carl alsup

Rural ER doc with occasional rants but almost never on Twitter. Everything is a UFO if you’re bad at identifying things.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

A Chinese man has come up with the most ingenious anti-mosquito device: he put a net on a fan and attached a UV light to the back. All mosquitoes fly towards the light, after which they are sucked into the bag.

Save for summer.
https://t.co/p7inN2w4O6

[carl alsup @DocAlsup]

@Martyupnorth_2 Looks like it was lower in 2020 and 2015

[carl alsup @DocAlsup]

@PulmCrit Large vessel occlusion. Big enough vessel to be reached by a cath wire

[carl alsup @DocAlsup]

@samrad77 Is this ever an isolated injury ie no radial fracture ? Does it change management of injury?

[carl alsup @DocAlsup]

@danaparish @TJUHospital Paxlovid isn’t indicated for hospitalized pts. Not a treatment. Wasn’t studied. I benifit, interested with lots of other drugs. That’s why they’re not doing it.

[carl alsup @DocAlsup]

@northwoods1980 Also Ed flow. To get X-ray, read them ct read is probably 6-7 hours. Still,4 a shift is a lot and probably needs education or interdepartmental discussion. It’s become practice pattern of the group.

[carl alsup @DocAlsup]

@northwoods1980 There are times pt is in too much pain ct is easier, or they are already getting something else scanned. But no trauma? Tough to see that. Outpt mri is pathway. It takes days to weeks to get mri at my shop. I had no trauma pt with foot drop last shift got ct l spine first

[carl alsup @DocAlsup]

@jtrebach @emily_fri Med school was great for me. Made lifetime friends. Learning new things all the time. It was easier than working two jobs and doing mcat night classes too.

[Dr. Linda Berman @LindaBerman4]

One falls in love, and then learns, for the duration, that one is at the mercy of someone else’s childhood.
Hanif Kureishi

#love #childhood

[carl alsup @DocAlsup]

@EMBoardBombs Chronic gut for mucosa and unreliable pts. Monocryl for fingers (per Orthos request)

[Dr. OMID BANDARCHI @OBandarchi]

When you are dealing with AP view of the shoulder radiography, keep in mind that the film you're assessing is in Neutral rotation, Internal rotation or External rotation? In these images from the Radiology key, simply meanwhile precisely shows and explained each of them👍

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

This anatomy wooden model provides a brilliant visualization of how our back is affected by different lifting positions and why you should lift weights using legs

[📹 Jacob Harden]

[Stu Ostro @StuOstro]

#Lee's life story, Chapter 1: From African easterly wave to sudden extreme intensification into a Category 5 #hurricane (wait for it)

[Epic Maps 🗺️ @theepicmap]

Geological Map of South America

[WeRateDogs @dog_rates]

Over 200 dogs surprised a lifelong dog lover for his 100th birthday. Dr. Robert Moore has always loved dogs. For his big milestone, his daughter Alison decided to post on Nextdoor asking people to bring their dogs in front of their house to wish Robert a happy birthday...

[Josh Farkas MD 💊 @PulmCrit]

albumin-corrected calcium level is *less* accurate than the uncorrected total calcium level 🤯

I think we all know that that albumin-corrected calcium is junky and you need an iCal to really know the biologically active calcium level... but I didn't realize how bad it is 😬

[𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙲. 𝙼𝚊𝚗𝚗 @CharlesCMann]

New Science paper argues horses came to the Americas earlier than previously thought—a conclusion that, if it holds up, rewrites the history of the N. American West. Strikingly, the article is from a team of archaeologists, geneticists, and Lakota researchers and elders. 1/15

[carl alsup @DocAlsup]

@irinasanj You’ve always been destined for stardom !

[Derek Van Dam @VanDamCNN]

👀I can't stop looking at this! 👀A highly unusual and very mesmerizing visible satellite loop of a powerful low coming ashore near #SanFrancisco today. Notice the "eye" like feature that we tend to look for during hurricanes. #CaWX @CNN @CNNThisMorning

Credit: CIRA/CSU & NOAA