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    Elective paracentesis

    I have a friend that is a vet tech in the PNW. She's crunchy, yes. She used to be in CA. She told me, more than 20 years ago, that there was a lady that paid $20k to have a kidney transplant for her cat at UC-Davis. I said, I don't know how many cats you could rescue for 20k!
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    Options and real estate wedlock - a beginner level trade on a real estate backed asset

    Gambling is random. Calling it that is fundamentally incorrect.
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    Becoming Obesity Medicine certified

    Obesity medicine? I hear the rewards are FAT!
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    Elective paracentesis

    I recall the last time I "did" a therapeutic tap. I tapped it, then called the IM admitting team, and had the resident task the intern with changing the bottles!
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    Termination affecting licensure

    Bite your tongue! It has never, ever, ever happened, ever, on SDN that someone gives half (or less) of the story, but wants a whole response. Never!!
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    Question on HPSP

    And the image that immediately came to mind was milking a cobra for venom. Every edge is sharp on a cobra, like a bowling ball.
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    Options for no nights, holidays or weekends

    What's been said? The absolute worst part of cards is the 3 years of IM?
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    ketamine clinic

    "Getting"? It's been a popular party drug for many years.
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    EMTALA Question

    Right - it's not a problem - until it is. Then, what do you do??
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    EMTALA Question

    I'm talking on the paperwork. You need a room upstairs, an actual bed - 735A - but not needed, by law, for ED to ED, not required.
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    EMTALA Question

    Correct. The ED is never "full". They might not have capability, but, the ED always has capacity. Facilities on "diversion" (which is local or state, not federal) do so because there are more patients than they can safely treat. It's not that they literally have nowhere to put them. Likewise...
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    EMTALA Question

    That's end-stage possibility. Sounds like admin speak. Remember, if the sending faculty is sending from the ED, the receiving facility has literally infinite beds in the ED, per the law. (To clarify, to send from ED to ED, unlike on the floor, there doesn't need to be a bed assigned in the...
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    Ouch. You might not get a lot of responses if you respond like that.
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    Clowns

    That was a weird one - the Killer Klowns were just that, but, also, kinda fun. Even at the end, still fun.
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    Clowns

    To be fair, I did look for the most evil evil clown makeup. That one did make my wife cringe and look away!
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