Cassie Mackey

Academic Emergency Physician. Former MedEd Fellow and Chief Resident UTSW/Parkland Hospital. Dedicated to #MedEd and lifelong learning.

[Cassie Mackey @Casscln]

Old school cool vs new school rules? Weighing the gold standard: the breadth of emergency medicine core content covered by textbooks. What do you recommend to your learners? @ALiEMFac @SAEMonline @AEM_ETOnline #foamed #emcorecontent #meded

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[UMass Memorial Health @umassmemorial]

Chief Opioid Officer at #UMassMemorial, Dr. @kavitababu, participated in a Capitol Hill roundtable hosted by the U.S. House of Representatives Bipartisan Mental Health & Substance Use Disorder Task Force, focused on substance use disorders & reducing stigma.

[UMass Chan Emergency Medicine Research @UMassEMResearch]

For more information, please visit our website: https://t.co/kATO8shs9H

[Brian Gantwerker, MD, FAANS, FACS 🟧🇮🇱 @cscla]

So I hope everyone paying attention is seeing the forest. Cutting medicare reimbursements for doctors. Check. Capping nursing salaries check. Preventing insurance companies from posting BILLIONS of dollars in profit PER QUARTER. No check. What's going wrong here? @CMSGov ?

[Casey Albin, MD @caseyalbin]

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A 28 yo W with rapid-onset, severe weakness.

In the ED she is barely able to lift her head; CNs are intact. She has severe symmetric upper & lower weakness (3/5 prox, 2/5 distal) with normal reflexes. Normal sensation.

CSF protein=normal.

A #continuumcase

[Howdoyousaythat, BBQ @TriageNurseMD]

What consultants see when they come down to the emergency department

[SAEM Simulation Academy @SAEMSimAcademy]

Join us for our next webinar!

Title: Navigating Simulation Fellowships

What: A panel of simulation fellowship directors and experts to answer all of your questions.

When: March 30th at 6 pm CST.

Please register at:
https://t.co/J4T2qgpz5K.

[Dallas Tox @DallasTXTox]

Dr. Kapil Sharma teaching about plasticizers and giving practical advice about decreasing exposures and endocrine disrupting effects from plasticizers. #foamtox #ToxTuesday @UTSW_EM

[Antonia Quinn DO @dr_aquinn]

And we are off! 23-24 cohort of the @ALiEMFac! An in-person launch and a virtual one! Let the #meded fun begin!

[Cassie Mackey @Casscln]

#FirstFiveJobsForDocs
1. Babysitter
2. Cashier
3. Lifeguard
4. Tutor/TA
5. Scribe

[Kelsey Morgan @KelseyMorgan23]

#FirstFiveJobsForDocs
1. Soccer Referee
2. Nanny
3. Tutor
4. TA
5. ER Nurse

[Alex Koyfman @EMHighAK]

Why EM: when we chose medicine as a career we wanted to treat all-comers, that’s still our focus in EM and will be moving forward. #FOAMed #MedTwitter

[Cassie Mackey @Casscln]

@DGlaucomflecken Because Friday and fun both start with an F. #facts #duh

[Cassie Mackey @Casscln]

@mahad_minhas Not super shocking location but a memorable one was in the c section scar

[UMass Memorial Health @umassmemorial]

Congrats are in order for Dr. @kavitababu, this quarter’s Josie King Hero Award recipient! She has tirelessly championed for opioid-use reduction and worked to reduce the incidence of overdose in our communities. 👏 @JKFfoundation #UMassMemorial

[Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM @hyderabaddoctor]

How a valuable possession slowly damaged a young man's nerve

1. 30-year-old Sidh consulted me with severe sharp shooting #pain from right buttock to the leg & foot for 3 months. Pain was more while sitting and lesser while standing or walking. Pain increased on lying down.

[Diane Birnbaumer @DianeBirnbaumer]

Excited to share my essay published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine this month! https://t.co/xdkxY8JoMj

[Cassie Mackey @Casscln]

@scotgasdoc Definitely teacher! Not sure what grade though

[Cassie Mackey @Casscln]

I can’t say enough about the need to perform a good skin exam and sometimes as in the case you might need to re-evaluate the skin! #MedTwitter #foamed @umassEMresident @doctorrich2 @ALiEMteam

[Academic Life in EM @ALiEMteam]

SAEM Clinical Images Series: A Rash You Don't Want to Miss

Drs. Schum, Church, and Mackey remind us of the importance of a good skin exam in hyperglycemic patients and the urgency of this dermatologic finding.

https://t.co/I0nKR6QY79

@SAEMonline

[Cassie Mackey @Casscln]

@Least_ordinary Yes!

[AEMETOnline @AEM_ETOnline]

What sources do post-COVID EM applicants use to choose a residency program? Resident morale and virtual presence.
@Casscln @AnneMessman

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