I picked EM as a career because it's perfect for someone with the attention span of... Look! Something shiny! Tweets/likes are my own and not medical advice
@airwaycam Love this idea. Many people don't know this, but if your patient has a Samsung Galaxy S5-S10 or Note 4-9, they already have a built in oximeter. Pre-COVID, I've used this in the ED with borderline COPDers and asthmatics I've discharged when going through return precautions.
Today we distributed PPE to Mercy Hospital that was donated by @getusppe in memory of Dr. Tamara O'Neal.
Dr. O'Neal lost her life to gun violence. Today, we honor her.
“As long as we remember a person, they're not really gone."
Let me start by saying Dr. Farkas does incredible work, and his dedication to #FOAMed should be commended. Surprisingly, this post doesn’t measure up to the typically outstanding content from @emcrit and @pulmcrit.
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To conclude, I don’t mean to imply that the NEJM study is practice-changing, but it does provide some interesting information while we await more rigorous trial data. (15/15)
But to our colleagues practicing at smaller shops and/or those who have yet to see the full force of COVID-19 in their hospitals, descriptive studies like this can be tremendously helpful. (14/)