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It's more likely this is people dying with covid and not from covid. If someone covid positive has a stroke or heart attack which column is that being written in?
I have had to write my share of death certificates, and most docs will write the easiest thing that gets the corner off their back. These statistics may be broadly true
medicine is unlike technology in that it has a much much higher level of human error in data points (intentional or not).
I’m a MD and this isn’t even remotely correct and the number seems to be pulled out of thin air. Comparing a 2 year PA program with a 4 year MD program plus mandatory 2-7 year additional training is extremely disingenuous.
Epic is completely customizable, but the people who make the decisions in nursing management aren't always the same people using the software. That and funding to make the changes.
If you want to see really bad software take a look at Meditech it defaults 800x600 (!), and doesn't resize well at all.
It only has a webbased client, but I kind of like it and the beta version has been way better than any of the cheap dvr trash that big box stores sell.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/camect-world-s-smartest-m...
-For over 10 years, It well documented in literature that even in normal BMI women the needle is not long enough to reach muscle. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=15945556
- Prior to around 2003 IM and subcutaneous routes were both listed as valid treatments for anaphylaxis. (See https://www.aafp.org/afp/2003/1001/p1325.html)
-Depending on her weight 300mcg may be an appropriate dose for US guidelines (listed at 0.01mg/kg).
The listed issues may be from a company taking a 'one-size-fits-most' approach. They also do not update their product with respect to new guidelines and recommendations (new doses, new needle lengths, etc) Possibly to avoid further FDA approval processes? With such large profits and so little competition there is no incentive to innovate/update.
I hope you are successful getting a generic auto-injector approved, but I don't think your biggest hurdle will be design or engineering.
Fentanyl is given to nearly every patient prior to intubation and frequently redosed throughout most operations.
It is used on nearly every patient that has an operation with anesthesia and would be very difficult to find a replacement that is as versatile.
medical residents will routinely do back to back 24 hour shifts with no sleep and even the ICU attendings will do a week of every other day 24 hour shifts.
The 16 hour rule only applies to interns. Once you reach second year the rule is 80 hours a week averaged over four weeks. This means that 100 hour weeks still do happen.
However withdrawal from benzodiazepines and alcohol are both very dangerous and can lead to death.
http://americanaddictioncenters.org/withdrawal-timelines-tre...
What is the point of HIPAA and medical privacy if anyone can log in and see what scheduled drugs you're taking? From the drugs you take I can pretty much derive your medical history. I consider this a much larger problem than the 'war on drugs'.
Get a second opinion from a professional if you think your dads doc is over prescribing.
While colds are not dangerous for the young -- they can be very dangerous for the elderly and easily progress to a pneumonia that can kill. Pneumonia used to be called 'old mans best friend' because it caused such a swift and painless death. So what is 'just a cold' for you isnt for others and that isn't even taking into account that the elderly often have baseline lung disease.
I have noticed my moral has dropped immensely on this schedule. It is definitely hard to balance work with social life, exercise, and sleep.
I hate responding to trolls, but your comments through the thread have been a bit abrasive to me. Accusing someone of 'cheating the system', saying someone has to work 70 hrs a week, only having one shot, saying they should quit, telling them they must work 13hours a day to learn.
I'm assuming you're in (or rather I hope you are) medical school and not just someone applying. Here is the rub. Some people don't have to try to do well. There are people who never studied for the MCAT and scored 36+. They didn't have to really try to do well.
A radiology at the place he mentioned is very competitive, so it is safe to assume this guy was at the top of his class. The intelligence/knowledge difference between the top of the class and the bottom is enormous. Not everyone is the same. Don't fault him for what he wants to do in his free time.
Cool intro although it took a while to load for me.
Fourth year is relatively flexible because students must travel for interviews, and there is an insane amount of vacation and 'slack' rotations available to help this.
The whole damned fourth year is a ripoff, and become more so each year the 'match' become more competitive.