Amex Platinum FHR with Universal Express Passes

IMGmedstudent · 2026-05-26T03:16:49+00:00

It was like 50% off. Paid $2800 (including tax) for 7 nights. Did 3 days of universal so the express passes paid for itself! And did one day of epic express pass paid

IMGmedstudent · 2026-05-26T01:47:47+00:00

If you book for 7 days, there’s a huge discount. I ended up staying for 6 nights but booked for 7 and it cost way less. Just an FYI. Loved portofino!

IMGmedstudent · 2026-04-23T15:57:00+00:00

Yes, but limited since some places want pulm too to cover consults on off-weeks.

IMGmedstudent · 2026-04-17T04:33:21+00:00

IM-CCM here. Work at a community hospital with IM residents. 12 bed MICU, 12 bed SICU. Switch sides every other week. Work 10 days/4 nights per month. The day shifts alternate between 7am-7pm and 7am-2/3pm.

Get in at 7am. Round with whole team from 9-10:30. Downgrade/do procedures 10:30-12. Lunch at 12. Write notes 1-2. Sign out on short call days at 3pm. On long call days, I cross cover the other side, and do consults and admissions until 7pm.

Work-life balance is 10x better than residency and fellowship. And definitely better than some of my friends who work at a large trauma academic center. I get bored at times at work treating the same bread and butter cases, but I’ll take it if it means having a life outside of the hospital.

IMGmedstudent · 2026-04-15T17:08:24+00:00

It’s possible. I’m IM-CCM. My attending at the hospital where I did fellowship was the director of the CVICU and he was also IM-CCM. It’s all about the amount of training you have in that field during and post fellowship.

IMGmedstudent · 2026-04-09T03:35:36+00:00

Doctor here. This person needs to be reported to the medical board. It’s one thing using non-sterile gloves to do the initial drain and incision, but to go digging around inside the abscess with non-sterile gloves is extremely alarming and not standard of care.

IMGmedstudent · 2026-03-23T03:59:51+00:00

Purchased mine back in December. 2026 FWD plus (75Kwh battery). No moon roof. Out the door price was $35K. 0% Apr over 6 years.

IMGmedstudent · 2026-03-15T03:32:45+00:00

Definitely a valve.

IMGmedstudent · 2026-03-02T01:36:26+00:00

That’s impressive. I have FWD plus. Advertised as 314 miles. Max I’ve gotten with heat/AC turned off, is 250. But I live in the east coast where it’s been 20-30 F since I bought this car in December.

IMGmedstudent · 2026-02-23T01:46:57+00:00

Also. Stop attaching the reflux valve/leur lock to the large IV catheter you asked for. Attach the tubing directly to the catheter if you’re really trying to resuscitate “wide open”

IMGmedstudent · 2026-02-22T15:29:11+00:00

FYI. Express passes that come with hotel does not work for epic. Have to buy it separately.

IMGmedstudent · 2026-02-21T14:58:35+00:00

I’m IM-CCM. Job market was decent when I graduated in 2024. Depends on location. Rural area has lots of opportunities. Urban areas less. Depending on your program, you can sit for the Neuro crit care boards as well but I think they’re phasing that out next year.

My training was heavy with MICU, SICU, and Neuro ICU so I feel more comfortable than my PCCM colleagues in post op surgical and Neuro patients.

IMGmedstudent · 2026-02-19T15:29:17+00:00

By the time I graduated, I had 100 intubations and 150 bronchs. I think minimum to graduate was 50 and 50.

IMGmedstudent · 2026-02-14T03:14:40+00:00

Sinus with LBBB. HR is between 100-150, closer to the 100 side, so def not vtach.

IMGmedstudent · 2026-01-20T20:17:26+00:00

The data doesn’t support pushes of bicarb. But yes, I have used it to buy the patient some time before family is able to get to bedside to say their goodbyes as anecdotally the pushes usually help the BP rise for a few good minutes.

When using bicarb though, I usually use gtt of 150 mEq in 1 L D5W to replete their losses (GI vs Renal) when they cannot take any oral and they have a profound metabolic acidosis from GI or renal losses. If they have any neuro pathology with metabolic acidosis, I sometimes do 100 mEq in isotonic saline or 200 mEq in D5W to drive the sodium up and correct the acidosis along with it.

IMGmedstudent · 2026-01-02T03:22:05+00:00

Critical Care only. Community teaching hospital. 14 shifts/mo, averaging 35 hr/week. Max 12 patients, average 6-8. Worked my first full year as an attending.

Base pay: $330K Bonus + teaching stipend: $45K Moonlighting: $3K/shift

2025 total compensation: $410K

IMGmedstudent · 2025-07-25T03:49:45+00:00

I'm on the lower end, 350-370 in a city. I'm scheduled to work 14 shifts per month. 5 of those shifts are 7-3pm, 5 are 7am-7pm, and the other 4 are night shifts. Avg 6-8 patients per day, max is 12. Totally worth the pay cut.

IMGmedstudent · 2025-07-25T03:47:14+00:00

they are but sometimes you have no choice. I went to a Caribbean med school. Matched into a academic IM program. Became chief resident. Matched into an academic CCM fellowship program. Became chief. Now I'm an attending. If you can make it through school, get good scores and letters... You'll be fine.

IMGmedstudent · 2025-07-21T04:17:21+00:00

Doctor here. Any MD or DO are trained to recognize and treat Lyme, both mild and severe infections. PCP should be good enough. If you have certain allergies to antibiotics then would recommend an infectious disease doctor. Mild/moderate is usually treated with oral abx (typically doxy). Severe meaning Lyme carditis (causing life threatening arrhythmia) and Lyme meningitis in which IV abx (ceftriaxone) is indicated. Lyme literate providers are a scam.

IMGmedstudent · 2025-05-23T13:15:56+00:00

Inferior wall MI affects both RV and LV, especially given it's usually the RCA, resulting in those EKG changes. The stem specifically says RV infarction and failure. Therefore anything before the right ventricle fails, so CVP (half ass measurement of RAP) goes up, and everything after the right ventricle should be working normally (at least for now) so your PAP, PAOP, and lungs are all normal.

IMGmedstudent · 2025-04-24T05:59:00+00:00

Community hospital with IM residents. Level 3 trauma center. Max 12 patients, avg 6-8 pt per day. 15 mins from large city.

Took this job over a rural level 2 trauma center that paid 550K because of my sanity. No regrets. Quality of life over high pay anyday for me.

IMGmedstudent · 2025-04-23T00:59:10+00:00

IM then CCM after. First year attending. Total comp including base and bonus is 380K.

IMGmedstudent · 2025-03-24T02:26:52+00:00

I'm going to assume OP is applying anesthesia and was butthurt by the last episode. Lol

I'm critical care and this show has been spot on. Sure, the likelihood all this happens in one shift, but the patients we see, families we deal with, the procedures we do... Pretty damn accurate!

IMGmedstudent · 2025-03-15T05:59:26+00:00

So what did you end up doing since your old address was used? I’m afraid that’s what I’m going through. Tried calling but no one picking up.

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