#Match2024 and a🧵 on questions I wish I would/wouldn’t have asked at interviews and pre-interview socials:
#Anesthesiology #Anesthesia #GasGang @FutureAnesRes (1/ ❌What is the call schedule?
✅What is call like & do you get supervisory opps on call?
Why?
Unlikely you base your ranklist based on whether you have night float vs 24 hour call or something else entirely (or you shouldn’t!). Every residency will have call. (2/

Board things: Fontan Circulation goals 🧵

Fontan physiology is usually the end-result of palliative procedures (of which there are several variations) for patients born with single-ventricle physiology.

#MedTwitter #MedEd #FOAMEd #Anesthesia #PedsAnes #CardsAnes Examples of single ventricular physiology:
- Hypoplastic left heart syndrome
- Pulmonary atresia
- Tricuspid atresia
- Ebstein anomaly
- Double outlet RV
Etc.

An INCREDIBLY intimidating part of the ICU can be the patient exam in the AM:
A 🧵on what to assess at bedside while taking care of an intubated/sedated patient.

(Because @tammamtu made an excellent point on another 🧵)
#MedTwitter #MedEd #Medicine #CritCare #ICU #CriticalCare 1. Talk to the patient, no matter their mental status. You should introduce yourself & announce what you’re doing during a physical exam. Sometimes we forget that there’s a loved one surrounded by all those machines & forget to act the same way we would if they were awake. Don’t.

ICU pre-rounding tips:
I feel like early on, knowing what matters in the ICU is REALLY tough. So here’s what I typically do:
A 🧵 inspired by @akhadilkarMD’s pre-round thread (you should check that one out too!)

#MedTwitter #MedEd #CritCare #ICU #medicine #criticalcare 1. If you can get at least some of this information automated for a printout, that can be invaluable. Whether that’s an updateable .dotphrase or a printable page from EPIC/Cerner etc. — save the carpal tunnel for later and just make notes on the data!