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@cljack That happens in real life, too, and same advice: Don't go look.

If you ever get this text from anyone who works in any medical field, but especially emergency medicine, I cannot recommend strongly enough that you do NOT look at the subsequent image

@ick_real Absolutely loved libraries, until going to them made me feel very unsafe in the big city I was in. I wonder if that's improved.

How many people actually have library cards as adults? 🥸

@vbspurs A lot like the movie "Grapes of Wrath." Americans saw extreme poverty while most of the world (reported by the Soviets) thought "wow, poor people there can own cars!".

European peasants look at IKEA and see clean and updated. Americans look at IKEA and see Swedish meatballs and hours with Allen wrenches.

@meredithg28 @blondemedSJW The one that really surprised me, and I've worked all over the country, was the 'reading Bible' story. It's like their brains say "what's the most implausible thing I could say..."

@TimMorton8 @blondemedSJW My dad was a paramedic and he always says “the most dangerous thing you can be doing is minding your own business, because every call story starts like that”

PSA: if you accidentally shoot yourself with your own gun, it’s ok. As someone working in a level 1 trauma center, I see this all the time. Once every other shift. It’s ok. It’s not embarrassing. It happens to many responsible gun owners. PLEASE don’t lie about it.

@blondemedSJW "slipped in shower"

@TimMorton8 Just OUT OF NOWHERE!!

@radiologistpage "Recommend clinical correlation. Further studies with PET, CT, MRI, and angiography may be helpful."

Radiology reporting in 2026

@Medzonetv Oh, yes, it was strictly forbidden. But I caught many who would do it anyway. In a pocket, on top of a tote/purse, pretending to text. So I just assumed I was only catching a small percentage of them. No doc wants to be the star of an edited tic tok video.

@TimMorton8 It’s just sad! Did your facility have a formal policy on patients recording consultations?

In many facilities, unauthorised filming in the ward or consulting room is a direct violation of hospital policy. Even secretly voice-recording a consultation without the doctor’s knowledge or consent is a massive breach of professional boundaries and privacy. While a relative may feel they have a right to record their kin, the doctor also has a right to a safe, unhindered working environment. When a phone is pulled out during a physical examination or hidden to record a conversation, the focus shifts from diagnosis to litigation. This forces the doctor into “defensive medicine” rather than quality care. Walking away was the right call. You cannot provide your best medical judgment when you are being staged for a potential viral video. Once the camera comes out without a mutual agreement, you are in your right to end the consultation process.

@hotniqqha Actually I do think we will be replaced eventually, but I think the nurses will always be safe.

I don't think AI will ever replace doctors. But it will make our work much easier. I don't see AI managing a PPH due to a cervical tear at 3am in a health center 4 with no blood products.

@DearS_o_n Vestis virum reddit.

You're a man, 1. Never pose with alcohol. 2. Dress well, no matter the occasion.

A musician once cost an airline $180 million because they wouldn’t pay him $1,200 for a broken guitar. In 2008, Canadian musician Dave Carroll was on a connecting flight when a passenger behind him looked out the window and said, “My God, they’re throwing guitars out there.” When Carroll opened his case at his destination, his $3,500 Taylor acoustic, an instrument he’d saved for months to buy, had a hole smashed through it. He called the airline. They bounced him between departments for nine months. He was told to fly to another country to file his complaint in person. He was hung up on, ignored, and eventually told the matter was closed. His final request for $1,200 in flight vouchers to cover repair costs was rejected. So he asked himself: “If Michael Moore was a singer-songwriter, what would he do?” He wrote a song called “United Breaks Guitars,” filmed a music video for $150, and uploaded it to the internet. His goal was one million views in a year. It hit 150,000 on the first day. Within a week it was the number one music video in the world. Within four weeks, news outlets reported the airline’s share price had dropped 10%, wiping roughly $180 million in value. The airline called him. They offered the $1,200 they’d originally refused, plus $1,200 in cash. The owner of Taylor Guitars personally rang and told him to come to the factory and pick out two guitars as a gift. Carroll became an international speaker on customer service. The airline used his video for internal training. He still flies with them. A United employee once walked up to him at an airport, looked around to make sure no colleagues were watching, shielded himself with his jacket, and quietly reached out to shake his hand.

@mednomics Direct visual laryngoscopy of the tube going through the cords.

Which is the most reliable way to confirm the endotracheal tube is in the trachea ?

@ascensionfather @TheOnlyDSC Never thought that Revenge of the Nerds would go from comedy to documentary on "how it used to be".

@TheOnlyDSC Sometimes you’ll catch a 1980’s movie or see concert footage in the 70’s or 1990’s and it’s like a little funeral in your heart flr the America that died.

Watching footage from spring break 40 years ago compared to nowadays is so depressing.😖😭

@Iamivy05 Not surprised, they wouldn't let me open the medical bag (ER doc, 30 years) because I wasn't carrying my medical license. On my return flight from Antarctica. "I'm done here, then"

one of my fears happened today. they called for a doctor as we were boarding the plane. so i run down the jet bridge. agent: mam you can’t come in here. me: they called for a doctor different agent: are you a nurse? me: no, i’m a doctor agent: a medical doctor? me: 😑 YES, a family medicine doctor. i've been to medical school, did 3 years of residency, a year of fellowship, practicing for the past 6 years, and i'm board certified. i'm more qualified than the surgeon general. 💅🏼

@bymortalhand Good walking shoes. Stay FAR away from the beggars (give to local charities instead).

@bernardtjoy a tie between Bartleby the Scrivener and The Man Who Corrupted Hadleyburg.

Which was the most thrilling short story you read as a teenager?

@Kbyrne1980 @Romy_Holland definitely something optimus robots could do, though

@TimMorton8 @Romy_Holland That requires paying enough clerks to staff the store to do that.

I assume CVS has done the math on locking 30% of their inventory behind plexiglass but surely they just barely sell any of that stuff anymore. I just had to run and buy printer paper and I would have grabbed some nail polish too had it not been locked up like a meth precursor.

@francesafetytra Sweet dreams are made of cheese. Who am I to diss the brie...

What's the first word that comes to mind when you see this?