Last night’s misogyny in medicine: Same ER Level 2 Triage Numbers 1) 20yo woman, hypotensive to 60s/40s from a ruptured ectopic pregnancy requiring 4 units blood transfusion and emergency surgery 2) Old dude with a scratch on his dick from retracting his foreskin too far #medsky

Happy birthday Rome! According to Roman tradition, Romulus founded the city #OnThisDay in 753 BC. Here's a mosaic of Romulus's early years being raised by a wolf (who had a great smile) #BeforeTheyWereFamous 📷 @followinghadrian.bsky.social / CC BY-SA 2.0 🏺 #Archaeology

Quick Topic: WOUND CARE We almost NEVER place a “butterfly” bandage on wounds If it’s tiny, put a bandaid on it If it’s deep but not gaping/under stress, use skin glue If it IS gaping/under stress, it needs stitches The “tough guy” tape trope is idiotic #writing #filmsky #scriptsky #filmsky

Another set of Laurels Almost done w some pretty good revisions before I submit to a second round. Thanks for all the support, Bsky friends! #scriptsky

Today is the 251st anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops. I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III. Remind you of anyone?

Yay, hikes! Yay, waterfalls! Yay, forest of poison oak!

As dysfunctional as the US Government is, I just renewed my passport online and legit got it in the mail 10 days later. 10 DAYS!

Last night, one of the local hospice facilities lost power and their generators didn’t work. Every patient on oxygen had to come to the ER. Alas, not everyone made it to the ER. #medsky

QUICK SHOT: Back in the Before Times of EMS, public ambulance services didn’t exist and the only vehicle capable of transporting horizontal patients was a funeral hearse. … no conflict of interest there #writing #scriptsky #filmsky #EMS #medsky

Fact: your heart will only beat so many times before it stops Bonus Fact: like a video game, cardio uses up those heartbeats, but then it gives you super extra bonus heartbeats once you beat the level

Post a picture of you as a doctor

I just noticed the terrible excuse for “body armor” Fisk’s taskforce wears in DAREDEVIL There’s still lots of important anatomical bits in that upper third of the torso they leave unprotected… Remember this for writing/costumes. #scriptsky #filmsky #writing #gamedev #scriptskyuk #daredevil

Since I’m all about revealing medical inaccuracies, let’s take a close look at the sloppiest slop that ever slopped: Donald Jesus Trump, anointing a dead Jeffery Epstein with glowing Ivermectin 🧵👇

Hey I did a fun thing with @warren.senate.gov about breaking up giant healthcare conglomerates

Since I’ve read almost every Captain America title over the years, thought I’d repost this…again @valerioschiti.bsky.social

Creatives, stop thinking you’re being clever by having your characters shot in the shoulder As this lovely photo shows, there is a GIANT artery and vein right above the collarbone. And those yellow lines are the nerves that control all function to the arm Best to avoid those🤷‍♂️ #writing #scriptsky

Not-so-Fun Fact: Bright colors make you more visible to drivers… … but drunk drivers are drawn to bright lights. Taking wagers, more or less likely to get attacked by a car on my run today?

FACT: some scientists do not believe in the theory of entropy BONUS FACT: some scientists do not have children

Not-so-Fun fact: In prison, colostomies are used for more than pooping…

Need a way to give your character a unique medical scare? A young person comes in with facial droop and weakness…but it’s just a migraine Some people have COMPLEX MIGRAINES with symptoms mimicking a stroke (bonus, migraines are NOT just bad headaches) #writing #scriptsky #filmsky #scriptskyuk

Look, even nature knows VACCINES WORK!!! This hillside is straight up micro-dosing water via these pipes/syringes to build up its immunity to a deluge that might completely wipe it out come el niño. #vaccines #ecology #plants #california #wildfires

State Capitol rotunda! Lobbying for healthcare in the best state of all time ever. #cma #ab2346 #ab2431 #sb1146

Flew into the state capital to do some healthcare advocacy with our legislatures! But first … time to advocate for local breweries

Easter is the day we remember that some Christians actually read their Bibles and love all of their crazy woke left wing Bsky family members Not all Christians are hypocrites in MAGA hats

What happens to the BODY in VACUUM? Gases expand (like an ascending scuba diver) - Air is pulled out of lungs - Suffocation in minutes - Bowel gases expand Liquid boils off - Saliva/perspiration evaporate - Blood vessels rupture Dont forget Insta-freezing #writing #scriptsky #gamedev #filmsky

Ok, hear me out. We let Trump rebuild Alcatraz as a $152 Million active prison… … and then we can relocate him there in 3 years www.cnn.com/2026/04/03/p...

