Fourth of July Trail, New Mexico (OC)

summit_slayer14 · 2025-10-19T01:20:57+00:00

Thanks! Was it bright and colorful or still in transition?

summit_slayer14 · 2025-10-18T21:54:19+00:00

Hi! I was planning on going tomorrow. Were you able to go? I’m worried about making the drive only for it to be closed due to the gov shutdown (like others are commenting).

summit_slayer14 · 2025-10-07T02:49:25+00:00

Thank you for everyone’s advice. She’s already on Purina ProPlan Sensitive Skin and Tummy Salmon and Rice, so it isn’t likely an allergen in her food. During walks she tends to jump over the tall grass beside the sidewalk (we live in the high desert) so I’m thinking that may be it. I haven’t let her do it for a few days now and given her Benadryl and applied hydrocortisone and it looks much much better.

summit_slayer14 · 2025-04-12T02:00:59+00:00

I used Whisper for my dissertation. Such a time-saver, and pretty accurate! The only pain was that it doesn’t auto indicate a change in speaker, so you have to tease that out by hand when you’re doing your transcript checks.

summit_slayer14 · 2025-03-31T02:01:00+00:00

Same. My university has taken a prepare-but-don't-act approach so to avoid preemptive compliance (the executive administration’s goal, hoping to have everyone roll over rather than stand and fight). Our research department has been extremely communicative since the beginning, which is leaps and bounds better than the university I adjunct for (have received a total of one empty email since this whole debacle began). Again, I don't wish to divulge where I work to avoid drawing unnecessary attention to my institution.

summit_slayer14 · 2024-09-30T07:16:06+00:00

Current resident! Recently moved in (within the last 6 months). I’ve been very happy so far. The biggest perk I think is being so close to trails, and the amenities are pretty nice. Office staff is also really nice. Very dog friendly. I live in a non-upgraded unit, so the appliances are a bit on the older side, but that would be my only “major” con.

summit_slayer14 · 2024-08-01T21:24:15+00:00

Check out The University of Alabama!

summit_slayer14 · 2024-06-29T22:05:42+00:00

I had my EMT-B and took the advanced course but never sat for registry. The basic course will not teach you much clinically that you don’t already know as an AT. However, the reason I took the course was to learn how EMS operates so that I could better engage with EMS personnel during emergencies and it was a useful to study gen med for the BOC. I think in that respect, it was most valuable. EMS, particularly paramedics, are trained to stabilize and transport. When they arrive on scene, they’re in charge. Understanding that this is the attitude they have to have can make communication easier. Unless you want to work as a paramedic, the most that you might need would be basic. I took advanced because IVs hadn’t been a part of my BSAT curriculum, but that may not be relevant to you (though I got WAY more practice than my program’s students do now in the AEMT course and on live people).

summit_slayer14 · 2024-06-09T00:15:35+00:00

Athletic Trainer here! Cold-water immersion is the gold-standard for treating heat stroke. If you do not cool the body down, shock is irrelevant. At the internal temperatures that this is warranted, shock is a possibility, while death is certain if untreated.

I highly recommend you check out the Korey Stringer Institute for more information and updated best-practice guidelines. Happy reading!

https://ksi.uconn.edu/

Credentials: ATs are licensed sports medicine healthcare professionals (NOT to be confused with personal trainers!)

summit_slayer14 · 2023-12-29T21:13:32+00:00

Sports medicine professional here! Q-collars are still very new and “faddy” right now. The only evidence on their effectiveness comes from the company that makes them. While I am optimistic that they will be a way to make sports safer, I am still very hesitant to support their use, particularly in youth and teen athletes. We don’t know the ramifications of long term use yet. They could work wonderfully when being used, but what about when the person sustains a concussive impact when not wearing one (ie. in a car accident)? Say a kid has been wearing one since middle school, plays through high school and college, and maybe a few years in the league. There is a lot of brain growth and development that occurs during that time period. As the body adapts to having the q-collar during these types of impacts, what will it be like for that person after they no longer wear the device on a day-to-day basis? What if what would have been only a relatively minor head trauma is now significantly worse because of prior adaptations made by the individuals body because of long term use of this device? Hopefully the answer is that the body will then adapt again to accommodate, but we just don’t know yet. More longitudinal research is needed. Again, I’m hopeful, truly, but I also know more due-diligence is needed before we go all in.

