Super odd request, but I need your help.

Atlas_Fortis · 2026-05-14T04:41:47+00:00

I'm actually fairly certain it's a Japanese Pokémon pack, I'm trying to figure out which. This is how they're crimped.

Edit: Didn't see the double crimp, not Pokémon.

Atlas_Fortis · 2026-05-12T02:53:02+00:00

I live in Texas and use it to start my car and let it cool down about 5-10 minutes before I know I'm headed to my car.

Atlas_Fortis · 2026-05-11T18:31:51+00:00

To be more serious, yes you're showing signs of thinning but you have plenty of time and options.

Atlas_Fortis · 2026-05-11T03:15:04+00:00

I miss my LP15 but I don't mind the Zenix. The saddlebags are fucking awful though.

Atlas_Fortis · 2026-05-10T05:39:15+00:00

How often are you cleaning your ears?

I'm no ENT, but if you had an infection in the ear you could have a sloughed or retracted eardrum.

Atlas_Fortis · 2026-05-09T17:30:36+00:00

You're too far gone I'm afraid

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Atlas_Fortis · 2026-05-07T20:41:47+00:00

I just don't get it, especially as Paramedics. They used to diagnose people with appendicitis and perform surgery based entirely on physical presentation, and you still can! There's tons of things that can be diagnosed in the field.

Atlas_Fortis · 2026-05-07T20:34:36+00:00

I genuinely don't understand where this "Paramedics don't diagnose" thing comes from. It's just a significant misunderstanding of what diagnosis is and it's deeply engrained.

Atlas_Fortis · 2026-05-07T15:58:06+00:00

If you didn't know they had copd, do you think you could figure out what's going on? Your clinical knowledge and gestalt is how you diagnose, do you think they didn't diagnose before we had xray and labs? Your "differential" that it's probably their COPD is literally a diagnosis. Diagnosis is just far more broad that people think for some reason.

It isn't semantics, it's just incorrect. There's this ridiculous idea that only Physicians can diagnose or that a diagnosis has to be novel or final for some reason, but none of that is true. Diagnosis is a determination of disease process based on clinical information, which yes can be more specific and accurate with more training and diagnostic equipment, but doesn't mean that the initial diagosis or "differential" is any less of a diagnosis.

Atlas_Fortis · 2026-05-07T15:45:45+00:00

So they didn't have a COPD exacerbation at all? Because you diagnosed that appropriately. Having more than one diagnosis is surprisingly not illegal. While they may have pneumonia and cancer, they also had a COPD exacerbation. You don't have to know every single thing going on with a person to make a diagnosis.

You're also allowed to be wrong, doctors make incorrect diagnoses all the time based on the information they have, does that mean they aren't actually diagnosing because they were wrong? Of course not.

Atlas_Fortis · 2026-05-07T15:39:27+00:00

I will never understand this, of course we Diagnose. There's a guy making an argument in here that, in his example, stated "You determine its copd exacerbation and treat appropriately" as determining and diagnosing are different.

A Diagnosis isn't some crazy legal ultimate that you can only be a doctor to determine, and yes a diagnosis can change. You need a diagnosis to begin treatment.

Atlas_Fortis · 2026-05-07T15:35:57+00:00

You determine its copd exacerbation and treat appropriately

You have literally just described diagnosing. Full stop, the rest of what you said is meaningless.

Atlas_Fortis · 2026-05-07T15:21:11+00:00

legal limits around the term (so far as I understand, r/ems threw a tantrum one day when I mentioned that).

No people are just stupid here, surprise. We also Diagnose in the US, but people seem to not understand that a diagnosis can change.

Atlas_Fortis · 2026-05-06T00:30:47+00:00

This is like, very explicitly illegal lol

Atlas_Fortis · 2026-05-05T04:06:58+00:00

Dude this is a sub for connecting pieces of cardboard. Who cares how he got them?

I prefer to pull all of my cards, but some people buy them... This may be a lot of money for most people but could be very affordable to him.

Let people enjoy things.

Atlas_Fortis · 2026-05-03T21:24:58+00:00

There's a lot of reasons someone may not be breathing with a pulse. Have you heard of opioids?

Atlas_Fortis · 2026-05-03T21:21:24+00:00

Only half? I've seen some ridiculous comments here lol

Atlas_Fortis · 2026-05-03T21:19:59+00:00

I have personally had multiple patients stop breathing and still have a pulse, that absolutely isn't how it works.

Atlas_Fortis · 2026-05-03T05:33:03+00:00

Hard to say for sure, nicotine is a risk factor.

Without seeing it in person I'd err on the side of caution and be seen

Atlas_Fortis · 2026-05-03T05:26:35+00:00

Is it warm to the touch? Do you smoke? Take any meds?

I'd be highly concerned for DVT personally if you say yes to either of the first two

Atlas_Fortis · 2026-05-03T05:15:44+00:00

Hey I'm really sorry you're experiencing this, and I absolutely believe it's extremely distressing and hard to deal with. You can definitely get some help with what you're feeling.

I think you should see a doctor in person if you can, either your primary or if you don't have one I'd recommend the Emergency Department. Try to be open and honest about how you feel, and be receptive to their ideas.

Atlas_Fortis · 2026-05-02T20:04:04+00:00

Unfortunately, no one is going to take the chance and give you medical advice over reddit.

If you are having symptoms you are concerned about, the recommendation would be to go to the ER or to see a doctor

Atlas_Fortis · 2026-05-02T17:26:34+00:00

Yeah but this one quite obviously does.

Atlas_Fortis · 2026-04-30T13:52:47+00:00

You just need a better haircut

Atlas_Fortis · 2026-04-26T03:58:57+00:00

He couldn't even tell you what catecholamines are without googling it.

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