today i spent over an hour (successfully) manually reducing a patient's paraphymosis. i wonder if my parents imagined this in my future any time they encouraged or celebrated my potential future lol.
omg i clearly live under a rock (with an excellent elon musk filter) - no fxcking way did this waxy idiot turn up for the orange idiot???? i was vaguely aware of musks idiotic raffle but thought surely its to discourage the treacherous cheese puff or a joke ๐๐๐
Why would ambulance drivers, paramedics and a BBC television crew worry about an Israeli military drone hovering above them for several minutes?
Because Israel targets and kills ambulance drivers, paramedics and journalists.
in other news, began on rehab ward (off-campus) today. pt had code blue (GCS 3) and ph 7.28 & lactate 3.7 (vbg), CRT~5s, oliguria (70mL at 8hrs). registrar decided pt is fine & stay at subacute (no doctors onsite till wednes, no onsite pathology/imaging). graded escalation my ass
dude was a bit of a mystery, at one point on 3x IV abx, myeloma/haemolysis screens both neg, USS unremarkable, just ongoing fecers, persistent pancytopenia w/ proper neutropenia & plts of like 25, sodium tanked, mg wouldnt stay up, bilirubin climbing to 30s...wild times!
okay so answer seems to inc: thal + hypersplenism + ineffective erythropoiesis + transfusional Fe overload + MDS w/ atrx mutation!
amazing (and ego-crushing ๐) when you think you get the puzzle but turns out to be a different game ๐
recently saw very similar picture - septic pt w/ acute decomp CLD (CPB,etoh excess). Rx: abx (SBP vs febrile neutrop)+pRBC +LOTS of conc alb (resus+hypoNa) +electrolyte mx. fbe/uec/lft improved but hypoMg hard to fix (cant recall why), planned repeat Fe studies before infusion
theres an episode of Charmed (series 6, i think?) that takes a dig at idiots with tv shows by referring to trump lol the world knew this man is an imbecile like 20yrs ago and just giggled meanwhile said imbecile somehow became a leader of the western world
okay so you know how im getting in touch with 90s/early millenium by watching Charmed? ive almost finished the series and idk what to binge watch while doing life admin :โ) my problems are very niche and gaza is still under attack by the terrorist zionist state a year later
not impressed by the new reg, they are rotating through from a big city hospital and frankly it shows in their teamwork/ownership of responsibility etc. like, if your job is to see admissions, you go and see the fuvking admissions, the rest of us are also very busy with our jobs
workforce will think im weak & unreliable if i go home (rostered 0900-2200), ive already been off a day this week for this migraine, and needed 3 days a month ago when my lungs tried to yeet my body lol. plus letting down the team ๐ฅฒ