splash Biography

Do you think babies are just blobs of cuteness that can't speak? Well you are wrong. Starting with an overview of the development pathway that many babies go through on their way to becoming toddlers, and leading up to a discussion of the Neonatal Behavioral Observation system, this class is structured to convince you that infants can speak and do have personalities before they can actually use words. The Neonatal Behavioral Observation system uses several cues and reflexes to identify an infants inherent likes and dislikes before they can actually voice them. This class is ideal for anyone who likes babies, psychology, science, clinical medicine, cute things, babies, or wants to be convinced that babies speak without using words.

Do you want to be a doctor? Nurse? Physical Therapist? Physician's Assistant? Paramedic? Pharmacist? Medical Researcher? This course will go over some of the basics of each profession, as well as how the outlook for each profession is changing with the implementation of nationwide healthcare. We will talk about what each profession requires, the scope of practice, the pathway to becoming each profession, and what you can do to best prepare for a career in healthcare. Bring your experience, impressions, and questions!

Do you think babies are just blobs of cuteness that can't speak? Well you are wrong. Starting with an overview of the development pathway that many babies go through on their way to becoming toddlers, and leading up to a discussion of the Neonatal Behavioral Observation system, this class is structured to convince you that infants can speak and do have personalities before they can actually use words. The Neonatal Behavioral Observation system uses several cues and reflexes to identify an infants inherent likes and dislikes before they can actually voice them. This class is ideal for anyone who likes babies, psychology, science, clinical medicine, cute things, babies, or wants to be convinced that babies speak without using words.

Hormones are the bodies messengers and primary means of communication between each of the body's systems. This short class seeks to give an introduction to a few of these very important messengers at a very introductory level. Several hormones will be discussed in context and we will go over the pharmacological uses of each, because some of these hormones double as drugs too.

This course will try to explain some of the basic mechanisms of toxicology, including inactivation, overloading, protein in- hibition, and the pathophysiology behind each toxin. I’ll show you some of the most common environmental killers, and how they work. And of course, for each one, I’ll give you the spe- cific antidote and the mechanism of action behind it. For example, we can go over cyanide poisoning, how it kills you, then what drugs we use to fix it and why. I’ll talk about heavy metals, chemical warfare, carbon monoxide, benzodiazepines (like Valium/Ativan) and opiates. I’ll also incorporate historical poisonings, if they would have survived today. We will also go over what acids and bases do to the human body in terms of damage. If you have any ideas for stuff you want me to talk about, feel free to get in touch with me.

EKG’s, or electro-cardio-grams, are pictures of the heart taken from the outside of the human body using electrodes. Sounds complicated right? Wrong. In this short class, I will go over the basics of the anatomy of the heart, how the elec- trical system works. Then we can look at what an EKG is, how it works, what it looks at, and how it is used in medicine. I’ll throw in a few case studies and different rhythms so that we can all get some practice. This is also a cool trick to use at parties. Because lets be honest, who doesn’t read EKG’s at parties?

This course will present 10 drugs commonly used in medicine today. Each will be presented in the context of their appropriate bodily system. In doing so, the blend of biology, chemistry, biochemistry, and pharmacology that make each drug so awesome will be shown for your viewing pleasure. This class will be really laid back, and even if you aren't a science person, it should be pretty interesting. My aim is to show you why we use drugs the way we do, their impact on people and society, and why each one of them is an efficient treatment for a certain pathology.

What makes poison poisonous? This course will address the basic mechanisms of toxicology, including inactivation, overloading, protein inhibition, and the pathophysiology behind each toxin. We'll examine some of the most common environmental killers, and how they work. Finally, we will examine antidotes specific to each toxin and the mechanisms behind them.

EKG's, or electro-cardio-grams, are pictures of the heart taken from the outside of the human body using electrodes. Sounds complicated right? Wrong. In this short class, I will go over the basics of the anatomy of the heart, how the electrical system works. Then we can look at what an EKG is, how it works, what it looks at, and how it is used in medicine. I'll throw in a few case studies and different rhythms so that we can all get some practice. This is also a cool trick to use at parties. Because lets be honest, who doesn't read EKG's at parties?

This course will try to explain some of the basic mechanisms of toxicology, including inactivation, overloading, protein inhibition, and the pathophysiology behind each toxin. I'll show you some of the most common environmental killers, and how they work. And of course, for each one, I'll give you the specific antidote and the mechanism of action behind it. For example, we can go over cyanide poisoning, how it kills you, then what drugs we use to fix it and why. I'll talk about heavy metals, chemical warfare, carbon monoxide, benzodiazepines (like Valium/Ativan) and opiates. I'll also incorporate historical poisonings, if they would have survived today. We will also go over what acids and bases do to the human body in terms of damage. If you have any ideas for stuff you want me to talk about, feel free to get in touch with me.

Newsflash: In the war against bacteria and sickness, we are losing. This class will go over the bacteria (the enemy), the diagnosis and treatment (battle strategy), and the antibiotics (the ammunition)that have produced the biological war going on within and around us. We will go over different classes of antibiotics, different kinds of bacteria, and how bacteria are developing resistance to everything we throw at it. Recently, the spread of MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) and VRE (vancomycin-resistant enterococcus) have highlighted bacteria's mutation and resistance patterns in the national media. We will talk about them and their spreading, what treatments are, and how in the future, if antibiotics aren't used properly, we could be in very big trouble.