your average doctor lady by way of Virginia, Mississippi & Arkansas 👩🏼⚕️ MD, MPH, MBA 🌈 Indiana Emergency Medicine PGY-3 🚑 views are mine, not my employers
Jul 26, 2022 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Yesterday, I did something very dangerous as a doctor and trainee — I stood up for my patients.
Not just that, I stood up to those who have power over me, and my career.
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Indiana American College of Emergency Physicians is taking a neutral stance on Indiana Senate Bill 1 (an abortion ban) and stood before our state Senators and the public without any opinion or recommendations on the bill, claiming “as it is written, it does not impact EM”
Feb 12, 2021 • 17 tweets • 7 min read
Today I gave a brief presentation on why we should be doing ALL (yes, I mean all) chest tubes ultrasound-guided.
I learned a lot making the presentation, so here’s a thread 🧵 to review it for my #embound, #MedStudentTwitter, and #MedTwitter friends 1/17
Background: Chest tubes are SUPER common, true surgical and EM 🥖+ 🧈, but did you know the incidence of complication in emergency situations is 14-30%?