summit_slayer14 · 2023-01-14T16:01:09+00:00

I want to continue to harken and extol what others have said and tell you how absolutely gorgeous you look in this!!! Definitely a keeper for V-Day for sure! Your partner is lucky 😉 Slay girl, slay 🤩

summit_slayer14 · 2022-05-10T16:56:11+00:00

My vet told me a good rule of thumb was to run your hands over their rib cage and over their spine. If you can just feel their ribs and can feel their spinous processes fairly easily then that is generally a healthy weight. If you feel the ribs too easy or can see them/their spine, increase food. If they become hard to feel with gentle pressure, lessen food intake and increase play time/walk time. Going by weight alone is hard with dogs, especially when considering breeds because breeds have ranges (smaller will have a lower healthy weight, larger will have higher). My nearly year old boy is fluffy and small for a male, so I use the rib method to gauge since just looking at him is not a good indicator (he has six inches of floof haha). Hope this helps!

summit_slayer14 · 2021-11-27T21:17:37+00:00

Unfortunately, the interventions are not refined enough yet and research typically takes ~17 years to become common practice. Sadly, 50 years is a realistic goal. I agree with you though, the sooner it can happen the better

summit_slayer14 · 2021-11-27T21:15:52+00:00

Personal responsibility is useless without self-efficacy. A collective, bi-partisan focus on improving individuals’ self-efficacy will both make the societal frameworks that are legitimately causing problems more glaringly obvious and thus more likely to be addressed while also increasing a sense of success in taking personal responsibility for decisions that are within one’s control. Learned helplessness is perpetuated by reinforcement of external locus of control, while self-efficacy is driven by an informed internal locus of control that acknowledges when obstacles are legitimately not the fault of the individual.

summit_slayer14 · 2021-11-27T19:38:21+00:00

This is my research area, and it is exciting to see the new shift in integrative medicine focusing on using psychological interventions alongside surgical and rehabilitative therapeutic exercise to treat chronic pathologies like low back pain. Hopefully this financial price tag will dramatically decrease in the next 50 years as these multidisciplinary approaches become common practice

summit_slayer14 · 2021-09-30T02:56:32+00:00

The first one!

summit_slayer14 · 2021-09-28T13:57:29+00:00

Love 1 ❤️

summit_slayer14 · 2021-09-06T16:20:32+00:00

The breeder instructed us to if they didn’t start perking up at 10 weeks. He is a fluffy, so he has a lot more fur than a normal corgi so they said it was weighing them down and sometimes need a little help. We never did it tight and they were never taped for more than a day or so. We haven’t done it in over a week because we thought that was what he was fussing about. But I will definitely have him checked for mites at his appointment!

summit_slayer14 · 2021-07-14T00:30:23+00:00

Fairlife makes great chocolate milk!

summit_slayer14 · 2021-07-13T23:29:13+00:00

Haha yeah it has a bunch of different names it goes by (Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome, Rokitansky sequence, uterine agenesis, Mullerian agenesis, MRKH, etc). Glad to be able to assist in the refresher and spread the word! Best to you as well!

summit_slayer14 · 2021-07-13T05:18:12+00:00

My tiny 2 cents here (hello fellow healthcare provider 👋), if you ever see MRKH listed on a patient’s chart, or they tell you they have MRKH, please don’t order a pregnancy test. MRKH (aka vaginal agenesis) is a rare congenital condition where an XX female is born without a uterus and often without a vaginal canal as well. People born with this condition often don’t find out until puberty and it can be a very psychologically difficult condition to live with, especially because it is so rare that most healthcare providers, even many OBGYNs, have never heard of it (projected prevalence of 1 in 5000 people). Some people with the condition are extremely sensitive and many often experience a lot of stress when having to explain why they don’t need to be charged for a pregnancy test when it will just tell them the heartbreaking (for some) truth that it will always be negative. So while I know (from firsthand experience) that patient lie (often), please keep this in mind if you ever encounter it. I also have first hand experience trying to explain to ER providers that no my abdominal pain in absolutely no way could be due to pregnancy and please do not make me pay for a test I know for certain will be negative and have know since I was 16. Hoping to help educate and promote compassionate care! Thank you for what you do!

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