Senin, 28 Februari 2011
Minggu, 27 Februari 2011
TSA Prohibited Items
I'm planning a trip and was wondering if I could get away with a giant camera case as the additional item aside from a carry-on (turns out yes).I noticed some items that are allowed on the plane that I would never have guessed:
1) Knitting Needles a.k.a. giant death spears
2) Scissors (metal with pointed tips and blades shorter than four inches)...4" only? You could easily get to someone's heart with that.
3) Screwdrivers (seven inches or less in length)
Fighting Darwin - TSA Gangstaz
Rabu, 23 Februari 2011
Doctors Out To Make Money
Fighting Darwin - Myth: Doctors Make Lots Of Money
It seems many patients feel doctors are out to make money.
In this article, a physician discusses if medicine is a good pathway to wealth. NY Times - Code Red To Doctors
Dr. Pho makes a great point at the end, "Doctors want people to know that what want they want most is to do what's best for their patients, and there are a lot of impediments to that right now."
It seems many patients feel doctors are out to make money.
In this article, a physician discusses if medicine is a good pathway to wealth. NY Times - Code Red To Doctors
Dr. Pho makes a great point at the end, "Doctors want people to know that what want they want most is to do what's best for their patients, and there are a lot of impediments to that right now."
Job Hunting
Two years after fighting in court to hire him, Apple has let IBM's Mark Papermaster go. Now that's pretty badass; a company going to court to hire you.Fortune - Papermaster Hired
But, it turns out he's not really a badass. It sounds like he got fired from Apple. Bummer.
Fortune - Papermaster Fired
Victorinox Secure SSD
256 gigs on your keychain? Amazing now, but possibly hilarious a couple decades from now.
Billed as "the world's smallest 256GB solid-state drive," the new Victorinox Secure SSD blends technology with one of the world's most recognizable tools.
Billed as "the world's smallest 256GB solid-state drive," the new Victorinox Secure SSD blends technology with one of the world's most recognizable tools.
Your Move Chuck Norris
Italian man shot in head sneezes out bullet.Telegraph - Shot In Head
The bullet went through the right side of his head, behind his eye socket and lodged in his nasal passage but miraculously did no serious damage.
Bleeding heavily, he was taken to hospital in an ambulance shortly after midnight, but while waiting to be seen by doctors he sneezed and the bullet shot out of his right nostril.
Anesthesia Resident's Day
Some parts are funny, some are not. Only worth your 10mins if you're completely bored right now. YOU SUNK MY BATTLESHIP!
YouTube - Day In Life Of Anesthesiologist
YouTube - Day In Life Of Anesthesiologist
Man Dies Of Uterine Cancer
Now here is an interesting case. Kenneth Liew needed a kidney transplant and received a kidney after 10 years of waiting. After it was working well, an autopsy revealed that the kidney came from a woman who, though she died of a stroke, had unknowingly had uterine cancer as well. Since this was the first case of its kind, no one knew the risk of transmission of cancer. He died 7 months later, from cancer.Kevin MD - Cancer In Kidney Transplant
New York Post - Hospital Cleared (PNG)
Despite being exhorted by her dying husband to forgive the doctor, Mr. Liew’s widow ignored his wishes and sued just about everyone she could think of including the doctor and New York University Medical Center where the transplant occurred. Eight years after Mr. Liew died, the jury has finally received the case. Mrs. Liew is sure that somebody is to blame for something and that she deserves $3 million dollars in compensation, but it is not clear who is to blame or what they are to blame for. In the end, the hospital was cleared and not found at fault.
Senin, 21 Februari 2011
What Goes In Sharps?
No matter what hospital I'm in, I see tons of junk in the sharps containers. This is a potentially huge waste of money and even a safety hazard.Study - Sharps Disposal in the Operating Room (Anesth Analg 1998;87:634-6)
So, what goes in the container? Generally:
* Loose needles, capped or open
* Syringes with uncapped needles
* Suture needles
* IV needles
* Surgical staples
* Surgical scalpel blades
What doesn't need to go in the sharps container? The big two are:
* Glass - yes even split ampules, they are not infectious
* Plastic - toss needle in sharps, syringe in trash
Minggu, 20 Februari 2011
Sabtu, 19 Februari 2011
Jalapeño Poppers
The New Mexico State University chili pepper breeding program has bred a wholly new, extra large, medium-hot jalapeno pepper precisely optimized for jalapeno poppers—jalapenos stuffed with cheese and deep fried. Named “NuMex Jalmundo” (a contraction of “jalapeno” and “mundo,” Spanish for “world”), the plus-sized peppers were created from a routine hybridization of a bell pepper and a jalapeno with help from NMSU’s non-profit Chile Pepper Institute. No kidding.PopSci - Giant Pepper For Stuffed Jalapeno Poppers Bred Specifically For Increased Cheese Payload
Peter Pronovost, Medical Badass
Peter Pronovost is an intensive care specialist physician at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He introduced an intensive care checklist protocol that during an 18-month period saved 1500 lives and $100 million in the State of Michigan. He was featured in Atul Gawande's book The Checklist Manifesto. According to Gawande, Pronovost's "work has already saved more lives than that of any laboratory scientist in the past decade." He was named in Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People 2008. We deem him a true medical badass."Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world." ~Margaret Mead
Myth: WiFi
"Wi-Fi doesn't stand for anything. It is not an acronym. There is no meaning." ~Phil Belanger, a founding member of the Wi-Fi Alliance who presided over the selection of the nameBoing Boing - WiFi isn't short for "Wireless Fidelity"
Myth: Drug Tests
Wiki - Drug Test Urban LegendsCommon Myths:
1) Drinking vinegar will help you pass
2) High doses of niacin will help you pass
3) Secondhand exposure will cause you to fail
4) Ibuprofen causes false positives for THC
5) Poppy seeds cause false positives for opiates
6) Cannabis remains detectable in urine for 30 days or more
As a side note, a popular medical blog asked if physicians should undergo random drug screening.
Student Paper Ridiculousness
Jezebel - Johns Hopkins Student Paper Would Like Women To Know How Fat And Terrible They Are"In any case, fat chicks and hot chicks often go hand-in-hand. When they travel together to a frat party, those brothers working the door are forced to let the elephants inside; to refuse them would be incurring the wrath of their hot friends. And once inside, the damage has already been done. It's only a matter of time until the mammoths monopolize the space on the dance floor."
PNG Images
JPEGs are for photographs and realistic images. PNGs are for line art, text-heavy images, and images with few colors. GIFs are just fail.
Fearless Honey Badger
At 2:30, gets bitten by a cobra, passes out with balls everywhere, wakes up and keeps eating. Awesome.
YouTube - Honey Badger
YouTube - Honey Badger
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