Moral of the story - never dismiss a colleague’s sixth sense, a battle-hardened end product that has been refined through many years of experience. This gut feeling outperforms any blood test or warning score.
This mantra saved me from a near miss today 🙏
Here’s the #ECG of a 30-year-old man that was recorded just minutes before he collapsed in cardiac arrest.
What’s your diagnosis?
(Answer in Quote Tweeted Video)
Things that being an emergency medicine physician prepares you for: international flights where you arrive 8 hours ahead & quickly have to adjust your sleep schedule 💁🏼♀️💁🏼♀️ #whatjetlag
For the first time ever, an all-woman team of aviators will conduct the pregame flyover at the Super Bowl, celebrating 50 years of women in @USNavy aviation 👏 #SBLVII
My approach to US guided cannulation:
- dynamic out of plane approach following needle tip initially
- switch to in plane near vessel wall to prevent back walking and visualise catheter within vessel
I’ve personally found this method to have higher 1st pass success.
Seeing how much the world accepts that it’s impossible to move on after watching CPR really makes me think about how we (medical professionals, especially those who work in Emergency departments) are expected to just move on immediately after a code.
Did you learn that IV contrast was contraindicated in patients with diabetes and/or reduced kidney function?
Are you not sure whether to administer contrast in that ER patient with chest pain?
Let's clear up some myths regarding IV iodinated contrast: