Matt Tovar

🇵🇦/🇲🇽 ➡️ 🇺🇲 // PGY2 EM @ Navy Medical Center Portsmouth// MD via @GWUSMHS // Disaster Med/CC ☢️👾🫀🫁 ▪︎Views my own▪︎

[Matt Tovar @MattTovar4]

@thetoddjacob @JayD__5 @threadreaderapp unroll

[Joshua @reverendofdoubt]

They aren’t wrong… rads gets very overwhelmed and understandably so with the onslaught of imaging requests from the ED, but important to remember a lot of imaging is driven by consultant requests.

[Inside The Match @Inside_TheMatch]

The Transition from Intern Year to PGY2 Year in medicine leads to new responsibilities! Check out this blog post with lots of tips for the transition
@LindseyUlin: https://t.co/qbW6BK73yb… #InsideTheMatch #MedX

[Matt Tovar @MattTovar4]

Our newest case report of simultaneous onset of Swimming Induced Pulmonary Edema (#SIPE) in a set of monozygotic #twin elite maritime warfare candidates sets the stage for exploring genetic loci associated with SIPE. #milmed 🏊‍♂️🤿🔱

https://t.co/qjthfYnce6

[Matt Tovar @MattTovar4]

@EM_RESUS Had an altered GSW trauma patient keep yelling he was thirsty and just wanted water.

Turns out bullet sliced his IVC and he was dumping blood into his belly

[Rehema J. Thomas, MD @RadiantRehemaMD]

Extremely saddened and triggered to see yet another trainee’s life lost to suicide. Contrary to what major academic journals may imply, residents aren’t “complaining” for no reason. Physician suicide is a public health crisis. My heart goes out to the community at my alma mater.

[Bridget Marcinkowski @bridget__marc]

TW: suicide
There is an empty corner desk in a resident workroom at GW. Now forever engraved in my mind, that desk is a harrowing reminder of the cost of medical training. In his final words, Dr. William West said that he was simply out of gas, that he had nothing left to give.

[Matt Tovar @MattTovar4]

“Counseled patient on the importance of reducing caffeine intake to mitigate palpitations”

-Me, on my 3rd coffee of the day

#MedTwitter #emtwitter

[Matt Tovar @MattTovar4]

Honored to have presented my case report(s) on the development of Swimming Induced Pulmonary Edema in a set of young adult monozygotic twins and potential genetic loci associated with SIPE development! @SCCM @SCCM_EM

[Glen O'Humeral @HumeralO]

You will never have to be the resident that holds the pager if you literally chuck it across the hospital every time your hands come into contact with it.

Follow me for more residency survival tips

[Dr. Glaucomflecken @DGlaucomflecken]

Making the first 2 years of med school an intensive 3 day seminar will save students 300k in student loan debt

[Dr. Glaucomflecken @DGlaucomflecken]

“I like infectious disease”
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“Oh shit student loans”
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“I like cardiology”
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Super bacteria destroys human race. Everybody dies with clean coronary arteries.

[Matt Tovar @MattTovar4]

Pup knows the mood

[Matt Tovar @MattTovar4]

84 hrs of IM wards with q3d long call has this EM intern exhausted 😩

Got the tree up tho 🎄🎅🎁

[Matt Tovar @MattTovar4]

Writing research papers lately has been like: "I'm so close to almost being halfway done with the first part!" 😫

[Matt Tovar @MattTovar4]

USMLE: you broke me financially and almost broke me mentally, now I'm just happy we never have to see each other again ✌️

[Matt Tovar @MattTovar4]

Block 4 = ICU block let's goooo

[Matt Tovar @MattTovar4]

EM1 growth is going from managing 4 patients with sniffles in July to managing 5 sepsis, 1 new cancer diagnosis, 1 peds anaphylaxis, and 1 new onset seizure in September. Tonight we celebrate the small wins 🏆 🌟

[Matt Tovar @MattTovar4]

Intern year remains a humbling experience.