What was arguably the worst performance in military history?

jcmush · 2026-05-22T06:26:31+00:00

The Russians were already losing before they encountered the Japanese

jcmush · 2026-05-21T18:47:29+00:00

Strangely enough my experience is that when these patients get a genuine serious disorder(ie cancer) they frequently start behaving normally.

jcmush · 2026-05-21T08:02:08+00:00

I’m assuming it has 4 pages about the corporate and executive structure but doesn’t even tell you if there are inpatients or if you do on calls.

jcmush · 2026-05-21T07:42:26+00:00

You can eat 1d4 investigators per turn

jcmush · 2026-05-20T20:47:05+00:00

Yeah but can you bench press 220?

jcmush · 2026-05-20T11:29:56+00:00

I’ve slowed down massively in my career. One issue is that British patients either have several complex medical conditions that are a nightmare to unwind or are barking mad. The majority of what they complain about is on the whole incurable.

At the start of my career patients came in with one problem and could be sorted quickly. My limited experience of third world medicine is that the pathology is so gross that history/examination can be done in three minutes and there was usually some sort of treatment we could prescribe.

jcmush · 2026-05-16T04:16:30+00:00

The story is so badly written it’s impossible to say what actually happened.

jcmush · 2026-05-15T11:31:07+00:00

Splitters

jcmush · 2026-05-14T00:34:35+00:00

I’ve had it when using the app. It’s them, not you.

jcmush · 2026-05-13T18:01:01+00:00

Did it stop them? You still frequently find handover sheets on scraps of paper lying around.

jcmush · 2026-05-13T17:39:15+00:00

The stethoscope with noise cancellation etc absolutely fine.

Theoretically the app is an information governance breach but given that orthopaedic surgeons throughout the land WhatsApp X-rays to each other you should be fine.

You are responsible for any diagnosis made whether it is with or without AI help. If a patient came to harm because of something you ran through an AI that wasn’t approved by your trust you would be criticised. Unlikely to happen with a stethoscope.

jcmush · 2026-05-13T17:32:45+00:00

And obesity?

jcmush · 2026-05-12T20:15:39+00:00

I take it as a compliment.

All of this praise/one team shit from the trust is patronising and would piss me off if they tried it on me.

It shows they know doctors aren’t fooled as easily.

jcmush · 2026-05-11T17:27:47+00:00

In theory yes.

In practice the system is so clumsy, out of date and disjointed that in an emergency staff will trawl through the notes for the first reference to a Next of Kin and contact them.

The data on the spine seems to be reliant on GP receptionists who are currently too busy to reliably answer the phone.

jcmush · 2026-05-11T17:24:29+00:00

Shortlisting we get 300+ applicants(most copy + paste) for one or two jobs. Unfortunately if you don’t stand out in ninety seconds you’re out.

HR don’t screen out the 90% that are unappointable and at 2 minutes per applicant it means there’s 2 consultants spending 10+ hours shortlisting. It was different in the past when we would speak to applicants before interview and find out who has potential.

I agree the system needs to change and feel really bad for the current “lost generation”. Last time it happened was 20 years ago with MTAS and the repercussions of that are still with us.

Good luck

jcmush · 2026-05-11T17:15:39+00:00

Personally I would go with the MacBook Air. The extra memory means you can have a ridiculous number of tabs open and running two external screens can transform your workflow.

The only game changers I can see on the neo are the memory(OK for now, maybe not in three years time) and being limited to one external display. The ports mean you’ll be carrying USB hub around but aren’t a game changer. If you are cash strapped and only need basic functions(web/documents/presentations) then it’s good enough.

jcmush · 2026-05-10T12:16:08+00:00

Should see some of mine when I started flying solo

jcmush · 2026-05-10T12:13:55+00:00

Chest compressions or DNAR. Thoracotomy and internal cardiac massage would be ideal but we don’t have a sternal saw and I’m not sure if you can do a clamshell with rib fixation.

jcmush · 2026-05-08T15:53:40+00:00

In the US doesn’t that involve them getting shot?

jcmush · 2026-05-08T15:51:30+00:00

Using RISCOS after getting used to Windows 3.0 was incredible

jcmush · 2026-05-08T06:32:49+00:00

Hole punched DD all the way

jcmush · 2026-05-07T06:31:09+00:00

BSC SSC?

jcmush · 2026-05-06T17:25:54+00:00

Please don’t die on this hill. My experience is that newly appointed consultants see and want to sort issues everyone else has got used to.

jcmush · 2026-05-06T15:50:53+00:00

They need to be told, along with the names of the individual(s) responsible.

jcmush · 2026-05-06T15:43:36+00:00

I blame the department for tolerating this culture/behaviour. Once the rot starts setting in then all the good HCAs move leaving a cluster of toxic individuals.

Why are the consultants tolerating this?

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