âBeing hospitalized can be a scary time for people, and they may not always understand whatâs going on,â says William Atchley, a hospitalist in Norfolk, Virginia. Hospitalists aim to reduce the confusion of a hospital stay and guide patients through their treatment. Although they are physicians, hospitalists donât have an office practice. Instead, they serve as the single point of contact for a patient moving through the hospital, from admittance to dischargeâand beyond. What they do
The mid ocean ridge systems are the largest geological features on the planet. The Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR) is a mostly underwater mountain range in the Atlantic Ocean that runs from 87Â°N-about 333km south of the North Pole-to subantarctic Bourvet island at 54Â°S.ost of the ridge system is under water but forms land as a set of volcanic islands of varying size that run the length of the Atlantic Ocean. These islands are: 1  Jan Mayen (Norway). 2  Iceland. 3  Azores (Portugal). 4  St Paulâs rock (Brazil). 5  Ascension Island (UK).
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge includes a deep rift valley that runs along the axis of the ridge along nearly its entire length. This rift marks the actual boundary between adjacent tectonic plates, where magma from the mantle reaches the seafloor, erupting as lava and producing new crustal material for the plates.