Michael Collins

Professional statistician. has-been flight paramedic. miles and points enthusiast.

[Mike Abernethy 🇺🇸 @FLTDOC1]

Take the time to watch this.. it is an almost perfect summary of the mess which is the US Air Ambulance industry. I would be hard-pressed to create a more accurate summary myself 👍👍

@aams @AMPAdocs @ACCTForPatients

https://t.co/cEWrLfgMKL

[Michael Collins @fpc552]

How Air Ambulances (Don't) Work https://t.co/u8kSLMs1fT via @YouTube

[Michael Collins @fpc552]

Apparently, @Policy is unfamiliar with the concept of irony.

[Jo Mildenhall CF 💛💜 @Jojo_research]

For a while now, the message of ‘it’s ok to not be ok’ has been talked of with emphasis on the negative psych impact of emergency responder work. But also equally important to acknowledge is ‘it’s ok to be ok’ after a difficult incident & to feel affirmed by it #ParaHealth

[Michael Collins @fpc552]

@EMtogether @medicalaxioms @Eleytherius @MDaware @Toaster_Pastry @PEMTweets @drninashapiro @MKIttlesonMD Phalanx, not fal-ann-gee

Naris, not nare

[Amy Hogan @alittlestats on other social media @alittlestats]

Rolling dice, Bernoulli, Binomial probabilities, and a little normal approximation demonstration. Just a regular Tuesday in many class. #statschat #APStats #statstwitter

[Michael Collins @fpc552]

I was ahead of my time.

[Michael Collins @fpc552]

The Tories should get it over with and elect Boris PM. Like the donut scene in Full Metal Jacket, the people are paying for it, you eat it.

[Dr. Glaucomflecken @DGlaucomflecken]

Honestly my take away from this chart is that donuts are healthier than I thought

[𝚄𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚌𝚔 𝙳𝙲 𝙼𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚘 @unsuckdcmetro]

. @washingtonpost and @ggwash take tens of thousands of your dollars from Metro. Consider that when you read their Metro stories.

[Michael Collins @fpc552]

OMG. @NandosUSA has @DoleSunshine Dole Whip! Paging fellow Disnerds.

[Stephen Hearns @StephenHearns1]

“How would a patient with a tension pneumothorax appear?”

First answer by 9 out of 10 med students & junior doctors: “They would have a deviated trachea”

Can we please stop perpetuating this misconception?

[Michael Collins @fpc552]

Faregates OOS at both elevator entrances to Arlington Cemetary. Accessible faregate at the main mezzanine also OOS. When will this be fixed, @Metrorailinfo ?

[Michael Collins @fpc552]

@NREMT @NoDesat Nope. Let my paramedic registration lapse two years ago. I’m officially a has-been. I’m not even CPR certified. Let me assure you that life after EMS >> life in EMS. @NREMT and @NAEMT_ should be taking the lead on turning EMS is a career.

[Michael Collins @fpc552]

@wmata cars 3052/3053 exterior signage (that shows line/destination) inop. @HakunaWMATA @unsuckdcmetro

[Michael Collins @fpc552]

@Metrorailinfo Except I spent more than 15 minutes waiting.

[Michael Collins @fpc552]

So my first mistake was deciding to ride @wmata home instead of taking the bus. Second mistake has assuming that with single-tracking over, that the delays would resolve quickly. After I got to Metro Center, I decided not to bother with the Silver Line and took the Red Line

[Rail Transit OPS / CM Rail Services-WMATA @RailTransitOPS]

OR/SV/BL *single-tracking*

* OR trains will single-track Stadium Armory to Cheverly

* SV/BL trains will single-track Stadium-Armory to Addison Rd

Expect delays up to ~20-30 minutes.

#wmata

[Michael Collins @fpc552]

I want my money back. Since fate evasion isn’t a crime, perhaps I should just hop a faregate to get what I’m owed? Will @benjaminsumner mind his own business if I do, @_bsindhu_ ? @HakunaWMATA @unsuckdcmetro @screwdcmetro @MetroDcSucksAss

[Michael Collins @fpc552]

back to where I started to go back to Plan A: the commuter bus. A “trip in vain” for which @wmata has the stones to charge me $2.

[JAMA Network Open @JAMANetworkOpen]

E-cigs associated with risk for new cigarette use, even in low-risk youth. A fifth of new smoking in US youth may be attributable to prior e-cig use. https://t.co/2FEm0mmfEj #VisualAbstract #vaping

[Mr. Ohmygoodness @doublequibble]

*rammstein guy asking his wife what she wants for breakfast*
do
do hash
do hash browns
do hash browns sound good
do hash browns sound good