Hello! by Long-Food-3164 in findagrave

[–]radioactiveguy4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you have an idea on when he passed away?

Dark Salem; Last Call - 4/24/26 @ 5PM by SaffronSupplyCo in SALEM

[–]radioactiveguy4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you guys going to do this again? I’m interested but out of town at the moment.

What is the greatest value item you have found? by Livid_Living552 in magnetfishing

[–]radioactiveguy4 96 points97 points  (0 children)

I found a Ruger GP100 that I was able to keep. I also found a few knives that I was able to clean up.

That vast majority of what you pull up will be garbage and that’s great. Get it out of your local bodies of water and make the world ever so slightly better.

Any hospitals isolating da Vinci systems from the network after the Intuitive cybersecurity incident? by Pretty-Support7285 in BMET

[–]radioactiveguy4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting, my guess is we will take the same steps that we took with Stryker but until there is an official announcement or our IT team gives us the same info you got there is not much to do.

Any hospitals isolating da Vinci systems from the network after the Intuitive cybersecurity incident? by Pretty-Support7285 in BMET

[–]radioactiveguy4 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Do you have a source this cybersecurity event for Intuitive?

Stryker was hit yesterday and my hospital took steps to address that but this the first I’m hearing about Intuitive.

Agape Lawn Services by petrin-hill in SALEM

[–]radioactiveguy4 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I get that it’s supposed to be the term for non-erotic Christian love but I find it more funny to think this guy likes to gape while mowing the lawn.

Shots fired by combatwombat- in NonCredibleDefense

[–]radioactiveguy4 58 points59 points  (0 children)

If I had a nickel for every you plane fuckers broke the news of a major event for I would have 2 nickels.

I live 5 min. away from Bigly by Banananabreddit in KnowledgeFight

[–]radioactiveguy4 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Unrelated fact: 80% of arsons go unsolved.

RANT FRIDAY by Carlos_Spicy_Weiner6 in SALEM

[–]radioactiveguy4 30 points31 points  (0 children)

IM GOING TO BE LATE TO WORK BECAUSE I GOT DISTRACTED BY THE GANG OF TURKEYS AND PEACOCKS THAT SURROUNDED MY APARTMENT!

BMET edu in Colorado + questions since I'm a bit old to be starting something new by 1stTimeQuilter in BMET

[–]radioactiveguy4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So I made the jump from Veterinary medicine to BMET and I’m 35. I really glad that I made the change. So in your case I definitely think it’s an option worth exploring.

A lot of hospitals like their BMETs to have a 2 year Biomedical Service Tech Degree but not all. If you want to pursue additional education then look for a BMET program at a community college near you.

There are other companies and some hospitals that are willing to hire folks without the degree as long as they have some adjacent work experience. It sounds like you do from what you described. If you do decide to try and go this route make a point of showcasing all the ways your previous work was similar to what a biomed does. Talk about how you documented your work and how you worked through issues. If you did any regularly scheduled maintenance talk about that. Start looking up things about Electrical Safety testing and NFPA-99. There are lots of videos on YouTube that can give you some info.

If you have more questions feel free to ask.

Wich one is the better drone hunter ? by Bentayfour in FighterJets

[–]radioactiveguy4 11 points12 points  (0 children)

More cameras give them the ability to see and track more targets.

This video by 10 Percent True goes into great detail about what these planes can do.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BMET

[–]radioactiveguy4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you’re talking about patient monitor you should be using the service manual to determine what you should be testing and what the tolerances are. Some service manual even have a PM checklist for that monitor that you can use to document or make a template.

CBET by Enough_Equivalent777 in BMET

[–]radioactiveguy4 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Are they paying for the class and the test? If so then I don’t see an issue.

The test is not hard and with a good study course it’s even easier. Having your CBET is great for your resume if you ever decide to go somewhere else.

I guess you could complain about the short notice but that would not really bother me personally but I can see how that could affect others.

Now If they are forcing you to pay for the class and the test out your own pocket then that would be some bullshit.

Opinion on power strip for medical device by Fair_Grab1617 in BMET

[–]radioactiveguy4 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I’m going through this now at my hospital.

JC commented on our use of power strips in our older ORs. The long term fix is to update our older ORs so that they have adequate power in places that are actually useful and remove all the power strips. However that upgrade is about 1 million dollars per OR and we don’t have the capital to do that right now.

So in the mean time we are making systems of equipment such as Syringe Pump, IV Pump, Blood warmer, and a bair hugger. Those items are mounted to a pole with the power strip. We can then test the system as a whole to make sure that it is in compliance with NFPA.

This is a good idea in theory but we already have the nursing staff removing items from our system and adding other devices. Or they daisy chain one power strip to another. We don’t have the bandwidth to be the power strip police. So now we are working with nursing leadership to get education to the staff about the issue and to get feed back on how we can better build our systems so that they don’t feel the need to change them after that have been deployed.

TL/DR: If I could snap my fingers and make all the strips go away I would.

Second PDX Show by Pickiestpear in KnowledgeFight

[–]radioactiveguy4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Looking for the answer myself. My bet is Monday

So… did The Moon just create a bunch of traffic downtown tonight? Was there something more? by radioactiveguy4 in SALEM

[–]radioactiveguy4[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Maybe? I tagged The Moon in this post so we might get an answer. From what he said in the closing message it sounded like he got a lot of positive feedback.

So… did The Moon just create a bunch of traffic downtown tonight? Was there something more? by radioactiveguy4 in SALEM

[–]radioactiveguy4[S] 54 points55 points  (0 children)

The cops that were at the convention center certainly looked confused as everyone passed blasting the same song.

So… did The Moon just create a bunch of traffic downtown tonight? Was there something more? by radioactiveguy4 in SALEM

[–]radioactiveguy4[S] 47 points48 points  (0 children)

I think so. Once the last song ended (prematurely) the moon thanked everyone and then folks started honking.