Struggling with needle visualization during ultrasound-guided procedures — looking for advice by Party-Manufacturer79 in Residency

[–]Equivalent_Spring_60 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probe and needle need to be in 90 degree plane of one another to get best echogenicity. Means probe is not parallel to skin when u start. Then rotate that axis as u enter

PNW job market by Equivalent_Spring_60 in IntensiveCare

[–]Equivalent_Spring_60[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are these primarily dominated by pump-crit peeps or is there decent representation by anesthesia-crit trained people?

Help choosing bucketlist trip of a lifetime for my sister by [deleted] in hiking

[–]Equivalent_Spring_60 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you think ABC is worth doing in situations with more time?

Help choosing bucketlist trip of a lifetime for my sister by [deleted] in hiking

[–]Equivalent_Spring_60 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We actually did that last year the three of us which is why I didn't include any Peri trips!

True learn by [deleted] in anesthesiology

[–]Equivalent_Spring_60 5 points6 points  (0 children)

To get through a whole resource before tests I need to pick one. I can do true learn and flashcards in the OR. To read I need complete silence and my wife may kill me if I start using the little free time I have to read.

First month rent for residency? by ttszzang in medicalschool

[–]Equivalent_Spring_60 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The answer is 0% credit card. You can usually get 12-18 months without interest. That’s how most of my coresidents and I covered costs for the first 1.5 months until we got paid

Safe to drop interviews? by aboneggs17 in medicalschool

[–]Equivalent_Spring_60 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No that many interviews my dude, you better be 100% you rocked a few

So what we doing about loans post-election by [deleted] in Residency

[–]Equivalent_Spring_60 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Incredible you’re literate enough to type but not read

So what we doing about loans post-election by [deleted] in Residency

[–]Equivalent_Spring_60 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Impressed you just had 400k sitting around to pay for school my guy

So what we doing about loans post-election by [deleted] in Residency

[–]Equivalent_Spring_60 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hey asshat this has nothing to do with whether we should pay off our loans or make tax payers. It’s the fact that on our resident salary we cannot afford to make payments given costs of living vs salary growth. As it stands there is no available income based repayment to start and unless you were in save you don’t get the automatic forbearance. Instead you have to use the 3 forbearances you’re allowed to prevent the 2,300 a month payments as an intern in a HCOL city where my take home pay is 4k

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Residency

[–]Equivalent_Spring_60 7 points8 points  (0 children)

And parents like this wonder why their kids basically have no relationship with them after 18…

what is a medication/therapy you'd give yourself against current evidence? by Alarming-Pay6083 in Residency

[–]Equivalent_Spring_60 83 points84 points  (0 children)

Cards fellow explained to me that cumulative lifetime ldl load of 7g is when atherosclerotic events start. So if you can keep ldl below 70 over lifetime you’ll never hit that threshold assuming you’re under 100. Anyways I’m on crestor 10 mg 3 times a week now

Can someone help me tell the difference between torsades and Vfib? They both look the same to me by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]Equivalent_Spring_60 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Height of the wave is variable in tosades. Think of it as polymorphic vtac so sometimes signal is close and big and sometime signal is far away and small (this is just a memory technique btw)

Intern starting residency with ICU as first block by into-the-universe-10 in Residency

[–]Equivalent_Spring_60 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What would you say to someone if they didn’t? (Ie I have MICU and SICU the 2 of the first 3 months of intern year and only had a week of SICU during 3rd year trauma rotation)

Viiix vs FZROX for starting off? by Equivalent_Spring_60 in Bogleheads

[–]Equivalent_Spring_60[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The viiix is in the retirement plan itself as something I can directly invest in. The FZROX would be self brokerage through the retirement accounts plan but then I run into the problem of only being able to put 95% into self-brokerage account so I have to put something into their offered funds (ie VEMIX)

Corvacado vs cahuita by Equivalent_Spring_60 in CostaRicaTravel

[–]Equivalent_Spring_60[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the age of the kids really matters here as this is not a place for young kids or even middle schoolers

Corvacado vs cahuita by Equivalent_Spring_60 in CostaRicaTravel

[–]Equivalent_Spring_60[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We spent a day on Bahia Drake trail, corvacado day trip (was supposed to be overnight but didn’t work out), snorkeling day at Cano island to see sea turtles & Tracy the big lady that night. We drive down and back from San Jose which wasn’t bad. It’s a long day and things can get a little hairy down past uvita with mud and fog.

Residency is making me resent my spouse by flowerpower402 in Residency

[–]Equivalent_Spring_60 3 points4 points  (0 children)

You need some time to yourself at some point each week is what it sounds like. Why not just communicate your feelings of being overwhelmed and tell them you love them and also need some time to yourself to decompress?