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Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

I would blow Dane Cook posted:

'Several parkgoers claimed the ride had broken down at least twice earlier in the day but Dreamworld is yet to respond to those comments.'

D:

# ? Oct 26, 2016 00:02

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Captain Postal: Sep 16, 2007

elise the great posted:

https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3469571&pagenumber=127&perpage=40#post436681455

This guy died but you can kinda get the idea

I meant the thread in general so I could read more stories, but thanks!

# ? Oct 26, 2016 00:04

tater_salad: Sep 15, 2007

A Buff Gay Dude posted:

I just checked your post history and...well...you might wanna call your doctor

Nah that was a long time ago... I get all my poo poo cleared out by posting.

# ? Oct 26, 2016 00:18

McDeth: Jan 12, 2005

Slanderer posted:

Roundabouts can gently caress themselves

Yes, the obviously superior way to intersect multiple directions of traffic can go gently caress itself because people are too retarded to discern how to use it.

Traffic lights and stop signs are WAY more efficient :tard:

# ? Oct 26, 2016 00:24

Sagebrush: Feb 26, 2012

haveblue posted:

"Injury incompatible with life" is actually a standard medical term for that sort of thing (or at least I recall learning that from a thread here).

Yeah. IIRC it's the legalese way to say "no, we haven't gotten a coroner in to officially declare them dead yet, but...uh...no need to send any more ambulances."

# ? Oct 26, 2016 04:20

dis astranagant: Dec 14, 2006

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b9ZYt6MzHc&t=653s

# ? Oct 26, 2016 05:00

Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

Followup to inflatable bladder guy:

quote:

Earlier this week, the inquest heard Mr Herczeg died after the pressure of the oxygen caused his bladder to burst and his lungs to collapse.

When questioned about the inquest on Wednesday, Mr Weatherill said the public should wait until the findings were handed down before jumping to conclusions.

However, he also pointed to a police report which he said "is speculating that the death was caused by the actions of the patient".

"Now we don't know the truth or otherwise of that, but that's certainly what emerged after the police investigation," Mr Weatherill said.

"I think it's shameful that there has been other speculation, pointing the finger at nurses."

The inquest has heard from three nurses who cared for Mr Herczeg in the emergency room, where he had been taken by ambulance after a fall.

Registered nurse Stacy Woodward said Mr Herczeg's catheter and oxygen supply were correctly connected and working well when she cared for him while he was in the emergency room.

While giving evidence, a second nurse, Kirsty McCulloch, said she did not check Mr Herczeg's catheter was properly connected and working well while he was in her care.

However, Ms McCulloch also said Mr Herczeg was sitting up in bed talking while he was in her care, and was not in pain.

Mr Herczeg was South Australia's first World Cup-qualifying Socceroo back in the mid-1960s.

The inquest, before state coroner Mark Johns, is expected to run until Monday.

# ? Oct 26, 2016 05:15

dookifex_maximus: Aug 10, 2016; by zen death robot

everybody there but the dead guy has financial reasons to sweep this under the rug

# ? Oct 26, 2016 05:17

Elysiume: Aug 13, 2009; Alone, she fights.

dookifex_maximus posted:

everybody there but the dead guy has financial reasons to sweep this under the rug

There was also the post that said that it would be basically impossible to mess that up due to incompatible connectors, so I don't really know.

elise the great posted:

I'm still trying to figure out how this happened, since they... kinda don't have connectors that can mate. A foley cath (indwelling) typically has three possible ports: a luer-lock screw-top port that requires a compatible adapter for flushing and drawing back fluid, a second luer that inflates the balloon, and a large open rubber tube where the drainage bag hooks up, which is large enough at the opening to jam your finger into if you had some weird reason to do that. I'm guessing that's where the oxygen hooked up, because oxygen hooks up with a slip-tip cath that's not compatible at all with luer systems (for good reason, as we use that system for IV lines). Plus the pt end of any oxygen hookup is like... a mask or a nasal cannula or something, which is COMPLETELY incompatible with a rubber tube.

