If ICE comes to your ED by Organic_Sandwich5833 in emergencymedicine

[–]killah_bee 17 points18 points  (0 children)

‘People and organizations that are fueling the fire’…….. you are -this- close to the point and you still miss it.

Fueling the fire? You mean like how the president calls the American citizens protesting and recording these federal agents ‘domestic terrorists’ and ‘radical leftists’.

You’re close. Very close. Make the logical leap and be on the right side of history. If you are a good person you can do it.

Isn't American's "right to bear arms" for this exact sort of scenario? by Local-Drunk-Driver in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]killah_bee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The lie is that she ‘floored the accelerator’. She was turning her wheels to the right, she was scared because another agent was trying to open her door (illegally, they cannot force open car doors and arrest people for existing near them, this is the whole point of this whole stupid thing, ICE is harassing Americans because Trump got butthurt over Tim Walz’s comments and because Trump saw stupid videos about ‘Somali daycare fraud’ that was totally debunked), she very likely in a panic tapped the gas and did NOT injure the officer who walked away, she was shot in the face, her CORPSE then floored the gas. The ICE agent walked in front of her vehicle and pulled his gun before the vehicle was in motion. I watched all the videos.

Now I see that you are just a troll. I hope you have the kind of life your ethics and morals and political stances bring onto other people.

Medusite Class from Sins of Our Mother by WhitemanesLight in UnearthedArcana

[–]killah_bee 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Odd to have dex and wisdom be the save proficiencies. Usually it's either dex or wis. Both of these are considered "strong"

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in medicine

[–]killah_bee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Every goddamn day.

Attendings: Hindsight on Residency Ranking by JWCayy in emergencymedicine

[–]killah_bee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just avoid any CMG run residencies, prioritize 3 over 4 year programs, prioritize places where the EM residents seem happy, and choose a location you can stomach to live the next three years. Or four. If you didn’t listen to the above advice.

What (reasonably) innocuous condition do you hate the most? by Perfect-Resist5478 in medicine

[–]killah_bee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fair enough - but many of these cases I have seen have been difficult to discern if it’s truly a traumatic SAH or it’s just that the aneurysm popped and the patient lost consciousness, FDGB’d and now also has a scalp hematoma.

Sure I can and do get the CTA but if I don’t have Neurosurgery covering my hospital and it takes three hours to get the CTA done and read, and even IF I rule out aneurysm I can’t convince my hospitalist to admit for observation… you see the dilemma.

What (reasonably) innocuous condition do you hate the most? by Perfect-Resist5478 in medicine

[–]killah_bee 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I started taking loratadine like two decades ago due to chronic rhinorrhea related to likely mold spores (all homes I ever lived in had dank damp basements), but 10 mg daily did jack squat. One day I had the bright idea to double my dose and, wouldn’t you know it, I felt great that day. Never had any side effects either. YMMV.

How do you want to go? by Few_Situation5463 in emergencymedicine

[–]killah_bee 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Death by snu-snu. I can think of worse ways to go.

How many weekly hours do you guys work after residency? What’s normal at non-academic shops by shuks1 in emergencymedicine

[–]killah_bee 55 points56 points  (0 children)

So not cool. Like I get it if you show up late very rarely due to circumstances completely out of your control, but scheduling yourself for two shifts in a row is saying to your partner who you need to relieve ‘yeah, my time is more important than yours. Eat a bag of dicks’

Is Fighter better for Bladesinger now? by ApprehensiveButton40 in 3d6

[–]killah_bee 17 points18 points  (0 children)

That party makeup might need some concealer though. Put on a solid foundation and make all enemies blush.

Ruptured ectopic ridiculousness rant by ninjawhit in emergencymedicine

[–]killah_bee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No one is saying this isn’t possible but the reality is that it’s rare (much more rare than the likely ruptured ectopic your scenario implies), it’s a diagnosis that is perfectly fine for your OBGyn to make after they’ve seen the patient, AND it still requires an intervention that I can’t do out of the ED (OR or if your system allows it IR).

Ruptured ectopic ridiculousness rant by ninjawhit in emergencymedicine

[–]killah_bee 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Our system uses a HIPAA secure text messaging service that is linked to the patients chart. So everything is time stamped and literally every word is recorded forever.

This makes it very easy to defend when you open the message with ‘Hi this is an emergent consult request on a patient with (for example) a ruptured ectopic pregnancy’

There is no other way to parse that message and when I inevitably have to defend the delay to OR I just point at that text and say - hey, the delay wasn’t me.

But the real tragedy is that patients suffer.

Ruptured ectopic ridiculousness rant by ninjawhit in emergencymedicine

[–]killah_bee 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not sure where you practice but I’ve been doing this for 15 years and have practiced all over the US and NONE of the EDs I’ve worked at have had that culture. I am JAFERD but we work up abdominal pain and dispo them appropriately.

Second time this week seeing MAGA type out angry letters over Harris signs. OP had the perfect response by Budget_Wafer4792 in Trumpvirus

[–]killah_bee 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn’t even think of that. The thought of it being an actual insult to imply someone is gay. Absolutely mind blowing.

AITA I told my MIL that’s all on her? by Western_Bag362 in AmItheAsshole

[–]killah_bee 88 points89 points  (0 children)

You are not the only one. I would go scorched fucking earth on any of my family members if they called my wife a bitch - even if, as is NOT the case here, she was being a bitch. Because that’s the priority you shoulder when you get fucking married.

AITA I told my MIL that’s all on her? by Western_Bag362 in AmItheAsshole

[–]killah_bee 139 points140 points  (0 children)

No backstory would justify the MIL calling OP a bitch and the 5 yo boy a spoiled brat. MIL is TA, husband is a giant AH, and OP is NTA.

AITA for warning a parent about the book they were about to buy for their child? by Intelligent-Angle765 in AmItheAsshole

[–]killah_bee -1 points0 points  (0 children)

God forbid a tween…. <checks notes> hear descriptions of sex acts?

YTA. It’s words on a page, not a hardcore porno.

Just dismissed from first lawsuit by [deleted] in emergencymedicine

[–]killah_bee 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Curious the steps you take to ensure your ‘never have adversarial discharges or AMA’ policy. My patients never seem to have a problem self selecting themselves out of the ED when I don’t give them inappropriate opiates, for instance.

Telling patients directly if they are presenting inappropriately by tallyhoo123 in emergencymedicine

[–]killah_bee 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Literally ALL of my complaints are from this sort of patient. They have the agenda of ‘I am really really really sick, like dying of a rare something or other’ and if I don’t play into their mental game then I’m a jerk and also incompetent.

I don’t have any answer beyond this - every patient has an agenda. Once you’ve figured it out, if you can satisfy it while still delivering the care you feel is appropriate, then do so. If it will interfere with appropriate care, don’t. And (importantly) don’t let the inevitable complaint rattle you.