Empathy & Atrophy

We have “rapid response”

School nurse called to let me know that my child got “clonked” in the face with a metal water bottle. My kid was fine and, apparently, refused to tell anyone who did it because “it was an accident and I don’t want them to get in trouble.” In kindergarten and already knows not to snitch. #proudmom

I want an app where I can type in my grocery list and the stores I’m willing to go to (ex Publix, Walmart) and it splits the list to tell me what I should buy from each for the best savings.

We reinvented talk shows. And the wheel keeps spinning.

Chalk unicorn wearing a gold chain with a rainbow, spewing pink “fire,” and wearing a sweater.

Kids made a work of chalk art that’s destined to be an album cover

I pooped in a hole in my backyard like 6 months ago. Shoutout hurricane milton for that one.

That pendulum can cause a lot of damage in each direction

Real “sense of impending doom” going on here

Navigating the Rapids: How Government Funds Flow to Graduate Medical Education

Per this source, “Roughly two-thirds of the approximately $20 billion in federal funds allocated for GME is through Medicare, from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)”

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC....

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Reminder that GME is significantly funded through Medicare and Medicaid

Is there a way in which cutting Medicaid and Medicare doesn’t shutter every hospital in America?

Voting for Trump because you’re “pro-life” only to have him cut Medicaid and Medicare is a devastating FAFO but, let’s be real, you’re not actually pro-life.

Sign on the back of a truck that says, “Veterans are not suckers or losers”

Spotted in Central Florida

My dad is doubling down and digging his heels in. It’s so embarrassing to watch. Ego is powerful.

Elon Musk is objectively and openly doing what every conspiracy theory Trumper blamed Soros of doing.

Despite the allergist reassuring me otherwise, infants can, indeed, have anaphylactic reactions to foods. The more you know…

I’ve had the same personality since high school. Junior year I wrote a paper on Kevorkian in support of physician assisted suicide using “House of God” as my literary fiction source. For my physical project, I replaced “sodium” with “potassium” on a bag of saline and hung it, swinging ominously.

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.

If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

I went head-to-head with a specialist this week. LinkedIn sent me an email teasing their premium version that said “[specialist] and 4 others viewed your profile. Upgrade to premium for details.” LOL

The burnout is insane. I feel complicit in a system that doesn’t prioritize patients.

There’s a strong probability that I leave emergency medicine in the next few months. It feels selfish and also right.

Children’s floor puzzle entitled “greetings from Florida” with major cities and the Gulf of Mexico labeled

Original “Florida” floor puzzle featuring the “Gulf of Mexico.” A true collectors item. No lowball offers, I know what I’ve got.

Why is registering for children’s summer camps more stressful than applying to college?

Anaphylaxis does not require angioedema. Anaphylaxis means involvement of two or more systems. That could mean rash and vomiting, nausea and shortness of breath, hypotension and cough, etc. Anyway, give the epi.

If you’re treating a kid for an allergic reaction and you consider epi for even a moment, just give it. Epi first, epi fast.

A purple pamphlet with the words: “Daily Lesson Plans for EXPLORING CREATION WITH ZOOLOGY 2: SWIMMING CREATURES OF THE FIFTH DAY by Lynn Ericson ©2006 Schola Press”

Meanwhile in Florida

I will never forget intubating through a plexiglass box.

Looking out for themselves. Many of them angling for spots in the administration.

Looking for a pediatric dietician to assist me with resources regarding best snacks for school-aged children. Our school currently has a very limited approved list of snacks which includes “fruit snacks” and “teddy grahams” but excludes any source of protein such as cheese, meats, etc.