Esther Choo
@choo.bsky.social
Emergency Medicine Doc | Mom | Writer | Health Services Research | Public Health
Preserving a modicum of peace where I can. If engagement is not respectful, I will block.
Preserving a modicum of peace where I can. If engagement is not respectful, I will block.
I’m an ER doc who has responded to hundreds of events like this in the hospital & on planes and other public spaces. The right side of this photo is like exhibit A of normal human behavior in these circumstances. People rush to help so instinctively that part of the skill of a code is crowd control.
November 8, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I’m an ER doc who has responded to hundreds of events like this in the hospital & on planes and other public spaces. The right side of this photo is like exhibit A of normal human behavior in these circumstances. People rush to help so instinctively that part of the skill of a code is crowd control.
You just know these quiet heroes at the Oregon Department of Human Services hustled to get the payments out the door knowing families depend on them
November 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
You just know these quiet heroes at the Oregon Department of Human Services hustled to get the payments out the door knowing families depend on them
If you get shot your assailant’s gun was a right
If you come to the ER afterwards, your healthcare for that visit is a privilege
If you come to the ER afterwards, your healthcare for that visit is a privilege
September 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
If you get shot your assailant’s gun was a right
If you come to the ER afterwards, your healthcare for that visit is a privilege
If you come to the ER afterwards, your healthcare for that visit is a privilege
Here are some heroes for today: Idaho physicians fighting for women’s health in a heartbreaking practice environment (35% of the ob/gyn workforce have left since Dobbs) after realizing that there was no cavalry coming #WIMS
September 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Here are some heroes for today: Idaho physicians fighting for women’s health in a heartbreaking practice environment (35% of the ob/gyn workforce have left since Dobbs) after realizing that there was no cavalry coming #WIMS
And firearm deaths are preventable, like deaths from other injury mechanisms. Firearm safety laws work.
From Inside Medicine: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/minnesota-...
From Inside Medicine: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/minnesota-...
August 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
And firearm deaths are preventable, like deaths from other injury mechanisms. Firearm safety laws work.
From Inside Medicine: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/minnesota-...
From Inside Medicine: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/minnesota-...
Some people thought the attacks on abortion access would galvanize the U.S. and help secure the last election. We reflect on that optimism in this BMJ piece: www.bmj.com/content/389/...
June 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Some people thought the attacks on abortion access would galvanize the U.S. and help secure the last election. We reflect on that optimism in this BMJ piece: www.bmj.com/content/389/...
So if anyone is wondering: did we get the memo? No. The memo was inconsequential and anyway, we declined it.
www.emergencyphysicians.org/press-releas...
www.emergencyphysicians.org/press-releas...
June 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
So if anyone is wondering: did we get the memo? No. The memo was inconsequential and anyway, we declined it.
www.emergencyphysicians.org/press-releas...
www.emergencyphysicians.org/press-releas...
The headlines are freaking out but *nothing* about EMTALA itself is rescinded. EMTALA enforces the most basic of emergency care tenets. We will assess and stabilize because that is what we do.
June 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
The headlines are freaking out but *nothing* about EMTALA itself is rescinded. EMTALA enforces the most basic of emergency care tenets. We will assess and stabilize because that is what we do.
I love these Big Bird memes so much something is wrong with me
March 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I love these Big Bird memes so much something is wrong with me
The legendary Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) gone, just like that. Since 1951, these disease detectives have hit the pavement and secured vital information needed to face emerging threats to our lives.
February 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The legendary Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) gone, just like that. Since 1951, these disease detectives have hit the pavement and secured vital information needed to face emerging threats to our lives.
“The CDC has instructed its scientists to retract or pause the publication of any research manuscript being considered by any medical or scientific journal, not merely its own internal periodicals” - @jeremyfaust.bsky.social in Inside Medicine
February 2, 2025 at 1:55 AM
“The CDC has instructed its scientists to retract or pause the publication of any research manuscript being considered by any medical or scientific journal, not merely its own internal periodicals” - @jeremyfaust.bsky.social in Inside Medicine
AI nurse: “Your hands look perfect!”
Patient: “I assure you the table saw…”
AI nurse: “Have a good day!”
Patient: “I assure you the table saw…”
AI nurse: “Have a good day!”
January 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
AI nurse: “Your hands look perfect!”
Patient: “I assure you the table saw…”
AI nurse: “Have a good day!”
Patient: “I assure you the table saw…”
AI nurse: “Have a good day!”
I am now the auntie coming over with way too much sunblock, grapefruit, and underwear.
January 27, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I am now the auntie coming over with way too much sunblock, grapefruit, and underwear.
Inside stories from the Providence strike, the first to include doctors. Things do not seem to be going well for the hospital, to say the least.
January 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Inside stories from the Providence strike, the first to include doctors. Things do not seem to be going well for the hospital, to say the least.
First responders flying in to help fight the California wildfires is just 🥺
January 12, 2025 at 4:30 AM
First responders flying in to help fight the California wildfires is just 🥺
“He walks into a volunteer’s home and he goes, ‘I see you’re a little behind, do you have your toilet in?’ This is Jimmy Carter telling someone how to install a toilet in the sweltering heat.”
(From The Washington Post)
Rest well, kind and decent one.
December 30, 2024 at 12:20 AM
“He walks into a volunteer’s home and he goes, ‘I see you’re a little behind, do you have your toilet in?’ This is Jimmy Carter telling someone how to install a toilet in the sweltering heat.”
(From The Washington Post)
Rest well, kind and decent one.
