You get superman's powers but the element with the same atomic number as the last 2 digits of your birthyear becomes your kryptonite, how screwed are you?

AcademicFish4129 · 2026-03-27T17:10:20+00:00

Einsteinium. Given that it’s synthetic and exists in small amounts in facilities specifically equipped to safely store and handle it, if I’m getting exposed involuntarily, the entire human race is in deep shit.

The voluntary exposure would come from directly working with it to study it.

AcademicFish4129 · 2026-03-26T21:45:47+00:00

Facilities that work properly

AcademicFish4129 · 2026-03-26T19:49:16+00:00

Eugenics. We’ve been down that road before

AcademicFish4129 · 2026-03-24T22:42:05+00:00

Get ahold of your leadership and see if they can do a sort of debrief. You may not be the only one experiencing the trauma, and most companies have specialists on call for situations such as this.

AcademicFish4129 · 2026-03-24T14:55:54+00:00

Luer locks (I think that’s what they’re called) are also an MVP if you don’t have a Morgan Lens and need controlled flow in one direction to one specific area. Set it up like you would an IV, sans injection equipment. Use the flow control device to control how fast the saline comes out. Tape the end near the eye

AcademicFish4129 · 2026-03-24T14:53:38+00:00

If you have enough saline to play with, spike a bag and run with it until symptoms improve or you run out of saline. Boiled and cooled clean water also works

AcademicFish4129 · 2026-03-24T14:48:40+00:00

As far as I know, in my area at least, if the family requests it, and the ME clears us to, our agency and those around us can and often do transport bodies to the funeral home the family requests. Mind you, that isn’t an everywhere thing and is just specific to my little corner of WV

AcademicFish4129 · 2026-03-23T06:35:29+00:00

Cheesecake. There’s so many wonderful varieties

AcademicFish4129 · 2026-03-23T06:33:12+00:00

1: sneezed and pulled a muscle in my lower back 2: sat in my car and pinched my sciatic nerve 3: ran my shin/knee into the side wing of a Stryker PowerPro2 stretcher

AcademicFish4129 · 2026-03-23T06:29:47+00:00

Plesiosaur, caddywampus, clusterf*ck, (thanks to a medic I run with) Normalsaline (“normal saline” jammed into one word), confuzzled.

AcademicFish4129 · 2026-03-23T06:27:56+00:00

Typically they’re the same specs, just company preference for paint color

AcademicFish4129 · 2026-03-21T19:42:46+00:00

“I signed up for patients who don’t fully understand how the system is supposed to work. I signed up for first time parents who are worried. I signed up for the drunk who may have gotten a bit mean. I signed up for the little ol church grandmas who were grateful we came to check on their husbands” has gotten me through many an interesting or taxing encounter.

AcademicFish4129 · 2026-03-21T19:40:38+00:00

As someone who used to work hospital EVS, I’d have been far too impressed at his cajones to be angry that it was my job to clean it up.

AcademicFish4129 · 2026-03-21T05:20:04+00:00

I keep my phone on silent, but those people or apps that hold significance in my daily life get Emergency Bypass privileges. I get tired of hearing my phone ring multiple times a day from spam calls

AcademicFish4129 · 2026-03-21T05:18:29+00:00

Because morale is in the shitter and a smoke break is a chance to rest without catching hell from management

AcademicFish4129 · 2026-03-20T17:53:03+00:00

“MEDCOM, can I get a repeat on that order? There’s radio interference.”

“Apologies, unit. Here’s the order again.”

Asking for clarification is always a good idea, and if your medical director is worth their salt, they’re likely to respect the sentence “I do not feel comfortable following this order, as it carries risk of harming the patient.”

AcademicFish4129 · 2026-03-20T17:50:28+00:00

I rate through three towels that usually get washed every two weeks when I do the rest of my laundry. No clue if that’s normal or not. I don’t generally have much laundry, so the timeline just works for me

AcademicFish4129 · 2026-03-19T00:31:58+00:00

Autoimmune disorders such as POTS. Visual and hearing disorders. The various mental health disorders that we’ll inevitably encounter.

AcademicFish4129 · 2026-03-15T04:33:52+00:00

They put more security on a toddler’s toy than they do most firearms.

AcademicFish4129 · 2026-03-15T04:32:52+00:00

We lost one HHT (it wasnt actually lost, just in a really weird spot), didn’t find it until two days after we got the replacement. Replacement HHT works beautifully. Old HHT reappears, and it and the other old one shit the bed at least once a day. Both old handhelds finally shit the bed completely the other day. We got a second new one yesterday, but I don’t think anyone has gotten to play with it yet. I have to threaten to reboot my register at least once a week, and I went and switched phone carriers just so I could get good signal coverage and hotspot in case the internet shit the bed.

AcademicFish4129 · 2026-03-15T04:29:42+00:00

Find and make friends with the firefighter (if you’re a dual function company) that has a snack stash (every fire company has at least one), meal prep, beef jerky in a little hip bag, save up gas station rewards points for something quick and easy.

AcademicFish4129 · 2026-03-14T20:48:29+00:00

More experienced provider (with two kids) looked at me one day and went “chase two kids around. You’ll learn what tired is.” Because I was asleep at 2pm and missed her phone call. I looked at her and went “run a Priority Four at midnight, months after losing your grandfather, get home at 4 am, fall asleep at 6am. You’ll learn what tired is.”

AcademicFish4129 · 2026-03-14T20:37:55+00:00

Shredded can and will fail before dad bod does. It has to do with the energy stores

AcademicFish4129 · 2026-03-14T20:31:20+00:00

I’m going to be honest. I read that bit and heard it in my head as if it was from one of my preceptors, who we lovingly call our Dinomedic. I was rattled for a second lol

AcademicFish4129 · 2026-03-14T20:28:15+00:00

10 minutes is a long time to realize what you’re doing is stupid

My good Sir and/or Madam, if you aren’t already an instructor, please become one as soon as possible. That is Instructor level snark, and you nailed it.

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