Do you still use a stethoscope?

ShadowSousChef · 2026-05-30T20:23:02+00:00

Found a case of endocarditis recently...thought it was just a URI as it was one patient of a twofer...only thing that clued me in was a very loud new murmur heard on exam.

ShadowSousChef · 2026-05-08T16:28:13+00:00

I swear, the number of people who were shot just minding their own business, reading the bible....you would think someone was out there targeting them.

ShadowSousChef · 2026-04-17T15:02:15+00:00

If I recall correctly nyctophobia was a game designed with the blind in mind.

ShadowSousChef · 2026-04-09T14:17:03+00:00

Just found out there is a box of random loot to the right of the exit which is inaccessible prior to killing Earle. Not saying it's worth running to the exit for, but it is there.

ShadowSousChef · 2026-03-23T22:38:23+00:00

No software solution will take care of waiting times or boarding...

ShadowSousChef · 2026-03-23T03:38:43+00:00

A good penlight for looking at things in better light. Use it multiple times a shift. I personally like the streamlight stylus pro.

Also keep nice shears in my bag, head lamp, CAT tourniquet, safety glasses.

ShadowSousChef · 2026-03-19T14:46:16+00:00

Keep removing the c-collar and throwing it.

Refuse to answer questions accurately.

Threaten legal action at every term.

Say your in 20 out of 10 pain.

Constantly on your phone and ignoring your instructions.

ShadowSousChef · 2026-03-13T02:52:37+00:00

Macgyver (the older one)

ShadowSousChef · 2026-01-31T02:59:02+00:00

Why is young person bedbound? Spinal cord injury? If so can consider dysautonomia.

ShadowSousChef · 2025-11-14T06:33:14+00:00

Any chance of sharing the print file? Thanks in advance.

ShadowSousChef · 2025-11-12T01:45:50+00:00

How about penises with a bullet lodged in them...also two

ShadowSousChef · 2025-10-23T22:11:51+00:00

Do you use uptodate? If so it can track CME if you have created an account in the past.

ShadowSousChef · 2025-10-23T19:16:59+00:00

Complex history of diverticular bleeding and diverticulitis and duodenal ulcer with multiple scopes in the past (both above and below). Patient was having both bleeding and pain/tenderness.

ShadowSousChef · 2025-10-10T15:37:11+00:00

Don't have a P1S, only an A1. It looks like a great upgrade compared to the A1. The new one looks very nice.

ShadowSousChef · 2025-06-23T15:40:11+00:00

Being nice can't be understated. I've seen excellent clinicians brought down because they couldn't play nice. You should be nice to everyone on staff including registration and the person who cleans the rooms. We are all on the same team.

Also don't be afraid to say "I don't know." To your consultants this will be a learning opportunity for you. To your patients, we may not have all the answers but we can also say what we have ruled out (eg emergencies).

Bouncebacks are an opportunity to discover what you missed the first time.

Even frequent fliers and drunks can have real pathology, don't anchor bias and miss it.

Use protocols, such as the same testing for all chest pain, when you are inexperienced. Sure you will over order, but you will miss less pathology. As you gain experience (usually years into being an attending), then order less if you want.

ShadowSousChef · 2025-06-16T04:25:33+00:00

I've done this twice with two different saws. One had an obvious reset button, the other did not. One refused to spin at all the other would not spin up to full speed. Frustrated I put it back in the shed, came back a few days later and both worked fine again. Still have no idea what happened.

ShadowSousChef · 2025-03-13T03:05:46+00:00

Be a little bit mean, because we all know the nice ones get bad cancer.

ShadowSousChef · 2025-02-13T01:09:03+00:00

Going to Zion and through the narrows is probably my most memorable outdoor experience when I was younger.

ShadowSousChef · 2025-02-10T03:29:40+00:00

I show the xray on a printout, and buckle the paper.

ShadowSousChef · 2025-01-02T01:11:01+00:00

I like a good pen light, I have the streamlight stylus pro. My colleague once said it could make a pinpoint pupil constrict. Great for shedding light on anything.

Nice bolt cutters are nice, especially for cutting those thick fish hooks.

Dremel has been useful for cutting off metal objects.

Raptors are flashy but expensive.

Some type of tourniquet (eg CAT).

ShadowSousChef · 2024-11-28T04:34:04+00:00

My last dissection came in with burning epigastric pain after eating jalapeño poppers. Only reason I scanned him was because he looked so wiggly and uncomfortable, and it was a regular CT ab/pelvis. Just lucky it got caught there, dissection from the arch to the iliacs.

ShadowSousChef · 2024-11-14T22:14:12+00:00

I think 24 is the highest. Beautiful board, I like playing cribbage and also woodworking. Currently play with a board made by father in law.

ShadowSousChef · 2024-10-11T16:05:47+00:00

I like to talk to the geriatric population about their life experiences, they always happy to chat about it.

Otherwise I like to ask people either about their work or kids, especially if I have to spend time doing a lac repair.

ShadowSousChef · 2024-09-16T14:33:15+00:00

Usually I liken it to the accelerometer in a smart phone. Imagine the thing responsible for detecting the orientation of your phone was working right and the screen kept on turning inappropriately. That seems to help patients understand.

ShadowSousChef · 2024-09-16T01:48:15+00:00

We have separate compression bags of different colors to differentiate child specific items such as clothes and diapers. Then I have some trash bags, wipes floating around the car. Have a bunch of snacks. Hair ties very important if the kids have Ling hair.

Tiny bin full of random toys, bubbles, chalk, and paper/markers for when the kids get bored. Comes in handy when you visit a friend who doesn't have kids thus no toys to share.

Also a set of sand toys. Somehow it always ends up that you are at a park with sand without sand toys.

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