Emily Lostchuck

PGY3 @EMResUBC. if I see water, I will jump into it!! settler, feminist, mom. views my own. she/her

[Emily Lostchuck @DrELmergency]

@DrKathMD I really think there should be rules! Otherwise out of the goodness of your heart how can you say no?? An exhausted burned out doctor is only better than no doctor if they are able to stay around which working that much how could you? :( we gotta do better for ourselves

[Ashley Winter MD || Urologist @AshleyGWinter]

I am begging people to understand that almost every test on the planet has something called "false positives," which means a risk that a result of the test is WRONG. A WRONG result can lead to necessary fear, worry, and at worst, unnecessary INVASIVE procedures or even unnecessary surgery. The chance of someone getting a false positive goes down when the person is at a higher risk of having an actual problem (ie. A specific SYMPTOM). This is called a higher "pretest probability." This is why doctors don't recommend everyone get every test all the time.

[Emily Lostchuck @DrELmergency]

@InternetH0F @clhubes someone stealing your content for Mother’s Day

[Emily Lostchuck @DrELmergency]

@JennLapointe Medical waste is a horrible disaster. Don’t even get me started on my identical, individually packaged, birth control pills.

[Emily Lostchuck @DrELmergency]

The ED Boob Basics: don’t empty the breasts in mastitis, most medications are safe for lactating moms and actively support breastfeeding dyads! All the details here: https://t.co/L5DjnKBDDZ

[Kate Eppler @KateEppler]

I would like to formally apologize to all 4 states of Ohio. Thanks BUMCP Tox for a great rotation!

[Dr. Fiona Mattatall 🪩🇨🇦 @FionaMattatall]

Happy #InternationalWomensDay

Support reproductive freedom
Support sex education
Support universal contraception
Support abortion access
Support women’s health
Fight gender pay gaps
Fight gender inequality
Fight gender-based violence
Vote!

[uché blackstock, md @uche_blackstock]

While other colleagues have already posted, I felt compelled to amplify the anti-DEI movement happening in the main dermatology professional society @AADskin! A group of members have put forth a resolution to sunset all DEI programs. **Only 3% of dermatologists are Black.

[guyfelicella🇨🇦🍁 @guyfelicella]

There are angels walking among us!

This weekend is filled with emotions, gratitude and reflection for me: Tomorrow February 18, 2013 was my sixth & last overdose at Insite supervised consumption site.

When I was revived from where I lay motionless on the floor at booth 5, I looked to the left and noticed Sara the nurse was visibly emotional 😭.

“Why are you crying?” I asked her.

"Because I care!” She said. I burst into tears😭. I told her I didn’t want to do it anymore, and I didn’t know how to stop but I knew it was going to die if I kept going. She knew I wouldn't go to the hospital, and they were worried if I left they would never see me again. She allowed me to lay down on the floor by the nursing station so they could monitor me.

The next day I was on the detox floor above the supervised consumption site, and my journey of fighting for recovery began again. I left the DTES with one set of clothes on my back and a welfare cheque with nothing but hope and a prayer.

Don't tell me these sites don't save lives, and don't tell me they don't help you access other health services like detox, treatment, and recovery bc I've witnessed it personally in my life and countless others.

The full circle ⭕ moment came 4 years later when Sara and I became colleagues and car-pooled to work together to help people who were in the same position I once was. She has met my kids and wife and we are always in contact. I feel so much gratitude for this human who never judged me and only cared about me.
Today I am also 10 years and 11 months sober and grateful because I wouldn't be alive today without harm reduction and I wouldn't have the life I have today without my recovery. #recoveryispossible #harmreductionsaveslives

Godspeed!

[Cesar Padilla, M.D. @TheMillennialMD]

Incoming med students / residents:

Your perspective is raw, necessary and essential

Pay attention to the racial+ethnic composition of your hospital/ university’s custodial, janitorial and essential working staff

Most will be from surrounding low-income communities - the very same communities where patients - who disproportionately suffer healthcare disparities- are from

If there’s a difference in the racial / ethnic composition of your hospitals’ physician workforce vs the essential / custodial staff - ask yourself why? What barriers exist in this group to be represented amongst physicians?

These racial / ethnic differences are DISPARITIES themselves -

Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise #MedTwitter

[Pamela Colloff @pamelacolloff]

"'They forced me, basically, to have a child,' she said of the state after the abortion ban. But then, 'they didn’t help me take care of that child.'"

This is an enraging story, and an astonishing feat of reporting and photojournalism.

https://t.co/MBbb0kAWCF

[Emily Lostchuck @DrELmergency]

@studentdrdemon Residency sucks, but it is better than med school. You have some agency, you are doing something you love (hopefully) and you are much less invisible. 💕💕

[UBC Fraser EM Residency @UBCFraserEMRes]

CaRMS 2024: Good luck to everyone interviewing next week! We can't wait for you to join us!

We love eachother, we love our program, and we know you'll love it here. Watch our 2024 video to find out why:

https://t.co/uDGlLa3Hwl

[guyfelicella🇨🇦🍁 @guyfelicella]

The wild contradiction between booze and drugs!

[Tricia Pendergrast, MD @trpender]

Hear me out: what if we made cancer treatment affordable first

[Emily Lostchuck @DrELmergency]

@AshleyGWinter Such a bold call to post this because of all the replies are going to be people telling you want to do. Sending sympathy!

[Emily Lostchuck @DrELmergency]

@arghavan_salles So predatory it’s awful. I’m so sorry you are going through this

[CAEP Women in Emergency Medicine @CAEP_WomenInEM]

🌍Around the world: Icelandic women, including Prime Minister, went on a 24-h strike for pay equity & end gender-based violence 🇮🇸https://t.co/ZUTu7ljSWi

[Jewish Voice for Peace @jvplive]

JEWS SAY: STOP THE GENOCIDE OF PALESTINIANS!

Over two-thousand Jews protested in front of the offices and homes of elected officials in NYC, San Francisco, Chicago, Seattle, Indiana, Florida, and Los Angeles to demand action to prevent the genocide of Palestinians.

[Jamie Riggs @riggsy]

“If we run another RCT looking at vitamins in sepsis when we could spend that money on research like this, we should seriously question the morals of the entire medical community.” Amen to that.