My new goal this #MedEd fiscal year is to take a few minutes to teach 'approach to' anything the team wants to talk about. 🤔 I'm calling it #MedEdMoment & I think it's going well.. 🤞
💭Why does #DEI matter? Many benefits, here are just a few:
🗺️Improved cultural competence
🏥Expanded delivery of health care to low resource settings
🗨️Improved intellectual discussion in MedEd
2/ Seizure Mimics are key! Its important to keep a broad differential diagnosis as you approach a seizing patient!
3/ Management of seizure:
1⃣ The first step in management is ABCs!
2⃣ ✅ a blood glucose!!
3⃣Determine if Sz vs mimic: (mimics can look like true seizures. Get a good Hx/PE. (Thanks @GeraldMDMD for this great DDx chart!)
2/ Thanks for sharing how impt this is @JohnPurakal.
We need to be seeing past the disease and treat our patients. We must walk in their shoes to understand the steps that have led them down the path to the doors of the ED. Only then can we truly serve our patients.
3/ We might be the only provider that the patient sees all year! We need to address the social aspects that may be hindering their access to care!
Taking that moment to reach out and understand the barriers to care can make a lasting impact!