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.
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Additional atmospheric rivers are expected to impact the West later this month. Given the significant river flooding already impacting Washington and Oregon, a continued risk of flooding and landslides is expected across the region through at least late December.
December 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Additional atmospheric rivers are expected to impact the West later this month. Given the significant river flooding already impacting Washington and Oregon, a continued risk of flooding and landslides is expected across the region through at least late December.
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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You're at home listening to relatives all week, maybe you need something to help pass the time.
www.amazon.com/We-Defy-Chap...
www.amazon.com/We-Defy-Chap...
We Defy: The Lost Chapters of Special Forces History
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November 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
You're at home listening to relatives all week, maybe you need something to help pass the time.
www.amazon.com/We-Defy-Chap...
www.amazon.com/We-Defy-Chap...
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
This is a very good tweet. @mdaware.org
If you aren’t thinking Klebsiella, you even board studying bro? #EMsky
November 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This is a very good tweet. @mdaware.org
When intubating with VL, the cords should be as far away as possible, while still visible. Large cords=close camera=blocked tube delivery. #EMsky #EMS @mdaware.org @joshkimbre.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 1:16 AM
When intubating with VL, the cords should be as far away as possible, while still visible. Large cords=close camera=blocked tube delivery. #EMsky #EMS @mdaware.org @joshkimbre.bsky.social
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Quite the lede: "The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, an emblem of fascism and white supremacy inextricably linked to the murder of millions of Jews and that more than 400,000 U.S. troops died fighting against in World War II, as a hate symbol, according to a new policy..."
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Quite the lede: "The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, an emblem of fascism and white supremacy inextricably linked to the murder of millions of Jews and that more than 400,000 U.S. troops died fighting against in World War II, as a hate symbol, according to a new policy..."
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reverse it on the way out so it doesn’t yank the tube
November 19, 2025 at 12:20 AM
reverse it on the way out so it doesn’t yank the tube
You swooping? With videoscope, stylet tip should go down, horizontal, up. People often don't go posterior enough, so don't have room to rotate anterior toward vocal cords. Swoop! #EMsky #emergencymedicine #FOAMed @joshkimbre.bsky.social @mdaware.org
November 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
You swooping? With videoscope, stylet tip should go down, horizontal, up. People often don't go posterior enough, so don't have room to rotate anterior toward vocal cords. Swoop! #EMsky #emergencymedicine #FOAMed @joshkimbre.bsky.social @mdaware.org
It's that time of year, when I really want to talk about Nakatomi Spaces.
November 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
It's that time of year, when I really want to talk about Nakatomi Spaces.
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It cannot be remembered enough that these were the same people who got worked up about drag brunches
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It cannot be remembered enough that these were the same people who got worked up about drag brunches
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If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing
November 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
If sandwich shops don’t start offering a sandwich named “the acquittal” then what are we even doing
November 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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New Yorkers vote today if you haven’t and you get this
October 31, 2025 at 9:56 AM
New Yorkers vote today if you haven’t and you get this
October 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Very cool study using high speed cameras to study the kinematics of venemous snake bites, paper includes videos! (Profiled in NYT). #wildmed
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
Kinematics of strikes in venomous snakes
Highlighted Article: Comparison of prey strikes of 36 venomous snake species using high-speed 3D kinematical analysis shows vipers are often faster than elapid snakes, with highest strike velocities i...
journals.biologists.com
October 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Very cool study using high speed cameras to study the kinematics of venemous snake bites, paper includes videos! (Profiled in NYT). #wildmed
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
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Three. Maybe four. 😬
Be honest. How many books are you in the middle of reading right now?
October 25, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Keep it classy, NYC. And rep that toxicology. @georgehahn.com
October 24, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Keep it classy, NYC. And rep that toxicology. @georgehahn.com
I know I’m not the first to point out some of these decorations, but sharks are…cartilaginous. Soooo
October 14, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I know I’m not the first to point out some of these decorations, but sharks are…cartilaginous. Soooo
I’m not sure why that dude is so in favor of these weasels outbreaks, but here we are.
October 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM
I’m not sure why that dude is so in favor of these weasels outbreaks, but here we are.
Everyone wants to be a gangster until it’s time to do smoothbore stuff.
October 12, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Everyone wants to be a gangster until it’s time to do smoothbore stuff.