I just can't figure out what wacko MacGuyver nonsense had to take place to get the two hooked up. Somebody had to work at that. And turn the pressure up to max, or something. I just don't understand HOW

# ? Oct 26, 2016 05:21

Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

Remember how that one goon's brother kept getting bladder infections and there were a few jokes about him being an inflation fetishist?

Then that turned out to be exactly the cause for all his bladder infections?

After that I'm not sure about ruling anything out anymore

# ? Oct 26, 2016 05:26

dookifex_maximus: Aug 10, 2016; by zen death robot

Elysiume posted:

There was also the post that said that it would be basically impossible to mess that up due to incompatible connectors, so I don't really know.

sure, could be legit, or it could be another professional serial killer covering their tracks

# ? Oct 26, 2016 05:33

Platystemon: Feb 13, 2012; BREADS

Synthbuttrange posted:

Remember how that one goon's brother kept getting bladder infections and there were a few jokes about him being an inflation fetishist?

Then that turned out to be exactly the cause for all his bladder infections?

How did we learn this?

I mean, why even tell the doctor? Just stop doing it.

# ? Oct 26, 2016 05:39

Synthbuttrange: May 6, 2007

something something mysterious pee soaked cotton swabs and a bike pump that kept appearing in the bathroom after being put away

# ? Oct 26, 2016 05:43

mom and dad fight a lot: Sep 21, 2006; If you count them all, this sentence has exactly seventy-two characters.

oohhboy posted:

How do you get probated for that!?

That Watch & Weight thread was a gong show. TheCosmicMuffet (or whatever his name was) would go on some truly ridiculous rants, and the entire thread would rally with him, while the more rational arguments would get shut down like that. I think someone ended up killing their dog because the owner kept feeding it a low-carb diet. Another couple just ate raw meat. There was some honestly good information and stories in there, but goons treated it like the communist manifesto and took it way too far. As far as I know, low-carb megathreads are banned in YLLS now.

dis astranagant posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b9ZYt6MzHc&t=653s

I like this guy.

mom and dad fight a lot fucked around with this message at 05:49 on Oct 26, 2016

# ? Oct 26, 2016 05:46

Say Nothing: Mar 5, 2013; by FactsAreUseless

http://i.imgur.com/2WipmYr.mp4

# ? Oct 26, 2016 07:21

Abyssal Squid: Jul 24, 2003

That's taking the content-aware scaling meme too far.

# ? Oct 26, 2016 07:35

atomicthumbs: Dec 26, 2010; We're in the business of extending man's senses.

Jonny 290 posted:

This looks great, but I seriously question if any electronic recording device would stay running there.

I bet proper power design has the side effect of the substation being a tuned circuit that's inappropriate to generate very significant RF, even with an arc :byoscience:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcH_DTxw308

there are few more beautiful sounds than that of an overwhelmingly loud 60hz sine with 120hz overtone and crackling

fun fact: RF arcs are entirely silent except for maybe some crackling. you only know they're there because of the glow and the smell.

atomicthumbs fucked around with this message at 10:08 on Oct 26, 2016

# ? Oct 26, 2016 10:01

3D Megadoodoo: Nov 25, 2010

McDeth posted:

Yes, the obviously superior way to intersect multiple directions of traffic can go gently caress itself because people are too retarded to discern how to use it.

Let's face it: people are too stupid to discern how to use a simple cross intersection. That's why traffic circles are safer.

# ? Oct 26, 2016 10:17

Collateral Damage: Jun 13, 2009

Jerry Cotton posted:

Let's face it: people are too stupid to discern how to use a simple cross intersection. That's why traffic circles are safer.

A roundabout also provides a natural obstacle that forces people to slow down, so much lower risk of some idiot gunning it through to beat the red light.

# ? Oct 26, 2016 10:27

Snowglobe of Doom: Mar 30, 2012; sucks to be right

Collateral Damage posted:

A roundabout also provides a natural obstacle that forces people to slow down, so much lower risk of some idiot gunning it through to beat the red light.

