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Maria Langer @mlanger@mastodon.world · Aug 07, 2026

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#USHealthcare #ER 7:20 AM The Day Nurse comes in to take blood. She's friendly. We joke and chat about how getting old sucks. She's young and fit and I advise her to stay that way. An X-Ray tech with a portable machine comes in as the nurse is finishing up. She takes 3 X-rays of my forefinger, including one of my whole hand. She rolls out at 7:38 AM I wait in my chair. The monitor that I'm not plugged into shows a flat line and beeps softly every 15 seconds or so.

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Maria Langer @mlanger@mastodon.world · Aug 07, 2026

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#USHealthcare #ER 7:50 AM: I have been in the ER exam room for a full (billable) hour. I've seen 2 nurses, a doctor, and an X-ray technician.

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Maria Langer @mlanger@mastodon.world · Aug 07, 2026

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#USHealthcare #ER 8:20 AM. Doctor comes back in. Summarizes the tests. Nothing indicated, nothing conclusive. Suggests appointment with the rheumatologist which I immediately knocked down because of past experience. Wants to immobilize the finger and put me on Aleve. Says to try to get an appointment with my primary care physician in about 10 days. When I again suggest the barnacle fragments, he claims that there's no way that they could have migrated. I begin waiting for the nurse.

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Maria Langer @mlanger@mastodon.world · Aug 07, 2026

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#USHealthcare #ER #ERGames 6:50 AM. Called into exam room. Explained situation to nurse. He took my blood pressure (high) and temperature (below "normal" but high for me). Said his shift ends at 7 and they like to get everyone in the system before they go. Told me to wait and left. I moved off the gurney and onto a chair to be more comfortable. Reminder here: this is not an emergency in the literal sense of the word. But 2 doctors told me to come here so here I am.

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Maria Langer @mlanger@mastodon.world · Aug 07, 2026

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#USHealthcare #ER 7:10 AM. The doctor comes in. I tell him everything. He does not think it's an infection. He also does not believe the problem started where I think it did because it's not in the same place anymore. It's mostly moved into the knuckle joint for that finger. He's ordering more X-Rays and labs. Looking for inflammatory markers. Spent about 8 minutes with me. Told me to wait. I'm back in the chair.

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WDR (inoffiziell) @wdr@squeet.me · Jul 13, 2026

In Steinfurt eröffnet die Westfalen AG heute ihre erste Elektro-Ladestelle für Lastwagen. Sie ist Teil eines größeren Netzwerks.#WDR #E-LKW #Ladestation #Steinfurt #Westfalen-Gruppe #Eröffnung #NRW Elefantenrennen an der Ladesäule? E-Lkw laden in Steinfurt jetzt am Schnelladepunkt

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gdchill @gdchill@sueden.social · Jul 12, 2026

Technik in County General Hospital: Folge 1 1995–1999 https://www.tumblr.com/techniktagebuch/821925191226671104/19951999?source=share #techniktagebuch #er #Entwicklung #countygeneralhospital #emergencyroom

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WDR (inoffiziell) @wdr@squeet.me · Jul 10, 2026

Eigentlich sollte der Karls Erlebnisdorf in Oberhausen am 15. Juli eröffnen. Jetzt verzögert sich der Start aber.#WDR #KarlsErlebnisdorf #Erdbeerhof #Oberhausen #Freizeitpark #Eröffnung #NRW Karls Erlebnisdorf in Oberhausen: Eröffnung verzögert sich - das ist der Grund

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Bruce Mirken @BruceMirken@mas.to · Jul 06, 2026

An #ER doc calls on politicians to do more about #GunViolence (but #Trump is busy trying to increase it) https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2026/07/06/mass-shooting-aftermaths-gun-violence-control/90771636007/

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DrBob, 🧠 Mechanic @drrjv@vmst.io · May 01, 2026

The AI RoboDoctor Will See You Now A Harvard-led study just dropped a result that will make every #ER doctor’s stethoscope twitch. In a head-to-head against attending physicians at a Boston hospital, #OpenAI’s o1-preview reasoning model diagnosed patients more accurately at the moment of triage, just when information is sparse, time is short, and getting it wrong can kill someone. https://bit.ly/4n5bf9t #Healthcare #emergencymedicine #AI #artificialintelligence