Congrats to all my new fellow UCA board members and CUCM leaders-elect! Urgent Care Association College of Urgent Care Medicine JUCM: Journal of Urgent Care Medicine UC Max

Managing the post-auricular hematoma drainage and complex facial lacs with ENT Dr Jeff Lacour Urgent Care Association

Education, community, and a bit of Vegas glitz thrown in! Our team will be at UCA 24 bringing you the evidence-based Urgent Care education you need to level up on your next shift.

Come by Booth 414 for some show specials and to chat with your favorite UC Max contributors.

UC Max April is out now! Dr. Josh Russell interviews pain specialist Dr. Ariana Nelson about sciatica.

Listen for FREE here: emrap.org/episode/ucmax2…

Gita Pensa, M.D. Michael Weinstock Dr. J Russell Ariana M. Nelson, MD

Another great UCmax Live! In the books! Thanks to all for making a great show possible Scott Kobner EM:RAP Michael Weinstock

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Emergency Medicine is #1 for burnout at 63% and 10% greater than any other specialty :(
medscape.com/slideshow/2024…
ACEP Members CAEP Dr. Brian Goldman André Picard

I thought I was good at Tympanic membrane assessment until this 6 min crash course from Dr. Lacour. Also check out accompanying article in ⁦JUCM: Journal of Urgent Care Medicine⁩ youtu.be/O03mnMuVlQE?si…

SAEM Clinical Images Series: A Rare Cause of Recurrent UTI

In males with recurrent UTIs, make sure to consider diagnoses outside the abdomen. Literally.

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SAEM

What is the infarct artery? What does the post PCI ECG show? What does the convalescent ECG show?

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First UCMax Live is up! youtube.com/watch?v=_ekAxL… EM:RAP

UC rounds at 5pm PST youtube.com/live/_ekAxLlDq…

Please share if you're also frustrated by overdiagnosis and overtreatment in Urgent Care (or across medicine in general!)
jucm.com/what-happens-i… Gita Pensa, M.D. Michael Weinstock Mel Herbert Scott Kobner Anand Swaminathan MD MPH 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦

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Can we all agree this needs #RibFixation ? CWIS EAST Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open (TSACO) Babak Sarani Thomas William White

Friend of mine out in LA just took this picture on the 405. And yes, all news and media outlets you have permission to use this. Wild

More support that Influenza prevention/vaccination seems to reduce risk MI in older adults. Maybe this will get older patients attention that flu in the elderly is a different beast and needs to be taken seriously pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35817230/

Sadly, just heard a guest grand rounds given by a corneal specialist who said: “I know there’s some literature about using dilute anesthetic for corneal abrasions…but it’s not something that should ever be done.” Has anyone ever seen an actual, verified complication of this?

J Russell MD Dr. J Russell is editor-in-chief of a journal, works UC, EM, palliative care.

A lot on his plate.

He wanted a heuristic for making decisions on new jobs/projects to determine, “Hell yeah or no.”

This is his coaching session to get there buff.ly/3JOXqtB

Toxicodendron/Rhus dermatitis season is upon us. Share your favorite pearl for dealing with these rashes? I'll go first–Err towards oral steroids. People present early & it spreads. Topical steroids = bouncebacks Rob Orman MD | Physician Coach Michael Weinstock EM:RAP Gita Pensa, M.D.

Dear house of medicine,

Happy (academic) new year.
Here’s your annual paycut.
This one will bring you to a total 23% decrease since that whole “pandemic” thing.

Love,
The US Government

PS: We have shortage of healthcare workers and deep health access issues in this country.…