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Darrell_Winfield

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  • typical future ER visitor

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  • Would you allow someone to tag along quietly even if they weren't seeking a career in medicine?

    That's a tough question. Given how much people are wanting to shadow and how little free time I have at work, I'm unlikely to allow some non-medical people to shadow. That's probably the American medicine training speaking there, though.

  • typical future ER visitor

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  • I've dug poop out of buttholes with my (fortunately not bare) hands that are rock solid. Even the most unripe banana will pass with a good drink of water and a bit of effort.

  • typical future ER visitor

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  • I come from a heavily Roman Catholic background. Recognition of the existence of butt stuff to family doesn't go over well. But friends and the family I'm raising get regular reminders!

  • typical future ER visitor

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  • Yes, have been approached many times. Very open to shadowing and have had multiple people shadow me.

    How would you prefer to be asked?

    I'm not sure exactly what that question means? I guess I would prefer someone say "I am interested in medicine, can I shadow you to see if it's something I truly want to do?" Or "I'm applying to medical school and need shadowing hours. Your profession sounds like fun, can I shadow you?". Problem is you gotta know someone. Or know someone who knows someone. Can't just walk in off the street and say "I want to shadow", I'll likely say no. Most institutions do have a program to facilitate shadowing, which can help with access to willing docs.

    Does that answer your question?

  • All passengers will be forced to use digital boarding passes by 2030, predicts airline chief

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  • the airline wants to force passengers to use their app so they can sell customer data and sell ads

    That's a bingo

  • typical future ER visitor

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  • Hi gang! Doctor here, trained at and still work at the local "Rectal Foreign Body Center of Excellence", so I feel somewhat qualified to give my professional opinion.

    Yes, nothing without a flared base should be used in this fashion. BUT, there's pretty much no risk for harm here. Mechanical obstruction is unlikely because, as OP says, it'll get mushy and get pooped out. Bananas aren't much of an irritant like a citrus fruit, so not much risk for chemical damage. Someone else said there might be a risk of potassium overdose, but not really. The rectum does absorb, but not as much as the stomach. So while some potassium will be absorbed, this is at worst equivalent to eating the same number of bananas. Which won't harm you.

    So not a big risk here. That being said, flared bases, everyone!

  • This is the life I dream of from my cubicle

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  • As with every time this is posted, someone has to come point out that this picture is completely unrelated. He had 2 prosthetics, both can be found on his Wikipedia page.

    Guess I'm the one who gets to be pedantic this time!

  • 28 December 2024

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  • The joke is that they're holding onto the wishbone, ready to break it. Generally speaking, you don't want your surgeon using your bones like a turkey wishbone during surgery.

  • US confirms first severe human case of bird flu

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    Avatar is about capitalism

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  • Me landing on Gleba.

  • Pretty interesting when you really think about it.

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  • Borders are absolutely in the star Trek utopia. Everything has borders. What we do about those borders is the difference.

    Each quadrant, solar system, etc has borders. These are even more arbitrary as the current state, county, and country borders across our world tend to follow natural terrain or longitude and latitude. None of these exist in space. But the quadrant borders are as easy to cross as for me to drive to my next US state. However, the Kardassian border is not so easy to cross, just like it's not so easy for me to cross into North Korea.

    Borders are not the inherent issue here. Conflict is the inherent issue, and borders are how we try to minimize that conflict.

  • Hospitals gave patients meds during childbirth, then reported them for illicit drug use

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  • Lol, yeah, that started reason doesn't hold up well. Your basic urine drug screen (UDS) will flag benzos (midazolam in this article), natural opiates (not fentanyl and those derivatives), cocaine, barbiturates, marijuana, amphetamines, and I think that's it. The only ones likely to cause fetal withdrawal are benzos and opiates. Works well enough for benzos, but withdrawals are pretty rare. The most common are opiates, but the most common opiates won't show up on the UDS. So why use it?

  • UK bans daytime TV ads for cereals, muffins and burgers

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  • The latter is called "doctor shopping" and it absolutely happens.

    The goal of the advertisement is to have the patient be interested, not the doctor. Admittedly some doctors are not up to date on the latest obscure cutting edge treatments, so there is some possible benefit. However, most doctors are capable of performing cost benefit analyses and understanding side effects, but when a patient comes in asking for a medication, it definitely tips the scales towards the medication.

  • pizza pizza

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  • When the moon hits your eye, like a big pizza pie, that's CMV.

  • It's because we don't have a style of music called "Jizz."

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  • Yeah, good point. And fuel density and accessibility.

    I guess I just really like space physics without fake gravity, but instead being generated by thrust. And the realism of the time everything takes to travel.

  • It's because we don't have a style of music called "Jizz."

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  • Far superior option. Mostly because it has real space physics with minimal hand waving.

  • Mom Jailed for Letting 10-Year-Old Walk Alone to Town

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  • This is my third time coming across this topic today. I was waiting for additional information, but I wonder if there is any history there. Maybe the sheriff has been feuding with the family for a while and wanted to use this as an opportunity to exert dominance. Maybe they suspect the kid has truly been causing trouble and so are using this as an opportunity to track the kid and see.

    Overall, seems like an overreaction, especially in small town USA.

  • Will Trump's hush money conviction stand? A judge will rule on the president-elect's immunity claim

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  • Real question. If Trump goes to prison, does Vance take over at president? If so, would Trump be eligible for another since he only served one term due to this?

  • These aren't prisoners. They're Asylum Seekers | Thousands of detainees have been jammed into jails Biden vowed to close.

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  • This is inherently political, but I think the overall intention of the article is to highlight one of the larger media pushes against Trump, and one of Biden's campaign promises, and the hypocrisy therein of his escalation of this.