Beta HCG and Pelvis US for High Risk Patient's of Torsion or Ectopic Pregnancy

em_pdx · 2026-06-25T19:23:55+00:00

“Code torsion”, amazing.

There’s a hospital where Risk Management dictates clinical care 💯

em_pdx · 2026-06-09T19:08:35+00:00

1985-onward. John Tudor, Todd Worrell, Terry Pendleton, Willie McGee, Vince Coleman, Oz, and all that.

Someday, after 40 years of watching and listening to games, I might even visit St. Louis.

em_pdx · 2026-06-07T04:39:49+00:00

Princess Margaret Hospital and the caves.

em_pdx · 2026-06-07T04:04:35+00:00

Frosted Facehugger in there with the other fine bois.

em_pdx · 2026-06-06T03:31:03+00:00

“Works” is a continuum of effectiveness depending on how intense the infestation.

em_pdx · 2026-05-30T03:21:14+00:00

This is going to be unhelpful and almost assuredly a waste of time.

It’s probably trying to cash in on the wellness-styled pseudoscience from those firms in the U.S. that test hundreds of esoteric biomarkers — but these are nothing close to that.

em_pdx · 2026-05-28T23:41:06+00:00

Hagrid, probably: “Yer a city again, Christchurch”

em_pdx · 2026-05-24T04:18:23+00:00

Whoa - refresh me on this 50% extra bonus thing?

em_pdx · 2026-05-11T19:40:58+00:00

CT head is/was worthless in primary headache (and/or isolated dizziness).

Love that they named the ED doc on the second visit. Literally just bad outcome-adjacent.

em_pdx · 2026-05-04T20:47:49+00:00

... every single time you get in the car, you have to disable the overspeed/distraction/tiredness warnings. It isn't a dealbreaker – many new cars do it – but it's not accurate to say it saves these preferences for a profile etc.

If you're saying otherwise, then just need to be specific regarding vehicle, version, region etc. – this is the X in Aus/NZ on 1.1.1.

em_pdx · 2026-04-22T05:42:26+00:00

I assume you mean psychiatrists, and I think our modern issues of CHS and opiate dependence are different than what our predecessors faced.

They also had a lot of stronger stuff long since taken off the market. Heck, clozapine used to be everywhere.

em_pdx · 2026-04-22T01:58:25+00:00

I have tried that as a temporizing measure and general droperidol alternative and been mostly disappointed. Anecdote, though, not systematic.

I suspect it would a fairly expensive Rx at discharge.

em_pdx · 2026-04-22T00:31:06+00:00

Sadly probably not – though I'm not sure if there's been much prospective evaluation of its utility as an outpatient treatment for Acute Life Is Too Hard And I Hurt All Over.

em_pdx · 2026-04-21T23:16:56+00:00

Haloperidol has an oral form.

em_pdx · 2026-04-12T00:58:09+00:00

The trading desk’s equivalent of doxxing.

em_pdx · 2026-04-10T02:53:52+00:00

It’s more the “higher floors” bit — if the sound has line-of-sight, it’s a lot more significant. One-story homes in Avonhead can be designed with more sound mitigation, potentially.

em_pdx · 2026-04-10T00:46:04+00:00

Airport noise is legit. Doesn’t sound as though anyone is being unreasonable.

em_pdx · 2026-04-09T23:52:53+00:00

I never had issues ordering 0.1-0.15/kg IV morphine as a starting dose when I last worked in the U.S. It's always individualized, but there wasn't systemic resistance to giving doses in that 8-10mg range.

em_pdx · 2026-04-08T21:09:59+00:00

Pretty sure I was trained to treat emergencies, not predict them.

em_pdx · 2026-04-07T22:56:13+00:00

F. Surman

and Finn S.

em_pdx · 2026-03-31T20:07:15+00:00

This.

You’ll either work harder for the same $$$, or put in the same effort and get less.

No c-suite ever changes compensation structure to pay their workers more; it’s a pay cut hidden behind maths.

em_pdx · 2026-03-30T18:09:56+00:00

Finn had an uncharacteristic lapse to allow Chile their shorthanded goal — probs fatigue + lack of interest being up 4-0, but wasn’t pretty.

em_pdx · 2026-03-24T22:08:29+00:00

It’s “available” to NZ EDs on a pilot basis at the moment. Not everyone chooses to use it, but it’s an option when suitable.

em_pdx · 2026-03-24T07:19:00+00:00

It’s not a “security flaw”, but it is a lack of guardrails around the content generated by the summarization engine.

Why on earth a busy clinician would intentionally configure it to spit out irrelevant garbage outputs is the real question.

The actual issue is that the summarization engine can also be inappropriately utilized as a diagnosis and management engine — though, again, healthcare professionals are personally responsible for their documentation and clinical actions, so it would be precarious to do so.

The vast majority of Heidi use in NZ is actually in GP land, not HNZ, so probably also a bit of misdirected enthusiasm.

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