Today I realized that there really is something special about being misperceived by someone and completely being aware of it and letting it happen anyway
Here’s the dirty secret of emergency medicine:
We don’t have to do prior auth. Like ever. We just order what the patient needs, and the patient gets it done in the ED.
But here’s why we care about prior auth anyways:
B/c not a shift goes by where a patient doesn’t land in the ER as a last resort when #priorauth denied or delayed them the outpatient care they needed.
I once brought my very Catholic ex-girlfriend to Passover and she was like “should I bring a gift?” and I was like “no need but if you want to!” and you guys. she brought a CHALLAH
told my bf that I need new windshield wipers and he said he’d do it for me and I was like “oh it’s okay the guys at Autozone did it for me free last time” and he just stared and me so I said “is that not something they do for everyone” and he was like “…no” I luv bein a woman
i fully believe that a girls first encounter with misogyny happens as early as kindergarten-elementary school when the teacher sits her in between the badly behaved boys because her being forced to babysit them and suffer their behavior as well, matters more than her education
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Ever wonder why fluoroquinolones increase the risk of tendon rupture?
It seems so random that a whole class of antibiotics could cause tendon injuries, but the risk is real.
#medtwitter#tweetorial
Lots of people have ‘disordered eating’, who don’t meet the threshold or criteria for a diagnosable eating disorder, but those people deserve freedom and space to heal too. Disordered eating might look like: 🧵
In the last *24 hours* I have diagnosed covid-19, influenza a, influenza b, metapneumovirus, rhinovirus/enterovirus, parainfluenza, and adenovirus in seriously ill kids.
Parents don’t need your mockery. If people want to wear a mask for their health and peace of mind, let them.