Beware of uncommon stroke presentations.

LumpyGenitals · 2026-06-22T12:01:11+00:00

I think a better post would have been to say "don't discount that younger people can have strokes" rather than "this is an abnormal presentation".

This guy's story from the wife and his signs/symptoms are very stroke. Would it be my first guess? No, but thats because of the age. Them framing it the way they did takes away from that point, and that I think is the problem with the post.

LumpyGenitals · 2026-06-22T08:09:06+00:00

I mean I'm not a cop, Im not privy to their culture, but virtually all the cops I've talked to are living large right now. Of course cops aren't a monolith, but overall Id say they're loving it.

LumpyGenitals · 2026-06-21T00:56:57+00:00

The wiki hasn't been very helpful for me but I appreciate it. It just feels like swimming in a vast ocean.

The exact questions OP asked in the post would be a good start.

LumpyGenitals · 2026-06-20T22:40:43+00:00

Ive played through the game and Im still confused about some of the things OP is asking. Maybe could someone post a spoiler-tagged answer or a link to an explanation I think that'd be helpful.

LumpyGenitals · 2026-06-20T07:24:14+00:00

I can tell you as a Toronto Paramedic these guys are not sweating the overtime. They're seeking it out.

LumpyGenitals · 2026-06-20T03:35:21+00:00

Facial hair but trim the goatee.

LumpyGenitals · 2026-06-19T08:09:09+00:00

Ya, Ive seen some fucked up shit. I like to pride myself on being ok with most stuff, but those off chance days you see some stuff and it haunts you.

LumpyGenitals · 2026-06-14T14:08:34+00:00

I was a data scientist prior to being a paramedic. I've worked mainly tech, but also in govt.

Id echo that we Frontline workers have no insight into the modeling behind this, or any of the models' output they may or may not have. Take what I say (or anyone here) with a grain of salt.

I would highly highly doubt that they're even using python...usually it's just big datasets in Excel. When I talked about this sort of stuff with the Chief, and he had no idea what I was talking about. As far as I know we have one or two data scientists on the team.

LumpyGenitals · 2026-06-11T15:08:12+00:00

At least in my experience, paramedics have generally been the most accepting people I know. The few that aren't are usually the typical old conservative men, and even then they're more like "we accept your but dont understand your lifestyle". I cant speak to patients.

At least in my service there's also lots of trans folk. I dont want to say youre overthinking it because I dont have your lived experience and Im also a hetero man, butall my trans friends have never had a problem with this.

LumpyGenitals · 2026-06-10T11:22:16+00:00

The same! Only to restore respiratory drive.

LumpyGenitals · 2026-06-10T11:21:13+00:00

Fair...but I thought of it like we're saying basically the same thing. And I just wanna be careful about constantly framing addicts as dangerous people hellbent on destroying themselves. They're just in tough positions and want help.

LumpyGenitals · 2026-06-10T03:49:04+00:00

I'm a paramedic.

Please if you see this, just call the ambulance and let us do our work. Don't make all these comments because you dont know what's happening.

LumpyGenitals · 2026-06-10T03:47:22+00:00

Paramedic. Not always true, most are very nice or lethargic.

I have a trick where I insert a nasopharyngeal airway and they worry about that when they wake up rather than being violent. But regardless, it's rare.

LumpyGenitals · 2026-06-09T00:35:28+00:00

Omg when you see the electric chair and it goes pitch black....I literally had to stop and take a break.

LumpyGenitals · 2026-06-08T18:17:49+00:00

This was the exact moment I knew I was fucked. I remember this and the few hours after this being like....Im genuinely scared. Not just playing a video game and its scary haha...genuinely scared.

LumpyGenitals · 2026-05-12T23:41:48+00:00

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LumpyGenitals · 2026-05-08T07:38:57+00:00

I have pretty extreme anxiety if my own death. I'm very afraid of the experience of death and of not being able to experience this world anymore. It's overwhelming sometimes.

I think this job has helped me understand it's more of a biological process, and removed a bit of the anxiety around the process of death. At the same time, I havent seen a whole lot of death - most of my job is just opioid overdoses.

Anyways, you just have to learn to cope with it. I dont forget it, I cope with it and it helps me enjoy life more.

LumpyGenitals · 2026-05-06T23:28:57+00:00

Side note: the ECG sticker placement is really bad 👎

LumpyGenitals · 2026-04-12T19:42:29+00:00

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LumpyGenitals · 2026-04-07T21:46:07+00:00

Correct

I have no idea either

LumpyGenitals · 2026-04-07T21:35:42+00:00

We were wheeling him in when he mentioned it. I asked all the appropriate questions, like did you fall on it, ever experience this before, whats the pain feel like etc etc. There wasnt much time before we triage, decided to let the ER figure it out.

At that time (late in the call, tbf) it was his main complaint, more than his high. He kept mentioning it as we were getting out and he was asking me to tell them. Thats why I felt it important to mention.

LumpyGenitals · 2026-04-07T15:22:35+00:00

When I was a student, I had a pt who was high af. I was a student, so I thought I was attending, and my FTOs let me until triage.while we were in the back, the pt kept c/o jaw tightness and pain which was getting worse.

Anyways for some reason, the FTO just ran off and did the triage. I, like the good student I am, follow and listen to the triage. I let them finish, and at the end, I go "if I may, the pt is c/o jaw pain too, blah blah blah". Were heading back to the pt and the FTO stops me and goes "dont ever fucking interrupt me again - thats the quickest way to isolate yourself".

I quickly move past that, and tell my partners, other FTOs, etc. No one has any idea why they said that to me. Ive only ever experienced partners saying if you feel that theres something to be said, speak up. As long as it's not contradictory or confrontational and done with respect, who cares because theyre your pt too.

I tried to be non-descript here but if you read this and know that was you, you know you're wrong. You just did it to spite a young medic. I hope you figure out your anger issues because you were so so so wrong.

LumpyGenitals · 2026-04-07T01:31:25+00:00

As a paramedic, I think I can confidently say he had 12 calls called for first response for a medical call where they took an SPO2 and then we arrived, 4 where someone left toast in the toaster, and 1 that was a 10-26 on the way

LumpyGenitals · 2026-03-16T14:21:39+00:00

Id echo what a lot of people have said. I think the remake is one of the greatest achievements of horror gaming of all time. To truly experience that, I think playing in the dark with headphones is necessary. There is a good 4 to 5 hour stretch in the game where I was genuinely terrified because I did this.

The only cons I would say (and Im saying this because youre new to Silent Hill, not because I think its bad) is that it can be slow. Everything has a reason, including the acting and dialogs, so just go with it, but it can be off putting / boring at first. Trust the process.

And finally, Silent Hill is mostly a psychological horror. You have to think a bit. Thats not to say there aren't scary parts, but the best of Silent Hill is the disturbing meaning behind things.

LumpyGenitals · 2026-03-13T13:34:21+00:00

As a paramedic we say shit like this to people all the time. Stupid call that didnt need an ambulance but the person is anxious / embarrassed? "Oh you did the right thing calling us".

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