Here’s the blood gas of a young man who presented to the ER in a severe asthma attack after smoking crack cocaine
What’s your interpretation and how would you treat?
Today we celebrated the life of Lori Weichenthal, MD, a leader and role model in the fields of Emergency Medicine, Wilderness Medicine, and a champion for physician wellness, diversity, equity, and belonging. Dr. Weichenthal passed away 2/3/23 after a prolonged illness.
Danielle Campagne, MD, interim chief of @UCSFFresnoEm receives a Top Dog pin from Peter Robertson, EdD, director of Alumni Connections at @Fresno_State Dr. Campagne is receiving the Distinguished Alumni Award. An Alumni Awards Celebration will be broadcast on 4/30 on @ABC30
The Neurosurgeon noted that this foot quite literally popped out of the brain tumor. "It made me stop operating, since I’m not used to seeing feet in the brain."
Quick thread on changes to emergency medicine billing requirements coming in a few months (Jan 1, 2023)!
Most importantly: goodbye to the absolutely inane HPI, ROS, and PE elements for billing. Hooray! Instead, EVERYTHING is based on medical decision-making (MDM). ⬇️⬇️
Will anyone care about Steve Jobs or Warren Buffett in 1,000 years?
Probably not.
But the Father of Surgery, an Islamic physician who lived 1,000 years ago, taught principles applicable to all trades to this day.
Let’s learn about Abu al-Qasim Al-Zahrawi.
If you are free texting something in your EMR more than once a week, make it a dot phrase/template.
15 min of work on a single phrase will save you hours to days in the long run.
This is a treasure trove of EMR dot phrases from @EM1MinuteGuru
https://t.co/tRt1PArLI0
It is a great privilege and pleasure to participate in outreach for the San Joaquin Valley and encourage careers in healthcare. @UCSFFresno watch out for all this talent coming our way! Proud of @UCSFMedicine SJV PRIME students who organized this event and made it a success!
@msf_yemen I am an emergency physicisn in California. Originally from Aden, Yemen. I was last there in 2007 and plan to return. Where can I learn more to help? Message me please. Thank you for your dedication to Yemen
This partnership is vital to our @CommunityMed mission. I look forward to working together to train physicians and meet the growing needs of our Valley for many years to come.
After a busy night shift, I was able to step out and see the grand opening of the new Clovis @CommunityMed Emergency Dept entrance. A special day in history for our ED! Glad to have been a part of it.