Football players suffer from heat related illness at a rate that is 10x that of other student athletes. Something to consider for event medicine! #conferencepearls#MedEd#MedTwitter
Being a senior resident is stressful...
but are you over-complicating it?
8 Tips for being a great senior resident
(That don’t require knowing everything)
We would like to congratulate our PGY-3 @jessica_javed for winning the Best Resident Research Abstract of #ACEP2021. Pictured here with MS4 John Dickens of @uoflmedschool who won the Best Med Student Abstract.
Want to know more about our program? See us at the SAEM virtual residency fair from 5:00-5:50PM EST on July 29, 2021! We would love to meet you. #EMBound#match2022#MedStudentTwitter#medtwitter
All patients with suspected ectopic should receive an ED ultrasound regardless of hCG level. One study found that >25% of those with confirmed ectopic on US had hCG less than the commonly cited discriminatory level of 1500. #conferencepearls
“If you are an Emergency Physician who writes a blog, you probably do not like Tamiflu.” - One of the best quotes from today’s conference day. This comes from Dr. Royalty’s awesome EBM lecture on influenza.
Be sure to check out the hilarious synopsis of a paper published out of our department on EMRAP’s December EMA! A great title can tell you everything you need to know about a paper.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3282…#EMBound#MedStudentTwitter
We always appreciate random acts of kindness! The Dermatology PD and division gave us products to help with the skin issues associated with wearing masks.
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"Placement patients", an alternative perspective from Dr. McGee, on of our admitting hospitalists. A great discussion on the dangers of anchoring biases, keeping differentials broad, etc. room9er.com/2020/10/15/the-p…
Reminder from recent SANE nurse lecture--documentation of injuries after assault can be important for investigation. Be sure to document contusions, abrasion, petechiae, pattern injuries, penetrating trauma, incised wounds, lacerations, etc. room9er.com/2020/09/23/confe…
Last week, we had an excellent lecture from Dr. Bernadoni, critical care fellow at Cincinnati. Topics covered included pulmonary HTN, ECMO, massive PE. See conference notes for more details! room9er.com/2020/09/30/sept-…
Are you an EM applicant interested in learning about our program?
Join us live on October 19 at 5PM EST to see a Q&A with our faculty and residents as well as see a live tour of our ED! Link below to sign up:
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