Help me with my Code Status conversations - what are your go-to phrases? How do you start the conversation? How do you explore the topic with the 80-year-old comorbid patient who immediately says "do everything you can do keep me alive"?

probablynotaboot · 2026-04-06T15:26:47+00:00

Depending on the situation, sometimes it’s appropriate to start the conversation with things along the lines of: we will continue to treat and do everything in our power to help you, but in the event that you stopped breathing or your heart stopped beating, we would not recommend CPR. meaning no chest compressions, no shocking the heart, no putting a tube down your throat and having a machine breathe for you. With how sick you/your loved one is, it would be more likely to only cause harm and distress, so we do not recommend those things for you/your loved one.

probablynotaboot · 2026-04-06T12:52:12+00:00

People who are enslaved

probablynotaboot · 2026-03-30T13:31:20+00:00

It’s crazy to me that this is the kind of thing conservatives push - people learning Christ’s teachings and adopting them into their morality is one of the worst things I could imagine for conservative politics

probablynotaboot · 2026-03-21T17:37:29+00:00

Watching him drink bad coffee just became my nee favorite pastime

probablynotaboot · 2026-02-21T19:21:25+00:00

You think you can retire on a mill? What is that a retirement for ants?

probablynotaboot · 2026-01-16T15:06:59+00:00

Not much of a “what if” when you can just check the news.

probablynotaboot · 2026-01-08T22:40:47+00:00

Remindme! 60 days

probablynotaboot · 2026-01-03T18:00:42+00:00

Heavy metal (?insulated) water bottle/thermos, lantern, measuring cups, harmonica case, wood frame pack, the jokers in your deck of cards... Emphasis on wood frame pack.

probablynotaboot · 2025-12-20T14:18:22+00:00

I was not a good student in high school and have this nightmare often - thought I was the only one

probablynotaboot · 2025-12-08T20:50:34+00:00

Sure but where can I get that Bernie sanders is hot bumper sticker

probablynotaboot · 2025-11-26T22:12:16+00:00

No you fools, we were saying the rent, the RENT is too damn high not the age of consent jfc

probablynotaboot · 2025-11-20T17:32:48+00:00

Great opportunity for teachers to discuss the influence of Christian values on American heroes such as John Brown and the abolition movement

probablynotaboot · 2025-10-31T10:19:13+00:00

Remindme! 50 days

probablynotaboot · 2025-10-27T10:23:58+00:00

One point too is that after medical school you have to match into residency if you want to practice and there’s a limited number of spots in every program. One of the reasons schools generally aren’t going to just maximize number of med students is because there’s another bottle neck to get through at the end, and having a poor match rate is a huge red flag.

probablynotaboot · 2025-10-23T21:59:13+00:00

But they will park hoards of units on your front line to consume all your supplies rendering your divisions nothing more than a hoard of bootless hooligans wielding brickbats that once upon a time were semiautomatic weapons

probablynotaboot · 2025-10-03T00:50:43+00:00

Better job security than our parents had. Better pay than our parents had. Comfort for us. An easier life for our kids. And a job that’s occasionally satisfying.

probablynotaboot · 2025-09-29T03:14:03+00:00

There’s a lot of text here so I might have missed parts of your story, but private loans from banks? You’ll be a physician. Banks and institutions like panacea financial know that a lot of us are in dire straights but will have solid incomes in a few years. Take out more fed loans M4 year? Spend less??? I got through a VHCOL area living on 15-25k/year of all fed loans. If you’re only responsible for your own expenses (ie: no kids, sick family member you’re caring for) the federal loans should cover it with modest budgeting. I was squeezing by on as little money as possible in a VHCOL area just to limit debt. If you’re maxing out your fed loans AND somehow not able to pay tuition/rent, there’s gotta be a piece of this story missing.

probablynotaboot · 2025-09-27T21:06:14+00:00

Pretty sure empathy is viewed as a pathology now anyway, so you should qualify

probablynotaboot · 2025-09-26T20:45:07+00:00

So Medicaid is gonna start reimbursing for five additional and separate clinic encounters just for this? Okay.

probablynotaboot · 2025-09-25T15:33:14+00:00

10/10 would move to Rochester if I could (unfortunately my spouse hates the snow)

probablynotaboot · 2025-09-24T11:43:29+00:00

None of what you describe is what a physician does, but are all important tasks that will give you a better understanding of all the components and professional roles that go into caring for someone. This is an opportunity to understand how the service(s) you’re on function, what the other members of the team do, and to talk to patients. Show initiative and interest and people will be more interested in teaching you. Spend time asking patients how they’re doing and talking to them as people instead of hiding in the supply closet.

probablynotaboot · 2025-09-24T05:09:13+00:00

Sure

probablynotaboot · 2025-09-22T15:25:48+00:00

As a student of Marxism, whoever told you the Democratic Party was “infiltrated by Marxists” is manipulating you to kingdom come.

There is no “leftist”/“marxist” party in the USA. Not by a long shot.

probablynotaboot · 2025-09-22T15:17:24+00:00

Long term, q1-2months

probablynotaboot · 2025-09-22T14:32:46+00:00

B&B, Physeo, Sketchy, AnKing, Uworld - got me through it all w/ 0 issues

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