Patient

A patient is any recipient of health care services. The patient is most often ill or injured and in need of treatment by a physiotherapist, physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, psychologist, podiatrist, veterinarian, or other health care provider.

Etymology

The word patient originally meant 'one who suffers'. This English noun comes from the Latin word patiens, the present participle of the deponent verb, patior, meaning 'I am suffering,' and akin to the Greek verb πάσχειν (= paskhein, to suffer) and its cognate noun πάθος (= pathos).

Outpatients and inpatients

An outpatient (or out-patient) is a patient who is hospitalized for less than 24 hours. Treatment provided in this fashion is called ambulatory care. Sometimes surgery is performed without the need for a formal hospital admission or an overnight stay. This is called outpatient surgery. Outpatient surgery has many benefits, including reducing the amount of medication prescribed and using the physician's or surgeon's time more efficiently. More procedures are now being performed in a surgeon's office, termed office-based surgery, rather than in a hospital-based operating room. Outpatient surgery is suited best for healthy patients undergoing minor or intermediate procedures (limited urologic, ophthalmologic, or ear, nose, and throat procedures and procedures involving the extremities).

Patient 17

Patient 17 is a British independent feature film directed by Tuyet Le.

Synopsis

The film is a supernatural thriller about two medical interns, Sam and Gaby, who investigate a patient brought to hospital. When they search into her past, they discover disturbing events that put their lives in danger. At first rivals, they finally team up to uncover the secret of Patient 17.

Cast

Hannah Waterman, Cornelius Macarthy, Jonathan Linsley, Saul Reichlin, Christopher Dunne, Matthew Chambers, David Andrews

Michael Budd was originally placed on standby for lead which eventually went to Cornelius Macarthy, Michael was then cast as a mystery man but did not feature in the final cut due to budget constraints.

Crew

Tuyet Le … director | Monika Kocian … producer | Antony Shearn … cinematographer | Colin Campbell … editor | Jasdip Sagar … editor | Nina Wilson … editor | Lennert Busch … main theme composer | Andrew Smith … score composer | Saba Chai … production designer | Riffat Ahmed … art director | Chai Chitt Fatt … art director | Enda Kenny … costumes | Natasha Huang ... special makeup effects artist | Mauricio d'Orey ... supervising sound editor

Angels (Within Temptation song)

"Angels" is a song by Dutch band Within Temptation from their third studio album, The Silent Force. It was released as the third single from the album on 13 June 2005, also accompanying a music video. The video earned the band a Golden God Award on the following year.

Track listing

Music video

The video is shot in a desert in Spain. It tells the story of a group of vigilante angels who make it their mission to wipe out evil. Sharon den Adel is a woman who has been seemingly abandoned on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere. She accepts a lift from a priest, who takes her back to his home. The priest is in fact a demonic serial killer, who adopts different disguises to get to his victims. All of these disguises are trustworthy people, like a doctor, a police officer, a clown, judge, or a priest. As Sharon stumbles upon a board full of newspaper clippings in the killers home, which are about his previous victims, he seemingly overpowers her with chloroform. He takes a tied up Sharon to the middle of the desert to bury her alive. However, Sharon immediately awakens as the other angels approach (the other band members) and is revealed to also be one of the angels, who was left at the side of the road as bait for the serial killer, during which time the rest of the vigilantes appear and the killer is confronted with the spirits of his victims, who destroy him. The vigilantes then move onto their next target.

Angels (nightclub)

Angels was a nightclub and music venue in Burnley, England. It became most famous during the early 1990s with the rise of the house music scene, drawing visitors from across the United Kingdom. It occupied part of a multi-storey car park on Curzon St, currently the site of another car park and Wilko store.

Carl Cox, Paul Oakenfold, Pete Tong, Sasha, Judge Jules, all regularly DJ'd, and there were also memorable appearances from Boy George and Nigel Benn. Anne Savage had her first UK residency at Angels, under her contemporary pseudonym 'DJ Fresh'.

DJ Paul Taylor also held a residency at the club, throughout the 1990s, and originated his "Retro" club night there.

History

June 1974 saw the official opening of Angels by TV's Pan's People and the Mayor of Burnley. In 1992 the first episode of the long-running late-night dance music show BPM featured footage from Angels with Dave Seaman DJing. Footage of the event can be found on YouTube. When Pete Waterman visited Angels in 1994, to scout for his TV show The Hit Man and Her, he received so much hassle from the clubgoers that he changed his mind.

Angels (Marvel Comics)

An angel is a fictional entity within the Marvel Comics universe, based on the angels of the Abrahamic faiths. Their first Marvel Comics appearance was Marvel Tales #133. In the religious text of Christianity, Judaism, Islam and Zoroastriansim, angels are believed to be guardians of mankind and messengers of God; indeed, "angels" originates from the Greek word for messenger. In Hebrew they are mal'ach, (again messenger), Abbir (mighty) or Elohim (Godly beings).

Powers and abilities

The abilities and physical features of angels are widely varied and many seem able to alter their appearance at will, but most favor beautiful humanoid forms with large, birdlike wings growing from their backs. They are immortal and do not age. Most angels seem to have varying degrees of superhuman strength, and they often can fire bolts of heavenly fire from their hands or summon burning swords at will. They can make themselves invisible to humans, although rare sensitives may still see them. Many angels can generate illusions and compel humans to obey their will, and some can resurrect the dead by sharing their own divine essence with the deceased. When slain, the Grigori angels spontaneously combusted; whether other angels would likewise is uncertain.