carl alsup
@DocAlsup
Rural ER doc with occasional rants but almost never on Twitter. Everything is a UFO if you’re bad at identifying things.
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A Chinese man has come up with the most ingenious anti-mosquito device: he put a net on a fan and attached a UV light to the back. All mosquitoes fly towards the light, after which they are sucked into the bag. Save for summer. x.com/i/status/18936…
One falls in love, and then learns, for the duration, that one is at the mercy of someone else’s childhood. Hanif Kureishi #love #childhood
When you are dealing with AP view of the shoulder radiography, keep in mind that the film you're assessing is in Neutral rotation, Internal rotation or External rotation? In these images from the Radiology key, simply meanwhile precisely shows and explained each of them👍
This anatomy wooden model provides a brilliant visualization of how our back is affected by different lifting positions and why you should lift weights using legs [📹 Jacob Harden]
#Lee's life story, Chapter 1: From African easterly wave to sudden extreme intensification into a Category 5 #hurricane (wait for it)
Over 200 dogs surprised a lifelong dog lover for his 100th birthday. Dr. Robert Moore has always loved dogs. For his big milestone, his daughter Alison decided to post on Nextdoor asking people to bring their dogs in front of their house to wish Robert a happy birthday...
albumin-corrected calcium level is *less* accurate than the uncorrected total calcium level 🤯 I think we all know that that albumin-corrected calcium is junky and you need an iCal to really know the biologically active calcium level... but I didn't realize how bad it is 😬
New Science paper argues horses came to the Americas earlier than previously thought—a conclusion that, if it holds up, rewrites the history of the N. American West. Strikingly, the article is from a team of archaeologists, geneticists, and Lakota researchers and elders. 1/15
👀I can't stop looking at this! 👀A highly unusual and very mesmerizing visible satellite loop of a powerful low coming ashore near #SanFrancisco today. Notice the "eye" like feature that we tend to look for during hurricanes. #CaWX @CNN @CNNThisMorning Credit: CIRA/CSU & NOAA
Friendly neighbourhood microbiologist entering the chat: this is not what you think it is. This is a bacterial biofilm on the surface of the water, likely due to all the dead fish in the creek. It won’t have a scent, & is not oil or gasoline. Happens all the time in early spring.
***Bloodless central venous cannulation*** 1. Preload the needle with your guidewire 2. Use wrap around technique to control the wire 3. Impeccable DYNAMIC ultrasound guidance 4. Rejoice - not a single drop of blood in your field
REMINDER: Highway 89 around Emerald Bay remains CLOSED for snow removal operations. Crews have cleared slides as high as 50 feet! We are targeting Friday to reopen the highway. @CHPSouthLake @CountyElDorado @PlacerCA
There are only two reservoirs for the causative agent for leprosy (Hansen's disease), Mycobacterium leprae. 1. Humans 2. 9-banded armadillos But there was no evidence of Hansen's in the Americas prior to Columbus & armadillos are exclusively New World animals, which means...
This is the most impressive incomplete pass you’ll ever see from #49ers Brock Purdy 😳
The happiest countries in the world tend to have the most heavy metal bands… reddit.com/r/dataisbeauti…
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