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drelmergency.bsky.social
Emergency Medicine to keep me on my toes. Settler, intersectional feminist, mom. Passionate about the care of uteri, addictions, and medical education in the ED. she/her.
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The national stillbirth rate for Black women was 10.3 and for white women 4.7. The first and easiest step, she said, is listening to pregnant Black women. “We can’t prevent every stillbirth,” she said, “but we can sure prevent a lot if we listen.”

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

1/ When I asked how the night went you gave the tiniest of shrugs. You: “I’m making it.” Me: “What does that mean?” You: *shrugs again* You turned in bed a bit and I saw you grimace. It was fleeting but I saw it. You were not okay.

submitted 77 days ago • 4 comments

Supervised consumption sites don’t “enable” drug use, they provide health care for people who are already using drugs. You shouldn’t have to be drug free to access health care! My last overdose was at booth 5 and I’m now almost 12 years sober. That wouldn’t be possible without harm reduction.

submitted 91 days ago • 13 comments

NPO needs to go!

submitted 95 days ago • 0 comments

Ellen Swallow Richards, the American chemist who was #MIT's first female graduate and later made significant contributions to urban sanitation, public health, and home economics, is LHL's #ScientistOfTheDay. www.lindahall.org/about/news/s... #histSTM #envhist #histmed #WomenInSTEM #OnThisDay🗃️📜

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

seriously, don't fucking use Amazon unless you have to but if you must (bc poverty or disabilities or bezos killed your brick-and-mortars), please don't do it on Black Friday.

submitted 104 days ago • 1 comment

One of my fun facts that still messes with my mind is that scientifically there's not really trees or fish. Instead there's this effective body plan which many different unrelated species evolved to use. So "tree" and "fish" is more of a verb than a noun. It's a plant treeing. 😂

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submitted 105 days ago • 11 comments

@cirquedusoleil.bsky.social showcasing the incredible diversity and limits of human talent in Vancouver tonight. #echo

submitted 105 days ago • 1 comment

Reducing environmental waste in the OR, especially for interventions with no reason (single use shoe covers!) would be such an easy change to make

submitted 106 days ago • 0 comments

Feels like a good morning to tell Bluesky the story about when I overdosed on my underwear, so let’s do this! 🧵

submitted 116 days ago • 46 comments

A women-led team of 20, working remotely, is showing up a trillion dollar megacorp. Truly inspiring.

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submitted 109 days ago • 14 comments

When insulin was first patented in 1923, the discoverers declined to put their names on it as they felt that insulin belonged to the public. 101 years later, insulin is inaccessible to thousands of Americans because of price gouging by near-monopoly private insurance corporations and their PBMs.

submitted 109 days ago • 57 comments

The full moon effect can wear off now. Thanks.

submitted 111 days ago • 3 comments