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I think I will hang it in my future office, kind of a "Ghost of Clinical Medicine Past"-esque rememberance of my hatred of rounding for 8 hours post call. Either that or I'll sell it on eBay. yeah, thats the ticket.
Give it to me so I don't have to buy one!!!!!!!
I just thought of a hilarious troll thread idea. Sadly, it's really a question that popped into my mind.
"Do stethoscopes come in bigger sizes for people with really big heads?"
I just thought of a hilarious troll thread idea. Sadly, it's really a question that popped into my mind.
"Do stethoscopes come in bigger sizes for people with really big heads?"
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b&ierstiefel
gave mine to roommate. as an anesthesiologist, i think he'll need it more than i ever will.
If he's an anesthesiologist, why doesn't he have one of his own?AndyMilonakis said:
He does now.deschutes said:
Does he have four ears? 😉
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b&ierstiefel
1. he has one but it sucked and then to top it off, he lost it.
2. no, he has 2 ears.
3. i gave my steth to him cuz i was feeling generous that day...oh the other part of the deal was that he buy me sushi.
2. no, he has 2 ears.
3. i gave my steth to him cuz i was feeling generous that day...oh the other part of the deal was that he buy me sushi.
He does now.deschutes said:
deschutes said:What did you - or will you - do with them?
I have an entire year to ponder this question.
My brain read that as "he sucked ears"AndyMilonakis said:
I wonder if one's previously-honed skill at detecting bibasilar creps decreases with decreasing exposure.
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interestingdeschutes said:My brain read that as "he sucked ears"
oh, you must be studying for step 2.
deschutes said:My brain read that as "he sucked ears"
I read it that he had only one sucky ear when he subsequently lost.
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well seeing how you are interpreting my already said comments, i'm glad i left out the part about him owning a 4-assed kitten for a pet.
Do you mean a young cat, or a young girl?AndyMilonakis said:
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yeah, he likes keeping wimmen around as pets.deschutes said:
wimmen.
Mine is somewhere in a bag somewhere in a closet. Every now and then I will probably pull it out to check if I have a heart murmur.
I thought we were still on kittens for a minute. 😳cytoborg said:
yaah said:
I do this too.
Not that I would be able to tell if I had a heart murmur or not.
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b&ierstiefel
If I had a murmur, I wouldn't hear it because I wouldn't wanna hear it and I would convince myself that it wasn't there.
I am the opposite. I keep listening, and eventually start to hear something faint. I can't convince myself it is anymore than I/VI though, and probably just normal flow I am picking up. Or I'm imagining things. I can also split my S2.
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b&ierstiefel
I am RRR S1 S2 no m/r/g.
We better get an echo to rule out endocarditis then.
I 've got mine hanging on my thermostat as decoration:
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b&ierstiefel
That's the same kind I have...I mean had
Are those the one-sided ones? I never understood that. So what's all this talk about low-pitched sounds with the diaphragm 🙄
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b&ierstiefel
Yeah...they're the one-sided ones. Bell and diaphragm on the same side. One can switch from one mode to another by pressing firmly or pressing lightly.
It's a load of crap. Whenever I needed to hear low frequency heart sounds, I would just borrow one of the normal two-sided stethoscopes.
I've heard an S4 only 3 times in my life. Never heard an S3...and I never will.
It's a load of crap. Whenever I needed to hear low frequency heart sounds, I would just borrow one of the normal two-sided stethoscopes.
I've heard an S4 only 3 times in my life. Never heard an S3...and I never will.
They kept talking about a gallop on Thursday. I listened during walk-rounds and went back and listened again later in the afternoon. Heard an odd S1, but no gallop.AndyMilonakis said:
Heard a very cool squeak (my own invented term - and the resident couldn't disagree) on a lady with RHF and edema NYD.
Wow, you keep your place pretty warm! If you looked at mine when I was here by myself it would probably be at 63 - 65. If others are over I turn it up as a preemptive measure for the inevitable complaints.
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well maybe he's hypothyroid. you should donate some of your T4 to him.yaah said:
I usually keep it 70-75. I like sitting around in T-shirts and boxers when no one is around, even when its -10 outside. Hope that wasn't TMI.
Jeezus, 62-65 is fricking cold dude.
Jeezus, 62-65 is fricking cold dude.
Sometimes I turn the heat up when I am really hungry or tired and get cold.
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I'm really stahvin right now and it's cold outside. I am upset.yaah said:
yaah said:
Alternatively you could eat.
People who complain about that need to wear more clothes.yaah said:
Are you bring over half naked women again, yaah?
TMI? In path?Whisker Barrel Cortex said:
Good one.
I agree with all of the above 😎 I was in a 62-65 house recently. I wanted to wrap myself in fleece and never come out again. I could have sworn it was warmer outside.Whisker Barrel Cortex said:
bananaface said:TMI? In path?
Good one.
I am just a radiologist visiting this foreign land you call pathology. I do not yet know your ways and customs.
Out of curiosity I Googled "whisker/barrel cortex". I will never again underestimate the importance of whiskers to a mouse. 😱
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b&ierstiefel
deschutes, you need a hobby.
Hmm. I guess I could take my laptop into the garden.
That may not solve the problem!
Dammit my whisker/barrel cortex post is doomed to languish at the bottom of the previous page. It's all Andy's fault 😛
Oooh ooh! Shall I paint my nails Cherry Rain or Rose Whisper??yaah said:That may not solve the problem!
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b&ierstiefel
life isn't fair. deal with it.
You know, I actually thought the name was whiskey barrel cortex, not whisker. Interesting how my scanning way of reading can sometimes fail me.
Rose Whisper.deschutes said:
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Other options that should be entertained are:
Baby Green
Classic Brown
Nut-n-Corn Crunch
(can anyone name the reference?)
Baby Green
Classic Brown
Nut-n-Corn Crunch
(can anyone name the reference?)