Teeny tiny laurel, but quarter finalist in my first script submission. First and last, baby! #scriptsky #writing

More high Sierra super fun snow run time

Emo music trivia night at the bar!

Please, anyone with actual skills is welcome to make a better version of my first attempt at a political cartoon

PSA: If you’re having a pregnancy-related emergency, do NOT drive past the hospital your OB/Gyn works at to a small critical access ER without OB coverage an hour away just because you THINK the wait time will be shorter #medsky

Mashup Bands: The Car Doors

Me: So where are you from? Patient: We lived in Lahaina for 30 years and moved after the fire Me: Oh, I’m sorry Patient: Then we lived in Pacific Palisades Me: Oh no… Patient: …and moved here after that fire Me: But, you realize we have fires here, too?.. #medsky #california #fire

Ok, so…Spielberg, Nolan, and Howard are teaming up for the most epic historical drama of all time! … but the year is 2078 and it’s about how a bunch of politicians without gonads abdicated power to a demented pedophile and destroyed the American Republic #scriptsky #nokings

Ok SFF fans, let’s do some fun math science! What if: Skin had chlorophyll? (minor spoilers ahead) Looking at @scalzi.com super awesome (and Hugo certified) novel Old Man’s War How much passive energy could a human realistically create? 🧵👇 #sff #sf #science #writing #booksky #scriptsky #filmsky

“But Doc, I’m an SFF writer! Surely I can just make up whatever science I want” Sure. But did you ever consider things like “Centaurs must be bad@$$ opera singers because they might have TWO sets of lungs.” No. You didnt. Youre welcome #writing #scriptsky #scriptskyuk #filmsky #booksky #gamedev

Hi friends, I need your help with a name rebrand. Here are a couple options I’m playing with, can you let me know what you think and if you have other ideas? 1) The Plot Doc 2) The Real Script Doctor 3 The Fiction Physician 4) Reel MD 5) Story Rx #writing #scriptsky #scriptskyuk #gamedev #booksky

Grr, wish there was an edit button. I pasted a sentence in the wrong place. Correction: NauseOUS means to CAUSE nausea. It’s synonymous with nauseATING. NauseATED means to HAVE nausea.

Quick Shot: NAUSEOUS NauseOUS means to CAUSE nausea NauseATED means to HAVE nausea. It’s synonymous with nauseATING. eg: “the nauseous chemical” So, “I’m nauseous” really means “I’m nauseating” When in doubt, just STOP using the word nauseous. #writing #scriptsky #scriptskyuk #filmsky

The Good: A producer of things you have heard of LOVED my story The Bad: They told me it needs to be a PLAY WTF, now I’m supposed to be an aspiring playwright, too? This keeps getting harder #scriptsky #writing #scriptskyuk

Photo dump: Sierra winter/summer hike

Nice winter/summer? run through the Sierras

Quick Shot: SURGICAL MASKS Dude, stop with the drama already. No surgeon is going to remove their mask in the OR in the middle of a case. If they do, add to the drama of everyone from the surgeon to the scrub tech screaming them out of the OR #writing #scriptsky #filmsky #scriptskyuk #booksky

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Even doctors get to be patients sometimes #emsky #er #thepitt

Remember, even doctors are patients Even though I know more behind the scenes shortcuts than the average bear, I still get stymied at the pharmacy as a patient because of the fucking nonsense that is “prior authorization” As if a prescription isn’t authorization enough 🖕

Me: this girl scout project is about empathy. do you know what empathy means? 7: no one cares, dad Me: …

Just realized that due to the mystical combination of Julius Caesar and the astrological turning of the spheres, a Friday 13 in February means there will ALSO be a Friday 13 in March…

Last night, I took care of an amazing deaf man who could only read lips “because I went to Woodstock” As I worked on his ingrown toenail, he proceeded to recount the entire Woodstock lineup in order and where he was during each set Most awesomest patient encounter of all time ever. #medsky #emsky