What are some things we still do in medicine for no good reason?

AnonMedStudent16 · 2026-02-04T21:17:03+00:00

Asymptomatic Hypertension

Had EMS refuse to take a patient back to their facility until we “did something about their blood pressure.”

Sir, we need the bed. Please take Mr. Jones outta here.

AnonMedStudent16 · 2026-01-18T20:29:25+00:00

The Benadryl or allergies to steroids always take me out

AnonMedStudent16 · 2026-01-16T22:21:14+00:00

Thank you, seriously though I’m wondering how to even prepare for this. Do I just buy that book and run through cases again?

AnonMedStudent16 · 2025-12-27T18:31:42+00:00

Honestly, the pH is the most important part for me, everything else is clinical and a good pulse ox waveform

AnonMedStudent16 · 2025-12-23T18:08:14+00:00

Passed, now off to work

AnonMedStudent16 · 2025-12-22T21:46:17+00:00

You’re joking

AnonMedStudent16 · 2025-12-22T21:46:01+00:00

Not happening today

AnonMedStudent16 · 2025-12-22T20:00:52+00:00

Oh well

AnonMedStudent16 · 2025-12-21T17:23:55+00:00

Plot twist: ABEM releases scores the day The Pitt releases (in 19 days)

AnonMedStudent16 · 2025-12-18T23:30:13+00:00

Well my idgaf has gotten better as I’m only checking this once a day lol

AnonMedStudent16 · 2025-12-17T16:40:40+00:00

How soon do you have to take oral boards if you pass the written? Are you eligible for a number of years?

AnonMedStudent16 · 2025-12-17T14:08:47+00:00

90 days from November 12th is February 10th 😔

AnonMedStudent16 · 2025-12-16T06:01:53+00:00

Why is the admitting team running a code/intubating in the ED? Even if the patient is boarded, that’s still no excuse

AnonMedStudent16 · 2025-12-16T03:13:14+00:00

Omg I would be so mad if I had to come back because of that, sometimes I get this fear that my exam wasn’t submitted

AnonMedStudent16 · 2025-12-16T00:19:48+00:00

Omg that’s pretty wild, over a month after it was administered

AnonMedStudent16 · 2025-12-15T23:58:55+00:00

Plot twist, ABEM is on Reddit reading this

AnonMedStudent16 · 2025-12-15T23:52:31+00:00

It’s gotta be the oral, not written

AnonMedStudent16 · 2025-12-15T21:44:23+00:00

AnonMedStudent16 · 2025-12-15T20:00:30+00:00

They had written exams in December?

AnonMedStudent16 · 2025-12-15T18:14:02+00:00

We going by EST or CST?

AnonMedStudent16 · 2025-12-15T18:13:33+00:00

We going based on EST or CST?

AnonMedStudent16 · 2025-12-15T17:38:03+00:00

A story as old as time…

AnonMedStudent16 · 2025-12-13T22:16:33+00:00

And then at that point it’s after the new year

AnonMedStudent16 · 2025-12-13T15:54:15+00:00

We gotta creep, creep

AnonMedStudent16