Simon Ostrowski

EM PGY3, New Englander at heart, breakfast lover, @UMassChan grad
#Toxicology #SciComm, ethics, public health, #EBM

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@SteveCurryMD @ToxAndHound @ToxicSnowEM @ToxyDoc

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#MedTwitter and #ToxTwitter, any recommendations on useful EBM resources, research tools, medical apps or other clinical or study tools? I have some extra academic stipend I have to spend.

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@LWestafer This was great. Thank you!

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Met a legend today, Chief John Moon, of the Freedom House paramedics during @upmcem 's conference. He was so gracious and humble considering all he & colleagues achieved/endured. We stand on the shoulders of giants.

More for those interested: https://t.co/73mmjqkLu9

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Great talk today during @upmcem conference on #PostCardiacArrest care by @NickJohnsonMD. Excellent summary of the current literature and packed with some pearls ready to take to the bedside. Looking forward to more cross-pollination like this.

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#MedTwitter Any EM docs have recommendations for don't-miss speakers or talks at #ACEP22 #ScientificAssembly? @amalmattu @TheEMCMD were two of my favorites the last time I attended.

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@TomQuinnMD @WesElyMD @WhistlingDixie4 @BlairBigham @sleepdiplomat @Atul_Gawande @meilan_han @RanaAwdish @DrSidMukherjee quite the collection here, Dr. Quinn! I'll add two great history of medicine books: Bellevue by David Oshinsky and The Great Influenza by John Barry (particularly pertinent these days). Both cover a ton of interesting history in American medicine. @MichaelHirsh4 suggestions?

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This seems like a pretty cool thing. May exacerbate the WebMD effect a bit but overall I think a good thing.

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BREAKING: White House issues new policy that will require, by 2026, all federally-funded research results to be freely available to public without delay, ending longstanding ability of journals to paywall results for up to 1 year. Coverage coming on @ScienceInsider.

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Pretty nifty tox/military history trivia

[EAPCCT @eapcct]

Tox on the day! 25 June 1862. Birth of chemist Herbert Brereton Baker. During WWI he was appointed scientific adviser to the UK War Office. After the 2nd Battle of Ypres he was sent to the front to identify poison gases used & to find ways to neutralise them. #toxontheday 1/7

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@DrLelaG congratulations Dr. G! Well deserved for sure.

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@MSilver_MD @The_Intima That was beautifully written Michelle! So insightful and poignant. Your empathy is admirable. I'm glad to see you're still involved in narrative medicine. We're all better off for reading your work.

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I was never interested in EMS before coming to @upmcem, but I am proud to be even tangentially involved with such a high-level system like @PghEMS and @PittEMSDocs . They really are the consummate professionals - very inspiring. #SteelCityEM #UPMCEM #PittEM

[Scott Studebaker, NRP, FAEMS @pghmedic502]

Whole blood was administered to this heavily trapped patient recently that our rescue trucks worked to free. If this isn’t a show of how far pre-hospital field medicine has come, I don’t know what is. We need to keep striving for the best for our patients.

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@lejeunejr Thanks for all the teaching, Jeff! Our residents will be miss you.

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https://t.co/F0IA1IPOvq

Interesting opinion piece exploring the nuances of home vs not-at-home death. In medicine, my experience has been we hold at-home death above all else. Perhaps we need to be having more in depth conversations with families about what this often entails.

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@Research_Minion @Dr_Carreiro @UMassTox @ToxInnovation Congrats @Dr_Carreiro !!

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Only a handful of clinical specialties regularly use some of the basic science concepts we all learn in medical school, but we all would benefit from ↑ understanding of bio stats . Are medical school curricula in need of a 21st century revamp?

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@editoremilye @Csoufleris

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@Csoufleris had no idea you were such a loyal fan

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An important reminder, especially for those of us in the ED (myself included) who may see an English-speaking family member as a time-saver compared to a clunky video interpreter device

[Shunichi Nakagawa @snakagawa_md]

Avoid family interpreter in a family meeting with non-English speaking family.

If everybody on the pt side cannot speak English, it's easy. You have to use an interpreter.

More challenging is that patient doesn't speak English, but the daughter can.

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[Hannah R. Hughes, MD, MBA (she/her) @hrh_approved]

Ever get annoyed when someone checks into the ED at 1 am for a seemingly non-emergent complaint?! We’re all guilty of this at some point or another. 🛑 Stop & ask yourself, ‘why now?’ 1/x