Rapid Response To End The Rotation We capped of 8S with some excitement. Couldn't have gotten through it without my team of interns who all stayed late and helped me out. Team work is great. We discuss this and other topics during…
Consultant Woes and DNRs DNRs and sick patients are the norm for 8S. We discuss the conversations that need with family and the some of what DNR means. Additionally, we discuss some challenges with coordinating with consulting services.
Stepdown Revisited and M&M Thoughts Sorry for the late episode. We are back on floor rotations and back on 8S so Stepdown. We discuss GDMT and coordinating with consulting teams and MINOCA and whether Plavix is needed afterwards (its not). Lastly we…
Exam Efficacy and Grade 3 Recommendations Another week of infectious disease with light days heavy on studying. We talk about rectal exams, breast exams, and HOCM. There may have been some colorful commentary on the pros and cons of performing these exams…
Infectious Disease Week 1 Wrapped up another week of continuity clinic and started a new rotation: infectious disease. Additionally, we went to an apple orchard and the kids had thoughts. Our youngest is in the room during this episode so excuse the…
Sepsis Sim Lab Takeaways Continuity Clinic week with procedure training, Ultrasound, and high fidelity sim lab. We go over some pearls that Eric learned during the sim lab related to Sepsis and treating cholangitis. Additionally, we talk about the family plans for…
DKA, ITE and ERAS Busy week with a late recording. This week we did the ITE exam and worked on a CHF presentation. Additionally, there was some food poisoning. Still working through Admission Team and wanted to talk about ERAS and DKA.
From the Dentist and Into a Hurricane Last minute dental appointment throws the start of this week into chaos. We go over another week of admit team and things we've learned plus we discuss the topic on Reddit about efficiency vs writing…
Concerning WBC Count on Body Fluid or Traumatic Tap This is the second week of admit team. Learned how to look at body fluid cell counts and how to do a medical decision making documentation. Sorry that the sound quality wasn't the…
Admit Team Week 1 The kids started homeschooling this week and Eric started Admit team. A new flow and different system of managing patient inflow. Some tough lessons are learned and ideas developed.