Throughout my training as a cardiothoracic anesthesiologist and intensivist, I’ve worked hand-in-hand with surgeons and circulating nurses in the operating room and ICU settings. We’ve seen patients make miraculous recoveries and others succumb to the natural course of their ailments. We’ve laughed together, had dinner together, consulted each other, and…
Congratulations – you’ve matched into residency! As an academician, I congratulate you on reaching this significant milestone in your journey to becoming an attending physician. Although this process has undoubtedly been nerve-wracking, take some time to celebrate this incredible rite of passage into the next step of your training! The…
As I scroll through my recent blog posts, I realize I haven’t blogged about my critical care fellowship directly in quite some time. Many of my “lesson” posts are a direct result of things I encountered during my training, but today is a day of reflection as I have now…
Interview season is over, acceptances are rolling in, and you’ve already started the countdown till orientation. Amidst this excitement, it’s easy to make some pretty bad decisions with the intention of being prepared.
In the digital era, we’re inundated with ways to access information. Take the smartphone for example. With a single, portable handset, we can consult colleagues via voice or video, carry full textbook and journal article libraries, and have access to the Internet – arguably the most powerful way of accessing…
There are several options to get into a critical care fellowship. Our hospital has programs for those who completed residencies in anesthesiology, surgery, internal medicine (IM), or emergency medicine (EM).
Cardiac arrest is one of the most feared complications in medicine as it tends to usually precede death despite appropriate interventions. However, a controlled cardiac arrest is routinely utilized as part of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) to facilitate complex heart and lung surgeries.
It’s important for the intensive care unit (ICU) treatment team to construct and communicate our daily assessment and plan with all relevant parties involved in a patient’s care. We accomplish this during “rounds” each morning with a team usually led by the ICU fellow consisting of the patient’s nurse, an…
It’s becoming increasingly important for medical professionals to combat the horrifically inaccurate conjectures circulating in the media. Whether you’re a student, physician, nurse, therapist, technician, or anyone else in healthcare, social media is the way of the future. It’s how you’ll connect with your patients, market your services, and disseminate…
In the era of electronic health records (EHRs), writing progress notes (PN) has become largely supplemented by auto-populated fields (labs, radiology, medical history, etc.) and information which has been copied from prior exams and/or other notes. PNs are a centralized form of communication to other healthcare providers regarding your treatment…