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Edited by dRoy on Feb 20th 2020 at 2:33:51 AM
I was gonna ask when you became a Devil May Cry enemy.
edited 2nd Nov '13 6:12:40 PM by joeyjojo
hashtagsarestupidSo I got drunk (according to the bartender) last night. On the way back, I bought some barbecued chicken wings, because eating before and after drinking helps out your stomach or something like that.
Someone advised that eating fatty foods is good for dealing with hangover. How is that? Does fat helps liver breaking down alcohol or something?
Continuously reading, studying, and (hopefully) growing.It's mainly a myth. But fatty foods in particular stick to the stomach lining longer and therefore slow down the absorption of alcohol into the bloodstream. While that might make it take longer to feel the alcohol's effects, it also gives the body more time to process the byproducts. You're still generally better off eating healthy.
hashtagsarestupidDid Inefficient Cellular Machinery Evolve to Fight Viruses and Jumping Genes?
Random question: What kind of doctors would have the knowledge/capacity to assist a dude that got his face beaten in by another nutjob?
Let's say the victim got his cheek bone and nose fractured, with some cuts to the lower lip and the eye brow.
... Yes, that did happen to some SOB I've heard from, fortunately(?) a dentist was taking a piss in the bathroom where the beating happened and could help him there and then.
Um... dunno about best... but, when it comes to something like that, anybody who has enough general under their belt would be better than nothing — and, a nurse wouldn't go amiss, either.
Heck, my mother was a psychiatrist, and she patched and stitched people after fights and even road accidents (in South Africa, she was the closest thing to an ER in the vicinity at times...
). It was one reason why she kept things like splints, plaster of Paris bandaging, gloves, masks, polio vaccine and suture thread along with her antidepressants, anti-psychotics, etc., etc. in the boot of her car when she went out on bush-calls (which could take the better part of a full day for part of the circuit): it was lovingly called "the dispensary".
edited 8th Nov '13 9:08:12 AM by Euodiachloris
I can't think of a situation where I would turn down a nurse to be honest.
And yeah, it makes sense that anything would be better than nothing, but I was musing over what doctor would be the most useful outside of his office.
That, and I love baiting funny/interesting anecdotes with random questions on OTC.
edited 8th Nov '13 9:25:17 AM by QuestionMarc
With the appropriate facilities, facial injuries are usually covered by the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery team in our hospital, at least. Outside of it, though, an ER specialist is your best bet - assuming that all you have to do immediately is to stabilise the patient for long enough to reach surgery.
Not a substitute for a formal medical consultation.While I'm not a doctor or medical person myself, Pyrite has the right of it. On the scene, you'd want a trauma doc or ER specialist; they're the ones with the most training for right-this-instant stabilization. Next up would be an EMT (also trained to deal with injuries on the spot without a hospital's facilities on hand). A facial reconstruction surgeon would probably be next best after those two; he's got the specialized knowledge of the facial structure, but he'll have less experience working in the rough. Once you get to the ER, the facial reconstruction surgeon will be called in.
Basically, you're balancing two very different skillsets: specialized knowledge of treating facial injuries and the ability to work in the field without their normal setup. A facial reconstruction surgeon will be at the top of the scale in the first, but probably very low on the second; an EMT (or military medic) will be high on the scale on the second, but relatively low on the first. An Emergency Trauma specialist will be mid-range on the first and possibly high mid-range on the second.
(Hmm, I guess I won't take a temporary absence from this site just yet)
Random thought.
I went to shopping, and on the way there, I ate a foot long sub in the Subway. Way back from the grocery shopping, I had a very strong need to go to restroom.
After I took care of No.2, I suddenly thought:
It would really suck to lose the ability to take dump/urine freely as you get older, which is pretty likely to happen.
Hmm.
Continuously reading, studying, and (hopefully) growing.When you gotta go, you gotta go.
Joking aside, besides the inconvenience, urinary and bowel incontinence also put you at higher risks of urinary tract infections, infected bedsores (particularly if you're also sufficiently incapacitated to be unable to care for yourself), and constipation - which isn't as innocuous as you might expect, especially if it leads to intestinal obstruction. Among other things.
edited 9th Nov '13 11:58:14 PM by Pyrite
Not a substitute for a formal medical consultation.Question: Is there some stuff that patient do under anesthesia that's really weird/endangering/inappropriate for the doctor? Stuff like grabbing the doctor and not letting go, speaking in reverse, knee-jerking, sporting the weirdest boner at the worst moment, etc etc.
I'm asking cause I learned that dentists get bit a lot (I actually bit mine a bit while I got my Wisdom Teeth removed) and I was curious if other branches of medicine had to deal with this kind of problem.

Hellloooo boring rice.
EDIT: It makes sense in context... really it does!
edited 1st Nov '13 4:54:11 PM by Euodiachloris