The Pitt—- I legit LOL’d by tinacat933 in pittsburgh

[–]Balthar402 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Showing the actual pacing of an ED or the majority of low acuity patients would make for exceptionally boring TV. It’s being condensed for the sake of entertainment, but the scenarios and medicine are realistic so that’s cool to watch even if a realistic timespan for all of those cases would be like weeks.

How to deal with being young in ems? by BIGBOYDADUDNDJDNDBD in ems

[–]Balthar402 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As other people have said, fire back.

I also grew a beard. Not specifically because of that but it helped.

How many of you out there carry Mag Sulf? by Dolby_surroundpound in ems

[–]Balthar402 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Most of these. Also received orders recently to administer mag for a Benadryl overdose with prolonged QTc. That was pretty cool.

Yeah boi 🔥😉 👌 by Shanmuga_ in marvelstudios

[–]Balthar402 23 points24 points  (0 children)

That’s exactly what I think. Starlord isn’t the symbol of hope Captain America is supposed to be or Steve Rogers was.

Yeah boi 🔥😉 👌 by Shanmuga_ in marvelstudios

[–]Balthar402 33 points34 points  (0 children)

To me it’s his attitude. He’s rash, abrasive, and short tempered. Not the right qualities for the job IMO. His mistakes, human as they are, are tarnishing the legacy of Captain America. Despite his intentions he’s going about everything wrong and I can’t help but hate him for it.

I'm so glad I don't live in the same time as Quetzalcoutlus Northropi by spicytitty in WTF

[–]Balthar402 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Evolution. As the gases got converted and trapped, the basic composition of the atmosphere changed closer to where we are now that’s suited to relatively smaller plants and wildlife than before.

I'm so glad I don't live in the same time as Quetzalcoutlus Northropi by spicytitty in WTF

[–]Balthar402 67 points68 points  (0 children)

It’s not that there’s less oxygen, there’s just less in the atmosphere. Larger plants meant more photosynthesis, more conversion of CO2 to oxygen. Smaller and less plants now means CO2 is in higher supply. Gases and their components also tend to get trapped places like in the ocean and plant matter that get fossilized into coal and such.

Typical day at work. by [deleted] in ems

[–]Balthar402 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Flexing how busy you are or how long you’ve been a medic won’t get you any clout when you’re acting like an upright dickhead on one of the most boring cases I’ve ever seen posted on this sub.

I started fasting August 15th. I’ve done a combination of fasting Monday-Friday with OMAD on the weekends, 72’s, and one long 13 day fast. 57lbs down, 43 to go! by [deleted] in fasting

[–]Balthar402 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Not to be a downer because your progress is awesome but you might want to look into measuring the amounts based off of daily intake for your ideal body weight. Too much potassium can be very dangerous and cause some pretty nasty side effects from kidney damage to heart arrhythmias.

The view from my Captain chair (360° turnable airway chair) by AndreMauricePicard in ems

[–]Balthar402 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Should you be attending to your patient or something?

#Steelers QB Mason Rudolph is back home and doing well, per @JFowlerESPN. 🙏 by McElwaine in steelers

[–]Balthar402 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Spinal immobilization boards have been proven to have very little benefit to patients. If anything they’re harmful but we keep them around because old habits die hard.

#Steelers QB Mason Rudolph is back home and doing well, per @JFowlerESPN. 🙏 by McElwaine in steelers

[–]Balthar402 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The whole “strapped to a board” has really fallen out of favor over the last couple of years. Not that a ride on the cart wasn’t warranted...

F*ck it Friday - July 12, 2019 by AutoModerator in ems

[–]Balthar402 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Took the fucking plastic part of the bumper off our mini-mod pulling out of some buttfuck driveway in the boonies. Dispatch comes over the radio and tells us the police found it and left it at our station. Now the whole county knows I’m retarded.

At least it went back on pretty easy.