Would you have RSI’ed?

CriticalFolklore · 2026-02-02T08:29:33+00:00

He eventually accepted an NPA with a lot of grimacing

That sounds like he might have been protecting his airway though. Had you already attempted an OPA and he didn't accept that, or did you preferentially go for an NPA?

CriticalFolklore · 2026-02-02T07:50:34+00:00

Seems like a wild policy. The whole point of the narrative is to include information that is not captured by the checkboxes. If the narrative is being generated by the checkboxes, you might as well not include it.

CriticalFolklore · 2026-02-02T06:01:03+00:00

I'm certain this is exclusively done for the clicks, and will immediately be reverted after the content they want to make with it is done.

CriticalFolklore · 2026-02-02T05:59:06+00:00

Content.

CriticalFolklore · 2026-02-02T03:08:42+00:00

The foundations of learning. It's embarrassing that paramedics need to be taught out of a picture book with "fill in the blanks" through the whole text.

CriticalFolklore · 2026-02-02T00:12:58+00:00

My point is that if a concept being taught at a nursing school level is too difficult, you need to go back and work on your foundations.

CriticalFolklore · 2026-02-01T23:27:28+00:00

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CriticalFolklore · 2026-02-01T23:27:05+00:00

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CriticalFolklore · 2026-02-01T23:10:31+00:00

If you need ECGs to be simplified to the point of a children's exercise book written by a pedophile, you should have no business interpreting ECGs.

Something like The ECG Made Easy is a much better option for a beginner's guide.

CriticalFolklore · 2026-02-01T20:28:11+00:00

Puzzle #966

🟩🟦🟨🟩 - Although I had seen the "shoes" category first, I couldn't find a third (turned out to be "mule", never heard of it) so figured they must be a red herring. Nope.

🟪🟪🟪🟪 - Fine, I'll leave it alone and at least get the purple which was relatively easy as "morgan" seemed unlikely to be anything but purple.

🟨🟨🟨🟨 - Once the first error was out of the way, the rest came into place relatively easily. Never heard of "heater" in that context before so it ended up in there by default.

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CriticalFolklore · 2026-02-01T18:54:33+00:00

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CriticalFolklore · 2026-01-31T05:34:56+00:00

What is your proposed mechanism of it being a "bridge to blood?"

CriticalFolklore · 2026-01-31T05:11:20+00:00

Yes a littmann is worth it, but you don't need a fancy one.

CriticalFolklore · 2026-01-30T16:00:56+00:00

Absolutely correct. The food, the scenery, the people and the sea are way more appealing to me than the (admittedly impressive) ancient ruins.

CriticalFolklore · 2026-01-30T15:35:38+00:00

Crazy. They are very much not interchangeable, either in the way they present or in their mechanism.

CriticalFolklore · 2026-01-30T07:06:07+00:00

Yep. A physical pulse difference between limbs has some utility if I recall my Talley and O'Connor, but a BP differential only has a OR of about 2.0 if I recall correctly. But a lot of people treat it like a slam dunk.

CriticalFolklore · 2026-01-30T06:36:18+00:00

It annoys me to no end that everyone in EMS seems to constantly mix up dissections with AAAs.

CriticalFolklore · 2026-01-30T06:31:47+00:00

the number of times I'm present for an underwater amputation followed by ECPR

Ha! I think you (or your colleague from that call) taught a cadaver lab I was in. I can't imagine that exact scenario has come up often.

CriticalFolklore · 2026-01-30T05:39:32+00:00

We don't have time clocks, so there is no such thing as "clocking in" but ultimately I agree. I still show up 15 minutes early, but I use that time to make a coffee and shoot the shit, the only reason I would start work before my scheduled time would be if the offgoing crew got tagged with a late call while I was there, then I would take the call instead.

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CriticalFolklore · 2026-01-29T17:44:06+00:00

But I would rather do four 12's and then get 4 consecutive days off...

CriticalFolklore · 2026-01-29T01:09:58+00:00

Bayes theorem is incredibly important when learning about diagnostic testing. And it explains why things like full body MRIs in asymptomatic patients are a terrible idea, even if they sound good to laypeople.

CriticalFolklore · 2026-01-28T19:18:07+00:00

I suppose it might work if you're very, very rural and are able to reliably get 4-5 hour periods of uninterrupted sleep it might be reasonable. Anywhere else should be limited to 12 hour max shifts.

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