studentforlife

re: NP- Should NBA make "injury pay" 50% of salary?

Posted by studentforlife on 3/1/23 at 9:22 am

What if the 50% of that game's pay was distributed amongst the teammates that actually played in the missed game? Then it doesn't look like a money grab by the owners. It only provides a financial incentive for players to play. ...

Pelicans Talk

re: Brandon Ingram shot selection through the years

Posted by studentforlife on 2/14/23 at 11:55 pm

obviously C&S 3PA and dunks should be taken when available, but they usually aren't in the playoffs. [quote]BI's attempts at the rim have also gone down each of the past 4 years. 22-23: 13.7% of his shots 21-22: 14% 20-21: 14.4% 19-20: 24.8 % [/quote] Don't know where to get the catch a...

Pelicans Talk

re: Report: Hamlin did not have pre-existing cardiac issues; collision was cause of incident

Posted by studentforlife on 1/13/23 at 1:24 pm

[quote]No where in your study does it say the 3 cases of football involved teens older than 16, nor wearing properly fitted pads [/quote] [link=(https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0363546513478572?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed)]LINK[/link] stu...

re: Report: Hamlin did not have pre-existing cardiac issues; collision was cause of incident

Posted by studentforlife on 1/13/23 at 9:56 am

[quote]Thats exactly what he said !) extremely rare- [b]Yes[/b] 2) a diagnosis of exclusion - [b]Yes[/b] 3) have to rule out via testing, everything else first - [b]Yes[/b] Thats exactly what "least likely" means. - [b]NOPE[/b] Every other condition gets ruled out before we even consider i...

re: Report: Hamlin did not have pre-existing cardiac issues; collision was cause of incident

Posted by studentforlife on 1/12/23 at 1:22 pm

[quote]I read an article written by a cardiologist saying [u]the fact[/u] that he had to be resuscitated twice,once on the field and once later in his opinion does a way with the fact that the impact could’ve caused this [/quote] This "fact" is not at all true. He lost his pulses/received CPR...

re: Report: Hamlin did not have pre-existing cardiac issues; collision was cause of incident

Posted by studentforlife on 1/11/23 at 12:01 pm

[quote]The hit likely caused a pulmonary embolism from dislodging a clot. [/quote] This inaccurate statement stems from a complete lack of understanding of the pathophysiology in a variety of ways. Where do you think the clot was "lodged" in his chest? You think he had a giant clot in in rig...

re: 250K Americans die per year from ER misdiagnosis.

Posted by studentforlife on 12/16/22 at 12:43 pm

[quote]You’re comparing socialized healthcare systems to ours. [/quote] It is even worse than that. 2 most egregious things: The 250K preventable death estimation is extrapolated from a single study performed in 2004, with data from a sample of 503 patients drawn from the high acuity area of ...

re: Theory about Rings of Power hate

Posted by studentforlife on 10/19/22 at 2:17 pm

[quote]It doesn’t make any sense for any of them to be black. Dwarves it really doesn’t make sense given they live underground.[/quote] Just so we are clear on your argument, which of these is so obvious? 1) their creator Aule was omniscient (I don't think this is the case but I am no expert)...

Movie/TV Board

re: Has there ever been an NBA player teetering on greatness/irrelevancy as much as Hardwn?

Posted by studentforlife on 5/6/22 at 7:55 am

[quote]The 1 seed Miami heat is not comparable to a 41-41 6 seed and 7 seed that Bron beat in Cleveland. Sorry fella. We are looking for players who beat legit contenders in series when they had an all nba caliber player out. and not counting Steph when he still had 2 hall of fame teammates when KD ...

re: The Miserable Pseudo-Science Behind Face Masks, Social Distancing And Contact Tracing

Posted by studentforlife on 1/21/22 at 10:23 am

Seems to be written by someone who has no idea there is a difference between [b]droplet[/b] precautions and [b]airborne[/b] precautions[link=(https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/basics/transmission-based-precautions.html)]LINK[/link]. While COVID was initially thought to be spread primarily through...

Political Talk

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re: NBA Thread 06/15: Booms Fighting James Hardens vs Paul Allen’s Bucks

Posted by studentforlife on 6/16/21 at 1:57 pm

[quote]harden numbers are better across the board than KD in the playoffs. When you find one meaningful advanced stat that favors Kevin let me know and I will answer with 5 that paint a other picture. [/quote] i guess i'll have to bite on your most recent terrible take. Careeer Playoff # Har...

re: Do ER doctors earn a lot compared to other drs?

Posted by studentforlife on 3/8/21 at 1:43 am

[quote]Once again you are wrong. So educated but so dumb!!!! I posted the AMA above 259 percentages and you chose to dispute the numbers. Now I realize why you didn't get into med school at 22 like most US Doctors. You Loser!!!!! [/quote] You posted numbers but clearly have no idea what they mea...

re: Do ER doctors earn a lot compared to other drs?

Posted by studentforlife on 3/6/21 at 5:53 pm

Given the small numbers, I decided to look at 2019 as well just to see if there was a ton of variability. In general, things only changed a percentage point or 2. Here are the 2019 numbers for Step 1 and Step 2 scores >259. Anesthesia 3.9% Child Neuro 0.4% Derm 6.2% Emergency Med 6.6% F...

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re: Do ER doctors earn a lot compared to other drs?

Posted by studentforlife on 3/6/21 at 5:22 pm

[quote]EM had 2212 matches Dermatology had 480 matches Pediatrics had 2661 matches How can you compare the three?[/quote] Once again, we are discussing what specialty the highest ranked applicants choose. You seem to think how many other people match into that specialty is relevant, but it i...

re: Do ER doctors earn a lot compared to other drs?

Posted by studentforlife on 3/6/21 at 5:15 pm

[quote]So why couldn't you use the scores from last year and use the average step 1 and 2 score being they are available? Also let's go to above 259 average on both. [/quote] Man you are really bad at this. I guess I'll try again. The numbers you listed appear to be from this site [link=(https:/...

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re: Do ER doctors earn a lot compared to other drs?

Posted by studentforlife on 3/6/21 at 1:08 pm

[quote]You are still wrong, geez I sure hope I never end up in an ED with you or "Your ED" if you can't understand statics aren't on your side. How can other subspecialties have a higher average if lower ranked applicants are being accepted? How about you dumb it down alittle more for us ignorant an...

re: Do ER doctors earn a lot compared to other drs?

Posted by studentforlife on 3/5/21 at 6:56 pm

[quote]If you are referring to 2020 your numbers are far off. EM had an average matched score of 231 versus a higher ranked subspecialty orthopedic surgery which was 245, according to the national residency matching program. [/quote] Now I see you don't really understand that the average score o...

re: Do ER doctors earn a lot compared to other drs?

Posted by studentforlife on 3/5/21 at 6:50 pm

[quote]Let me know where your ignorant arse practices, I would never want to go there. Statically the highest ranked Med students don't go into EM. You can debate it all you want. [/quote] It's ok to be stupid as long as you are willing to learn. Instead of a "debate" with your made up numbers ba...

re: Do ER doctors earn a lot compared to other drs?

Posted by studentforlife on 3/5/21 at 11:43 am

[quote]Do you teach? I would eventually like to do academics in EM. I’ve worked at LSU NOLA, OLOL, and LSU Shreveport so if you’re in state I have probably met you. [/quote] I work in academic EM and really like working with EM residents as well as motivated off service residents (some of the off-...