As before, I should provide a brief introduction for those who do not know anything about:
a) this blog
b) this subject.
I’ve written on this before and it might be worthwhile reviewing that post for details.
In brief though, this section of the blog involves reviewing ASMR videos, or indeed any video that could be relaxing enough that when you are desperate for sleep it might encourage you to get some.
The result is a playlist of such videos and the opportunity to feedback as to whether my choices were appropriate that week.
The YouTube Channel this time does not have many subscribers two hundred and seventy subscribers in fact, so it is almost an unknown channel. Is this an ASMR find? Possibly…
The video is:
Head to Toe
This has a reasonably high level of background noise, possibly an open space perhaps (although the part we get to see is enclosed by curtains). The nurse is Keisha whose channel this is (more of that in a moment). The “patient” does announce her name which I think is “Mallory Myers” – that looks wrong to me but it is what it sounds like.
The comments as usual are a bit off the wall, even brutal, but fortunately if you came for the sleep then you will not be reading those (or even watching the video). It is all about the sound.
The video has the hallmarks of one of those we’ve seen previously i.e. created as part of an assessment process. For example this one includes the fake washing of hands and the insistence on drawing curtains for privacy that are already drawn.
I’ve concluded that somewhere there is a checklist that student assessment videos are unthinkingly adhering to.
These videos have a feeling of being “busy” i.e. trying to cram everything in that the assessor wants to see. This includes a number of technical terms I imagine very few patients would be bothered to hear about.
There’s also a long period of more-or-less nothing at the end when Keisha is doing the paperwork, presumably this is again a requirement.
The examination is lovely and calm, the background noise quickly stops being distracting. There are moments of shared humour and there seems to be reasonable rapport. This is a good Procrastination Pen playlist candidate.
It may have been recorded at Valdosta State University – the nurse’s shoulder badge at one stage appears to indicate this location. This university of course has a YouTube channel, with three hundred and four videos as at today’s date but it does not include any of those listed on Keisha’s channel.
The channel is Keisha CoxKelly.
There are seven videos as at today’s date with the above one being the most obvious candidate for ASMR. There are no playlists. However, with only seven videos we can probably take the time to review them all. (Well I can, and you can scroll to the end to listen to the playlist).
There are no videos posted more recently than eight years ago presumably that is how long ago Keisha was a student.
NG Tube
One thing that we can be absolutely clear about here is that there will be zero patient interaction. The patient appears to be plastic.
There is background noise, more insistence on fake privacy and cleanliness measures.
It is quite surreal watching the one-sided interactions in this video.
The notes state it is VSU college of nursing which seems to confirm my earlier guess about the location.
Nonetheless Keisha retains the quiet voice of the previous video and the procedures appear calm and measured. Even if it is apparent that a plastic model cannot actually swallow a tube.
There’s also an amusing point where the person videoing films their own fingers.
This video is a bit borderline. I’ll add it to the Procrastination Pen playlist but it may fall victim to a future weeding process.
FOLEY Cath insertion/removal
This time the video notes confirm that it is Valdosta State University College of Nursing. There was no need to go investigating shoulder badges after all.
The background noise seems worse because Keisha seems very quiet on this. The microphone is presumably not fully up to the task.
The “patient” has no legs which is almost as distracting as people talking and laughing in the background. The patient is plastic, which is a bit of a relief given the subject area. (I’d probably get some kind of YouTube content warning otherwise).
The camera-holding person is a bit of a fidget but given we’re here to listen (and to sleep) that is not such a concern. The sound isn’t amazing but it is unlikely to cause you to wake up in a hurry at 3am (unlike some YouTube adverts I can mention). Therefore, on-balance I think we can include it in the Procrastination Pen playlist (with the emphasis on potential future weeding activity).
Insulin Mixing
This also suffers from low volume. However, I am not so clear this will matter late at night when, necessarily, the volume will be way down in any case. (To ensure that you are not woken by the very playlist you were using to fall asleep in the first place). There is no patient in this video so it does not really qualify as an exam as such.
Keisha seems to be admirably measured in approach. I’m sure there must be classes on Zen meditation or something similar happening in the background to generate so many medical trainees this calm.
I’ll put this one in the Procrastination Pen playlist (even if only temporarily).
Wound Care
The one-sided conversation is nearly as surreal as the virtual door which you can neither knock upon nor close to “provide privacy”. The sound is slightly better apart from the traffic noise which makes itself felt. Once again this includes a plastic “patient”. At least he/she isn’t loud.
The snapping gloves noises are a bit of a wake-up though.
At nearly thirteen minutes it is amazingly long for a one-way interaction but I suppose the great thing about it is that it is quiet. Another video that’s on the Procrastination Pen playlist (possibly pending a future cull).
IM and SQ injections
I would guess this features two student nurses, our favourite, Keisha, and what sounds like “Sky Voss” but probably isn’t. This is filmed in a public area with minimal screening. So far so normal student assessment video.
At just over seven minutes it doesn’t hang around. As injections are not my favourite thing I’ll be watching from behind the sofa.
There is fake privacy and cleanliness again. There is also quite a lot of technical terminology, (as we saw previously). I’m presuming no standard patient would comprehend, let alone request this.
Fracturing the ampule was a bit of a shock (it is loud) but not as bad as the gloves snapping in the previous video. I’ll feature this video on the Procrastination Pen playlist for now.
I’ll schedule a playlist review shortly and remove any that no longer seem up to the desired quality.
IV administration
This is positively whacky; on this occasion the “patient” is a plastic arm.
The sound quality starts bad and seems to get a lot worse. It is like someone is trying to record the video with the microphone actually inside their pocket. There is almost no reception of what Keisha is saying. The presentation could be excellent but sadly it can’t be heard.
Hence this one needs to be rejected from the Procrastination Pen playlist.
The playlist for Keisha is here:
The overall playlist of every video that made the grade after a review on this blog is here:
The archive playlist of videos that were in the above playlist but found after lengthy review not to make the grade, is here:
I keep this in case people have personal favourites that they want to hear.
The playlist of videos requiring age verification is here:
I dislike these as they require me to stop and login to verify my age. You may find that you have more patience than I do and so are prepared to give it a listen.
I hope that you find the playlists restful and I hope you get plenty of sleep as a result.
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Till next time.
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