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Here’s a message that was sent to me by an ER resident physician in training who saved a patient’s life half way across the country from me.
When people ask “why teach on social media?”
This is why.
Sam Ghali, M.D.
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Sam Ghali, M.D.
@EM_RESUS
ER Doctor | Resuscitation | Airway | Critical Care | Cardiovascular Emergencies | ECGs | Emergency Radiology | Trauma | #FOAMed | Patient Advocate
USA
Joined August 2014
- Hi, ER Doc here. I don’t know who needs to hear this but do NOT even think about it.Japanese design firm Kenji Abe has designed a glass beer bottle that you can stick into the sand on the beach
- Hi, ER Doc here. If you think wearing a piece of cloth makes it “hard to breathe”, then trust me you do NOT want COVID-19.
- If you think wearing a mask “cuts off your oxygen", just wait until you find out what COVID does.
- I just left the ER. We are officially back to getting crushed by COVID-19. Delta Variant is running rampant and it’s MUCH more transmissible than the original virus. 99% of our ICU admits did NOT receive a vaccine. Virtually ALL of them wish they had.
- Serious question: If masks and social distancing don’t work, then what the hell happened to the flu?
- Hi, ER Doc here. If your nose is bleeding, DO NOT TILT YOUR HEAD BACK. This just makes the blood drip down the back of your throat and you will then swallow and/or choke on it. Pinch the soft part of your nose and TILT YOUR HEAD FORWARD. Please tell your friends about this.
- BREAKING: A novel treatment has been discovered that can reduce COVID-19 transmission by up to 75%. It’s called wear a fucking mask.
- Hi ER Doc here, This is called FLAIL CHEST. It’s where you break consecutive ribs in multiple places as a result of severe BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH MARIJUANA. RT so people don’t actually believe this BS.
- Here’s the Chest X-Ray of a young girl suffering from a condition that is now the #1 cause of death in children and adolescents in the U.S. What’s the diagnosis?
- Just to be crystal clear, “I feel fine but my wife made me come in” has a positive predictive value for something being *really* fucking wrong that approaches 100%
- Hi, ER Doc here. Do NOT inject or consume ANY disinfectants in an attempt to kill COVID19.
- This amazing. Everyone should know the Heimlich Maneuver. RT to save a life!
- When an ER patient says “I would’ve come in sooner but I didn’t wanna bother you guys”, something is really fucking wrong until proven otherwise. Trust me on this one.
