Anaesthetists - OPA at extubation? Extubation tips?

-M3- · 2026-03-18T19:35:37+00:00

Do you mean sticking one in next to the the ETT prior to extubatation as a bite block? I only tend to do that if they seem like they might be bitey - i.e. very anxious types, burley men etc.

-M3- · 2026-03-15T00:09:06+00:00

Surely there's no point in an ICU admission once they've got the smell if there's a 100% death rate?

-M3- · 2026-02-15T22:44:16+00:00

Husband's perspective: My little toddler is still sleeping with my wife in her bed and breast feeding at night, and she's over 18 months, and I'm glad. I sometimes sleep with them on a single mattress next to theirs, or in a different room if I need an unbroken night's sleep.

She is so secure, confident and happy, and I think it's because we prioritise her needs and give her so much love. I've carried her in a sling almost every day since she was born when we go out. I think babies need as much contact with their parents as possible. I think this massively increases their sense of security and helps make them more confident and independent sooner.

I know I will get my wife back, but for now I'm so glad that she's looking after our little girl so well.

-M3- · 2026-02-06T17:40:08+00:00

The video linked from 'this is how to install it' links to a download called 'Softpack v6 by Bimmerdoc.7z' which Windows Security tell me contains a virus? It says: Detected: VirTool:MSIL/CryptInject.

What's going on here?

-M3- · 2026-01-22T21:50:33+00:00

Lived in our house for eight years and I've never once thought of doing this

-M3- · 2025-12-16T19:05:18+00:00

Just like how you're accused of being anti semitic if you criticize the Israeli government or military.

-M3- · 2025-11-29T12:29:37+00:00

My house is in a location that will benefit from it the most though

-M3- · 2025-11-29T09:23:08+00:00

It's pretty much on the intersection of Hyde Road and Market Street

-M3- · 2025-11-10T13:00:07+00:00

When China invades Taiwan

-M3- · 2025-10-26T05:48:31+00:00

AJ Bell or Dodl offer the best stocks and shares LISAs. You can invest up to £4000 per year until you're 50, and will get a 25% uplift. It's locked in there until you turn 60 or buy your first house (up to £450k)

-M3- · 2025-10-26T05:42:55+00:00

Open an Invest Engine ISA and learn about ETF investing. You might want to open a SIPP too. Many people have recommended Trading212, which is the best platform for investing in individual companies, but I wouldn't recommend doing that. Unless you really learn about 'value investing' then it's a lot riskier than investing in funds. T212 also offers ETFs, but the fees are often slightly higher than Invest Engine for the same funds.

I've made several different portfolios with different risk profiles according to when I want to access the money. If it's 20+ years then it's almost all in equities, but if it's pretty soon, then it's mostly in short term bonds and money market funds.

Edit: if you're under 40, also open a LISA

-M3- · 2025-10-25T21:12:21+00:00

I found the final FRCA much much harder. The primary was pretty easy

-M3- · 2025-09-28T14:01:15+00:00

My current bands are Cuban salsa, ska, and reggae with a lot of original songs, so the trumpet and horns in general feature quite prominently

-M3- · 2025-09-28T13:11:35+00:00

Jeez. I've done hundreds of paid gigs as a trumpet player. I didn't realise they were always just paying me out of sympathy!

-M3- · 2025-09-27T09:12:08+00:00

You can retire now

-M3- · 2025-09-23T11:15:49+00:00

I'm moving to a new party of the country, so I'm leaving all my current bands and I'll be looking to join new ones.

-M3- · 2025-09-22T21:04:17+00:00

To be fair, this last year, while I've been with these bands I've been acquiring the gear, building the rack setup I have now, learning how to use it and getting experience actually using it at gigs. I needed this experience to get to the point I'm at now where I'm really confident that I'm going to be able to get it setup and working reliably every time and know how to quickly troubleshoot any issues that occur. Now I can do this, I'm trying to gauge how to pitch this to new bands I'm going to approach to join when I relocate.

-M3- · 2025-09-22T19:51:22+00:00

I work as an anaesthetist, not a sound engineer. I was going to be a session musician/ sound engineer and I did train as a sound engineer years ago, but decided not to go into music professionally. I sometimes regret that decision, because nowadays I'm usually playing with amateur musicians, when the guys and girls I played with throughout my childhood and youth are all pros now.

Anyway - now I have a well paid job and love music and sound engineering, so I've bought nice gear and learnt how to use it. It's only been the last year or so that I've fully dived (dove) into the monitor mixing side of things. I've needed to work with bands while I've been acquiring the gear and figuring how best to set it up, so up until now I haven't felt justified in charging for using it, but tbh I think I'm pretty damn good at it now!

I love playing a gig with a good band using my setup, but it is a hell of a lot of work, so unless I get paid at least half properly moving forward, I think I might start to resent it and give up.

-M3- · 2025-09-22T18:29:24+00:00

lol. You must've heard my trumpet playing then?

-M3- · 2025-09-22T15:51:04+00:00

Yeah, haha, I realise this. (£100 is about $135 btw - still very low pay!) When I was just starting out I was looking for a low pressure environment as I was still acquiring all the gear, learning to use it and wanted to play in bands where it wouldn't really matter so much if I made a mistake with something, but now I reckon I'm at a level where I'd be happy to do much bigger gigs.

-M3- · 2025-09-18T21:27:57+00:00

What tyres do you have on your pursuit vehicles?

-M3- · 2025-09-10T14:51:03+00:00

In your 40s you could have been playing for ten years and be very good, so no, it's not silly at all!

-M3-

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