ED overcrowded/waiting room full. Come on-just treat/dc, right? Bladder POCUS done and nl post-void residual. Penile ultrasound done and shows the following. No hx of FB insertion.

Dating myself here but I too read every single Gordon Korman book when I was a kid- still think differently about the Pacific salmon, fried zucchini sticks, cake mix as a dessert, and a camaro with bucket seats as a result

Our Discipline’s EM Refresher returns on May 3-4 with a # great talks and procedural sessions med.mun.ca/oped/programs/… MUN_OPED Faculty of Medicine Dolores McKeen MD FRCPC MSc CCPE (She/Her) MUNFamMed MUN MED 3D Faculty of MedicineSoc UGME MUNMed MemorialFamMedResidency Centre for Innovation in Teaching and Learning QEII Library, Memorial University #EM #education

My Cindy Lee article was published in Saturday's edition of the Toronto Star! I haven't seen a physical copy yet, but it's always thrilling to have my writing in print. Thanks again to Richie Assaly and Laura deCarufel!

Can't get the image of 'eating a bowl of soup while making urine' out of my head

Amazing thread

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For the more POCUS nerdy folks- irrespective of fluid status what is another finding here that might point towards a reason for a dilated IVC / increased CVP?

Hint:
SEATAK = semiquantitative subcostal assessment of RV systolic fxn (Echocardiography. 2017)
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27739100/

The perfect marriage...
ECG and PoCUS for patients who present to the ED with chest pain/dyspnea
This month's ECG Cases with Dr. Jesse McLaren @ECGCases and special guest Dr. Rajiv Thavanathan Rajiv Thavanathan
emergencymedicinecases.com/ecg-pocus-dysp…
#FOAMed

I'm laughing, clapping, honking with glee

your EF is good your heart is good
here EF is 100%

lawrence is finally getting the US validation he is dying for! “i like movies” goes on a US tour next month with dates in New York, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle and Vancouver WA… Chicago to be announced soon. please help spread the word and thank you to Visit Films ❤️❤️

Wonder how drunk Lindsey Buckingham has to be before he can't convincingly play Never Going Back Again

Just decided I'm going to refer to any organ dysfunction secondary to another process as 'Type 2'

Prerenal AKI? Type 2.
Decr LOC from overdose? Type 2.
Sick euthyroid? Type 2.

Sorry but this is the greatest medical news headline I have ever seen and deserves to be a meme available to anyone in healthcare

For your moderate pretest probability posterior circulation strokes, or patients with vertigo in whom you have uncertainty.. what should the standard approach be?

The answer is nuanced, so Dr. Kate O’Connell has done the deep dive for us:

emottawablog.com/2024/03/poster…

Fun fact: the last time Pulp played Toronto at Massey Hall in '98, the opening band was Bran Van 3000

EMOttawa Publication
Test characteristics of PoCUS in patients with acute kidney injury
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38388747/
Highlighted Authors: Michael Woo
We describe the test characteristics of #PoCUS for the detection of hydronephrosis in a cohort of patients with AKI.

Ugh fine 🎯