Recent content by CajunMedic

I can second this one. It’s on my nightstand now as my non board prep reading

I used both during residency and my current shop migrated over to it a few months ago from Soarian. My other places I work have MediTech and MedHost. Are they not using FirstNet for your ED stuff as well? PowerChart is set up for inpatient and is a PITA for the ED. I have most of my favorite...

If it’s like some of the ones I’ve seen recently. They’re a complete and total PITA, and it’s easier to foist them on me to tell them the same thing in a different voice; than it is to tell them to suck it up, here’s a prescription for 2 testicles, respiratory viruses suck and you’re going to...

The problem was, she wasn't. she actually was a little person and was maybe 60kg.

EPILOGUE: Working a night shift last week when a guy comes in with an infected chin lac. I walk in and introduce myself "Hey, I'm Dr. Cajun, what's going on tonight? The patient looks at me and says "You're Dr. Cajun? We'd never thought we'd see you again! You saved my wife's life!! and he...

I haven’t seen one since Paramedic school. We didn’t even train on them in residency. I don’t even think we have the equipment to do one if I wanted to

Where I medic’d in the Deep South (AR, LA, MS) it was standard of care for all intubations. I used it frequently on respiratory patients and anyone getting potentially sedating meds. I mandate it for my crews in OH. Coming from EMS, I always felt we never used it enough in residency. When I’m...

I'd always teach my residents "What's their prize for coming in?" Back Pain: PO Toradol for 5 days, Robaxin (usually low-dose), and 5% Lidocaine patches My tummy hurts and I'm not being brave about it: Zofran and Bentyl Sniffles and relatively healthy: Short course prednisone, Tessalon Perles...

I have only done 1 as an attending. It was at the end of my shift at the CAH I work at, the night doc was in already (I was on a mid-shift) and I had the time

As someone with a heavy EMS background who went to medical school with the sole purpose of EM. No, would not recommend I have been an attending for a little over 18 months in community shops and worked in one where I was core EM residency faculty. in that 18 months I have: Been assaulted...

When I came off Active duty and out of the National Guard, I was considering it myself. I spoke decent French and was in pretty good shape. Even started selling off the stuff I didn't need to pay for the ticket to Paris.

Concur with the others. I was a re-applicant from a TY that matched into EM, and was interviewed by several new programs. Sounds like that PD may be doing you a favor.

I'm a current medical director for a rural agency and negotiating with another one. The best way I can answer is: it depends. I was a medic for 15+ years before going to medical school and worked on the truck, and as an EMS candidate examiner for the state while in medical school. EMS medical...

Louisiana doesn't surprise me in the least bit. The ambulance chasers are constantly trying to outdo each other with the largest, most obnoxious buildings on I-10 in Baton Rouge and infect the same area with their billboards