Ben Zabar
@benzabar.bsky.social
EMS/EM physician in NYC area. My views are my own, do not reflect those of any hospital, city, or agency I may be affiliated with. Simulated death and the effect on learning, MD Thesis: https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/ymtdl/1608/
Hello, have you heard the good word about Orange as a triage color? Would you like to know more? #EMS #EmergencyMedicine #FOAMed
Timber rattlesnake #6 was resting on an angled shelf just below knee height. #timberrattlesnake #fieldherping #insituherps
I go to raise the hunt. With my Hell Hounds. For the Dark, the Dark is rising.
A young Timber Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) on the crawl in the Pine Barrens today. This was a well travelled trail and some horseback riders passed through shortly after we gently shooed her off into the bushes
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
Maybe the real administrator of Doge were the friends we made along the way. @annabower.bsky.social
Watching a movie about the administrator of— oh. just kidding. we still don’t know. 😉 #WITAOD
It's expensive to find the truth. It costs nothing to lie
Trevor Noah recently made an excellent point. Truth sits behind a pay wall. You want honest reporting and analysis? Pull out your wallet. But misinformation and disinformation and downright lies? That's free. No pay wall. Any media expert wants to explain why that is?
A 5-year-old male presents to the emergency department with inability to move his arms/legs and difficulty breathing. Family reports they found him ingesting these fireworks (see image). What lab do you expect to be abnormal and why? ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️
Oh this can just fuck off An AI-'written' complete copy of my own book is now on Amazon; same title, more-or-less the same blurb, and exactly the same impetus. Reviewers of Amazon, I urge you to absolutely dive-bomb this plagiaristic piece of shit: www.amazon.co.uk/FORGOTTEN-VI...
Selfie with @www.evidencetriage.com ? Hard to tell, he’s locked in. But hollar at the #FOAMed grind. #ACEP26
Tomorrow (Tuesday)! At the podcast recording booth at #ACEP26 – we'll be there 10-11am, so come by say "hello" afterwards!
Note to all #emergencymedicine conferences: you must have sleepy puppies from now on. @acepnation.bsky.social @ohioacep.bsky.social @naemsp.bsky.social #acep26 #emsky
Remember we used to live tweet conferences with such intensity?! It was so hopeful, and actually pretty useful. Those were the days. Thank you for doing a bit of it now.
Why is no one talking about adrenochrome during these tox lectures? What don't they want you to know? #ACEP26 @mdaware.org
If you are involved in disaster management/Hazmat/ #EMS go back and watch the ER episode "Exodus" where the ER gets contaminated by benzene. Great learning points.
Good looking snake
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