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How To Be a Superhero in the Telemetry Department- Story by Melanie Lewis

(HACKENSACK, N.J.)—There are so many stories that occur in the hospital that nobody knows about. For example, a famous rapper can be your patient, or a tragic love story can occur all on the same day. Working in an actual hospital is just as dramatic as Grey’s Anatomy, just without the incorrect medical terminology.

On the fourth floor of Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC), any time of the night or day, a team of technicians are tracking the heart rhythms of a dozen or more patients using telemetry monitors. Patients with cardiac or other issues requiring monitoring are fitted with five electrodes on their chests. A team of telemetry technicians then interprets the electrical activity of a patient’s heart to detect arrhythmias, shortness of breath, sweating heavily, blood pressure anomalies, and chest pain.

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📸 Photo Credit: Melanie Lewis

Tampa Parents Worried About Overcrowded Lunchrooms- Story by Lee Alisha Williams

(TAMPA, Fla.) — Parents at Wharton High School in Tampa, Florida, expressed concerns about overcrowded and rushed lunch breaks in a post on the neighborhood social media app Nextdoor.

Daniela Diaz, a substitute teacher and the parent of two Wharton High School students, created the post after her daughter returned home from school hungry. She told her mother that lunch was canceled after she stood in line for 30 minutes.

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📸 Photo Credit: Lee Alisha Williams