What about a subreddit?
Readit Newsdavycro commented on Ask HN: Organize local communities without Facebook? · Posted by u/recvonline
This tracks with my own bias as an ER doc. I do feel that the risk of c-spine injuries from mountain biking is understated. As they said in the article, you are especially vulnerable to a hangmans fracture when thrown over the handlebars. I wonder if the ergonomics or geometry of a bicycle could be modified to better protect a rider’s neck.
davycro commented on CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops old.reddit.com/r/crowdstr... · Posted by u/BLKNSLVR
Excuse my ignorance, but what systems are needed for CPR?
You can do CPR without a computer system, but changing systems in the middle of resuscitation where a delay of seconds can mean the difference between survival and death is absolutely not ideal. CPR in the hospital is a coordinated team response and if one person can’t do their job without a computer then the whole thing breaks down.
davycro commented on CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops old.reddit.com/r/crowdstr... · Posted by u/BLKNSLVR
Hello, I'm a journalist looking to reach people impacted by the outage and wondering if you could kindly connect with your ER colleague. My email is sarah.needleman@wsj.com. Thanks!
I sent them your contact info, pretty sure they will be asleep for the next few hours
davycro commented on CrowdStrike Update: Windows Bluescreen and Boot Loops old.reddit.com/r/crowdstr... · Posted by u/BLKNSLVR
Took down our entire emergency department as we were treating a heart attack. 911 down for our state too. Nowhere for people to be diverted to because the other nearby hospitals are down. Hard to imagine how many millions of not billions of dollars this one bad update caused.
The system crashed while my coworker was running a code (aka doing CPR) in the ER last night. Healthcare IT is so bad at baseline that we are somewhat prepared for an outage while resuscitating a critical patient.
davycro commented on Apple Vision Pro: Apple’s first spatial computer apple.com/newsroom/2023/0... · Posted by u/samwillis
The hardware is no doubt impressive, as expected, but I just can't see myself in any of the situations they keep showing in VR/AR demos.
Does someone really sit on their couch, put on a massive headset, and scroll through their vacation photos? Does someone watch an entire 2+ hour movie with a sweaty headset strapped to them (and plugged into a socket) instead of on a couch with their family/friends? Would I want to be in a group call with generated avatars of people rather than their actual faces? If the kids are having a fun moment would I want to run inside, grab my headset, strap it on and record a video, or just go join them? Would I rather work on this all day instead of a laptop?
And the one thing I could maybe see this being useful for – gaming – was barely even mentioned in their keynote.
If I'm dropping $3,500 and cutting myself off from the outside world (and no, that weird eye display thing doesn't count), a half-assed substitute for consuming the same content as I would on any other screen isn't going to cut it. Show me the actual future, in terms of software/content/communication/immersiveness, then we'll talk.
I would use this at work in the hospital, especially ultrasound guided procedures.
davycro commented on CPR's true survival rate is lower than many people think npr.org/sections/health-s... · Posted by u/rntn
I was dead on the street at 15 after being hit by a car (my fault). A good Samaritan stopped, administered CPR and resuscitated me. Forty six years later and I never got to thank him. I only know his first name (Mark).
CPR is a good thing and hopefully this article will not make people think twice before administering it.
CPR shouldn’t work on someone dead from a traumatic injury. For example chest compressions will only hurt someone dead from having their chest crushed against a steering wheel in a car accident. What happened to you is a true miracle and far outside the norm.
davycro commented on Brain images just got 64 million times sharper medicalxpress.com/news/20... · Posted by u/amichail
I’ve always wanted to have an MRI. I want to know how it feels to have all of my protons reoriented by a giant magnet. Would I be the same person after?
davycro commented on Windows needs to stop showing tabloid news tomshardware.com/news/win... · Posted by u/taubek
I use windows when I work in the emergency department. These ads drive me bonkers when I’m trying to use the software to take care of patients.
davycro commented on Nanobots Can Swim Around a Wound and Kill Bacteria wired.com/story/these-nan... · Posted by u/lxm
I presume this is intended for wounds in areas with poor circulation, like a diabetic foot or a walled off abscess. The bloodstream is damn good at delivering antibiotics and immune cells to infected areas.