Feeling pretty crappy today, so bear with me while I give an abbreviated research roundup. A lot of the past couple of weeks were on the same subject while I cast a wide net and then narrowed down until I found what I was looking for. That means that not all of the links I found I actually looked at in great detail — when I’m not sure how to find what I want, I tend to go wide then go deep, and really only focus on the pages that seem most likely to give me answers.
The biggest and best example was trying to figure out whether two badly injured patients could be transported in the same ambulance … in the UK. (Turns out, no, but they can in the US, because the ambulances are built differently.) Some tangential interesting stuff on attending to spinal injuries, too. Turns out the neck braces aren’t all that.
I also had to go looking for confirmation as to how fibre relates to sleep, for Reasons owing to a doctor’s remark I wanted to make sure was accurate. (In its original state, it wasn’t.)
Then there was a medley of trying to make sure words were spelled correctly (for the appropriate region or simply in the desired language), brought about mostly because of the limited dictionary my word processor has. And, of course, a semi-regular foray into my etymology dictionary, because trying to figure out era-appropriate word-use via etymology is honestly one of my favourite things. With the addition of looking up the word ‘brand‘ for last week’s blog post.
There was also some poking around alchemy symbols for referencing. Turns out most sites have the same information after a point, on that one.
That’s it for this week. More next time, since ongoing edits means there a few additions I’m not adding to today’s post. Stay safe and have fun.
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