elischriever.bsky.social
Board certified Emergency Medicine physician, Girl dad, Husband, Idaho native (he/him) 🏳️🌈ally
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Had 2 ED colleagues stand up and say that in the last month, while letting patients know about unexpected pregnancies, the patient asked if it was safe to talk about their options with the ED doc, because they were afraid of the consequences of saying that they were considering abortion.
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Thank you for sharing! This is great insight. I’ve come to find that “new policies” that insurance companies put out are rarely in favor of better patient care
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Hell hath no fury like a pediatrician when there are hungry kids around 🫡
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As much as I hate health insurance companies, and believe me I do, this joke is in poor taste and really should be taken down
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Just common activities I see injuries from
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“Wait, since when did they switch to Leuer-Lock introducer syringes instead of slip tips?” I bitch to the (probably) exasperated nurse after she had patiently grabbed an older kit after I bent the first wire and dropped the second on the floor
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One time had an ICU nurse how much money it would take me to take a slurp of the respiratory secretions from a suction canister and I’ve never been able to look at them the same since. Rectal exams, no problem. A bit of blood on my wrist from examining a trauma patient, no big deal. Sputum? *hurls
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More of these please!!! I’ve needed these in my life
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I’ve started getting requests for them from scribes in our ER for med school. I usually ask them to tell me what qualities they would like me to emphasize and ask if they can think of some examples of situations that highlight that. Makes it much easier than digging through a resume
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Nothing has topped the magic of those for me. Day/Night cycle, breeding, Shinies, backward compatibility, etc. Sitting in my parents basement with my brother and a link cable playing those games for the first time is peak childhood.
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Not a fan. Setting aside the fact that you do everything possible to not intubate DKAers, bicarb breaks down into H2O and CO2, so really should only be given when you have a way to blow off excess CO2. Also, giving hypertonic fluids to someone already hyperosmotic seems bad?
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One of the ones in residency always had a *disappointed* tone when they had to announce the ALL CLEAR for a false alarm
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When I see a Model Y, I can tell myself that MAYBE they bought it before they knew Elon was a MAGA freak. Not the case with a Cybertruck 😅
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***might*** being the operative word
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Do you happen to know if the distribution changes in patients who get regular paracentesis? I’m kind of surprised the staph rate is so high. I usually just do cephalosporins and wondering if I should start covering more broadly.
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Percs and Turks 😂
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EM doc costume? Maybe even the Peds helmet so it’s a bit more obscure?
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Pence having a real coming to Jesus moment huh?
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Peak of video game childhood nostalgia in one post
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I get this. I really do. In my mind, the respect that Biden has showed for peaceful transition of power is the real message being conveyed: doing the right thing and showing REAL leadership is the best revenge. Trump can never hope to be this presidential.