Lower but not zero

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxHlKpRAyv0

# ? Oct 26, 2016 11:13

Humphreys: Jan 26, 2013; We conceived a way to use my mother as a porn mule

Collateral Damage posted:

A roundabout also provides a natural obstacle that forces people to slow down, so much lower risk of some idiot gunning it through to beat the red light.

I have a few double lane roundabouts on my daily commute. Traffic moves through them much quicker than the set of lights I have to wait at. Although they can be road-rage inducing if the person in front of you don't know how they work and will stop in the outside approach lane cos someone is on the inside lane. If idiots aren't in the way, it's maybe 10 seconds of my trip and a 5 way intersection behind me.

Humphreys fucked around with this message at 11:51 on Oct 26, 2016

# ? Oct 26, 2016 11:28

Jabor: Jul 16, 2010; #1 Loser at SpaceChem

Snowglobe of Doom posted:

Lower but not zero

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxHlKpRAyv0

Someone spent actual effort transforming this from a properly-recorded landscape video, into a portrait video that has borders on all four sides when you watch it. It's very mysterious.

# ? Oct 26, 2016 11:53

Islam is the Lite Rock FM: Jul 27, 2007; by exmarx

Jerry Cotton posted:

Let's face it: people are too stupid to discern how to use a simple cross intersection. That's why traffic circles are safer.

Calling them traffic circles isn't safe though.

# ? Oct 26, 2016 11:54

Platystemon: Feb 13, 2012; BREADS

I don�t care if �traffic circle� is used as a synonym for roundabouts, but actual traffic circles, where there are lights controlling the entrances/exits, are turbo dumb.

# ? Oct 26, 2016 12:16

Mithaldu: Sep 25, 2007; Let's cuddle.

Jabor posted:

Someone spent actual effort transforming this from a properly-recorded landscape video, into a portrait video that has borders on all four sides when you watch it. It's very mysterious.

# ? Oct 26, 2016 12:16

Collateral Damage: Jun 13, 2009

Humphreys posted:

I have a few double lane roundabouts on my daily commute. Traffic moves through them much quicker than the set of lights I have to wait at. Although they can be road-rage inducing if the person in front of you don't know how they work and will stop in the outside approach lane cos someone is on the inside lane. If idiots aren't in the way, it's maybe 10 seconds of my trip and a 5 way intersection behind me.

Yeah that's half the point of them. Even if you have to slow down for a roundabout, traffic flows better from all directions because you rarely need to stop. Unlike a light controlled intersection where at least half the flow is forced to stop at any given time.

Platystemon posted:

I don�t care if �traffic circle� is used as a synonym for roundabouts, but actual traffic circles, where there are lights controlling the entrances/exits, are turbo dumb.

Yeah, some times planning offices go full retard and put traffic lights at roundabouts. My favorite piece of "what the gently caress" is this one in my city, which has a traffic light controlled pedestrian crossing at the exit of the roundabout, placed so that even if only one car needs to stop it blocks a whole lane of the roundabout. :downsbravo:

https://goo.gl/maps/pyQhPyR6Kqu

# ? Oct 26, 2016 12:36

3D Megadoodoo: Nov 25, 2010

Islam is the Lite Rock FM posted:

Calling them traffic circles isn't safe though.

English is a failed language anyway so I don't care. They're circles and they have traffic going through them.

# ? Oct 26, 2016 13:10

Mithaldu: Sep 25, 2007; Let's cuddle.

Oh god, are we getting into this boring derail again?

This must be a failed world line.

It's a KREISVERKEHRSPLATZ, get it right.

# ? Oct 26, 2016 13:19

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

Mithaldu posted:

Oh god, are we getting into this boring derail again?

This must be a failed world line.

It's a KREISVERKEHRSPLATZ, get it right.

