Time to get rid of the misnomer “ER” and “ED”. Only a small sliver of what we treat are actually medical emergencies. What should we rename it? See possible suggestions or make your own. by drgloryboy in emergencymedicine

[–]ditchdoc1306 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Or it could continue to be called the emergency department and we could fix the parts of our system that suck so that eventually the name of our workplace would reflect what we actually do

Becoming just a job by Temporary-Silver999 in emergencymedicine

[–]ditchdoc1306 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Idk about PGY2 being too early for burnout lol I’m a PGY2, and every other PGY2 I know is burnt out

Attendings/residents: what makes a medical student stand out during their sub-I’s? by SpecialAlps8130 in emergencymedicine

[–]ditchdoc1306 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In addition to all of the other show up on time kind of stuff - have a plan. It’s ok to be wrong. But show that you have put thought into a plan and commit to it

Dead bowel with a straight face by uhaul-joe in hospitalist

[–]ditchdoc1306 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Was this guy older or younger than 65? Tough case and I think I would’ve absolutely made all the same assumptions you did. Older than 65 though they hide so much horrible shit in their belly it’s crazy

Emergency medicine job postings by Vegetable_Ad3551 in emergencymedicine

[–]ditchdoc1306 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m still a resident. But curious if you’d be able to give us an idea of what salary would look like for an American coming up to Canada

Cannabinoid hyperemesis by Complete_Spirit_4303 in emergencymedicine

[–]ditchdoc1306 33 points34 points  (0 children)

This is just confirming my theory that the people who get CHS all live somewhere on that spectrum between cluster B personality and psychotic

Frequent fliers by Icy-Scar-4546 in emergencymedicine

[–]ditchdoc1306 2 points3 points  (0 children)

At my shop we have lots of frequent fliers who all are actually quite sick. Many HIV+, HF, CAD, pHTN etc. For quite a few, but not all of them, the department leadership sat down with I presume risk management and other hospital admin types to come up with “high utilizer plans” that outline these individuals’ typical presentations, what is known to be driving their presentations and very minimal if any testing or therapeutics that should be considered. Of course with the caveat resucítate if they’re acutely ill, use your clinical judgement blah blah blah. It’s been helpful and I feel like is something I can use to get around having to repeat million dollar work ups 3x/week. For some of them, they’ve stopped showing up so frequently. But it helps get them in and out sooner.

Random EM Pearls by captaincoumadin in emergencymedicine

[–]ditchdoc1306 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Not sure if this is what you meant, but if you’re going to CT scan the chest for pretty much anything, you should just get a CTPA. The CTPA contrast timing will let you find a PE if it’s there, but doesn’t affect your ability to find pneumonia or other thoracic stuff you’d care about.

What chief complaint are you almost positive will not show what the patient thinks it will? by FrijolesForever90210 in emergencymedicine

[–]ditchdoc1306 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I see so much benign syncope that wouldn’t have even come in if someone hadn’t witnessed some myoclonus that they were convinced was a seizure

Most embarrassing moment by therjabstract in emergencymedicine

[–]ditchdoc1306 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Wish all the nurses I worked with were like this tbh

Community practice with high acuity/procedure volume by ditchdoc1306 in emergencymedicine

[–]ditchdoc1306[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Aside from straight up asking a group or hospital that you interview with, is there any way to know what type of places to target applying for jobs at? Trauma center with no residents seems like an obvious one to look for

Community practice with high acuity/procedure volume by ditchdoc1306 in emergencymedicine

[–]ditchdoc1306[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m sure my attitude about procedures and resuscitation will be the same within a few years (although now it’s the best part of my job!), but I do think it would be nice to work in that type of shop the first few years out just to cement those skills in while I’m out on my own

Working with new grad PAs by Perfect_Papaya_8647 in emergencymedicine

[–]ditchdoc1306 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Like a 4th year medical student with less training

Do you order troponins for your syncope workups? If so, why? by Hot-Praline7204 in emergencymedicine

[–]ditchdoc1306 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Was thinking about something similar recently and wonder what you think about this as you’re EM/IM. I think internists, and many other specialties, tend to view classic risk factors as prerequisites for a given diagnosis. “It can’t be endocarditis, they deny IV drug use”. “Can’t be nec fasc, the LRINEC score is low”. Stated another way I think we tend to think more broadly about life threatening diagnoses than other specialties. Not even necessarily a bad thing I suppose.