Do central line-associated bloodstream infection (CLABSI) rates differ based on whether they were placed in the ED versus the ICU? A recent article published in Academic Emergency Medicine attempted to answer this very question. Central lin…
aVR is the neglected cousin of the other ECG leads. He doesn’t always make sense, nobody really understands him, and he usually sits alone at the dinner table. This is to the detriment of those who ignore him, as aVR can easily lead clinici…
I once lost a 25 year old on a cardiac shift. Later, after the shift ended, I was thinking of his whole life gone and wondering if I could have done more, performed more excellently. I wondered if another resident would have lost him if in…
“Lack of support in hospital/department. Social isolation, Lack of free time. Loss of confidence in your own abilities.” “…the fact that everything is on you…to push patients, to draw labs, to call consults, to juggle everything and have ex…
“I’m worried about losing my sense of humor…sometimes situations make me feel I’m losing that and then I’m just bitter.” “I actually think I’ve retained my compassion and empathy well…I think I have gained skepticism perhaps in exess of wha…
