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nickgorton.bsky.social
Primary care & EM doc. Medical director at Lyon-Martin Community Health. Queer, poly, sarcastic nerd. He/him/él. Don't take anything I say literally.
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Here are some texts I got from an immigration lawyer friend of mine. Shared with permission. Some of the bleakest shit I’ve ever heard.

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submitted 5 hours ago • 4 comments

The headlines are freaking out but *nothing* about EMTALA itself is rescinded. EMTALA enforces the most basic of emergency care tenets. We will assess and stabilize because that is what we do.

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Holy smokes! Our article is on the cover of The Lancet!!!!!!!!!! Nbd 💅

submitted 1 day ago • 49 comments

Taking my dog for a walk in #Oakland and we come across a Helmeted guineafowl (native to Africa) just walking down 35th Ave. You need some help little bro? You're a long way from home.

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If you have a patient that injected free #silicone ( #SiliconePumping - often a trans women & cis Latinas) what looks like chronic/recurrent cellulitis isn't infectious- it's an immune reaction to the silicone. Though primary treatment is doxycycline - long term not intermittent. #TransSky #MedSky

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Gov. Walz: “I’m just going to say it, shame on any of us who throws a trans child under the bus for thinking they’re going to get elected.” www.startribune.com/gov-tim-walz...

submitted 3 days ago • 34 comments

My ER just had our first measles case. I'm completely unprotected b/c despite 7 doses of MMR I am a non-responder. My mother lost her hearing as a child due to measles encephalitis. Adult infection is more severe. I am going to work this weekend and it feels like 2020 all over again. #MedSky

submitted 2 days ago • 9 comments

He needed air. The price was $539. When OptumRx dropped coverage of his $66 inhaler, Cole couldn’t afford the new price. 5 days later, he died from a severe asthma attack—with no inhaler. He paid with his life. www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news... #MedSky #SciSky #PedsSky #PulmSky

submitted 4 days ago • 247 comments

Every time they say the Democrats have gone “too far left” they are referring to trans people just existing. Every. Time.

submitted 4 days ago • 63 comments

No hurricane season? Acting FEMA chief’s remark was a joke, DHS says. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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We’re waiting, JD.

submitted 4 days ago • 240 comments

@ahajournals.bsky.social can we get tacocardia added to the next ACLS update? #MedSky

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Hitlerian, honestly

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

This is Bodie. He’s here to celebrate the start of Pride Month. Been working on this pose for weeks. 14/10 the parade starts right behind him 🌈🐾 (IG: hellobodie)

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happy early Pride Month everyone

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