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[South Alabama Emergency Medicine @SouthEmergency]

🚨#Medstudents! 🚨You are cordially invited to spend a month w/us this fall. We are stoked to offer visiting rotations.
Come to our website for more info on our program!
👉👉https://t.co/ASs3SHqb04
#MedStudentTwitter #EMBound

[South Alabama Emergency Medicine @SouthEmergency]

Hey ya'll! We're starting a new series called Rhythm Roulette, where we'll be looking at EKGs. Here's our first one, see if you can spot all the abnormalities!

[South Alabama Emergency Medicine @SouthEmergency]

Check out some additional FOAMED on hypothermia to supplement our discussion during Academic Forum:

https://t.co/wUsGiCq8kN
https://t.co/aMsKE4CjRF
https://t.co/UjF6Su55wU

[South Alabama Emergency Medicine @SouthEmergency]

Getting the new EM interns familiarized with the slit lamp! Thanks to Sam Anich for volunteering his eye for the photo!

Highly recommend this video by Tim Root, the virtual eye professor on cell and flare: https://t.co/qmRoT5uoFu

[South Alabama Emergency Medicine @SouthEmergency]

Hey Everybody!

Our EM away rotation opened today on VSLO! Find us on VSLO, or check out our website!

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[South Alabama Emergency Medicine @SouthEmergency]

This past Wednesday was EM Resident Appreciation Day! We celebrated by having the attendings cook breakfast for the residents (Dr. Garri, one of our APDs, manning the griddle). Thanks to all our Residents for all the time and effort you put into caring for our patients!

[South Alabama Emergency Medicine @SouthEmergency]

Congrats to our new Chief Residents, Dr. Caleb Cantrell and Dr. Kaitlyn Hall!

[South Alabama Emergency Medicine @SouthEmergency]

Check out this article, "Clot-in-transit during cardiac arrest" in AAEM's POCUS Report, published by Dr. Matt Hall (pictured below), one of our third year residents, and Dr. Beau Stokes, our Ultrasound Director! #ultrasound #emergencymedicine

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[South Alabama Emergency Medicine @SouthEmergency]

Hey #MedStudents! Here's a quick cool awesome guide on cerebral stroke presentations. Gotta know it! Stay tuned for brainstem stroke table...
#FOAMed #Neurology

[Academic Life in EM @ALiEMteam]

SAEM Clinical Image Series: Localized Weakness

What's the significance of a port-wine stain in a patient w/ neuro deficits?

Medical student Payal Patel & Dr. Sternberg of @SouthEmergency highlight a case of weakness to remind us.

https://t.co/MRpgpSsnev

@SAEMonline

[South Alabama Emergency Medicine @SouthEmergency]

#Pediatrics seizures are often subtle! Especially in children. Exam findings highly specific: lateral tongue biting, flickering eyelids, gaze deviation, dilated pupils, blank stare, lip smacking. During event, tachy & BP elev, +/- pulse ox decline
#MedTwitter @Lmellick

[South Alabama Emergency Medicine @SouthEmergency]

If you decide to perform primary closure for a bite injury that meets criteria (see prior post), make sure to do the following:
-never use glue
-never use absorbable suture
-never close crush injuries or immunocompromised pts
Give ABX, close f/u opt.
#MedTwitter #FOAMed

[Academic Life in EM @ALiEMteam]

SAEM Clinical Image Series: Found Down

Are you familiar with the Durant maneuver?

Maybe you should be... it can come in handy when you have a case like this one shared by Jonathan Trinh and Dr. Sternberg from @SouthEmergency.

https://t.co/nwvcb7qkSs

@SAEMonline

[South Alabama Emergency Medicine @SouthEmergency]

Congrats to our docs Ray Maguire, @walkerplash and Lynn Yonge on this publication in the Wilderness Medical Society! #EmergencyMedicine #medtwitter
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[EM Board bombs @EMBoardBombs]

NSAID dosing for gout flare can be any of the following for 7d:
-Naproxen 500 mg BID
-Indomethacin 50 mg TID
-Ibuprofen 800 mg TID
Perfect for those <60 years old who lack renal, cardiovascular, or ulcer disease

[South Alabama Emergency Medicine @SouthEmergency]

"Complicated myocarditis"= EF <45-50%, sustained vent. arrhythmias, poor CO needing inotropes or mech. circ support. These pts have an avg mortality og ~9%; mech circ support was in ~20%. This subset went on to transplant (2%), cardiac death (2%), & sustained VT (~4%) #MedTwitter

[South Alabama Emergency Medicine @SouthEmergency]

Overall, infection is the most common complication of liver transplant, present in >60% of cases; rejection occurs in >50% of cases. CMV is the most common cause 1-6 months out. #MedStudentTwitter

[South Alabama Emergency Medicine @SouthEmergency]

Another excellent @Lmellick video on how fishing can become deadly and how #emergencymedicine docs can fix it! #MedTwitter
https://t.co/axk1fjOUHv

[South Alabama Emergency Medicine @SouthEmergency]

Normal Doppler flow on Pelvic US does NOT mean no torsion! It can be intermittent or partially torsed. If concerned, call Gyn immediately! #MedStudentTwitter

[South Alabama Emergency Medicine @SouthEmergency]

Really think about myocarditis in those with a very low risk for ACS (e.g. young people & children), yet there are signs & symptoms of MI. Pts will have a "clean cath" #MedTwitter #FOAMed

[South Alabama Emergency Medicine @SouthEmergency]

Having trouble remembering tPA exclusion criteria for your test. Let's summarize here into a logical table #FOAMed #Neurology