Go to the hospital cafeteria for breakfast. Use a tray. Ask for the powdered eggs. Get two scoops. Slather with ketchup. Don’t use packets. The dispenser is better. Eat a day old donut. Buy whole milk. Talk to the cashier. Learn their secrets.
@reverendofdoubt@DrCasteelEM@PhysicianDoodle I’ve resorted to writing my attestations in a pended progress note while on shift. I copy/paste it later. Less uncompensated time. Admitting teams can see my thoughts even when the resident note is incomplete.
@armyemdoc Have a hard time memorizing the list without this mnemonic:
Av dissociation
Brugada
Congenital long QTc
Delta wave
Epsilon wave
L(EFT)VH - with dagger q waves
RIGHT axis deviation and strain for PE or other acute PH
👾 Status epilepticus (SE) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality, especially when considering how ineffective our secondary anticonvulsants are in seizure termination.(~50%) . #pharmfax#meded#foamed#emrx#foamcc
@EM_mnr KULTS! It allows us to quickly assess AG sources that are most readily available from ED labs. Helps with common things being common. If unrevealing, expand to MUDPILES for zebras.
Yale group shows ED-initiated nicotine replacement effective in smoking cessation. Patients won't remember your expert management of low-risk chest pain, but if you set them down the path to quitting, that ED visit was the best thing they've ever done.
https://t.co/g5WV5gWA2T
Effective on 1/1/2023, any DEA licensed provider (including residents) can prescribe buprenorphine Please consider this when treating patients with opioid use disorder. Thank you to @RepPaulTonko for the success of the MAT Act. @matters_network@darakass
1/
Accidental hypothermia, it's here.
As we reach winter, we begin seeing accidental hypothermia. In Atlanta, I had 2 cases during a cold snap last month.