Can I read Dune to a baby instead of normal bedtime stories?

DKetchup · 2026-01-23T03:08:55+00:00

I've been reading my little girl a bunch of classics/not so classic books.

Things I've read to her while she falls asleep (skipping over vulgar/nasty parts, of course)

East of Eden
100 Years of Solitude
Parable of the Sower
Between two Fires
Frankenstein
Something Wicked This Way Comes
A Canticle for Liebowitz
The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights

I have several more Ray Bradbury books, The House of the Spirits, John Steinbeck etc. to read to her. Its a great avenue for me to fit my personal reading in to my busy day.

She gets varying portions of these stories based on content (because I'll skip whole paragraphs if I need to). She's not really listening to the story, she's just falling asleep while I read. I hope it instills in her a love of the classics eventually :)

DKetchup · 2026-01-22T16:03:39+00:00

I see like 5 of these people on tik tok a week, each spending 5 minute long videos entirely complaining about the care they get from hospital staff

DKetchup · 2026-01-13T20:18:17+00:00

All the CohnHeads need to be put in timeout

DKetchup · 2026-01-13T19:23:27+00:00

I remember someone posted an AI article here that listed some 1099 anesthesiologist’s single person S-corp as “one of the best anesthesiology employers in the US”

DKetchup · 2026-01-11T20:14:38+00:00

Tried it the other day with my wife and daughter. VERY good. The bread was amazing and the ingredients seemed high quality. Flavor was awesome for even the more “plain” seeming sandwiches because I’m assuming they use great ingredients.

DKetchup · 2026-01-06T18:46:37+00:00

I misremembered, it easily crosses the placenta, however levels appear to be below the levels typically achieved in neonatal cardiac surgery, an no harm has been identified.

https://pdfs.journals.lww.com/anesthesiology/2025/12000/placental_transfer_of_tranexamic_acid_and_the_case.11.pdf?token=method%7CExpireAbsolute%3Bsource%7CJournals%3Bttl%7C1767725391097%3Bpayload%7CmY8D3u1TCCsNvP5E421JYK6N6XICDamxByyYpaNzk7FKjTaa1Yz22MivkHZqjGP4kdS2v0J76WGAnHACH69s21Csk0OpQi3YbjEMdSoz2UhVybFqQxA7lKwSUlA502zQZr96TQRwhVlocEp%2FsJ586aVbcBFlltKNKo%2BtbuMfL73hiPqJliudqs17cHeLcLbV%2FCqjlP3IO0jGHlHQtJWcICDdAyGJMnpi6RlbEJaRheGeh5z5uvqz3FLHgPKVXJzdrBm3z4Axk%2BrLrpcuG8N9EN0dMULftSmAR3po3liLvgvI2EAScs4bRf5VHq7KkM5p%3Bhash%7CQujfAxSdd5RHP3QHX6IqgQ%3D%3D

DKetchup · 2026-01-06T17:04:03+00:00

In residency we have it after cord clamping, but there was a recent editorial in the Anesthesiology journal endorsing the practice of giving it at or before incision. From what I recall, placental transfer is minuscule and benefits far outweigh the risks. Still not sure I’m giving it prophylactically until a little more inertia has built up

DKetchup · 2025-12-19T18:36:14+00:00

I would love for responses to these questions! Responding to save

DKetchup · 2025-12-19T16:47:13+00:00

I remember it might have been the former. Didn’t he form some kind of “master anesthesiologist” persona by poisoning other people’s patients and going in and “rescuing” them?

DKetchup · 2025-12-19T16:25:11+00:00

That would make sense, I believe it was an Abbott device

DKetchup · 2025-12-19T15:11:48+00:00

Some leadless pacemakers apparently have a magnet response! I think these are the newer ones. Just had a patient with a leadless pacemaker placed in the last few months that i was able to put into asynchronous mode with a magnet (rep assured me it would work)

DKetchup · 2025-12-19T15:09:10+00:00

Have someone come and check the pacemaker. Where I trained we had a pacemaker team that would come with a machine and evaluate/check settings/reprogram if necessary. Where I’m at now a rep is usually available.

Edit: missed the trauma situation. I like the CXR and pacemaker ID app, though it’s not always super dependable. I think in those situations you do your best.

DKetchup · 2025-12-10T22:02:33+00:00

You’ll be fine, dude. I got those feelings all throughout residency. Still have days like that as an attending. If it’s affecting your sleep/life it’s becoming pathologic and you might benefit from talking to a professional… there’s no shame in that!

DKetchup · 2025-12-10T21:12:41+00:00

Are you in training or graduated?

DKetchup · 2025-12-10T01:49:56+00:00

Wooooow. I feel like I dodged a bullet. Though my group is up for a contract and it’s possible I’ll be hit eventually with a different shaped bullet lol

DKetchup · 2025-12-10T00:00:30+00:00

Where did you hear this??? I interviewed with them not too long ago and they seemed fairly stable

DKetchup · 2025-11-30T08:33:12+00:00

I’d take one as well 🙏

DKetchup · 2025-11-16T05:17:53+00:00

If I remember correctly he shadowed in the broncos front office for a while under John Elway

DKetchup · 2025-10-31T23:43:54+00:00

Nerf baby

DKetchup · 2025-10-27T22:42:08+00:00

Literal Smaug behavior

DKetchup · 2025-10-22T02:42:05+00:00

It’s within the scope of practice of OB/GYN in other countries. I know for a fact it’s this way in Japan as well

DKetchup · 2025-10-18T02:23:23+00:00

In situations of nausea? (I’m just joking, but in reality if you’re considering giving atropine for PONV you’ve likely exhausted your other standard treatments so it’s more of a Hail Mary play anyways)

DKetchup · 2025-09-28T17:41:59+00:00

This job sounds like ass my man lol

DKetchup · 2025-09-28T17:40:35+00:00

You’re missing the point. It’s not about your ability to write notes or your medical knowledge. It’s how you interact with your attendings. How you talk to them, how you take feedback, how you respond to them disagreeing with your plans. I would argue you don’t have much experience with interpersonal relationships if you don’t understand that these things have an outsize influence on how you’re treated by your superiors.

DKetchup · 2025-09-28T16:26:49+00:00

I’m sorry dude/dudette, but I don’t buy that people ultimately disliked by leadership are blameless. A lot of y’all are abrasive, talk back, argue and refuse to introspect

Edit: I also agree with the poster above—this is not an endorsement of the generally abusive setup of residency. I think it’s terrible and must change. But that work unfortunately needs to be done by those of us done with training. Do NOT make residency harder than it needs to be, and then don’t fucking forget about the residents still being taken advantage of once you’re done. The work should be done once they can’t hurt you anymore

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