If a person dressed as Batman was on the Milan metro, 67% of passengers offered their seat to a pregnant woman vs 38% without him there.🦇 44% of helpers said they didn’t notice Batman suggesting subconscious effect. buff.ly/mkWz3Jb

*me in med school* doctor: welcome to your first shift in the ER! me: yay doctor: make sure you wear a lanyard that emergency releases when pulled or someone could strangle you with it! me: wait wha— doctor: ok let’s go see our first patient!

Effective clinical supervision in the #EmergencyDepartment is key for learner growth and patient safety. This primer provides practical strategies for supervisors, focusing on tailored approaches and direct observation. Check it out: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

“A Busy, Busy Day at the Airport” By Ruben Bolling Genius. Click in.

Comparative effectiveness of azithromycin versus doxycycline in hospitalized patients with community acquired pneumonia treated with beta-lactams: A multicenter matched cohort study ✅ Just Accepted #IDSky

We are seeing multiple instances of reviewers doing manuscript reviews via use of AI/LLM. If you don't want to do a review the old-fashioned way, better to decline the request. Giving someone else's manuscript to AI is a violation of intellectual property rights/laws; the manuscript isn't yours...

New #clinicalinformatics paper by @schnappadap.bsky.social et al I’m happy to have been a part of - Resident clinical dashboards to support precision education in #emergencymedicine onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #EMSky #informaticsSky

This is the only face you ever have to make as a doctor and you will get 100% five star ratings.

Please don't show me pictures of your poop. If you say there was blood I'll just believe you

Maybe corny but it was helpful for me to hear Henry Rollins saying "this is not time to be dismayed, this is punk rock time, this is what Joe Strummer trained you for... You can be thunderous in your own life, to the eight people around you. That rubs off... Goodness is viral"

In most people with cirrhosis, acetaminophen (up to 2g/day) is a safer analgesic than NSAIDs (kidneys, GI mucosa) or opioids (CNS function, gut motility) Spreading the word from @shreyatrivedimd.bsky.social @ebtapper.bsky.social

New paper from Johns Hopkins (radiology/EM) questioning the use of "age over 65" for C spine imaging in trauma patients Of 9455 CTs performed in pts ≥ 65, 192 (2.0%) fractures were identified (113 females); 28 (0.30%) were in asymptomatic pts pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38940447/#:~...

The decision to admit or discharge a patient is one of the most important decisions an ED doc makes. By how much do ED docs vary in this decision? A lot! Being treated by a doc in top 10% vs bottom 10% can nearly double your probability of admission. 2/

A friend sent this article to me today. It feels like a good moment to remind us: the LLM outperformed physicians on STRUCTURED cases. Someday the AIs may perform better than us in the unstructured, messy, real-world patient encounter...but that day is not today.🩺🛟 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

One of my favorite @criticalcaretime.bsky.social infographics: Comparison of vasodilator scavengers. When to choose 🟦 Methylene Blue 🟥 Hydroxocobalamin (Cyanokit) For more discussion you can read here: onepagericu.com/blog/mini-le...

Residency interviewer: What was your hardest day in medical school? Me: I got stuck in an elevator in the Children’s Hospital with a clown who refused to break character. Interviewer: … Me: Yeah.

We humbly thank the reviewers for their suggestions. We would like to resubmit this improved manuscript for your consideration. #AcademicSky #MedSky

This may be impossible in most regions because of the lack of qualified staff available to hire--however, this seems like the best way to price out private equity with regulations that limit profit upside with fixed staffing costs. #Medsky

Doctors hail first breakthrough in asthma and COPD treatment in 50 years Results of trial of benralizumab injection could be ‘gamechanger’ for millions of people around the world Andrew Gregory Health editor www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Happy Thanksgiving to all. Thank you to those of you working in public safety, the hospitals and especially to my EM colleagues.

Huh- I totally missed that now a chikungunya vaccine available in US for travelers. www.cdc.gov/chikungunya/....

Note to conference organizers everywhere 👇👇 🛟🧪🩺 #academicsky

"Thought about PE but they're not tachycardic or hypoxemic" #medsky

A project of mine with 300 other colleagues Send over questions and support! www.bostonglobe.com/2024/11/18/b...

'the “hero story” of an applicant’s big save in the critical care unit is seen as cliché and overused' Fascinating article: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... What Do 🩺 Program Directors Value in Personal Statements? in @atscommunity.bsky.social's ATS Scholar featuring @gbosslet.bsky.social