We are back to fairly safe ground this time. Firstly, this video is not found in a channel dedicated to ASMR (this blog focuses on unintentional ASMR videos for review material). Secondly, we are back to a Cranial Nerve exam which has featured before.
Neuro PACES is the channel and it is fairly easy to cover as it contains in total five videos none of which is longer than ten minutes (in fact all are quite a bit shorter than that).
The Cranial Nerve Examination is this one:
Cranial Nerve Examination Example
A nice calm start but progress through the video does seem to be quite hurried. Dr Michael is the medical professional, Mr Foot is the “patient”
I would guess that in order to get the entire exam completed within five minutes Dr Michael really needs to be motoring along.
The video is quite a bit different to the Vicki Scott one in this respect.
As the video progresses, if anything, it gets even quieter but the pace never seems to slow down much. To me that is not too distracting and it is a good video for the Procrastination Pen playlist I think.
The patient here states that the sensation in his face is unequal. This is the first time we have come across this in any of the videos covered so far. Surprisingly there is no mechanism here for noting that concern, that seems unusual. In addition, the medical professional here does not echo back the concern. Reflecting the concern has been more typical in the videos we have covered so far.
The link at the end of the video links back to Liverpool university neurosciences research.
A number of the videos seem to have been set up specifically for the neuropaces course organised by:
Professor Benedict Michael, Professor in Neuroscience, MRC Clinician Scientist and Honorary Consultant Neurologist
Professor Tom Solomon, Chair of Neurological Science and Honorary Consultant Neurologist
Dr Viraj Bharambe, Neurology Consultant
Dr Rosie Heartshorne, Neurology Registrar
I’ll make a guess that Dr Michael and Professor Michael are the same person.
Investigating the rest of the Neuro PACES channel we find that there are no playlists. Without a playlist order to guide the sequence of videos to review let’s begin with those videos dedicated to medical examination:
Lower Limb Examination Example
This features Dr Michael again, this time with Mr Jamieson. Again, this is a very gentle presentation. This one is pretty nigh ideal for our purposes and is a definite candidate for the Procrastination Pen playlist.
The patient here seems to be really struggling, the first time I’ve seen this featured in a medical examination video. The videos reviewed to date have always featured healthy people. I’m guessing these are usually student volunteers. This is quite a good vindication of what the process is supposed to be for i.e., verifying an unwell person’s condition.
For our purposes though it is a good ASMR candidate and like the previous one merely five minutes long. I’d say Dr Michael is as good here ASMR-wise as Dr James Gill which is quite a statement to make.
Neurology Lower Limb Examination for MRCP PACES. NeuroPACES.mov
The patient isn’t introduced in this video and Dr Michael starts off in much more robust fashion than in the previous two videos, (it’s quite a bit louder, as if he is trying to enunciate for a distant audience). There is a consistent background hubbub as if it is being filmed in a public area.
However, it still has its quiet and attentive moments which brings it back into a candidate for the Procrastination Pen playlist for me. It is still not quite as good as Shane Brun though.
In common with the other videos in this article it really motors though and is all over in five minutes. Overall therefore this one is not a great Procrastination Pen playlist candidate.
The Solomon System- NeuroPACES
This time the medical professional is flagged at the beginning Professor Tom Solomon PhD. FRCP of the Walton Neuro Centre NHS Foundation Trust & University of Liverpool
The “patient” is quite quickly introduced as Simon.
This is a longer video at eight minutes fifty seconds (though that is still not long in terms of the many videos we’ve reviewed in the past).
Professor Solomon has not got quite such a calm voice as Dr Michael sadly. I think again the problem is that he is presenting to a wider audience so his voice is louder. But at least there isn’t the background hubbub in this video.
There is quite a good description as to why some of the tests are actually performed and how to do these tests in the minimal time.
I’m not going to add this one to the Procrastination Pen playlist though.
NeuroPACES: The Walton Centre Neurology MRCP PACES Course
Another calm start, however it is just an intro video to the neuro PACES course. We get promotional material including funky music. This is not the kind of thing you want when you’re attempting to doze off.
This one is not going into the Procrastination Pen playlist.
The NeuroPaces playlist on the Procrastination Pen channel is here:
The overall Procrastination Pen Checklist (featuring all videos covered in the blog so far) 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 listening and login to verify my age. You may find that you have more patience than I do in which case this list is for you.
I hope that you find the playlists restful and I hope you get plenty of relaxation as a result.
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Till next time.
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