# ? Oct 26, 2016 14:02

I would blow Dane Cook: Dec 26, 2008

# ? Oct 26, 2016 14:06

mod saas: May 4, 2004; Grimey Drawer

losses.jpg

# ? Oct 26, 2016 14:09

DrBouvenstein: Feb 28, 2007; I think I'm a doctor, but that doesn't make me a doctor. This fancy avatar does.

elise the great posted:

I'm still trying to figure out how this happened, since they... kinda don't have connectors that can mate. A foley cath (indwelling) typically has three possible ports: a luer-lock screw-top port that requires a compatible adapter for flushing and drawing back fluid, a second luer that inflates the balloon, and a large open rubber tube where the drainage bag hooks up, which is large enough at the opening to jam your finger into if you had some weird reason to do that. I'm guessing that's where the oxygen hooked up, because oxygen hooks up with a slip-tip cath that's not compatible at all with luer systems (for good reason, as we use that system for IV lines). Plus the pt end of any oxygen hookup is like... a mask or a nasal cannula or something, which is COMPLETELY incompatible with a rubber tube.

I just can't figure out what wacko MacGuyver nonsense had to take place to get the two hooked up. Somebody had to work at that. And turn the pressure up to max, or something. I just don't understand HOW

Speaking as a former biomed tech, you'd be surprised of the ways to make one type of tube/connector fit into another through ingenuity/brute force. Had to do it myself a number of times as part of the testing/repairing process. Always had to be sure to take all my stuff with me when I was done.

But my guess is what happened here wasn't anything like that, probably just someone forcing it on. There's been MANY instances of patients dying from doctors, nurses, aides, family members, etc... connecting the wrong connector, even when they obviously aren't the same. They just force it for some loving reason.
Here's a sample image from an FDA site showing how an oxygen tube could be forced onto an IV port, which is similar to a luer:

And many blood pressure machines connect the tubing to the cuff via a luer connector.

You can see where this is going:

An ER patient had an IV heparin lock but no IV fluids had been started. The patient also had a noninvasive automatic BP cuff placed for continuous monitoring
The BP cuff tubing was disconnected when the patient went to the bathroom
When she returned, her spouse mistakenly connected the BP cuff tubing to the IV catheter and approximately 15 mL of air was delivered to the IV catheter
The patient died from a fatal air embolus, despite resuscitation efforts

A lot fo hospitals have stopped using NIBP machines that use luer connectors for that reason.

# ? Oct 26, 2016 14:10

mom and dad fight a lot: Sep 21, 2006; If you count them all, this sentence has exactly seventy-two characters.

Mithaldu posted:

The cell tower climbing video I was okay with. The lighthouse changeover video even looked fun. But this? gently caress NO.

# ? Oct 26, 2016 14:18

Mithaldu: Sep 25, 2007; Let's cuddle.

Imagine the kinda man it takes to get into that seat without taking your pants off first.

DrBouvenstein posted:

[*]When she returned, her spouse mistakenly connected the BP cuff tubing to the IV catheter and approximately 15 mL of air was delivered to the IV catheter

Fuuuck, at least no nurse has to blame themselves for this.

# ? Oct 26, 2016 14:20

DrBouvenstein: Feb 28, 2007; I think I'm a doctor, but that doesn't make me a doctor. This fancy avatar does.

Mithaldu posted:

Imagine the kinda man it takes to get into that seat without taking your pants off first.

They needed the extra guy on the right there to help hold down the counter-weight because they forgot to take into account the size of the cameraman's gigantic balls.

# ? Oct 26, 2016 14:24

Mithaldu: Sep 25, 2007; Let's cuddle.

Imagine two balls over the edge of a cliff.

# ? Oct 26, 2016 14:30

xergm: Sep 8, 2009; The Moon is for Sissies!

Mithaldu posted:

Any idea what they're filming?

Kind of looks like the dam at the beginning of Goldeneye.

# ? Oct 26, 2016 16:13

Volcott: Mar 30, 2010; People paying American dollars to let other people know they didn't agree with someone's position on something is the lifeblood of these forums.