Allan Lai
@resprate16.bsky.social
Co-bro @ResusTonight. Likes emerg and crit care. Good friends with #POCUS. Lord of the typos & bad grammar. Hype man.
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I was recently asked by a few people at #SCCM2025 if they could share this ‘Toolkit for Hard Days’ that the #PedsICU nurses made from one of my posts (🔗 in comments).
I can’t overstate how happy I am to share it with anyone who could be helped by it.
#MedSky
I can’t overstate how happy I am to share it with anyone who could be helped by it.
#MedSky
The Hard Days Toolkit.pdf
drive.google.com
March 2, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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One of the BIGGEST #POCUS misconceptions is that B lines 🟰 pulmonary edema 🤦♀️
Did you know that there is actually a wide DDx for B lines?
Check out my latest video about #LungUltrasound for interstitial syndromes 👀; or read on for the highlights 👇 🧵
#emimcc
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSuA...
One of the BIGGEST #POCUS misconceptions is that B lines 🟰 pulmonary edema 🤦♀️
Did you know that there is actually a wide DDx for B lines?
Check out my latest video about #LungUltrasound for interstitial syndromes 👀; or read on for the highlights 👇 🧵
#emimcc
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSuA...
Lung Ultrasound for Interstitial Syndromes
YouTube video by UBC IM POCUS
www.youtube.com
February 6, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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One of the BIGGEST #POCUS misconceptions is that B lines 🟰 pulmonary edema 🤦♀️
Did you know that there is actually a wide DDx for B lines?
Check out my latest video about #LungUltrasound for interstitial syndromes 👀; or read on for the highlights 👇 🧵
#emimcc
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSuA...
One of the BIGGEST #POCUS misconceptions is that B lines 🟰 pulmonary edema 🤦♀️
Did you know that there is actually a wide DDx for B lines?
Check out my latest video about #LungUltrasound for interstitial syndromes 👀; or read on for the highlights 👇 🧵
#emimcc
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSuA...
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Confession: I LOVE hyponatremia 🤓
(I know, I know. What can I say, I'm a true internist!)
HypoNa is often feared, maligned, and misunderstood - but I promise it doesn't have to be scary!
Here are my top 10 hyponatremia tips and tricks - a 🧵
#emimcc
(I know, I know. What can I say, I'm a true internist!)
HypoNa is often feared, maligned, and misunderstood - but I promise it doesn't have to be scary!
Here are my top 10 hyponatremia tips and tricks - a 🧵
#emimcc
January 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Confession: I LOVE hyponatremia 🤓
(I know, I know. What can I say, I'm a true internist!)
HypoNa is often feared, maligned, and misunderstood - but I promise it doesn't have to be scary!
Here are my top 10 hyponatremia tips and tricks - a 🧵
#emimcc
(I know, I know. What can I say, I'm a true internist!)
HypoNa is often feared, maligned, and misunderstood - but I promise it doesn't have to be scary!
Here are my top 10 hyponatremia tips and tricks - a 🧵
#emimcc
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Use of point-of-care ultrasound at a family medicine clinic for early pregnancy care reduced emergency department visits, urgent care visits, & office calls for first trimester pregnancy concerns. Leading to more timely diagnoses of abnormal pregnancies. #FMsky
www.annfammed.org/content/22/6...
www.annfammed.org/content/22/6...
Enhancing First Trimester Obstetrical Care: The Addition of Point-of-Care Ultrasound
Our family medicine clinic launched a bimonthly Early Pregnancy Dating & Risk Assessment Clinic (EPD-RA) on September 1, 2022. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is utilized to assess the presence of a ...
www.annfammed.org
December 27, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Use of point-of-care ultrasound at a family medicine clinic for early pregnancy care reduced emergency department visits, urgent care visits, & office calls for first trimester pregnancy concerns. Leading to more timely diagnoses of abnormal pregnancies. #FMsky
www.annfammed.org/content/22/6...
www.annfammed.org/content/22/6...
The single most important study for nurses this year. Not excluding all #emimcc folks, but nursing holds the most cards for visiting hours.
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/8/4/...
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Study protocol to assess the effectiveness and safety of a flexible family visitation model for delirium prevention in adult intensive care units: a cluster-randomised, crossover trial (The ICU Visits...
Introduction Flexible intensive care unit (ICU) visiting hours have been proposed as a means to improve patient-centred and family-centred care. However, randomised trials evaluating the effects of fl...
bmjopen.bmj.com
December 8, 2024 at 12:34 AM
The single most important study for nurses this year. Not excluding all #emimcc folks, but nursing holds the most cards for visiting hours.
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/8/4/...
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/8/4/...
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RANT: How fee-based Private / For Profit Primary Health Care "Innovations" are wrecking 🇨🇦 healthcare for everyone else.
Today a recruiter offered me "more information about" a job that would pay me ~450-500k/year to look after 400 patients.
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Today a recruiter offered me "more information about" a job that would pay me ~450-500k/year to look after 400 patients.
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December 4, 2024 at 9:46 PM
RANT: How fee-based Private / For Profit Primary Health Care "Innovations" are wrecking 🇨🇦 healthcare for everyone else.
Today a recruiter offered me "more information about" a job that would pay me ~450-500k/year to look after 400 patients.
1/11
Today a recruiter offered me "more information about" a job that would pay me ~450-500k/year to look after 400 patients.
1/11
So much goodness here.
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I love love LOVE scanning the heart 😍, but when it comes to bang for your buck for ultrasound novices, lung ultrasound is such a winner 🏆
It's time for another #POCUS basics #skeetorial 🧵
Let's talk about common pitfalls in #LungUltrasound and how to correct these ✔️
#emimcc
I love love LOVE scanning the heart 😍, but when it comes to bang for your buck for ultrasound novices, lung ultrasound is such a winner 🏆
It's time for another #POCUS basics #skeetorial 🧵
Let's talk about common pitfalls in #LungUltrasound and how to correct these ✔️
#emimcc
December 4, 2024 at 2:38 AM
So much goodness here.
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#3 olanzapine is great for nausea/vomiting
olanzapine hits the D2, M1, H1, and 5HT3 receptors so it's like the meropenem of anti-emetics
olanzapine is effectively a combination of ondansetron plus prochlorperazine
the main side-effect is sedation, but in many situations, that's kinda helpful
olanzapine hits the D2, M1, H1, and 5HT3 receptors so it's like the meropenem of anti-emetics
olanzapine is effectively a combination of ondansetron plus prochlorperazine
the main side-effect is sedation, but in many situations, that's kinda helpful
November 27, 2024 at 1:17 PM
#3 olanzapine is great for nausea/vomiting
olanzapine hits the D2, M1, H1, and 5HT3 receptors so it's like the meropenem of anti-emetics
olanzapine is effectively a combination of ondansetron plus prochlorperazine
the main side-effect is sedation, but in many situations, that's kinda helpful
olanzapine hits the D2, M1, H1, and 5HT3 receptors so it's like the meropenem of anti-emetics
olanzapine is effectively a combination of ondansetron plus prochlorperazine
the main side-effect is sedation, but in many situations, that's kinda helpful