Does Emergency Medicine Need A Warning Label Like Cigarettes?
According to the CDC, working between the hours of midnight and 5 am (which Emergency Medicine requires) can lead to multiple health and psychosocial problems. Should EM textbooks, medical schools, residencies and EM employers, be required post the following warnings, due to EMs requirement of night shift work?
WARNING: Emergency Medicine can cause cancer
WARNING: Emergency Medicine has been associated with type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke
WARNING: Emergency Medicine has been...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - July 24, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Birdstrike Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: forums
Biomedical PhD with schizoaffective disorder
I’m kind of getting the idea that medical school is not really an option for me with schizoaffective disorder because licensing may be an issue, but would a PhD in microbiology and immunology be feasible? I understand that a lot of people in my position simply get on disability and smoke cigarettes all day, but I really want to make something of myself and am wondering if this is a plausible path for me. (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - July 16, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Ellatha Tags: Pre-Medical (MD) Source Type: forums
Smoking a cig in the ambulance bay
Has anyone ever just needed to step out into the ambulance bay for a quick smoke? No?
Well neither have I, I’m out here now sipping on my Luke warm coffee after getting yelled at by a nurse with a clip board. Feels about the same I’d imagine. Apparently coffee is a toxic, dangerous substance that will give everyone cancer if you drink it inside the ED.
Anyone have any success getting the clip boarders to relent on this ridiculous practice? I know ACEP put out a position statement about...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - July 12, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: The Knife & Gun Club Tags: Emergency Medicine Source Type: forums
Re: Juul: less than half of e-cigarette trial outcomes were properly reported or declared, study finds
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Source: BMJ Comments - June 18, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Re: Covid 19: How harm reduction advocates and the tobacco industry capitalised on the pandemic to promote nicotine
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Source: BMJ Comments - June 14, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
The evidence on smoking and SARS-Cov-2 cannot be waved away
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Source: BMJ Comments - June 4, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Interesting H & N case
Here's an interesting case
65 year old patient, heavy smoker.
Had a partial laryngectomy and ipsilateral (right) neck dissection in 2019 for a pT1 pN0 (0/20) G3 SCC in the right supraglottic area. Clear margins, no adjuvant treatment.
A suspicious lymph node was palpated in the left neck (level II) during follow-up, biopsy showed SCC, p16 negative.
PET showed no other uptake, endoscopy showed no recurrence in the larynx or some other primary tumor.
He received a bilateral tonsillectomy and...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - May 28, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Palex80 Tags: Radiation Oncology Source Type: forums
Re: Academic journal is criticised for publishing special issue funded by tobacco industry
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Source: BMJ Comments - May 19, 2021 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Case #7 : Emergency Obstructed Hernia, 300 Ibs with HT and DM - what shoud've done more?
Dear SDN Anesthesiologists,
I hope you are doing well, yesterday night, I had a tough 24 hours emergency surgeries’ shift, my call then started at 0530 PM with Knee injury and the vascular team required to do popliteal veins exploration and this operation lasts 4 hours plus orthopedic intervention, the total cases I gave anesthesia with the help of my PGY1 and our team leader (CA3) were 8 cases, 3 appendectomies (20 male one with history of epilepsy, 16 years heavy smoker, and one child 11...
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Source: Student Doctor Network - April 9, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: DrAmir0078 Tags: Anesthesiology Source Type: forums
MKSAP 18 Parts A & B $230 (Very Good Condition)
MKSAP 18 Parts A&B on sale for $230 (shipping included). Includes all 11 books. In very good condition. Some highlighting in some of the pages/books. Books were well taken of and have been housed in a non smoking home since purchase. Does not include board basics. (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - February 8, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: elle13 Tags: For Sale and Advertisements Source Type: forums
Another AW case
It’s Friday, you are not on call and just finished an of EF 15% AVR/cabg x3. You have one foot out the door when all of a sudden you get called for a trach (fauk).
65 y/o morbidly obese patient with a pharyngeal mass. Smoked her whole life, can’t lie flat, can hardly talk. Below is her CT scan.
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Source: Student Doctor Network - February 5, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: sevoflurane Tags: Anesthesiology Source Type: forums
An interesting case
52 yo male scheduled for right thoracoscopy for tumor vs empiema (tough surgery was sure It was on the cancer side) with a history of heavy smoking over 20 years, HBP with no treatment, dilated miocardiopath, heart failure with FEV1 20%, recent onset AF. Current meds are digoxine, furosemide, enalapril and metoprolol. At the OR the patien was unstable with AF all over the place, my attending cancelled the case, but what would be your plan for this patient? (Source: Student Doctor Network)
Source: Student Doctor Network - January 2, 2021 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Sleeplessbordernights Tags: Anesthesiology Source Type: forums
The benefits and harms of E-Cigarettes could be easily obtained from GP data if Coded.
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Source: BMJ Comments - October 17, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
Re: & quot;Incentive programmes for smoking cessation: cluster randomized trial in workplaces in Thailand & quot;, perhaps less carrot, more rod?
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Source: BMJ Comments - October 15, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: forums
